After more than three months of fierce competition, the list of World of Tanks servers to compete in the 2024 Chengdu WCI was finally determined after the end of last week's national server WCL Autumn Finals.

There are a total of six teams from four servers shortlisted for the Chengdu WCI international finals, they are Xiqilin XYHong (Sunset Red) and ONEONE from the national server; STORM AND HIT AND RUN IN EUROPE; Dopamine in the United States and MMMC in Asia.

Among them, the first team to be shortlisted in the national server is the summer champion of the national WCL league, Sunset Red, who achieved a miracle of one wear four after falling into the lower bracket in the second round of the knockout round, and defeated the FALCON team commanded by Zhong Pengfei to win the championship. Fall Champion ONE ONE was the last team to qualify, and interestingly, like Sunset Red, defeated FALCON in the Grand Final.

Of the two teams that have qualified, the biggest feature of the new ONEONE is that the old brings the new. Among them, the veteran players are all professional players who have been active during the 2014-2017 WGL League, such as the commander Lao Dao and the team members Jiang Shan and Yang Liqi.

And in the ONEONE lineup this time, the most eye-catching is the pair of the most powerful twin brothers, Solo Soldier and Dong Qing, especially the individual soldier showed a super breakdown rate, he won the MVP in the 10th game and the 11th game of the decisive game against ONE ONE on the evening of the 20th, which can be described as a young man.

Another outlining team, WCL Summer Champion Sunset Red is a full veteran, and the commander of the Army, the captain and the team members Tian Tian and Xiao Hei also debuted in the WGL league like Lao Dao. After the resumption of the national service event this year, the army and the tiger hunting have also won many awards in OBG together with Lao Dao. It can be said that both ONEONE and Sunset Red have rich tournament experience and mature mentality, which is also the biggest advantage of the national team.

Among the six powerful overseas teams outside the national server, the strongest are the "Storm Team" STORM and the "A Team" HIT and RUN of the European server. However, this year's dominance may be weakened compared to last year, first of all, the original strongest team in the European server, Cashback, was unable to go to China due to visa issues, so last year's WCI champion, the current No. 3 seed HIT AND RUN was temporarily replaced.

ALTHOUGH HIT AND RUN WAS LAST YEAR'S WCI WORLD CHAMPION, THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS INCONSISTENT AFTER THIS YEAR'S EVENT WAS RESTRUCTURED INTO A LADDER EVENT, AND THEIR DOMINANCE DECLINED. LIKE THIS YEAR'S EUROPEAN SERVER IN THE TWO QUALIFIERS - OLC AND OLS, HIT AND RUN FAILED TO ENTER THE FINALS, AND COULD ONLY BECOME THE THIRD SEED AS THE THIRD PLACE IN THE TWO COMPETITIONS.

The other STORM team is a young team from the European server, who beat HIT AND RUN and Cashback in the first round of qualifiers. However, as a very young team, it can be seen from the last few European league games that they are also a very "nervous" team, and it remains to be seen whether they can continue to show this superb strength on the stage of WCI.

The rules of this tournament are completely the same as the recently concluded Season of the Blue Manticore, and the gameplay and vehicle pool are kept in sync. The schedule is that the first day of the group single round robin BO9 matchup, in the next day's bubble match, that is, the two teams ranked 2nd and 3rd in the group will face off. The winner of the semi-finals will challenge the 1st place in the group to determine the 2 teams that can enter the finals.

The first team will not let their guard down either, and they will have to beat the lower bracket winner before they can advance to the finals to compete for the WCI title. THIS UNCERTAINTY IS ALSO THE CHARM OF WORLD OF TANKS, CONSIDERING THAT LAST YEAR'S WCI CHAMPION HIT AND RUN AND NATIONAL SUMMER CHAMPION SUNSET RED BOTH WON THE REPECHAGE FROM THE LOWER BRACKET.

And after Cashback, who was hailed as the big demon king by the WCL commentators this time, failed to participate in China, the uncertainty of this WCI has greatly increased, and the shortlisted European teams are not as dominant as before, which is also a good time for other teams, including the national server. So will the national team be able to fight their way out of the encirclement and get a better result than the third place won by FALCON last year? Let's witness it in Chengdu in November!