The Dota 2 competition heats up this week as teams vie for a play-in spot at Riyadh Masters this week.
Riyadh Masters 2024 is the third edition of the Riyadh Masters series and serves as the final championship of the second season of the ESL Pro Tour.
For players, it has been considered the next best thing to The International – in terms of prize pool and prestige. Things will kick off on Thursday, July 4th with the start of the play-in stage. The stakes are high. Almost half of the competition will be eliminated, the remaining teams will advance to the group stage.
Here's everything that you need to know about the play-in stage for this week:
Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 Play-in Stage
Play-in stage dates: July 4-7
Play-in Stage Teams
Entity - WEU
MOUZ - WEU
PSG Quest - MENA
LGD Gaming - CN
G2 x iG - CN
Azure Ray - CN
Aurora - SEA
Blacklist International - SEA
Heroic - SA
beastcoast - SA
nouns - NA
Virtus.pro - EEU
Play-in Stage Format
- 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 group stage
- Losers are eliminated
- Matches are played from opposite groups
Play-in Stage Groups
Group A
Group B