Accordingly, the likes of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia has been pushing itself to become a new staple international esports venue. Bearing this in mind, we’re incredibly excited for the Riyadh Masters 2022 Dota event kicking off in the coming events. With an awesome prize and some great teams – read on to learn How to Watch!
Event Background
Overall,. this event came out of the blue and was only announced a few weeks ago. Organized by the Saudi Esports Federation, the offline event is bringing esports to the desert country.
Accordingly, throwing a fat stack of $4,000,000 of prize, some of the best teams in the world have been invited. Competing from the 20th July to the 24th, the following are the international teams:
- PSG.LGD
- Team Secret
- Team Spirit
- OG
- Tundra Esports
- Nigma Galaxy
- TSM
- Team Liquid
- Royal Never Give Up
- Deboosters
As you can see, invites have targetted some of the top seeds. These teams are joined by three qualifier teams – Team Liquid, RNGU and Deboosters from the host country. Moreover, this event should be great practice for the upcoming PGL Arlington Major – especially considering the format.
Format
In terms of format, there are two stages of competition to look forward to.
Kicking things off with a Group Stage, the ten teams have been split into two groups of five. Here, competition will be a single round-robin with BO2 matches – take a look at the teams below:
- A: Nigma Galaxy, OG, Royal Never Give Up, Team Liquid, TSM
- B: Deboosters, PSG.LGD, Team Secret, Team Spirit, Tundra Esports
From the groups, here’s how seeding will work for the Playoffs below:
- 1st – advance to the semifinals of the Playoffs
- 2-3rd – advance to the quarterfinals of Playoffs
- 4th-5th – eliminated
Once we’ve arrived to the Playoffs, here the final top six teams will fight through a gauntlet single elimination bracket where each match will be BO3.
Schedule for the Riyadh Masters 2022 Dota
With regards to the schedule, we’ve listed the full schedule for the first two days of the Group Stage for you to enjoy below in the CEST time zone:
July 20th – Group A
- TSM vs Team Liquid (14:00)
- Royal Never Give Up vs Nigma Galaxy (14:00)
- OG vs Royal Never Give Up (20:00)
- Team Liquid vs Nigma Galaxy (20:00)
July 20th – Group B
- Tundra vs Team Secret (17:00)
- Team Spirit vs Deboosters (17:00)
July 21st – Group A
- OG vs Team Liquid (14:00)
- TSM vs Nigma Galaxy (14:00)
- OG vs Nigma Galaxy (20:00)
- TSM vs Royal Never Give Up (20:00)
July 21st – Group B
- PSG.LGD vs Team Spirit (11:00)
- Secret vs Deboosters (11:00)
- PSG.LGD vs Team Secret (17:00)
- Tundra vs Deboosters (17:00)
For the full schedule we recommend visiting the Liquipedia page for the event here.
Watch the Riyadh Masters 2022 Dota on esportsguide
You can also watch the Riyadh Masters 2022 Dota live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
Heading into this event, the last international competition that the competitive Dota 2 scene enjoyed was ESL One Stockholm 2022 back in May. Accordingly, here’s how the standings concluded back then:
- #1 – OG
- #2 – TSM
- #3 – Tundra Esports
Considering this result, we’d like to favour OG heading into this third party event.
Though again, we’ll reiterate that this is great practice ahead of the Arlington Major in August!
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