Chapter 673: On the eve of the World Championship
Union Island, where skyscrapers and ordinary high-rise buildings follow along, has become the venue for the annual League Congress.
Baiyin City is one of the largest cities on the earth, and it is also a city of cultural integration, with the combination of internal scientific and technological facilities and natural landscapes just right, although there are many high-rise buildings, but the greening is also quite in place.
On both sides, there is the sea.
April 20, the day after the arrival of the Chinese team.
In Baiyin City, Huaguo Players Village.
"Morning."
In front of the conference room, after Fang Yuan came here, he happened to meet Tang Xinlan who was wearing a red and white uniform.
The color of the uniform of the Chinese national team this time is red and white, and the style is similar to the red of Fangyuan.
"It's not early, there's still a minute to go." Tang Xinlan said silently and walked directly into the conference room.
At nine o'clock this morning, a total of 10 national team trainers will have a group meeting to familiarize themselves with the rules of the World Championship.
"Just don't be late." Fang Yuan also followed, and after entering the door, he glanced at the seven people who were already seated in the conference room.
The first team, Su Shu, Yun Kai, Xu Haoran, Xie Qingyi.
Second team, Shang Ren, Mu Fan, Zheng Hongyi.
With Fang Yuan and Tang Xinlan taking their seats, there was only one person left for the champion Jiang Li.
That is, Jiang Li, who was holding a pile of documents, walked into the room, and said at the same time: "Sorry, I'm going to pick up some things temporarily, I'm late." ”
Jiang Li looked helpless, and after walking onto the holographic projection console, he suddenly said: "Why don't you talk about it, I feel so troublesome......"
In his seat, Yun Kai was silent, just shook his head.
Compared with Jiang Li, Yun Kai's personality is more suitable for being a captain, but it is only his character, in terms of strength and tactical literacy, Jiang Li is more able to convince the public.
Jiang Li scratched his head, and then looked at everyone one by one, the members of the first team, he knew all of them, and the second team was also very familiar, after all, everyone had conducted special training together for a period of time, and the only one who did not participate in the special training and came to the Elf Alliance in advance to receive the award...... Well, don't mention it.
Some people, on the surface, are the commander-in-chief of the national team and the captain of the first team, but in fact, in private, they are still serving as bodyguards for the members of the second team.
Outrageous!!
Jiang Li turned on the holographic projection device and said: "In terms of the rules, I think everyone has already understood them in advance, I will make a long story short of the explanation process, and the meeting time is mainly used for discussion." ”
As an electronic voice passed, the badges of 136 countries appeared on the screen behind Jiang Li.
"A total of 136 countries participated in this World Championship."
Jiang Li's words fell, and he suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, so he said: "Don't be so serious, when I speak, I can interject and ask questions." ”
At the scene, there was silence again.
Su Shu smiled: "Among these countries, which countries have superpower players?" ”
Jiang Li said: "I don't know, in short, in this World Championship, a total of 136 countries participated, and each country was divided into one team and two teams, so there were a total of 272 teams, that is, 1,360 trainers." ”
"The teams of the participating countries will compete in the form of national competition, and the specific form of national competition is divided into three modes......"
For the rules of the battle, everyone present is no stranger.
The rules of the China-Japan Exchange Tournament were set by China and Japan based on the rules of the World League Conference.
The purpose is to let the players get used to it in advance.
National matches, 3 individual battles, 2 team battles, and 1 ring battle.
The points for winning a game in the three modes are 2 points, 2 points, and 3 points, for a total of 13 points, and the one with the highest score wins.
"Among them, the second team members can be substitutes for the first team, but only one person per game." Jiang Li continued.
As his words fell, the members of the second team looked at Fang Yuan's Great Demon King in despair, and Fang Yuan was also looking at them with a smile at this time.
This rule...... Then there is no way.
There is a fate, and most of the other members of the second team are not even qualified to be substitutes.
"But these are not the biggest changes, the biggest change is that the whole team can directly participate in the World Championship this time."
"Here's the point."
"Of the 272 teams, 16 of which are seeded, do not have to participate in the preliminary round and advance directly to the tiebreaker. These teams are the first team of the top 16 countries in the last league conference, that is to say, I, Su Shu, Yun Kai, Xu Haoran, and Xie Qingyi can directly advance to the main competition. ”
The strength of Huaguo's Four Heavenly Kings team can definitely be ranked among the top five in the world, and it is naturally within the top 16 of the last session.
