Let's move on to the clash between Team Falcons and Azure Ray in the semi-finals of the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 LAN Championship. Both teams finished the group stage in a similar manner, and also managed to successfully start their way to the play-offs. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants of this confrontation will be stronger? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Team Falcons uniforms
Team Falcons have burst onto the professional Dota 2 scene in the past year, signing a roster that consists of notable players. The first tournament for the new squad was supposed to be ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 MENA Open Qualifier #1, but the squad qualified automatically. In the ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 MENA Closed Qualifier, Team Falcons Long Competed from the semifinals of the top set, where they confidently outplayed Winter Bear on two maps in a row. A full bo3 clash in the upper grid final with PSG.Quest ended in a loss for Falcons. ATF and team fell to the losers grid where they once again defeated Winter Bear 2-0. In the deciding game, Team Falcons outlasted PSG.Quest by a score of 3-1. The victory in the closed qualifiers secured the players a trip to ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. Team Falcons also won the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show, earning $50,000 in prize money. At the end of the year, Falcons finished at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 in 5th-6th place in the standings.
The 2024th Long Sogpeg for Team Falcons started with a series of closed qualifications for the MENA region. Being the clear favourite, the team qualified for BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 and DreamLeague Season 22. The last event was ESL One Birmingham 2024: MENA Closed Qualifier. First, Team Falcons defeated Hininy and Team Revenants 2-0. In the upper grid final, Sneyking and his teammates defeated PSG.Quest in a full bo3 series. And in the deciding game, Team Falcons defeated PSG.Quest again with a 3:2 score, thus guaranteeing themselves a slot at ESL One Birmingham 2024.
At BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024, Team Falcons have been placed in Group A. The 2-2-1 statistics took the team to the final stage of the tournament, where they defeated Xtreme Gaming on two maps in a row.
Statistics of Team Falcons last result:
- A 2-0 win over Xtreme Gaming
- A 1:1 draw with Aurora
- Victory over Virtus.pro 2:0
- 2:0 win over Gaimin Gladiators
- 0:2 defeat to Team Liquid
Azure Ray uniforms
Azure Ray were the real revelation of the previous year. The team broke into the season with a top-4 finish in the Chinese DPC league and managed to qualify for the Dota 2 World Championship thanks to the Chinese Regional Qualification. Even at that stage the team looked decent and outplayed quite a few big names on the scene in China, in particular Azure Ray did not miss out on The Internationational 2023 Xtreme Gaming. At the World Championship itself, the team made it to the top of the grid, with LGD Gaming and Gaimin Gladiators being their kryptonite. Fourth place at the debut The International for the new team can be considered a great achievement. And as a reward the players earned $182,733. Before the start of ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, where ESL invited Chinese team, Azure Ray updated their roster. Xm, Xxs and XinQ have joined the team. Winning ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 provided the team with $300,000 in prize money. Despite this, the management of the organisation has carried out re-stuppings in the squad. Thus, Ori, Failth_bian and fy joined the team. At the beginning of the current season Azure Ray have already managed to qualify for BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 and DreamLeague Season 22.
Earlier Azure Ray took part in ESL One Birmingham 2024: China Closed Qualifier. The start of the qualifier was not the most successful. A 1-2 defeat to Team Bright made Azure Ray's path a little longer, and the team also lost the right to make mistakes. On the way to the grand finals, AR beat teams like Go Along, Team Aster and won a rematch against Team Bright in a full bo3 series. In the lower grid final, Azure Ray defeated LGD Gaming by two maps to a row and made it to the decisive qualification match. The 2:3 defeat deprived fy and his teammates of the opportunity to go to England for the LAN-tournament.
The first major tournament in 2024 for Azure Ray was BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024. The group stage ended with a 2-2-1 result for AR, which allowed them to continue on to the play-offs. In the quarter-finals of the top flight, Azure Ray defeated Team Liquid 2-1 to advance to the semi-finals.
Statistics of Azure Ray's recent results:
- A 2-1 win over Team Liquid
- A 2-0 win over BetBoom Team
- A 1-1 draw with Team Spirit
- 0:2 defeat to Xtreme Gaming
- A 1-1 draw with nouns
Match history Team Falcons - Azure Ray
Previously, the participants of this confrontation played against each other only once. Within ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 Azure Ray outplayed Team Falcons with a score of 2:1.
Predicted result of the match Team Falcons - Azure Ray
Both teams show a good game at the regional level, and at the current championship they perform in a similar way. Let's bet on the total of cards more than 2.5.
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