Chapter 411 - 378: Champion Partners
"Special competition format?" Cai Xiaoyan was somewhat confused.
However, her close friend next to her knew something. "I know, is it that each team gets one chance to request it during the group stage, and the opponent can’t refuse?"
The uncle from Northeast nodded, "Exactly, that’s the one."
"What are the rules of the special competition format?" asked Cai Xiaoyan.
At that moment, the stadium’s public address system was also explaining the detailed rules of the special competition format again, so the uncle from Northeast listened and translated. "The two teams send players to compete in the original sequence. When a player wins, they can choose to leave the field or continue competing. But if they choose to continue, they only have ten minutes left for their match. Whether the time runs out or they are defeated by the opponent, they lose."
"Both teams take turns sending players like this until all seven players of one side are defeated. That team loses and scores zero points, while the opponent scores seven points!"
Cai Xiaoyan nodded, "I remember now, I saw some analysis online suggesting that if the Hua Country Team wants to advance, they might go for the special competition format."
Uncle from Northeast, "Of course, it can create a 7-point gap with the opponent at once, but the risk is also high, losing gives you zero points. But it’s quite normal for the Hua Country Team to apply for the special format, especially since they’re 3 points behind the Island Country Team. In a normal match, if they want to qualify, they can afford to lose at most two matches and need over 5 points, which is too difficult, so they might as well try a swing with the special format."
Many people had similar thoughts, so there was some mental preparation regarding the Hua Country Team’s application for the special competition format.
Now the group stage had reached the point where the special competition format had been used three times. This was the fourth.
In the previous three instances, the competing teams were not considered strong, and there were no exceptionally powerful players on either team, but this time was different—Hua Country Team had Wu!