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Slowly but surely, we are getting closer to the end of PW Shanghai Major 2024: Opening Stage. The fight for 8 slots in the Elimination Stage is reaching its end.
There are 3 vacant slots left for the next stage of the Major tournament. Among the contenders for one of them are Passion UA and Wildcard.
We are trying to figure out which of the teams will be stronger and make it to the next stage of the tournament, and who will have to say goodbye to the dream one step away from achieving it.
Let's go.
Passion UA uniforms
Let's open the Passion UA vs Wildcard match with the analysis of the Passion UA uniforms. In this match the Ukrainian club plays the first number with odds to win at 1.7.
Passion UA are ranked 28th in the HLTV world rankings. For a young club top-30 HLTV, especially obtained very quickly - a cool result.
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 European Pro League S20.
Passion UA started their journey through PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B with a win over Vp. Next, the Ukrainian club defeated Spirit, but lost to BIG in the match to qualify for Major Passion UA. Heroic also lost, but managed to reach the Major at the last attempt by beating Astralis.
PW Shanghai Major 2024: Opening Stage, Passion UA Long They started with a defeat from their Kryptonite and main rival of European RMR - BIG. They went on to beat CoL and MIBR to take a 2-1 lead, but lost in the Elimination Stage match to fall to 2-2.
Passion UA Mappool
Passion UA's most popular map is Ancient, where the Ukrainian club has played 20 matches and has a 50% win rate. 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).
Wildcard Form
We continue to analyse the match Wildcard - Passion UA with the analysis of Wildcard's playing form. In this match they are playing as the number two with odds to win around 2.
The American club is on the 22nd line of the world ranking from HLTV. They managed to get so high thanks to a pretty good game at PW Shanghai Major 2024.
- Wildcard roster: stanislaw, sonic, phzy, susp, JBa.
Wildcard can safely be called newcomers of the CS2 competitive scene. The team appeared on the radar of eSports Counter-Strike in 2023.
During their debut season, Wildcard played in numerous tournaments, mostly TIR-B and TIR-C. These were Thunderpick World Championship 2023: North American Series, ESEA Pro Seris and others. There showed very good performance, winning them consistently. There were also attempts at title tournaments, such as Thunderpick World Championship 2024, which was the only TIR-S tournament of the year. Wildcard finished in the top 18, which is not a good result.
In the 2024 season, they continued to play at roughly the same level and also occasionally made it to title tournaments. Among them in the 2024 season were IEM Chengdu 2024, where Wildcard finished in the top 16, and ESL Pro League Season 20, where Stanislaw and company finished in the top 28.
The team's main achievement during 2024 was reaching the PW Shanghai Major 2024. At the first World Championship in the history of the club, the team got through Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: American RMR with TOP-1-2.
At PW Shanghai Major 2024, Wildcard Long Team started with a win over Fnatic, but then lost to Liquid and FURIA. Next, Wildcard sent home Vp, coming out on a 2-2 score.
Wildcard Mapple
The best map for Wildcard remains Ancient, where Wildcard won 3 maps out of 3 played. Among the frequently played ones is Overpass - where Vp played 11 maps, of which they won 9.
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 Wildcard is Vertigo. It has 44% wins in 9 games
History of head-to-head meetings Passion UA - Wildcard
Previously, the teams have not played each other in official matches.
Predicted result of Wildcard - Passion UA at PW Shanghai Major 2024
Anything can happen in this match. Indeed, both teams look very evenly matched ahead of the last round match. Nominally, I would call Passion UA the winner, as they play in Europe, where the competition is higher, but Wildcard are also showing a grin at this tournament and are ready to get into the Elimination Stage. I think it will be a full-fledged Bo3.
Bottom line: total +2.5.
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