SEA dominates on Day 1 of Riyadh Masters 2024 Play-In

Day 1 of the Riyadh Masters 2024 Play-In stage has concluded with Dota 2 teams from Southeast Asia (SEA) dominating their respective groups.

Group A

Blacklist International, also known as Blacklist Rivalry, decimate G2.iG in a clean sweep with a score of 2:0 followed by a tie against beastcoast. They are also the only team to snag a series win with all other series being a tie.

Beastcoast and Entity are joint second on Day 1 of the Riyadh Masters 2024 Play-In stage with both teams unable to get clean victories.

Each team ended up with a tie in both their series. LGD Gaming and Virtus Pro also are tied for second place but are in the bottom half of the table according to the tie-breaker rules.

G2.iG languish at the bottom of the table with a loss and a tie against Blacklist and Entity, respectively and need to start performing to avoid being eliminated.

Group B

Aurora, Heroic and PSG Quest snag a clear 2:0 win each against Azure Ray, Mouz and Azure Ray, respectively on Day 1 of the Riyadh Masters 2024 Play-In stage.

Each team’s second series resulted in a tie. Aurora, Heroic and Quest sit jointly atop of the table in a comfortable position.

However, the situation looks grim for Nouns, Mouz and Azure Ray as they are in the bottom half of the table. While nouns is relatively in a safe zone as of now, Mouz and Azure Ray aren’t, especially Azure Ray.

The Chinese team lost two series and requires to at least win two more at the bare minimum and tie one series to avoid elimination. A minor slip up and they are guaranteed an elimination at the end of the Riyadh Masters 2024 Play-In.

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Riyadh Masters Day 2 Preview

Day 1 of the Riyadh Masters 2024 Play-In had its own sets of issues like delays and stream problems, with some lacklustre performances by TI13 participants.

But the second day will decide the fate for majority of the Dota 2 teams.

Chinese teams like Azure Ray and G2.iG require to step up to the plate and pull out some wonderful Dota games in order to avoid elimination.

In the meantime, other teams require to just avoid finishing in the last place.

However, the format is a bit different with 4th-5th placed teams being matched with winners advancing to the playoff stage while the losers being eliminated.

In total four teams get eliminated by the conclusion of the play-in’s.