Moving on to the second opening match of Superdome 2023 - Colombia, where Brazilian club FURIA Esports and American team Cloud9 will play. The winner will be one step closer to the grand finals, while the loser will lose the right to make a mistake and go down to the bottom of the grid. The format of the match is bo3. Will FURIA have a successful start to the new tournament? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match perform in the current year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
FURIA Esports uniforms
The year 2023 began for the Brazilians with an appearance at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo. The first match against T1 ended with a 2-0 victory for FURIA (Pearl - 13-7, Icebox - 13-5). After that the Brazilian team lost two matches against Fnatic and left the competition. The 9th-16th places in the standings brought the players $10,000 in prize money. Next came FURIA Esports' participation in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League. Khalil and his teammates finished the regular season with a 4-5 record, which allowed them to qualify for the play-offs. FURIA Esports defeated Leviatan in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win (Ascent - 13-5, Pearl - 18-20, Bind - 13-6). But LOUD failed to outplay them in the net semi-finals. After losing 0:2, FURIA Esports fell into the losers' bracket, where Ledgeili NRG with a similar result. Sixth place in the tournament guaranteed the Brazilians $5,000. At the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas Last Chance Qualifier FURIA Esports finished 5th-6th, losing their only match against KRU Esports with a 1:2 score.
The previous professional tournament that FURIA Esports participated in was Multiplatform Esports Game 2023, a LAN Championship in Brazil. First, the Brazilians outplayed Timberknick on two maps in a row (Breeze - 13-10, Split - 13-10). Their next opponent was RED Canids, who FURIA defeated in a full bo3 series (Lotus - 13-10, Bind - 8-13, Haven - 13-11). The two map confrontation with MIXX ended with FURIA Esports winning (Sunset - 13-6, Bind - 13-3) and the top grid final. There Khalil and team defeated their compatriots from XIT by a score of 2-1 (Ascent - 11-13, Haven - 13-10, Split - 13-5). In the deciding match, they faced XIT again and outplayed them with the same result (Ascent - 13-9, Sunset - 10-13, Haven - 13-8). With the win, FURIA Esports took home the top prize of $12,243.14 in prize money.
FURIA Esports recent stats:
- 2-1 win over XIT
- A 2-1 win over XIT.
- 2:0 win over Mixx
- 2:1 win over RED Canids
- 2:0 win over Timberknick
Cloud9 uniforms
The first tournament for Cloud9 this year was the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where the American club managed to defeat Paper Rex on two maps (Lotus - 13-8, Pearl - 13-4) and lost to DRX 1:2. The 9th-16th place finish earned Cloud9 $10,000 in prize money. In the regular season of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League Cloud9 made it to the top 2 with 8-1 stats, while Ledge only beat LOUD 1:2. This way the players were able to directly qualify for the play-offs semi-finals, where they first lost to Evil Geniuses with a 0:2 result and fell in the losers' bracket. A win over Leviatan in a complete bo3 series (Haven - 13-8, Lotus - 10-13, Ascent - 13-4) put Xeppaa and team into the lower grid semi-finals. Cloud9 lost 1-2 to NRG and finished in 4th place, earning $25,000. In the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas Last Chance Qualifier, the regional qualifiers for the only slot to the VALORANT World Championships, Cloud9 Long Sogpeg advanced to the top set semifinals with a 2-1 win over Sentinels (Pearl - 13-8, Fracture - 5-13, Split - 13-8). The final against KRU Esports ended in a 1-2 defeat for the American club, while in the lower grid Cloud9 Ledge and Leviatan were defeated 2-3 and missed the World Championship. In early October, the players received an invitation to the TEN Valorant Global Invitational, where they played the group stage with a 2-1 statistic. This was enough to start their journey to the play-offs right away with a grand final against DRX. A 2-1 win (Split - 12-14, Ascent - 13-2, Lotus - 13-9) secured Cloud9 the championship and the top prize of $11,123.10.
The last championship that Cloud9 competed in was Red Bull Home Ground #4. In the group stage, Xeppaa and his teammates played with a 1-1 statistic, Ledgeiv ZETA DIVISION with a score of 11-13 on the Haven map and confidently outplayed the Japanese from FENNEL with a score of 13-2 on Ascent. This performance allowed the American club to advance to the quarter-finals of the play-offs, where Cloud9 managed to defeat ZETA DIVISION 2-1 (Ascent - 8-13, Bind - 13-2, Lotus - 13-7) in a rematch. The upper grid semi-final was marked by a clash with FUT Esports, which C9 won in a full bo3 series (Sunset - 13-4, Lotus - 9-13, Haven - 13-10). In the grand finals of the tournament Cloud9 faced Fnatic. The teams played a full bo5 series, in which Xeppaa and Team Ledge went 2-3. As a result, Cloud9 won the silver medal at the tournament.
Statistics of Cloud9's recent results:
- Defeat by Fnatic with a score of 2:3
- 2:1 win over FUT Esports
- 2:1 win over ZETA DIVISION
- 13-2 win over FENNEL
- 11-13 loss to ZETA DIVISION.
Match History of FURIA Esports - Cloud9
The participants of this match have played against each other only once this year. During the regular season of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League Cloud9 defeated FURIA Esports 2-0 (Ascent - 13-8, Fracture - 13-9).
Predicted result of the match FURIA Esports - Cloud9
Cloud9 are performing noticeably better than FURIA Esports this year, despite winning the regional tournament against the Brazilians. Also worth considering is the fact that the American club has already beaten FURIA. Let's bet on the victory of Cloud9 team.
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