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Dota 2’s Riyadh Masters returned for 2024 with the big-money Saudi event now folded into this year’s edition of the Esports World Cup. Twenty teams headed to Riyadh to battle for the lion’s share of the massive $5 million prize pool.

 

Riyadh Masters 2024 is just one event among dozens being held in the Saudi Arabian capital over the two months as part of the EWC. Victorious teams also scored points toward the Club Championship for their org, with the winner taking home a cool $7 million.

 

Team Spirit took down Team Liquid at last year’s iteration of Riyadh Masters, but this time around all eyes were on Team Falcons as they look to widen the gap at the top of Dota 2‘s competitive charts ahead of TI 2024. Here’s everything you need to know about Riyadh Masters 2024: Schedule, teams, results, and more.

 

Contents

• Format and teams
• Schedule and results
  • Play-In
  • Group Stage
  • Playoffs
• Streams: How to watch

 

Riyadh Masters 2024 format and teams

Team Spirit will be going for back-to-back wins in Saudi Arabia. Photo via Gamers8

 

Riyadh Masters 2024 was one of the biggest Dota 2 tournaments on the annual calendar and, in recent years, has rivaled The International for prize pool. This year was no different, with $5 million up for grabs for the 20 teams in attendance.

This year’s edition of Riyadh Masters saw 12 teams battle through the play-ins, with the top eight joining eight invites in the main group stage. From there, 16 teams were split into two groups of eight, with each earning a seed for the playoff bracket; the top four in each group began in the upper bracket, while the bottom eight started in the lower bracket.

From there, the 16 were whittled down to one champion via the double-elimination bracket with the winner walking away $1.5 million richer.

 

Here are the teams attending Riyadh Masters 2024.

 

Qualification	Team
Invite (Group Stage)	Falcons BetBoom Gaimin Gladiators WBG.XG Tundra Liquid OG Spirit
Qualified (Play-In)	Entity MOUZ VP PSG Quest G2 x iG LGD Gaming Azure Ray Aurora Blacklist International Nouns HEROIC Beastcoast

 

Riyadh Masters 2024 schedule and results

 

Playoffs

A long road to the final. Screenshot via Liquipedia

 

All match times are in Central Time (CT).

 

Tuesday, July 16

• 4am: Tundra 2-0 OG
• 7:30am: Falcons 2-1 WBG.XG | Entity 0-2 Gaimin
• 12pm: Spirit 0-2 Liquid

 

Wednesday, July 17

• 4am: WBG.XG 2-0 Aurora
  • Aurora is eliminated.
• 7:30am: Entity 1-2 BetBoom
  • Entity is eliminated.
• 11am: Spirit 2-0 LGD
  • LGD is eliminated.

 

Thursday, July 18

• 4am: OG 1-2 PSG Quest
  • OG is eliminated.
• 7:30am: Falcons 1-2 Gaimin
  • Gaimin proceeds to upper bracket final.
• 11am: Liquid 2-1 Tundra
  • Winner proceeds to upper bracket final.

 

Friday, July 19

• 4am: WBG.XG 0-2 BetBoom
  • WBG.XG is eliminated.
• 7:30am: Spirit 1-2 PSG Quest
  • Spirit is eliminated.
• 11am: Tundra 2-1 BetBoom
  • BetBoom is eliminated.

Saturday, July 20

• 4am: Falcons 2-1 PSG Quest
  • PSG Quest is eliminated.
• 7:30am: Gaimin 2-0 Liquid
  • Gaimin proceeds to grand final, Liquid falls to lower bracket final.
• 11am: Tundra 0-2 Falcons
  • Falcons proceeds to lower bracket final. Tundra is eliminated.

Sunday, July 21

• 6am: Liquid 2-0 Falcons
  • Liquid proceeds to grand final, Falcons is eliminated in third.
• 10am: Gaimin 3-0 Liquid
  • Grand final.

 

Group Stage

A battle for seeding in the playoffs—or elimination. Screenshot via Liquipedia

 

Wednesday, July 10

Group A

• 8:30am:
  • Falcons 0-2 Spirit
  • HEROIC 2-0 Gaimin
  • Blacklist 1-1 OG
  • Aurora 1-1 LGD
• 1pm:
  • Falcons 0-2 Gaimin
  • Spirit 1-1 OG
  • HEROIC 1-1 LGD
  • Blacklist 1-1 Aurora

Group B

• 10:15am:
  • BetBoom 2-0 Beastcoast
  • Entity 2-0 PSG Quest
  • WBG.XG 1-1 Liquid
  • Tundra 2-0 MOUZ

