NaNiWa beats Revival to earn BlizzCon seed
Swede Johan "NaNiwa" Lucchesi bested Donghun "Revival" Kim to earn the final spot at the World Championship Grand Finals at BlizzCon.
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StarCraft 2 professional Johan "NaNiWa" Lucchesi made quick work of Donghyun "Revival" Kim in a best-of-five tie breaker at Blizzard headquarters this morning. Lucchesi, who was tied with Kim for sixteenth place in World Championship Series (WCS) points, swept the series with a convincing 3/0.
Lucchesi's victory grants him a seed into the 2013 WCS Grand Finals at BlizzCon where he will be the only non-Korean competitor. He will face first place seed Min Chul "Soulkey" Kim in the round of sixteen.
overwhelming amount of tweets ! Thanks for all the support guys :) time to prepare for soulkey!
— Johan Lucchesi (@NaNiwaSC2) November 5, 2013
The 2013 WCS Grand Finals begin on Friday, November 8th at 11:00AM Pacific Daylight Time. The stream can be found on Blizzard's WCS Portal.
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