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The Riyadh Masters 2023 is the largest tournament of the 2023 Dota 2 season before The International 12 (TI12) begins and it is all set to happen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The schedule for the play-ins of the Riyadh Masters 2023 is finally out and fans will be treated to two intense days of Dota 2 action before the group stages and playoffs begin later. The tournament will feature the highest prize pool of the year so far featuring a massive $15,000,000 USD total prize pool.
The Riyadh Masters 2023 play-ins are scheduled to kick off on the 19th July and will conclude on 20th July. The Play-Ins will be a single round-robin and all of the series will be best-of-two (BO2) games. The top two teams of each group will advance to the group stages and 3rd to 6th place will be matched once again where the two winners will advance to the group stages as well.
Here are the schedule, results, standings, and other details about the Riyadh Master’s Play-Ins.
A Guide to Riyadh Masters Play-Ins
Play-In Groups
The two groups in which teams will compete at the Riyadh Masters Play-In stage have been announced by the organizers:
Riyadh Masters 2023 Play-In Standings
Group A
Group B
Schedule and Results (All times are in SGT)
The Play-Ins of the Riyadh Masters 2023 kicks off on 19th July and concludes on 20th July where the bottom four teams in Group A and B play one more series against each other, and the winners of each series will advance to the group stages.
On the first day of the Play-Ins, 24 series will be played. Meanwhile, Day 2, the last of the Play-Ins, feature 6 series, following which the remaining matches between the bottom 4 of each group will be played.
Day 1 - 19th July (Wednesday)
Day 2 - 20th July (Thrusday)
Tie-Breaker
Group A & B Deciders
Format (19th July to 20th July)
A total of twelve teams participate
Western Europe (WEU): 5 seeds
China (CN): 2 seeds
Eastern Europe (EEU): 2 seeds
Southeast Asia (SEA): 1 seed
North America (NA) and South America (SA): 1 seed
Two groups of 6 teams each
Single round-robin setup
All matches are BO2
Top two teams from each group advance to the group stages.
The 3rd to 6th place teams from each group play one more series against each other and the winners advance to the group stages.
The remaining two teams are eliminated.
Where to watch Riyadh Masters 2023 Play-In matches
Apart from the Dota 2 client, fans can tune into the Gamers8GG Twitch channel. Given that there are multiple series happening at the same time, you can tune into other broadcasts simultaneously to watch them all on other Dota 2 Twitch channels, which will be revealed closer to the tournament start date.
In case you miss out on watching the Riyadh Masters 2023 Group Stage matches live, you can also head over to the Gamers8 Esports YouTube Channel to check out the videos-on-demand (VODs).
