PSG.LGD won the title of “Master of Riyadh” in the famous game Dota 2 at the end of the second professional esports competition of the Gamers season – the world’s largest esports and electronic gaming event – which took place from July 20 to 24, 2022 with a total with prizes of $5 million. PSG.LGD won the final and took home the championship trophy and $1.5 million first-place prize after beating Team Spirit 2-0 to take home the $750,000 second-place prize.
European teams OG and Team Secret each received $425,000 after finishing third and fourth in the tournament.
Saudi Electronic Sports Federation Department Director Faisal bin Hamran congratulated the PSG.LGD team on their well-deserved victory in the Riyadh Masters Dota 2 Championship after 5 days full of professionalism and enthusiasm, and said: of this distinctive and unique tournament that is being broadcast on earth today, and the positive feedback we have heard from the player experience and the sports and electronic gaming community, in addition to the high level we have seen throughout the tournament, makes us proud to be presented, and motivates us to provide more in the next edition, which in our plan will include qualifying stages throughout the year for various regions around. world until the final, which will be held in Riyadh.
Tournament competition started last Wednesday and the group stage was played according to the Robin system, where the teams were divided into two groups, each of which had five teams: the first group (Team Liquid, TSM, Nigma Galaxy, Royal Never Give Up, OG) and the second group (Team Secret, PSG. LGD, Team Spirit, Tundra Esports, Deboosters).
Team OG qualified as the leader of the first group with two wins and two draws to reach the semi-finals directly, Royal Never Give Up and Nigma Galaxy placed second and third with one win and 3 draws, while Team Secret took first place. the second group with 3 wins and one draw to secure a place in the semi-finals of the tournament, PSG.LGD came in second with 3 wins and one loss and Team Spirit came in third with two wins, one draw and one loss.
PSG.LGD defeated Nigma Galaxy 2-1 in the quarter-final match and OG in the semi-final match with the same result, while Team Spirit advanced to the final match after defeating Royal Never Give Up in the quarter-final match with a score of 2-1 and Team Secret with the same score in the semi-final match.
It is noteworthy that the professional esports events during the season of gamers, organized by the Saudi Arabian Federation of Electronic Sports, are broadcast live on the accounts of the season of gamers on various platforms in 8 different languages, in order to give millions of viewers around the world the opportunity to follow all the events of the competition and the atmosphere championships.
It is worth noting that the season of gamers is an unprecedented global event for sports and electronic gaming, and this version bears the slogan “Your Gateway to the Next World” and is based on 4 main axes: up to $15 million, entertainment shows and events, with more than a thousand events, concerts by many world stars, as well as a number of local music stars, as well as the “Next World Summit”, which brings together leaders from the sports and electronic gaming sector, as well as experts from around the world. world.
