With Group A finishing off Week 4, we can now take a look at how the final week can affect the final seedings. If you would like an explaination of how the tie-breaker rules work, or a similar treatment for Group B, you can check out Part 1 here.

Angry Titans

Possible finishes: 1st

You read that right, Angry Titans have put all the leg work in and they have confirmed without doubt that they are your 1st place team from Group A. Even a 0–4 loss to Bazooka Puppiez will create a map win tie with the only team that could’ve overtaken them, Orgless and Hungry. Because the best possible scenario for Orgless is a tie, the head to head rule would apply. If we go back to Week 1, Angry Titans won their series against Orgless 4–0. They would still finish above them, meaning they are guaranteed 1st place.

Orgless and Hungry

Possible finishes: 2nd, 3rd

Although Orgless and Hungry cannot finish in 1st place, they can guarantte 2nd place by just winning their series against British Hurricane. They’re the only team with three series wins in their group, gaining that fourth win makes it impossible for any team below to catch up. As explained above, they can’t obtain 1st place because they can’t overtake Angry Titans map wins. They can only tie, which forces a head to head, which they lose.

For their 3rd place finish, we need Orgless to lose their series to British Hurricane. Doing that opens up an opportunity for either 6nakes or Young and Beautiful to take 2nd place. As long as Orgless and Hungry can get at least two map wins in their series against Hurricane, only a 4–0 scoreline in YaB vs 6nakes can give either of those teams enough map wins to overtake Orgless. If Orgless fail to do that, they rely on at least one map in the YaB vs 6nk series being drawn. Both Young and Beautiful and 6nakes can overtake Orgless if they gain three map wins in their series, a drawn map will stop that from happening. Assuming there are no map draws, any scoreline in the YaB vs 6nk matchup will give either of those teams 2nd place. Resulting in Orgless and Hungry dropping to 3rd place.

As only one of the two contenders behind them can challenge Orgless and Hungry, they cannot drop below 4th place.

Young and Beautiful

Possible finishes: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

The scenario for Young and Beautiful taking 2nd place has been outline above, it’s mostly reliant on Orgless and Hungry’s performance.

3rd place is a slightly more likely outcome. Winning their series will guarantee at minimum a 3rd place finish. If however Young and Beautiful fail to win their series, their outlook become less bleak. If they fail to win two maps, and British Hurricane can 4–0 their series against Orgless and Hungry: British Hurricane will take 4th place, and Young and Beautiful will enter 5th place.

If British Hurricane fail to acquire enough maps in their series to overtake Young and Beautiful, YaB will qualify for Top 8 in 4th place.

6nakes

Possible finishes: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

6nakes have an almost identical path as Young and Beautiful. As they are on identical series and map scores, they are subject to the same conditions as Young and Beautiful.

Their map difference may be one less than Young and Beautiful, but their map wins are the same. As noted in the Contenders rules, if the map wins between two tied between two teams, the head to head rule applies. As such, they will still finish higher than British Hurricane because they won their regular season match.

British Hurricane

Possible finishes: 4th, 5th, 6th

The season one champions outlook is not good coming into the final week. Their only path to Top 8 is a hail mary that isn’t only reliant on their own performance. To finish in 4th place British Hurricane need to win their series, they’ll be paying close attention to the previous match in the schedule (Young and Beautiful vs 6nakes). The outcome of that match can remove any hope of qualification. If 6nakes and Young and Beautiful’s series goes to five maps, British Hurricane cannot overtake either team’s map wins, they can tie their map wins. In the event of a map win tie, British Hurricane will take the lower position in the standings as they have lost to both YaB and 6NK. This will result in a 5th place finish.

Assuming that YaB vs 6NK does not go to five maps, British Hurricane can overtake the losing team’s map wins with a 4–0 scoreline. Doing so, will net them 4th place. If however, YaB vs 6NK ends in a 4–0 scoreline for either team, British Hurricane only need to win their series to secure 4th place. Their map differential and map wins will overtake the loser of YaB vs 6NK. Any closer scoreline in the YaB vs 6NK match will require a 4–0 from British Hurricane.

Now here’s the worst case scenario, if British Hurricane lose to Orgless and Hungry by any means, it is possible for Bazooka Puppies to take 5th place resulting in British Hurricane finishing last in 6th place. If Bazooka Puppiez can win their series against Angry Titans with a 4–0 scoreline, they will surpass British Hurricane’s map differential, taking 5th place. This is only relevant if British Hurricane fails to win their series against Orgless and Hungry. If British Hurricane fail to win two maps, Bazooka Puppiez only need to win to overtake them in the standings.

Bazooka Puppiez

Possible finishes: 5th, 6th

Bazooka Puppiez are no longer able to qualify for Top 8. They can however play spoiler to Angry Titans and British Hurricane. The stakes are low for Angry Titans, only their unbeaten series record is on the line. For British Hurricane, they can make the academy team finish in last place, assuming they lose their own series.

A loss, by any means, for Bazooka Puppiez will give them 6th place. If Bazooka Puppiez can win in the parameters outlined above, in relation to British Hurricane, they can take 5th place.