Let's move on to the match between Blacklist International and G2.IG in Group A of the Play-In stage of the Riyadh Masters 2024. Both Asian teams are battling for a place in the group stage of the championship. The format of the match is bo2. Does Blacklist International have a chance of success? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match have performed since the beginning of this year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Blacklist International uniforms
The new year began for Blacklist with their participation in the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024: CN and SEA Closed Qualifier, where the team finished in 5th-6th place and failed to earn a much coveted slot. The first significant earnings for players in 2024 was a championship at the Asia Pacific Predator League 2024. The gold secured Blacklist International $65,000 in prize money. After that, Abed and his teammates began to participate in a series of qualifications. So the team took the 5th-6th places in the qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 22 and ESL One Birmingham 2024. Blacklist International managed to qualify only for the Elite League, having won the closed qualifiers for teams from Southeast Asia. The attempt to qualify for DreamLeague Season 23 was also unsuccessful. But the victory in PGL Wallachia Season 1: Southeast Asia Closed Qualifier took Blacklist International to the big LAN-championship in Romania. The 15th-16th place at Elite League Season 1 provided the players with $20,000. Silver at the Riyadh Masters 2024: Southeast Asia Closed Qualifier earned the team a trip to Saudi Arabia.
Blacklist International's previous professional tournament was The International 2024: Southeast Asia Closed Qualifier. The tournament started with the team losing to Execration on two maps in a row. The team lost the right to make a mistake and fell to the bottom of the grid. There Blacklist International lost to TNC Predator with the same result and left the qualification.
Statistics of the last results of Blacklist International:
- Defeat by TNC Predator with a score of 0:2
- Defeat by Execration 0:2
- 2:1 win over Talon Esports
- 2:0 win over TNC Predator
- 2:0 win over Neon Esports
G2.IG uniforms
G2.IG was formed as a partnership between two Esports clubs, namely G2 Esports and Invictus Gaming. The first event for the team was ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, where the players took the 5th-6th places and earned $57,500. In January this year, the Chinese club took part in a series of qualifiers, winning the coveted slots at DreamLeague Season 22: China Closed Qualifier and ESL One Birmingham 2024: China Closed Qualifier. Participation in DreamLeague Season 22 itself resulted in 15-16th place for players and $10,000 in prize money. However, the third place at DreamLeague Season 23: China Closed Qualifier did not allow G2.IG to qualify for the next event of the DreamLeague series. The team then won the PGL Wallachia Season 1: China Closed Qualifier, earning them a trip to Romania for the LAN Championship. A 7th-8th place finish at the Elite League earned G2.IG $30,000 in prize money. At ESL One Birmingham 2024, G2.IG finished 5th-6th in the standings and earned $57,500 in prize money. PGL Wallachia Season 1 ended with a fourth place finish for the Asian club and $80,000 in prize money. A top-two finish at the Riyadh Masters 2024: China Closed Qualifier secured G2.IG a trip to Saudi Arabia.
The previous professional tournament for G2.IG was The International 2024: China Qualifier. The Asian team's path to the Dota 2 Long Sogpeg World Championship began with a two-map victory over Old Warrior. However, in the semifinals of the upper grid, the Ledge team defeated Team Zero in a full bo3 series and lost the right to make a mistake. G2.IG then defeated KEV 2-0 and Team Turtle 2-1, which put xNova and its teammates into the lower grid finals. A win over Azure Ray in the full bo3 series guaranteed G2.IG a place at The International 2024.
G2.IG latest results stats:
- Victory over Azure Ray with a score of 2:1
- 2:1 win over Team Turtle
- 2:0 win over KEV
- 1:2 defeat of Team Zero
- 2:0 win over Old Warrior
Blacklist International - G2.IG Match History
Since the beginning of this year the participants of this confrontation have played against each other only once. In the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024: CN and SEA Closed Qualifier, Blacklist International defeated G2.IG 2-0.
Predicted result of the match Blacklist International - G2.IG
Taking into account the current form of both teams, let's bet on the victory of G2.IG.
