DreamLeague Season 23 Group Stage Results; OG Qualifies For Riyadh Masters
The DreamLeague Season 23 Group Stage has come to an end. The results of it were more important than usual, as it also determined qualifications to the Riyadh Masters 2024 tournament for some teams.
Group A Results
In Group A, Xtreme Gaming defeated Heroic 2-0 to secure a slot in the Upper Bracket Finals.
Meanwhile, despite being eliminated from the tournament already, PSG Quest decided to win a map against Team Liquid, which made things complicated for the Western European squad.
Team Liquid was forced to play a tiebreaker series against Heroic for the final Playoffs spot from Group A. After a close series with a 10,000 net worth comeback and a 76-minute decider, the South American squad came out on top, eliminating Team Liquid from DreamLeague Season 23.
Group B Results
Group B ended in an uncomplicated manner, as no tiebreakers were required.
The BetBoom Team, who was sitting in last place, won a crucial 2-0 series against Shopify Rebellion, saving themselves from the tournament and sending Arteezy and company home instead.
The second eliminated team was Natus Vincere, who suffered a 0-2 loss against Team Falcons.
Azure Ray drew their series against Tundra Esports, but the result did not matter as everything was already set in stone.
OG Qualifies For Riyadh Masters
The most interesting part about today is which teams qualified for the Riyadh Masters 2024 after the conclusion of the Group Stage. Since DreamLeague Season 23 is a tournament that awards EPT points, the placements of the participants also affected teams that aren’t in the tournament, such as OG.
OG was sitting at seventh place in the EPT rankings, and since Aurora, Heroic, and Azure Ray were all sent down to the Lower Bracket, it is no longer possible for any of these teams to overtake OG in EPT points. As a result, OG are the seventh team to lock in their Riyadh Masters slot despite not participating in the DreamLeague Season 23 tournament.
Team Spirit is currently sitting in eight place with 5200 EPT points. Only one of Aurora, Heroic, and Azure Ray can potentially overtake Team Spirit in the rankings. Since the PGL Wallachia Season 1 champions are not playing in this tournament, they can only sit back and pray.