Riyadh Masters 2023: Schedule, Format, Teams

With the Gaimin Gladiators winning their third Dota 2 Major this year after the Bali Major, all attention has now turned towards the illustrious Riyadh Masters 2023, beginning on July 19. This is the final professional LAN tournament before The International 12, so the competition is set to be fierce.

Keep reading because we've got all the information Dota 2 fans need to know about the exciting Riyadh Masters 2023 tournament, the crown jewel of the 2023 Dota 2 Pro Circuit. We've got all the teams competing, the full schedule, and all streaming destinations for online matches!

Set to have the biggest prize pool, with a whopping $15 million on the line, which lucky team will take home the lion's share at Riyadh Masters 2023?

Riyadh Masters 2023: Format

Twenty teams officially announced will clash together in the DOTA 2 Riyadh Masters 2023 tournament as they fight for the $15,000,000 prize pool on the line! This massive prize pool is set to be the largest in Dota 2 history, and is evenly spread amongst all 20 competing teams!

Play-In Stage (July 19 - 20)

• 12 teams compete, split into two groups of six teams in a single-round-robin
• All matches are best-of-two
• Top two teams from each group advance to the Group Stage
• 3rd to 6th placed teams from each group will be matched - 3rd vs 6th and 4th vs 5th
• Losers are eliminated, and the winners advance to the Group Stage

Group Stage

• Two groups of eight teams compete in a single round-robin.
• All matches are best-of-two
• Top four teams from each group advance to the Playoffs Upper Bracket
• 5th and 6th placed teams from each group advance to the Playoffs Lower Bracket

Playoffs Stage

• Ten teams compete in a double-elimination bracket
• All matches, except the Grand Final, are best-of-three
• The Grand Final is best-of-five

Riyadh Masters 2023: Teams

Here are all 20 teams competing in Riyadh Masters 2023, including their full player rosters.

Play-In Seeds

Twelve teams are seeded into the Play-In Stage based on the EPT Ranking System, where the six main regions will have at least one representing team.

• Team Liquid: miCKe, Nisha, zai, Boxi, Insania
• 9Pandas: RAMZES666, kiyotaka, MieRo, Solo, Antares
• TSM: Timado, Bryle, kasane, Ari, Whitemon
• beastcoast: Parker, DarkMago, Sacred, Scofield, Stinger
• Team Aster: Monet, SumaiL, Xxs, Kaka, 皮球
• Execration: Palos, Bob, Tino, Shanks, Carlo
• OG: Yuragi, bzm, DM, Taiga, TBD
• Virtus.pro: Kiritych~, squad1x, Noticed, Fng, sayuw
• Entity: watson, Stormstomer, Gabbi, Kataomi', Fishman
• Xtreme Gaming: Ghost, Paparazi,JT-, XinQ, Dy
• Team Secret: Crystallis, Armel, Fbz, yamich, Puppey
• Quest Esports: TA2000, No!ob, ATF, OmaR, kaori

Group Stage Seeds

The remaining eight teams are automatically seeded into the second stage, the Group Stage. There will be one team from DreamLeague Season 19 and two teams from DreamLeague Season 20. The remainder is decided from the top five average-placed teams from both tournaments.

• Gaimin Gladiators: dyrachyo, Quinn, Ace, tOfu, Seleri
• BetBoom Team: Nightfall, gpk~, Save-, Pure~, TORONTOKYO
• PSG.LGD: shiro, NothingToSay, niu, planet, y'
• Evil Geniuses: Pakaz, Chris Luck, Wisper, Matthew, Panda
• Tundra Esports: skiter, Nine, 33, Saksa, Sneyking
• Shopify Rebellion: Arteezy, Abed, SabeRLight-, Cr1t-, Fly
• Team Spirit: Yatoro, Larl, Collapse, Mira, Miposhka
• Talon Esports: 23savage, Mikoto, Jabz, Q, Oil~

Riyadh Masters 2023: Play-In Schedule

All times listed below will be in BST, and match winners will be in bold. Watch this space as we will publish the schedules for the Group Stage and Playoffs at a later date! Matches marked with an * were tied.

July 19 - Group A

• 10:00 AM - Team Liquid v Entity
• 10:00 AM - Team Aster v Virtus.pro
• 10:00 AM - Execration v TSM
• 12:30 PM - Team Liquid v Execration
• 12:30 PM - Entity v Virtus.pro
• 12:30 PM - TSM v Team Aster
• 3:00 PM - Virtus.pro v Team Liquid
• 3:00 PM - Team Aster v Execration
• 3:00 PM - Entity v TSM
• 5:30 PM - TSM v Team Liquid
• 5:30 PM - Entity v Team Aster
• 5:30 PM - Execration v Virtus.pro

July 19 - Group B

• 10:00 AM - OG v Quest Esports
• 10:00 AM - Team Secret v beasctoast
• 10:00 AM - Xtreme Gaming v 9Pandas
• 12:30 PM - beastcoast v OG
• 12:30 PM - 9Pandas v Quest Esports
• 12:30 PM - Team Secret v Xtreme Gaming
• 3:00 PM - Quest Esports v Team Secret
• 3:00 PM - 9Pandas v OG
• 3:00 PM - beastcoast v Xtreme Gaming
• 5:30 PM - 9Pandas v beastcoast
• 5:30 PM - OG v Team Secret
• 5:30 PM - Quest Esports v Xtreme Gaming

July 20 - Group A

• 10:00 AM - Team Liquid v Team Aster
• 10:00 AM - Virtus.pro v TSM
• 10:00 AM - Execration v Entity

July 20 - Group B

• 12:45 PM - Quest Esports v beastcoast
• 12:45 PM - 9Pandas v Team Secret
• 12:45 PM - OG v Xtreme Gaming

Watch this space as we will update this article with the schedule for the following two stages, the current standings, match results, and streaming destinations as soon as we have more information!

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