We look back at the key matches from yesterday’s Esports World Championship and also share the results from all three events.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III continued as usual, with all the teams expected to advance booking their tickets to the quarterfinals. Current Call of Duty League champions OpTic Gaming finished at the top of Group A, while Groups B, C and D were topped by Vancouver Surge, Toronto Ultra and Atlanta FaZe.

One of the most interesting matches of yesterday was 100 Thieves vs Lore Gaming, a survival match that unfortunately did not live up to expectations. 100 Thieves steamrolled Lore 3-0, which meant that Alec “Arcitys” Sanderson, a true fan favorite, was sent home along with the rest of his team.

Other notable organizations eliminated yesterday include Las Vegas Legion and Team Heretics. The remaining seven matches will be played as follows:

• OpTic Gaming 3 – 1 Carolina Royal Ravens
• Cloud9 1 – 3 Vancouver Surge
• Atlanta FaZe 3 – 0 100 Thieves
• Toronto Ultra 3 – 1 Boston Breach
• Gentle Companions 1 – 3 Cloud9
• Las Vegas Legion 1 – 3 Carolina Royal Ravens
• Stallions 0 – 3 Boston Breach

As mentioned, Day 34 of the Esports World Cup was jam-packed with EA Sports FC 24 action as 24 group stage matches were played. Naturally, all of these matches resulted in a shake-up in the rankings, with Cloud 9’s representative nicolas99fc having the most successful day. He managed to win all three of his matches yesterday, catapulting himself to the top of Group B. Vejrgang did the same to save himself from elimination.

Below you can see the current standings, with Group A being incredibly close at the bottom of the table. Remember, there are only a few games left before the bottom two teams are eliminated from the event!

1. jafonso (Luna Galaxy): 15 points (+13 goal difference)

2. Mark11 (FUTWIZ): 15 points (+11 goal difference)

3. Young (Tuzzy E-Sports): 12 points (+6 goal difference)

4. AbuMakkah (Team Falcons): 6 points (-3 goal difference)

5. EmreYilmaz (Team Liquid): 6 points (-4 goal difference)

6. Levi de Weerd (Team Liquid): 6 points (-6 goal difference)

7. Jonny (FNATIC): 6 points (-8 goal difference)

8. Web Nasri (Kashima Antlers): 6 points (-9 goal difference)

1. nicolas99fc (Cloud9): 15 points (+11 goal difference)

2nd round (RBLZ Gaming): 12 points (+6 goal difference)

3. PHzin (Al-Ula FC): 12 points (+6 goal difference)

4. Bonanno (Manchester City): 12 points (-2 goal difference)

5. Nathansr99 (FURIA Esports): 9 points (+7 goal difference)

6. ManuBachoore (Team Liquid): 6 points (-8 goal difference)

7. Msdossary (Team Falcons): 3 points (-8 goal difference)

8. GoalPoacher (MHSC Esport): 3 points (-12 goal difference)

The group stage also came to an end in StarCraft II. Yesterday saw a number of highly anticipated matches. The clash between Serral and herO was, as many expected, arguably the best series of the event so far. Serral narrowly avoided defeat, winning 3-2 to advance to the playoffs. He then faced Maru, another entertaining match that ended 3-1 for Serral.

Another close match was Oliveira vs. ByuN, with Oliveria taking a 2-0 lead from the start. ByuN managed to pull it back to 2-2, but was denied a reverse sweep as Oliveira closed the show on map 5. Here’s a look at all the results from yesterday’s StarCraft II action:

• Reynor (BASILISK) 3 – 0 Solar (Team Vitality)
• herO (Weibo Gaming) 3 – 1 Cure (Team Liquid)
• Oliveira (Weibo Gaming) 3 – 2 ByuN (Shopify Rebellion)
• herO (Weibo Gaming) 3 – 0 Reynor (BASILISK)
• Oliveira (Weibo Gaming) 2 – 3 Maru (Team Vitality)
• herO (Weibo Gaming) 2 – 3 Serral (BASILISK)
• Serral (BASILISK) 3 – 1 Maru (Team Vitality)

With a win over Maru, Serral has reached the Final Four, meaning a semi-final between him and Dark is on the cards. But first, the knockout round begins, with 14 players battling for the last remaining spot in the Final Four!

In addition to the knockout rounds in StarCraft II, the quarterfinals of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III also begin today with big matches like Atlanta FaZe vs. Boston Breach and Toronto Ultra vs. 100 Thieves.

EA Sports FC 24 will also conclude the Group Stage and Resurrection Stage, allowing us to find our eight quarter-finalists before Championship Sunday!