The second Teamfight Tactics Golden Spatula Cup featured 128 players from over a dozen countries, rewarding the winner of the tournament with a direct invite to the Rising Legends Regional Finals.
Scheduled to take place over the course of three days, from March 10 to 12, the second EMEA Golden Spatula Cup was played on Patch 13.5. The format showcased six games played during each day of competition, with players getting reseeded during every game of the Swiss rounds. A total of 64 players advanced to day two and only the top 32 made it to the final day of the second EMEA Golden Spatula Cup in TFT Set Eight.
March 10 Golden Spatula Cup 2 standings
Players earned an invite to the second EMEA Golden Spatula Cup through Regional Championships, the GSC Open Qualifier, and from the EMEA ladder snapshots. Both Cerebrus and Xuso0 started the first day off strong with back-to-back first-place finishes. Also sitting atop the leaderboard after two games were Ging, Stinkyabuser, TFTMarx, and Tarteman.
After four games played, Lyyyress was sitting atop the leaderboard with three first-place lobby wins and no bottom-four finishes. Also winning three out of four games heading into game five was Wet Jungler, sitting in second place overall.
Lyyyress continued to dominate GSC2 with six top-four finishes and tied for first with TFTMarx at 40 points to wrap up the first day of competition. Only 64 players advanced to day two with a cutoff of 27 points.
March 11 Golden Spatula Cup 2 standings
Day two of the EMEA Set Eight GSC Cup began with 64 players playing six games, with the top 32 advancing to the final day of competition.
Kevin Parker started the day off strong with two lobby wins along with Canbizz after three games played. Sitting atop the leaderboard was Guillosko, though, with two second-place finishes and one lobby win.
Canbizz and Kevin Parker continued to play strong through the remaining three games, with Canbizz taking the lead with just one bottom-four finish during round four to wrap up the day’s standings. SimplyWojtek tied for first with 39 points to end day two, followed by Jinxirl, Ging, and Kevin Parker in the top six.
EMEA players like Deisik and Darkest1903 missed the 27-point cutoff due to tiebreakers. Players like Lyyyress, who had finished first on day one, along with Sologesang, Wagga, and Traviscwat, also didn’t make it to day three.
March 12 Golden Spatula Cup 2 standings
A total of 32 TFT players from the EMEA regions competed during day three of the second Set Eight Golden Spatula Cup, with only one advancing to the Set 8.5 Regional Finals. A top finish during day three awarded GSC qualifier points, where the highest-scoring players at the end of the season also earn an invite to the Rising Legends Regional Finals.
After four games played, it was 5454 at 26 points, followed by Pasdebol, Xuso0, and TFTmarx in the top four of the leaderboard. After an unfortunate eighth-place finish during round one and a bottom-four finish during game three, Kevin Parker had dropped to 16th place with 19 points—tied with Gunmay and SnoodyBoo. Canbizz was still in the race with 20 points, as was Ging with 21.
In the end, German player 5454 finished in the top four of every lobby, except one, winning the second EMEA Golden Spatula Cup with 41 points, snagging a direct invite to the Regional Finals. Finishing second to fourth were SnoodyBoo, Guillosko, and Pasdebol.
