Is Group A the 'group of death'? Seeding is finalized for Group Stage Riyadh Masters 2024

The groups have been finalized for the Group Stage of Riayadh Masters 2024 set to begin on Wednesday, July 10th. 

Yesterday the last of the Play-in Stage games happened, wrapping things up with the decider matches. Although eight teams advanced, it wasn't known until today where they would be placed. 

As with all things in Dota 2 lately, it seems the results are quite… messy. 

The seedings are supposed to have been made based on the EPT rankings throughout the year. But on paper, it seems that Group A is the ‘group of death’ while Group B seems to be more well-rounded and without the same heavy hitters. 

Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 Groups 

Group A

Group A is boasting not only THE team to beat – Team Falcons, but also Team Spirit who has been coming in strong here at the end of the season. Although OG doesn't have the results to back them, we all know the ‘ceb effect’ is quite real, and well, ceb was missing from the TI qualifiers. It might not be Gaimin Gladiators' year, but they are still a strong contender, and rounding things out there are three SEA/SA teams who, for this event, have definitely shown up. 

• Read OG under pressure; The 'Ceb effect'

Group B

Group B does have consistency going for them. BetBoom and Xtreme Gaming have brought home podium finishes throughout the entire season – and should have no trouble getting through to the upper brackets now too. Tundra and Liquid have been mid at best but… consistently. Most of these teams seem to be predictable despite the two dark horses from the Play-in Stage, PSG.Quest and MOUZ, being seeded together. It just feels that this group is balanced in all things. 

But if our prediction results from the Play-in Seed mean anything, we'll have to throw caution to the wind and just see where everyone's fate lies. 

The action starts on Wednesday, July 10th at 14:30 with all eight teams from Group A competing. There are some pretty hype matches to check out to get things started:

Team FalconsvsTeam Spirit
Gaimin GladiatorsvsHeroic
OGvsBlacklist International
AuroravsLGD Gaming

Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 

Group Stage: July 10-14

Group Stage Teams 

• Team Falcons EPT Leaderboard
• BetBoom Team EPT Leaderboard
• Gaimin Gladiators EPT Leaderboard
• Xtreme Gaming EPT Leaderboard
• Tundra Esports EPT Leaderboard
• Team Liquid EPT Leaderboard
• OG EPT Leaderboard
• Team Spirit EPT Leaderboard
• Entity Play-in 
• Blacklist International Play-in 
• beastcoast Play-in 
• Heroic Play-in 
• PSG Quest Play-in 
• Aurora Play-in 
• MOUZ Play-in 
• LGD Gaming Play-in 

Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 Format  

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

Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 Prize Pool 

Esports World Cup 2024 will feature 22 different competitions, most of them with a million dollars on the line. Dota 2 has the largest prize pool to offer, 5 million dollars, followed by PUBG Mobile with 3.8 million and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang with 3.5 million.

Although this is the largest prize pool of all 19 tournaments at Esports World Cup, the $5,000,000 is just a quarter of last year’s Riyadh Masters edition, which had $15,000,000 to offer.

The $5,000,000 and 2,390 Club Points will be split as follows:

• 1st place $1,500,000/1,000points 
• 2nd place $800,000/600 points
• 3rd place $600,000/350 points 
• 4th place $400,000/200 points
• 5th-6th place $300,000/90 points 
• 7th-8th place $200,000/30 points
• 9th-12th place $100,000
• 13th-14th place $70,000
• 15th-16th place $40,000
• 17th-18th place $25,000 Virtus.pro / nouns 
• 19th-20th place $15,000 Azure Ray / G2 x iG 

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