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The road to the Shanghai Major continues. PW Shanghai Major 2024 in Europe will take place on the 17th of November.
The European region of The International is interesting, because, in my opinion, one of these teams will be the winner of the tournament. Perhaps it will be someone from the pair Vp - Passion UA.
Let's see which of these different clubs will win and earn important points ahead of the distribution of 7 slots at PW Shanghai Major 2024.
Let's go.
Virtus.pro uniforms
Let's open the Vp vs Passion UA match with an analysis of Vp's form. In this match they will play as favourites with odds to win around 1.4.
At the beginning of last year Vp played in three TIR-A tournaments. These were BB Playlist. Urbanistic, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, and also BB Playlist. Freeddom. At the two "home" championships from BB Vp were in the top 8, but at the European RMR everything was even less happy - top 14.
Then Vp made a breakthrough by winning at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023. The victory there allowed them to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 18.
Among the victories, CCT Online Finals #2 is also worth mentioning. They beat Team Spirit in the grand finals and earned $100,000, which is pretty good.
- Vp lineup: Jame, FL1T, fame, n0rb3r7, electronic.
Before ESL Pro League Season 18 Vp visited Gamers8, where they didn't get further than the top 8, and Dunav Party LAN, where in the grand finals they got revenge for their defeat at CCT by Spirit.
In the first match of EPL Season 18, Vp's opponent was Team Liquid. The match, as expected, ended in a full-fledged, combative Bo3 with Vp winning 2-1.
Next up, VP played G2 Esports and legitimately Ledgeili, though they fought back and took the map. The defeat sent Vp to the lower grid, where they first beat Eternal Fire and then outplayed Liquid again, thus reaching the EPL play-offs.
Vp did not manage to play in the main stage. Vp lost their first match against 9z Team, which was a rather unexpected result. At the end of the EPL S18 Vp finished in the top 16.
Things are going well at the Roobet Cup. Vp won the first match against their compatriots from Spirit with a score of 2-1. Next up was a battle with Movistar Riders to qualify for the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs, which ended 2-0 in favour of Vp, a solid 2-0.
The Roobet Cup 2023 itself was the pulse of Vp's triumph. They beat Monte 2-1 in the grand final, earning their first major win in a long time. Later there was Thunderpick World Championship 2023, where Vp also reached the final, but failed to defeat FaZe and as a result - 0-2.
Before playing at BB Dacha Vp played at ESL Challenger Winter. There they reached the top 4, losing in the semi-finals to the future champions from Monte. BB Dacha itself was a very successful event for Vp: there they reached the finals and lost to Spirit 2-3 in a close series.
Just before the BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, where Vp were partnered with BLAST, they played the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, where they won the championship, beating Apeks 2-0 in the grand finals.
On their way to the Group D finals, Virtus.pro defeated BIG and Cloud9. The former 2-0, the latter 2-1. In the grand final of their group at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, Vp beat BIG again and again with a score of 2-0, thus earning themselves a place at the spring finals. Next up was IEM Katowice 2024, where Vp failed, finishing in the top 20.
Vp made it to PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen, finishing in the top 2 at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A. In addition, they made it to IEM Dallas 2024.
Directly at the World Championship Long Competed from the Elimination stage. First lost to Imperia, but then beat paiN and Heroic, which brought them to 2-1. Next, they lost to Eternal Fire and G2 Esports, which led to Vp's elimination from the Major tournament.
IEM China 2024 Vp are doing quite well. In the top set of Group B, they took turns beating American teams Wildcard (13-1) and then FlyQuest (2-1). In the play-offs seeding match, Vp lost to the best team in the tournament, Astralis, 2-0.
In the main stage of IEM China 2024, Vp played against G2 Esports and lost, thus finishing in the top 6 of the tournament.
After the top 6 at IEM China 2024 Vp attended three more tournaments, two of which were very prestigious. So they played ESL Pro League Season 19 at TOP-8 and IEM Dallas 2024 at TOP-12, and in between they made it to the Top-6 at BB Dacha.
In Group B at BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2024 Vp played to a top-3 finish, which got them into the playoffs. Next, they made it to the top 4, but there Ledgeili NaVi.
EWC Vp started with a match against Complexity Gaming, where they won 2-0. Making it to the play-offs the team faced Vitality and came out stronger, winning 2-1. Next up was a match against G2, a loss and a top 4 finish in the end.
Vp played at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, where they failed miserably: top 16. Later, they "consolidated their success" at IEM Cologne 2024, making it to the Top 16. They also played at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, where they took TOP-4. They also played at ESL Pro League S20, where they failed everywhere and everywhere, finishing the tournament in the top 16. They also played at the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024, where they finished in the top 6.
At the Thunderpick World Championship 2024, OG Long Sogpeg were defeated by OG and then knocked out of the tournament by Falcons. However, OG went on to get revenge and knocked Vp out of the tournament. At the end of Thunderpick World Championship 2024, Vp were ranked in the top 12.
Vp Mapple
The best map for Vp remains Ancient, where Vp won 3 maps out of 3 played. The most frequently played map is Overpass, where Vp played 11 maps and won 9 of them.
In the pool there is a good Anubis (3-1 on maps), Mirage (6 wins in 9 matches) and Inferno (7 wins in 11 games).
The worst choice for vp is Vertigo. It has 44% wins with 9 matches.
Passion UA form.
Let's open the Passion UA - Vp match with the analysis of UA form. In this match they play as an outsider with odds to win at around 2.8.
Passion UA are ranked 68th in the HLTV world rankings. Nominally, this is a rather dubious position and there is nothing to be happy about, but considering the age of the club it is a pretty good indicator.
On the competitive scene Counter-Strike 2 Passion UA are since October last year. The debut tournament for Passion UA was the local A1 Gaming League Season 7, where the wards of Kane took the top 13.
Later Passion UA played at PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 4. And there the Ukrainian club played very well, making it to the top 8 and being one step away from reaching the closed qualifiers for the first ever LAN-tournament on Counter-Strike 2.
Next was the performance at the same local championships like United21 League Season 10, United21 League Season 12, European Pro League Season 14, United21 League Season 13. Everywhere Passion UA played "average" and the results were corresponding.
- Passion UA roster: jambo, jackasmo, zeRRoFIX, s-chilla, fear.
Before playing at RES European Series #3 Passion UA played at YaLLa Compass Spring 2024. This is already a more serious tournament and Passion UA took TOP-15.
At RES European Series #3 Passion UA look good. The team won the opening match with the score 2-0, and then fought with ALTERNATE ATTAX for place in play-offs, but Ledgeil with the score 1-2. Passion UA finished in the top 4.
In the middle of the year Passion UA won European Pro League Season 17, and later "consolidated" the success by winning the European Pro League S20.
Passion UA mappool
The most popular map of Passion UA is Ancient, where the Ukrainian club has played 20 meetings and has 50% wins. Not far behind is Mirage with 16 games and 8-8 statistics. Closes the top three "plus winrate" Overpass, where Passion UA won 6 games and lost 6.
Next - maps with minus winrate. Anubis (8 wins and 9 losses), Vertigo (6 wins and 7 losses), and Inferno (3 wins and 7 losses).
Nuke are not playing.
History of head-to-head meetings Vp - Passion UA
Previously the teams have not played each other in official matches.
Predicted result of the match Vp - Passion UA at PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B
In this match I am for Vp with my mind, but with my heart for Passion UA. As far as I'm concerned, Passion UA can get a stray bo1 and I think they will.
Bottom line: Passion UA wins.
