Azure Ray and Team Liquid will determine the second team to advance to the final of the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 play-offs. The winner will guarantee themselves a bronze medal at the tournament and $100,000 in prize money. The format of the match is bo3. Will Insania and his teammates be able to win the rematch against the Chinese team? We will find out very soon.
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 and 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. The Chinese also outplayed the reigning world champions from Team Spirit on two maps in a row and advanced to the lower grid semi-finals.
Statistics of Azure Ray's latest results:
- A 2-0 victory over Team Spirit
- 1:2 loss to Team Falcons
- 2-1 win over Team Liquid
- 2:0 win over BetBoom Team
- A 1-1 draw with Team Spirit
Team Liquid uniform
Western European esports club Team Liquid have had a great season of play, except for the fact that on the international stage Insania and their teammates are systematically one step away from victory. Their main and only opponent last year was Gaimin Gladiators. Liquid started the year with a first place finish at the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I and $30,000. This earned the players a trip to Lima Major 2023, where they reached the finals and won silver, which brought $100,000 in prize money. In the next round of the DPC 2023 ranking season, Team Liquid once again won the Western Europe Division 1 and earned another $30,000. Before travelling to Berlin to participate in ESL One Berlin Major 2023, Insania and his teammates played in the first tournament of the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 series, namely DreamLeague Season 19. The team successfully took second place, Ledgeiv Gaimin Gladiators in an intense final with a score of 2:3. The players were rewarded with $175,000 in prize money. At the Major tournament in Berlin, Team Liquid once again won the silver medal and received valuable DPC points and $100,000. At the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division I, the team lost some ground and finished in fourth place in the standings. However, that was good enough for a trip to Bali Major 2023. One of Insania's and the team's few failures was finishing 15th-16th place at DreamLeague Season 20, which earned them a $10,000 consolation prize. Silver at Bali Major 2023 with another grand final against Gaimin Gladiators earned $100,000. The European club also competed at the Riyadh Masters 2023 where they finished in second place and earned $2,500,000 in prize money. DreamLeague Season 21 finished in 9th-10th place and brought in $30,000. At The International 2023, Team Liquid failed to live up to fan expectations and finished in 5th-6th place in the standings, earning $106,393 in prize money. After the season ended, zai announced a hiatus from his professional career and was replaced by 33 on Team Liquid.
The previous professional event for Team Liquid was ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, where the team got in through closed qualifiers. Upon arrival at the championship Team Liquid found themselves in Group B. There the team showed not the most confident game, finishing with the statistics 2-1-2. This result allowed the players to reach the bottom of the play-offs grid. Insania and the team defeated Team Secret with a score of 2-0. After that, Team Liquid outplayed Team Falcons in a full bo3 series and advanced to the semi-finals. A win over BetBoom Team on two maps in a row put Insania and his teammates into the final of the lower grid. Team Liquid lost to Azure Ray by a 1-2 score and exited the tournament in third place for $120,000.
Team Liquid had a good Long Corner at BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024, playing in Group A with a 2-2-1 statistic. In the quarter-finals of the top set of play-offs, the European squad lost to Azure Ray in a full bo3 series and lost the right to make a mistake. In the first round of losers, Nisha and his teammates defeated Xtreme Gaming 2-0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the grid. Liquid followed that up with a 2-1 win over Gaimin Gladiators.
Team Liquid's recent results stats:
- Victory over Gaimin Gladiators with a score of 2:1
- A 2-0 win over Xtreme Gaming.
- A 1:2 defeat to Azure Ray
- 1:1 draw with LGD Gaming
- 1:1 draw with Aurora
History of Azure Ray - Team Liquid matches
Recently, the participants of this confrontation have played against each other three times. Two matches ended with a victory of the Chinese team, and one match was played in a draw.
Predicted result of the match Azure Ray - Team Liquid
These teams demonstrate an extremely competitive game and even in head-to-head meetings can not determine the winner on two maps. Let's bet on the total of maps more than 2.5.
