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The qualifiers for the next CS2 Major are going on. We are interested in the European region, and more specifically in PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A, where the names of 3 participants of the main tournament of autumn are left to be found out.
Among the contenders for the Major are Fnatic and Dynamo Eclot. Both teams have a 2-2 statistic and have no chance to make a mistake.
Let's try to figure out who of the pair Fnatic - Dynamo Eclot will be stronger and pass to the Major .
Let's go.
Fnatic Form
We start the analysis of the match Fnatic - Dynamo Eclot with the analysis of Fnatic's form. In this match they play the first number one with odds to win around 1.6.
Fnatic were top-12 at IEM Masters Katowice 2023 and top-16 at CCT North America Europe Series #4. There was also a 16th place at EPL Season 17.
A qualitative breakthrough happened at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A. There Fnatic finished in the top 2, which opened the way for them to BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.
The only Major in 2023 went well for Fnatic. The team finished in the top 11, which is a decent result.
The last tournament before IEM Cologne 2023 was IEM Dallas 2023. Fnatic was not allowed to play in America: 9z Team knocked the "orange" out of the tournament at the TOP-16 stage.
- Fnatic roster: KRIMZ, afro, bodyy, matys, blameF.
Prior to the Long Round of the tournament, Fnatic had a significant re-structuring of their roster. Dexter and afro joined the club during the Big Reshuffle. The Australian played for MOUZ for the past two years, while the Frenchman afro played for LDLC.
With a new roster, Fnatic made a very good debut at iEM Cologne, advancing to the group stage through Play-In. And things were going great in the groups. That is, until they fell to the bottom set after losing to ENCE.
"Orange" Ledgeili raw GamerLegion and wiped out all their efforts as IEM Cologne progressed. The tournament in Cologne ended with KRIMZ and company in 9th-12th place.
After IEM Cologne 2023 fnatic attended 2 more top championships. These were Gamers8 and ESL Pro League Season 18, where the "orange" showed, to put it mildly, a weak game: in Riyadh and Malta took the top 16 and this is clearly not something to brag about.
They debuted at IEM Sydney 2023 with a match against Cloud9. Being the underdog there, they managed to pull out a close 10-13 win. However, they failed to build on their success, as the team finished in the top 12 at IEM Sydney 2023.
In the 2024 season, Fnatic tried and tried to break into the TIR-1 scene, but it didn't work out so well. Thus, they finished Top 20 at EPL Season 19, Top 12 at CCT Global Finals 2024 and Top 6 at YaLLa Compass 2024.
ESL Pro League Season 20 Fnatic Long Sogpeg started with a win over Astralis, and then lost first to M80 and then to BIG. However, it wasn't much better, MOUZ took down Fnatic and sent them to the Top 28.
After failing at ESL Pro League S20, Fnatic finished Top-8 at YaLLa Compass Summer 2024, Top-16 at CCT Season 2 European Series #14 and Top-4 at RES Regional Champions.
In addition, Fnatic played Thunderpick World Championship 2024, where they finished Top-8, which is not a good result.
PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A, Fnatic started with a loss to NaVi. Next, the Orange won against Rebels and BB. Next was a match against FaZe, where Orange failed to win and qualify for the Major on their second attempt.
Fnatic Mapple
Ancient was the perfect map for Fnatic. "Orange" played it 4 times and won all matches.
A hundred per cent winrate on Nuke with Anubis, but fnatic has only 1 match there.
Worst of all fnatic is on Overpass and Vertigo, where the team has one win in 3 matches.
Dynamo Eclot uniforms
We continue the breakdown of the match between Fnatic and Dynamo Eclot with the Dynamo Eclot uniforms. In this match they are playing as an underdog with odds to win at around 2.7.
Dynamo Eclot is from that pool of teams that get to the tournaments of PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR level almost by chance. However, the Czech club passed the closed qualifications, so they deserve to be here.
- Dynamo Eclot roster: nbqq, Dytor, forsyy, Blytz, kreaz, NEOFRAG.
Besides the performance in the closed qualifications, Dynamo Eclot had a very eventful year. However, the main part of the events "took place" on C-tier tournaments, where only sometimes it was possible to achieve success.
For example, among the most successful championships we can definitely mention United21 Season 11, European Pro League Season 15: Division 2, Tipsport Cup Winter 2024, and also ESEA Season 48: Main Division - Europe. Then there was a lull for a few months and then a few positive moments, such as another victory at Tipsport Cup Spring 2024, Tipsport Cup Summer 2024 and so on. The bigger championships, on the other hand, were much worse. Take at least the RES European Series, Dynamo Eclot took TOP-12 there, and at the qualifiers for the IEM Masters Rio 2024, for example, did not rise above TOP-32.
To tell the truth, Dynamo Eclot looked rather faded and took only TOP-5. However, thanks to the format, it was enough to pass directly to PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A.
Before playing at PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A, Dynamo Eclot visited YaLLa Compass Fall 2024, where they reached the top 8. Considering Dynamo Eclot's performance throughout the year - making it to the top 8 is nothing!
Despite the sluggish play throughout the year, Dynamo Eclot managed to get to the basket 2-2 in Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR. To do so, the team beat GamerLegion and Sangal, while losing to Falcons and Sinners Esports.
Dynamo Eclot Mappool
Eclot's most successful map is Ancient, where the Czech club has 15 wins and 4 losses. Next is Dust 2, where Eclot have won 8 wins and have 5 losses. Also worth mentioning is Inferno with 11 wins and 7 losses.
With a plus winrate Mirage, where Eclot has as many as 41 matches with 24 wins and 17 losses.
History of head-to-head meetings between Fnatic and Dynamo Eclot
Previously, the teams have not played each other in official matches.
Predicted result of Fnatic vs Dynamo Eclot at PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A
In this match I'm betting on Fnatic. Dynamo Eclot have certainly shown good CS at this RMR, however I am not sure if they will be able to jump over their heads and make it to the tournament itself.
Bottom line: Fnatic wins.
