China Kickoff carried on today with JDG Esports JDG Esports China Rank #6 stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) jkuro Yong Haochong (杨浩聪) zhe Niu Zhe (牛哲) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) coconut Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖) and Titan Esports Club Titan Esports Club China Rank #17 Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东) lucas Yunkun Lu (路昀昆) Dynamite Zhao Zihao (赵梓浩) Abo Han Bohao (韩博皓) Coco Ding Dajian (丁达建) fighting for survival in the lower bracket, while familiar rivals and past titans Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #2 whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) rushia Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰) nephh Marcus Tan Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) bud Yang Renyu (杨韧余) and EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #4 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) cb Wang Qingchuan (王庆川) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) faced off in the middle bracket. JDG and BLG were the victors of the day, each winning their matches in 2-1 fashion.

JDG will go on to face EDG tomorrow, February 5 as the former world champions find themselves in the third round of the lower bracket. Up in the middle bracket, BLG and DRG will contend for a coveted spot in the middle final.

This story will be updated with a full recap.