The VCT Pacific Stage 1 group stage has wrapped up. While the field of eight playoff teams was already set entering the final week of group stage play, results from the weekend finalized seedings for the playoffs, with the world's best team to start the year beginning its run in the lower bracket and one team making its playoff debut in the upper bracket.

Here are the results from last week:

The first day of action saw no playoff teams in action, but saw the lowest-placed teams in each group battle it out for fifth place in their respective groups. To start, Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #172 kellyS Kelly Sedillo JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma Rimuru Dwine Enriquez captured a 2-1 win over Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #5 Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) KiTae Park Ki-tae (박기태) stand-in Ash Ha Hyun-cheol (하현철) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) , highlighting a fall from grace for the Korean giants, who were the first Pacific team to ever lift an international trophy. Rookie Duelist Zeus looked stellar in the series, dropping a match-high 66 kills. After each team narrowly claimed its own map pick, Team Secret proved to be the better of the two teams on Breeze, a rather weak map for both squads, thanks in large part due to a 7-0 run to open play.

The winning moment for Team Secret.

In Group Omega, ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #11 Absol Kazuki Fujinoki SyouTa Shota Aoki SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori defeated VARREL VARREL Japan Rank #5 C1ndeR Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) Klaus Kim Min-hyuk (김민혁) XuNa Kim Tae-geon (김태건) oonzmlp Shin Sang-beom (신상범) Zexy Jang Suk-hyun (장석현) 2-1 in a matchup between two winless teams to claim fifth place in the group. Similar to the earlier series in the day, both teams claimed their map picks before play came down to the decider map, Fracture. Both teams fielded double-Duelist comps, but while VL went for a Breach-Tejo look, ZETA's Cypher-centric comp gave them the upper hand on attack, leading to a 13-9 win — ZETA's first win of the stage and second of the year. While ZETA walked away the winners, oonzmlp 's performance was second to none.

oonzmlp with an unreal-looking ace.

In a fight to secure its top seed and earn a first-round bye, T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) captured a win over FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #6 Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Killua Tanate Teerasawad primmie Papaphat Sriprapha JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut , but showed signs of mortality, dropping its first map of the stage. Play opened with each team losing its map pick in blowout fashion before Breeze played host to an iZu masterclass. From Controller to Sentinel to Yoru main to now being arguably one of the world's greatest flex players, he dropped 27 kills in his first map on Sova since Pacific Kickoff. His flexible agent pool has allowed for T1 to become flexible depending on the map, leading to a perfect 5-0 run through Group Omega.

A big triple from Meteor seals the round, map, and series for T1.

In arguably the most consequential match of the weekend, Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne claimed a 2-1 victory over Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #1 Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) , meaning the Masters Santiago winners will begin their playoff campaign with no room for mistakes in the lower bracket. Nongshim first got blown out on its pick of Breeze, and then used a dominant attack side on GE's pick of Bind as a cushion in a 13-11 win. On Haven, the decider map of the series, it was NS's double-Duelist up against GE's double-Sentinel comp. Both teams, not quite strong-suited for retakes, were dominant on attack but left more to be desired on defense. Haven exposed some of the shortcomings of NS's decision to move Dambi off of Neon and Francis onto the slide-heavy agent. Francis, as the team's best Operator user, found fewer opportunities to use it, while Dambi continued to frag in other Sentinel roles. Eventually, GE had the edge in overtime, clinching a 14-12 win and a spot in the upper bracket.

PatMen with four of his finer kills of 31 on Haven.

On the last day of action, Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov made quick work of Kiwoom DRX Kiwoom DRX Korea Rank #3 Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) yong Kim Ho-yong (김호용) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) , dropping just 10 rounds to hand the Korean squad its first loss of the stage while also claiming a first-round bye in the playoffs. something was stellar in the series, picking up a match-high 38 kills on his comfort agent of Jett.

Perhaps the most Ilya Petrov 4K we've ever seen.

In the final match of the weekend, Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #3 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh shut down DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #1 Meiy Ibuki Seki SSeeS Tomonori Okimura yatsuka Kazuya Ikeda Caedye Amon Mateus Okakura Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) 's attempt at qualifying for the upper bracket for the first time ever by defeating them 2-1. DFM, needing a 2-0 win to qualify for the playoffs as the second seed, claimed its map pick with a close 14-12 win, but fell short of stealing RRQ's Lotus, losing 14-12. The decider map of Fracture, now having no impact on where DFM finishes, was a swift 13-8 for RRQ.

Up next

The field of eight playoff teams is now set, with PRX and T1 earning first-round byes and NS and DFM entering the playoffs from the lower bracket.

The matches for the first weekend of the playoffs are as follows: