Azure Ray will face Team Spirit in the quarter-finals of the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 lower grid play-offs. The winner will advance to the semi-finals of the losers' bracket where they will face either Gaimin Gladiators or Team Liquid. The loser will finish the tournament in 5th-6th place. The format of the match is bo3. For whom will this match be the last at the championship in Dubai? Let's find out.
In this betting tіre, you will learn how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they played their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Azure Ray's uniform
Azure Ray were the real revelation of the previous year. The team burst into the season from a top-4 spot in the Chinese DPC league and managed to make it to 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 loss to Team Bright made Azure Ray's path a bit longer, and the team 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 crucial 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 set Azure Ray outplayed Team Liquid with a 2-1 result and advanced to the semi-finals of the winner's bracket. A full bo3 series against Team Falcons ended in a defeat for the Chinese club and a drop into the losers' net.
Azure Ray's latest results stats:
- A 1-2 defeat against Team Falcons
- 2-1 win over Team Liquid
- A 2-0 win over BetBoom Team
- 1:1 draw with Team Spirit
- 0:2 defeat to Xtreme Gaming
Team Spirit uniform
The International 2021 champions started last year's season with second place finishes at the DPC EEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I and BetBoom Universe: Episode I - Comics Zone, which earned them $28,000 and $25,000 respectively. The team also earned the right to play at Lima Major 2023, the first Major tournament of the year. The 7th-8th place at Lima Major 2023 is hard to call a good result for such a team, but Miposhka and his teammates fulfilled the minimum programme, earning $12,500 and DPC points. Silver in the DPC EEU 2023 Tour 2: Division I allowed Team Spirit to earn $28,000 and ranking points, as well as a trip to Berlin for the Major event. Before travelling to Germany, Spirit finished in 9th-10th place at DreamLeague Season 19, the first tournament of the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 series, and won $25,000. At ESL One Berlin Major 2023, the team fell short, as a 9th-12th place finish in the standings did not earn them any honours. Team Spirit won the final round of the regional league, winning all of their matches. Thus, Miposhka and his team earned the grand prize of $30,000, DPC points and a trip to Bali Major 2023. In between ranking tournaments, Spirit played at DreamLeague Season 20, where they finished in the top 5 and received $52,500. But in Bali the players had the same bad luck as in Berlin. Once again 9th-12th place and no winnings. The final tournament of the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 series was the Riyadh Masters 2023, a LAN championship held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, which had the biggest prize money of the year, namely $15,000,000. The win secured Team Spirit $5,000,000 in prize money. Also, the championship at DreamLeague Season 21 brought the players $300,000. And at the end of the year, Spirit became two-time world champions by winning The International 2023 and earning the top prize of $1,521,362. The team failed to qualify for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. The 2024th Long Season started for Yatoro and his teammates by qualifying for DreamLeague Season 22.
Team Spirit had previously competed in the ESL One Birmingham 2024: Eastern Europe Closed Qualifier. In the first match, the world champions outplayed Yellow Submarine in a full bo3 series and advanced to the semifinals of the qualifier. A 2-0 victory over Ukrainian team Natus Vincere ensured their place in the winner's bracket final. There, Team Spirit outplayed Virtus.pro 2-1 and earned a trip to England.
At BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 in the group stage, Team Spirit took second place in Group B with a 1-4-0 statistic, which allowed them to advance to the play-offs. There Yatoro and Team Ledge and Gaimin Gladiators on two maps and lost the right to make a mistake. The team rehabilitated in the match against LGD Gaming. The 2:0 victory put Team Spirit into the quarter-finals of the final.
Statistics of Team Spirit's latest results:
- A 2-0 victory over LGD Gaming
- A 0:2 loss to Gaimin Gladiators
- A 1-1 draw with OG
- 1:1 draw with Azure Ray
- 1-1 draw with BetBoom Team
Azure Ray vs Team Spirit Match History
Previously, the participants of this confrontation have played against each other only once. In the group stage of the current tournament Azure Ray and Team Spirit played a draw.
Predicted result of the match Azure Ray - Team Spirit
Team Spirit have proven that they are the strongest team in the world right now. Yes, Azure Ray can win the map, but still Spirit should go to the semifinals of the grid. Let's bet on Team Spirit to win.
