The third week of the NSE Summer Championship returns tonight as several of our Summer teams look towards securing their spot in the playoffs. With the end of week 2 marking the mid-way point of the Swiss stage, what better time to reflect on the season so far? Join us as we give you the low-down on the standings so far and the highlights from our weekly livestreams.
While many consider the Summer tournament to be far more casual than its Winter and Spring counterparts due to its short duration and relatively low turn-out, Spring Champions Staffordshire aren’t taking the competition lightly. Catching up with Staffordshire’s captain before their first game, it’s obvious that they only have one goal in mind:
“I only want to win. Nothing less. Summer might be an easy win but I’ll still be going all out.” - MaXD, Captain of Staffordshire Stampede.
With many of the UK’s best University teams, such as Spring’s runners up Lancaster, not taking part in the Summer tournament, will anyone stand in Staffordshire’s way as they hope to win a second consecutive season?
Standings at the end of Week 2:
|
Place |
Team |
University |
Points |
|
1 |
Staffordshire Stampede |
Staffordshire |
4 |
|
2 |
Liverpool Arctic Foxes |
Liverpool |
4 |
|
3 |
Neocitadel |
Newcastle |
3 |
|
4 |
Cardiff_Crusaders |
Cardiff |
3 |
|
5 |
Leeds Gryphons |
Leeds |
3 |
|
6 |
ReOpen Nominations |
Imperial College London |
3 |
|
7 |
Manchester Minotaurs |
Manchester Metropolitan |
2 |
|
8 |
Warwick Spoons |
Warwick |
2 |
|
9 |
Reading Whiteknights |
Reading |
2 |
|
10 |
reizoko2K |
Abertay Dundee |
2 |
|
11 |
Swansea Storm Green |
Swansea |
2 |
|
12 |
Sunderslutz |
Sunderland |
1 |
|
13 |
Quinoa Qavaliers |
Southampton |
1 |
|
14 |
Manchester Hive |
University of Manchester |
1 |
|
15 (tied) |
Sledge Hill |
Edge Hill |
1 |
|
15 (tied) |
Sussex Sharks |
Sussex |
1 |
|
17 |
Bunch of Kents |
Kent |
1 |
|
18 |
Exeter Cringles |
Exeter |
1 |
|
19 |
Plymouth Leviathans |
Plymouth |
1 |
|
20 |
Swansea Storm Red |
Swansea |
0 |
With only four more points to be earned over the next two weeks, several of our teams are now out of contention for the 6-7 point threshold for a position in our playoffs. Inevitably, we expect our four finalists to be one of the top 6 teams currently in the standings. But if the Spring Season taught us nothing else, we should not discount the teams currently sitting at 2 points; for them, the next two weeks will be do or die: Win everything or face elimination.
While insignificant for the seeding of matches, it’s worth noting that the placement separation between teams with the same number of points is down to their Opponents-Match-Win-Percentage (OMWP), a statistic commonly used in Swiss tournaments to determine the difficulty of a team’s progression through the tournament.
Week 3 promises to be an exciting one as our final two undefeated teams face off to be the likely top seed of the tournament’s finals. Join us over at our livestream at 7pm BST to see whether Liverpool have what it takes to take down the Spring Champions. If you missed out on previous weeks of our stream, check out the highlights below:
Stream Highlights
With Staffordshire having high hopes for this season, we thought we’d join them in their opening game as they took on their first challengers for the title: Sunderland. With a dominant performance on one of their best maps, it was no surprise to see Staffordshire reign victorious in a decisive 7-1 sweep on Clubhouse.
Despite a seemingly easy victory over Sunderland, however, the Staffordshire side has some visible signs of rust since their Spring victory back in April. They’ll need to iron out such issues if they hope to claim their second consecutive title:
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