In order to avoid these strong teams from encountering too early, this World Championship has other arrangements for these top players.
"In addition to the 16 seeded teams, there are 256 teams left, of which 120 are 1 teams and 136 are 2 teams, which will participate in the preliminary round together." Jiang Li looked at Fang Yuan and the others.
"The competition side will divide these 256 teams into 16 major regions based on their strength, and among the 16 teams in each region, the first team and the second team each account for about half of the number, and these 16 teams will compete for the championship of this region."
"In the end, the champion team of the 16 major regions will compete with the 16 seeded teams in a tiebreaker tournament to determine the world champion."
"The reason why the Chinese Association attaches more importance to the second team this time is because in this conference, the number of games that the members of the second team may participate in is theoretically greater than that of the members of the first team." Jiang Li analyzed.
"That is to say, as long as our two teams defeat one team from other countries one after another and become the champion of the division, there may even be two Chinese teams in the final tournament." Shang Rendao.
"That's right, 32 winning teams, if one country occupies two, it's a great honor." Cloud Armor Road.
"However, according to the lottery rules, the 16 teams in each division, the first round is basically a team from a certain country against a second team from a certain country, and the draw mode is extremely harsh on the second team. Xu Haoran said.
"Our second team, in the next regional battle, has a very high probability of meeting the first team of a certain country in the first round."
"It's okay, our second team can't be treated as a normal second team." Xie Qingyi said with a smile.
As one of the five major powers, even if it is the second team, it can crush the first team of some small and medium-sized countries, not to mention, there are two aces with top combat power in Fang Yuan and Shang Ren, which are more stable.
"That's right, our second team is still very strong as a whole, the first team of a big country, a strong country, and a regional power is basically a seeded team, and the strength of the team we encountered will not be very strong, only the part that is crushed, work hard, and there is still hope for the regional championship." Fang Yuan Road.
In the regional round, a total of 4 matches need to be played and four wins in a row to enter the tiebreaker tournament.
Fang Yuan glanced at Shang Ren, Tang Xinlan, Zheng Hongyi, and Mu Fan, and felt that there was no problem.
Shang Ren's strength is definitely relatively strong in this World Championship, plus himself, even if he encounters the Four Heavenly Kings team of some regional powers, it is not impossible to win.
Tang Xinlan said: "Received." ”
Zheng Hongyi and Mu Fan also said: "Understood. ”
"So the goal of the second team this time is to become the champion of the division, so that among the 32 teams competing for the world championship, there will be two Chinese teams." Fang Yuan Road.
And after entering the final tournament, it doesn't matter whether the second team can continue to go on or not.
At that time, there will definitely be a strong opponent, the comprehensive strength of the team will not go up, and it will not be able to be led by Fang Yuan and Shang Ren, but there is no way to do it, but even if it is defeated, the members of the second team still have the opportunity to become substitutes for the first team and continue to be active on the world stage.
"Although the battle is the mainstream, those special matches cannot be ignored." After a heated discussion, Jiang Li added.
Although there is no need to participate in the regional preliminaries, this does not mean that the 16 seeded teams will be completely spectators during the other teams' competitions.
They will compete in a special competition similar to the Olympic Games.
The special competition is divided into 18 entertainment activities, which correspond to 18 attributes such as general, fire, insects, water, and poison......
These 18 activities... Only spirits with the corresponding attributes can participate, and the format of each event is different.
The 80 players from these 16 seeded teams will be free to register and compete for 18 gold, 18 silver and 18 bronze medals for the country.
Special competitions are not battles, and the combat power factor is not particularly important, such as flight skills competitions, water surfing competitions and other activities, and coordination ability and energy control level occupy a greater factor.
In addition to the elf battle, the special match between the seeded teams, this kind of entertainment game, will also attract the attention of a considerable part of the audience, and at the same time, although it is not a match, but through the entertainment game, it is also a good opportunity to see the strength of the trainer elves of other seeded teams, after all, no matter what ability it is, it is part of the strength.
In addition to the special matches of the seeded teams, the 256 teams participating in the preliminary round also had different forms of entertainment competitions, interspersed with matches, and during this long world competition, the competition team took great pains to avoid aesthetic fatigue of spectators from all over the world.
At the moment, Jiang Li and Fang Yuan's goal is very clear, that is, to let the first team win as many gold medals as possible, and the second team to become the champion of the competition as much as possible.