ENDED Free Rider World Cup 5 - Prizes Out!

So, since it seems that we will use the groups we have so far, I'll post here the matches for the next round (Group Stage Match 1) that starts tonight in 8 hours and 56 minutes. First take a good look on your groups (as you can below), so you will know who are the people you are competing against:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19yvmJ1lGrv89Qg9XUm69xWaxj-siZzAOXcJGe4sqhDU/edit#gid=7295258


In the 1st group we get Cerulean/Sharkfin, RadiumRC, Wolf777 and White_Panther. A cool group for sure. Will Cerulean confirm his favoritism? Or are we going to see some surprises?
In the 2nd group the chaos is taking over. We have three "medal winner ghosters" and weem, that is determined to give us as much problems as possible. Madara, spruce and I are the ones completing the group (I guess my comment "I didn't improve my time because I didn't think I needed" didn't age well, right? RIP.) It'll be difficult for sure, because only 2 advance to the Round of 16 from each group, so it will be a tough battle indeed. Good luck to everyone in the group! I'll do the best I can.
In the 3rd group we have a solid battle for the spots on the next stage for sure. 1st place on the Qualifiers RedOrBlue is the clear favorite, but Uniior, Apocolypse and Kazman are all great ghosters, so it will be a cool battle to see who's advancing to the next stage.
In the 4th group we have some cool battles as well in a group that has Chaos-Fallen, adversitas, Symantec and HafiSyah. I feel like Chaos-Fallen might have some favoritism, but I feel like there will be some nice battles for sure.
In the 5th group, we have some new generation ghosters taking the spotlight. Not everyone here is exactly new to the game, but we have some ghosters on the rise like DrChill and CHARREDLIZARD21, and some cool suprises like Giampitek. 32nd placed in the Qualifiers awesomeman82 completes the group, but that doesn't mean he can't cause some trouble. Do you guys remember last year when 32nd placed in the Qualifiers ZPresley beat 1st placed in the Qualifiers Anonyymi? Crazy stuff. Everything can happen.
In the 6th group we have an insane group as well. 2nd place in the Qualifiers BoostButt will have a legendary challenge ahead of him. He will face Legendary Ghoster Zycerak and 2 times 3rd place on ghosting contests Stevie.T in order to try to advance to the next stage. This is going to be good. scoutrules completes the group, and I'm sure he'll try to show that he won't be an easy opponent on the group as well.
The 7th group is dope and has 4 great ghosters. Backtwice might be the favorite, but Pie42 showed an insane potential in the last 2 Free Rider World Cups, so he'll be an great challenge. Cynic and we_are_number_one will be tough challenges as well for everyone, so I feel like this group is going to have some great matches.
In the 8th and last group, we'll have a dope battle as well. mudkip and NotVeryGood are known great ghosters, but I don't think we have seen everything from Kanvo yet, so maybe he could be a surprise. Unadvertised has his merits on the efforts he put to advance to this is stage, so let's see how far he can go.

Each round will be 3 days each, and if someone quits we might pick a replacement from the Qualifiers round. Always try to ghost the track, because you never know if you opponent might not show up and you also lose 1 point if you don't complete the track. I feel like this will be a great section of the contest and I'll put the first matches for the Group Stage below, for the round starting tonight. Will add a new poll as well.

Matchups for the Group Stage Match 1:

Group 1:

Cerulean x White_Panther
RadiumRC x Wolf777

Group 2:

Madara x weem
spruce x Totoca12

Group 3:

RedOrBlue x Kazman
Uniior x Apocolypse

Group 4:

Chaos-Fallen x HafiSyah
adversitas x Symantec

Group 5:

DrChill x awesomeman82
Giampitek x CHARREDLIZARD21

Group 6:

BoostButt x scoutrules
Zycerak x Stevie.T

Group 7:

Backtwice x Cynic
Pie42 x we_are_number_one

Group 8:

mudkip x Unadvertised
NotVeryGood x Kanvo

The objective is getting a better time than your opponent. 3 points for victory, 1 point for tie, 0 point for loss and -1 point for not completing the track. The 2 from each group that make the most points will advance to the next stage. We have tie-breakers if needed (overall combined time, the match between the players who tied with each other, qualifiers time...). Everyone who doesn't advance to the Eliminatory Stage will have another chance in the Losers Championship, where they could get 3rd place in the best case scenario (which happened to Madara last year)

PS: Fixed the mistakes I made before on the matchups

 

LOL. Fixed it.

 

Yes. And we will have 3 full days (72h) to ghost the track.