Dota 2 Riyadh Masters 2024 Play-In: Overview, Tournament Format Schedule

Dota 2 Riyadh Masters 2024 Play-In stage kicks off tomorrow with the first games set to start at 10:00 CET, and the first three matches will be G2.IG vs. Entity, LGD vs. VP, and Blacklist Int. vs. beastcoast. Play-In stage features twelve teams that must fight for their spot at the Main Event. Here, you will find the complete Riyadh Masters tournament format, participants, and schedule.

Riyadh Masters Tournament Format

Play-In - July 4 - July 7, 2024:

• Two groups of six teams each
• Single round-robin
• All matches are Bo2
• Top three teams from each group advance to the group stage
• 4th to 5th place team from each group will be matched
• Matches are played from opposite groups
• Winners will advance to the group stage
• Losers are eliminated

Group Stage - July 10 - July 14, 2024:

• Two groups of eight teams each
• Single round-robin
• All matches are Bo2
• The top four teams from each group advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
• 5th and 6th place team from each group advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
• The remaining teams are eliminated

Playoffs - July 16 - July 21, 2024:

• Double-elimination bracket
• All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
• Grand Final is Bo5

Participants

Group Stage Seeds:

• Team Falcons
• BetBoom Team
• Gaimin Gladiators
• WBG.XG
• Tundra Esports
• Team Liquid
• OG
• Team Spirit

Play-In Seeds:

• Entity
• MOUZ
• Virtus.pro
• PSG QUest
• G2 x iG
• LGD Gaming
• Azure Ray
• Aurora
• Blacklist International
• nouns
• HEROIC
• beastcoast

Play-In Stage Schedule

July 4:

• G2.iG vs. Entity, LGD vs. VP, Blacklist Int. vs. beastcoast starting at 10:00 CET
• Aurora vs. Azure Ray, HEROIC vs. PSG Quest, nouns vs. MOUZ starting at 12:45 CET
• VP vs. Entity, Blacklist Int. vsG2.iG, LGD vs. beastcoast starting at 15:30 CET
• nouns vs. Aurora, HEROIC vs. MOUZ, PSG Quest vs. Azure Ray starting at 18:15 CET

July 5:

• VP vs. G2.iG, Entity vs. beastcoast, Blacklist Int. vs LGD starting at 10:00 CET
• PSG Quest vs. Aurora, Azure Ray vs. MOUZ, nouns vs. HEROIC starting at 12:45 CET
• Entity vs. LGD, beastcoast vs. G2.iG, Blacklist Int. vs. VP starting at 15:30 CET
• Azure Ray vs. HEROIC, MOUZ vs. Aurora, nouns vs. PSG Quest starting at 18:15 CET

July 6:

• G2.iG vs. LGD, Blacklist Int. vs. Entity, beastcoast vs. VP starting at 10:00 CET
• Aurora vs. HEROIC, MOUZ vs. PSG Quest, nouns vs. Azure Ray starting at 12:45 CET

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