NRG 2–0 Nongshim. KC 2–0 Xi Lai. LOUD 2–0 EDG. Vitality 2–1 Global Esports. Four winners-match slots filled before Monday.
By the close of 26 September the non-A groups already had a shape. NRG removed Nongshim RedForce 2–0. Karmine Corp removed Xi Lai 2–0. LOUD beat EDG 2–0 in the series the Brazilian timeline treated as a home game in a foreign arena. Team Vitality needed three maps to put away Global Esports.
That last result is the one that should sit in the briefing doc. Vitality’s roster construction reads as an EMEA superteam on paper. GE made them play the extra map. If you are tagging player-prop markets or fantasy captains, do not price Vitality as a 2–0 machine until the winners match against LOUD. LOUD just looked sharper against a theoretically higher-seeded Chinese side than Vitality looked against a Pacific Stage 2 qualifier.
Group D winners match is NRG vs Karmine Corp — two structured sides, less clipbait, more veto craft. Group B winners match is Vitality vs LOUD — the series most likely to trend even if the maps stay clean.
Editorial note: snapshot desk. Scores and invitations should be re-checked against the live PandaScore / organizer feed before the article goes live. Do not invent odds.