Riyadh Masters 2023 start postponed by 2 days
The organizers of the Gamers8 festival have postponed the start of the Play-in stage of the Riyadh Masters 2023 by 2 days. The reasons for this decision have not been announced yet.
The Play-in stage at Riyadh Masters 2023 will be held on July 19, not on the 17th as it was announced earlier. Thus, this stage will be held in 1-2 days instead of 3-4 days.
The format of the Play-in at the Riyadh Masters 2023 is as follows:
- Two groups of 6 teams each
- 1-2 place goes straight into the group stage
- Teams that finish 3rd to 6th place will play clubs from the other group.
- Teams will finish only after failing to qualify from the opposite group.
- Top-3 of Group A vs. Top-6 of Group B
- Top-4 of Group A vs. Top-5 of Group B
- Top-5 of Group A vs. Top-4 of Group B
- Top-6 of Group A vs. top-3 of Group B
Thus, the group stage of Riyadh Masters 2023 will feature 8 teams with invites, 4 winners of draw matches and the top 1-2 of each group of the Play-in stage.
Riyadh Masters 2023 will be held from July 19 to July 30 in Saudi Arabia with a prize pool of $15 million. At the moment the list of participants in the group stage is known, the final list of teams in the Play-in has not been announced, but the invites will be based on the rankings from ESL.
List of participants in the group stage of Riyadh Masters 2023 by invites:
- Gaimin Gladiators
- Tundra Esports
- PSG.LGD
- BetBoom Team
- Team Spirit
- Shopify Rebellion
- Talon Esports
- Evil Geniuses
As Cyberscore previously reported, Quest Esports has passed MENA qualification and will play in the Play-in stage at Riyadh Masters 2023.
![PSG Quest](https://media.cyberscore.live/static/teams/2023/11/e7caa152-d04d-4960-9be1-f726767e5374.png)
![Gaimin Gladiators](https://media.cyberscore.live/static/teams/2023/4/892d6368-207a-4d53-8d34-bbc1aaacf93b.png)
![Tundra Esports](https://media.cyberscore.live/static/teams/2023/4/26656f87-1679-4fd2-9588-9a79ba96c731.png)
![Team Spirit](https://media.cyberscore.live/static/teams/2023/3/d5c68b5d-02cf-413f-86cd-f5adddc533b2.png)
![BetBoom Team](https://media.cyberscore.live/static/teams/2024/6/c7513ba8-53b9-40ab-a736-60c6d73ac1d4.png)
![Evil Geniuses](https://media.cyberscore.live/static/teams/2023/3/29cb5b0b-6330-49af-88b3-0b03ca2dda4e.png)
![Talon Esports](https://media.cyberscore.live/static/teams/2023/4/b6de9333-1ad4-4c37-aff9-f8a608faf987.png)
![LGD Gaming](https://media.cyberscore.live/static/teams/2024/1/3af67157-ec8f-4b2c-837a-6b2a92fd32e2.png)
![Shopify Rebellion](https://media.cyberscore.live/static/teams/2023/3/bc2b6fbc-5f46-4402-a1e0-b1945a8648c0.png)