Thursday, July 11

Group A

• 10:15am:
  • Gaimin 1-1 Spirit
  • Falcons 2-0 Aurora
  • OG 2-0 HEROIC
  • LGD 1-1 Blacklist

Group B

• 8:30am:
  • PSG Quest 1-1 Liquid
  • WBG.XG 2-0 BetBoom
  • Entity 0-2 Tundra
  • Beastcoast 2-0 MOUZ
• 1pm:
  • WBG.XG 1-1 PSG Quest
  • Liquid 1-1 Tundra
  • MOUZ 1-1 BetBoom
  • Beastcoast 0-2 Entity

Friday, July 12

Group A

• 8:30am:
  • OG 1-1 Aurora
  • Spirit 1-1 HEROIC
  • Gaimin 2-0 Blacklist
  • Falcons 2-0 LGD
• 1pm:
  • OG 1-1 Gaimin
  • LGD 1-1 Spirit
  • Aurora 2-0 HEROIC
  • Falcons 2-0 Blacklist

Group B

• 10:15am:
  • BetBoom 0-2 Liquid
  • WBG.XG 0-2 Tundra
  • PSG Quest 1-1 Beastcoast
  • Entity 2-0 MOUZ

Saturday, July 13

Group A

• 10:15am:
  • Falcons 1-1 OG
  • Gaimin 1-1 LGD
  • Spirit 1-1 Aurora
  • HEROIC 1-1 Blacklist

Group B

• 8:30am:
  • BetBoom 0-2 Entity
  • Tundra 1-1 PSG Quest
  • Liquid 2-0 Beastcoast
  • WBG.XG 2-0 MOUZ
• 1pm:
  • PSG Quest 1-1 BetBoom
  • WBG.XG 1-1 Entity
  • MOUZ 0-2 Liquid
  • Beastcaost 0-2 Tundra

Sunday, July 14

Group A

• 8:30am:
  • Falcons 2-0 HEROIC
  • Aurora 1-1 Gaimin
  • Blacklist 1-1 Spirit
  • LGD 1-1 OG

Group B

• 10:15am:
  • Liquid 1-1 Entity
  • Tundra 1-1 BetBoom
  • MOUZ 0-2 PSG Quest
  • WBG.XG 1-1 Beastcoast

 

Play-In

The Play-Ins have wrapped. Screenshot via Liquipedia

 

All match times are in Central Time (CT).

 

Thursday, July 4

Group A

• 4am:
  • G2 x iG 1-1 Entity
  • LGD 1-1 VP
  • Blacklist 2-0 beastcoast
• 9:30am:
  • VP 1-1 Entity
  • Blacklist 1-1 G2 x iG
  • LGD 1-1 beastcoast

Group B

• 6:45am:
  • Aurora 2-0 Azure Ray
  • HEROIC 1-1 PSG Quest
  • nouns 1-1 MOUZ
• 12:15pm:
  • nouns 1-1 Aurora
  • HEROIC 2-0 MOUZ
  • PSG Quest 2-0 Azure Ray

Friday, July 5

Group A

• 4am:
  • VP 1-1 G2 x iG
  • Entity 2-0 beastcoast
  • Blacklist 2-0 LGD
• 9:30am:
  • Entity 2-0 LGD
  • beastcoast 2-0 G2 x iG
  • Blacklist 2-0 VP

Group B

• 6:45am
  • PSG Quest 2-0 Aurora
  • Azure Ray 0-2 MOUZ
  • nouns 0-2 HEROIC
• 12:15pm:
  • Azure Ray 0-2 HEROIC
  • MOUZ 0-2 Aurora
  • nouns 1-1 PSG Quest

Saturday, July 6

Group A

• 4am:
  • G2 x iG 1-1 LGD
  • Blacklist 0-2 Entity
  • beastcoast 1-1 VP
• 12:15pm
  • G2 x iG 1-2 LGD
    • Tiebreaker: G2 x iG is eliminated.

Group B

• 6:45am:
  • Aurora 1-1 HEROIC
  • MOUZ 1-1 PSG Quest
  • nouns 1-1 Azure Ray

Sunday, July 7

• 7:30am: VP 0-2 MOUZ
  • MOUZ proceeds to group stage, VP is eliminated.
• 11am: Nouns 0-2 LGD Gaming
  • LGD proceeds to group stage, Nouns is eliminated.

 

Riyadh Masters 2024 streams: How to watch

 

Riyadh Masters 2024 will be streamed live on Twitch and YouTube across three Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary channels. If you missed the action, spoiler-free VODs will be made available following the conclusion of each matchday.

Streams in other languages are also available—visit the Riyadh Masters 2024 Liquipedia page for an updated list. Dota 2 community streamers may also be broadcasting the matches.