Arena of Valor (AoV) - AIC 2018 Predictions (Knockout and Group Stages)

Samurai Gamers' head writer DTwo gives his predictions for the Arena of Valor International Championship (AIC) 2018. Check out which teams we think are likely to come out of the Knockout and Group Stages of the tournament!

Arena of Valor International Championship (AIC) 2018 Predictions (Knockout and Group Stages)

With the Arena of Valor International Championships (AIC) 2018 on the horizon (November 23, 2018), Samurai Gamers’ head writer DTwo lays down his predictions on which teams would progress through the Knockout and Group Stages of the tournament. He talks about them in our AIC 2018 Predications Video below.

DTwo has done official and unofficial casts of various Arena of Valor tournaments around the world, as as being one of the finalists during the Valor Series Caster School. You can follow his YouTube here.

AIC 2018 Format

As mentioned in our previous article on the AIC, the 16 teams who qualified for AIC 2018 were arranged into four groups. The four seed teams from Vietnam (Team Flash), Thailand (Bazaar Gaming), South Korea (AHQ e-Sports Club) and Taiwan (J Team) have drawn three of the non-seed teams for the Knockout Stages.

Note that the seed teams will automatically proceed to the Group Stage and only the 12 non-seed teams will participate in the knockouts.

After the Knockout Stage, the teams placing last in their respective groupings will be eliminated from the tournament while the top two teams will proceed to the Group Stage.

Knockout and Group Stages Predictions Video

Watch the video below as DTwo explains his predictions for AIC 2018’s Knockout and Group Stages. Below the video is a summary of teams that are likely to advance to the quarterfinals. Those written in bold in the Group Stage section are the seed teams.

 

AIC 2018 Predictions Summary (Knockout Stage)

Group A

Team Result
Toyota Diamond Cobra (Thailand) 1st Place (moves to Group Stage)
Nova Esports (Europe) 2nd Place (moves to Group Stage)
XDEE Gaming (India) 3rd Place

Group B

Team Result
Oh My God (China) 1st place (moves to Group Stage)
OverClockers (Vietnam) 2nd Place (moves to Group Stage)
Tamago (MSP) 3rd Place

Group C

Team Result
Flash Wolves (Taiwan) 1st Place (moves to Group Stage)
Swing Phantom (Vietnam) 2nd Place (moves to Group Stage)
Nova Esports (South America) 3rd Place

Group D

Team Result
ALPHA Red (Thailand) 1st Place (moves to Group Stage)
Allegiance (North America) 2nd Place (moves to Group Stage)
Saudara e-Sports (Indonesia) 3rd Place

AIC 2018 Predictions Summary (Group Stage)

Group A

Team Result
Toyota Diamond Cobra (Thailand) 1st Place (moves to quarterfinals)
Team Flash (Vietnam) 2nd Place (moves to quarterfinals)
Nova Esports (Europe) 3rd Place

Group B

Team Result
Bazaar Gaming (Thailand) 1st Place (moves to quarterfinals)
Oh My God (China) 2nd Place (moves to quarterfinals)
OverClockers (Vietnam) 3rd Place

Group C

Team Result
AHQ e-Sports Club (South Korea) 1st Place (moves to quarterfinals)
Flash Wolves (Taiwan) 2nd Place (moves to quarterfinals)
Swing Phantom (Vietnam) 3rd Place

Group D

Team Result
J Team (Taiwan) 1st Place (moves to quarterfinals)
ALPHA Red (Thailand) 2nd Place (moves to quarterfinals)
Allegiance (North America) 3rd Place

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