Favourites lock in big wins to move into the semis
The top 8 teams at the Skyesports Championship 2024 India Qualifiers kicked off the BO3 games in the round of 8 matches with some of the best teams in the country such as Gods Reign, True Rippers, Carnival Gaming and more in action.
Here's a recap of the match results.
Marcos Gaming vs Victores Sumus
The first match of the day saw Marcos Gaming face Victores Sumus and the series kicked off on Ancient. With Gh0sTTTT and Resoluxe powering up, Marcos started with a dominant 13-4 win.
While Ancient was a dominant win, Mirage was even worse for Victores Sumus as Marcos put up an even more convincing performance, dropping just a solitary round to take a 13-1 win to secure a clean 2-0.
Gods Reign vs ROG Academy
Gods Reign went up against ROG Academy in their RO8 game with Inferno being the series opener. An R2B2 special saw Gods Reign ease to a 13-5 win.
Anubis was the same story as R2B2 was on top of the scoreboard again, with Ph1NNNN, f1redup and Bhavi close behind as Gods Reign went one better to wrap up the series with a 13-4 win.
True Rippers vs Retaliation
DEFAULTER and co. faced Retaliation in their RO8 game with True Rippers kicking off the series with a convincing 13-4 win on Ancient with DEFAULTER leading from the front with 19 kills.
Retaliation put up a stronger fight on Mirage, with Crush_ making sure they didn't go down easily but DayMake, Rossi and Mcg!LLzZz made sure True Rippers wrapped it up in two, picking up a 13-9 win.
Carnival Gaming vs Griffins Esports
SpawN and his boys at Carnival Gaming went up against Griffin Esports and with their Gladiator's League Season 4 Grand Final scheduled for later in the day, Carnival Gaming wasted no time in dispatching Griffin Esports. The series started with a big 13-6 win on Anubis.
Mirage was even more dominant with Rider, clouda having a strong series, closing out Mirage at 13-3 to lock in a comfortable 2-0 series win.
With the top four teams being decided (Gods Reign, Marcos Gaming, True Rippers and Carnival Gaming), they move into the Playoffs from where the winner will book their spot in the main Skyesports Championship 2024 LAN event, taking place between July 23 - 28, 2024 in Mumbai.