The Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: American RMR tournament continues, and in the match for a spot at the Major, FURIA will face 9z Team. The winner of the match will secure a slot at the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, while the loser will head home. Bo3.gg, together with Oleg "Thunder" Gromyko, presents an overview, analysis, and prediction for this upcoming match.
Team Dynamics
It's hard to pick a favorite for this match, as the teams are relatively equal in strength. However, due to their name and ranking, FURIA are considered the favorites, albeit not by a large margin. FURIA has shown mixed results in this tournament, losing to Legacy and Liquid.
9z is in a similar situation, as they are not having one of their best tournaments, losing to paiN and Wildcard with a score of 2-0. Hence, the match result might be unexpected, as it could depend on the individual performances of the players.
Map Preferences
In the BO3 format, each team will have the opportunity to play the map they want, reducing the luck factor for victory. Here are the win statistics on maps for both teams over the last six months:
FURIA:
- Mirage: 31%
- Ancient: 50%, but not played recently
- Anubis: 45%
- Vertigo: 67%
- Nuke: 68%
- Dust2: 59%
- Inferno: 64%
9z
- Mirage: 44%
- Ancient: 70%
- Anubis: 50%
- Nuke: 54%
- Dust2: 46%
- Inferno: 36%
- Vertigo: usually banned.
Considering this and their past encounters, the match will most likely take place on the following maps:
- Inferno - Furia's choice
- Anubis - 9z's choice
- Nuke - the last
Previous Encounters
After a strong performance at the home IEM Rio 2024, many thought FURIA would advance through the qualifiers without much trouble. However, the team faced difficulties in the early matches, losing to relatively weaker teams.
The opposite situation unfolded for 9z, who had a disappointing performance at the last Thunderpick World Championship 2024, finishing last. They arrived at the tournament as a mid-tier team with potential but managed to achieve a 2-0 score in the Swiss system. However, they lost two matches and are now on the verge of elimination.
Prediction from Thunder
Maincast studio analyst/commentator Oleg “Thunder" Gromyko has a good grasp of the game and has provided an exclusive prediction for the upcoming match between the teams.
FURIA should be the favorites in this match. However, the Brazilians' play against Liquid on Anubis and Inferno was a complete disaster. Dust2 served as salvation and absolution for FURIA after Anubis. That's why I believe that Dust2's appearance is a completely logical decision, as it has been in most matches before. Another factor should be today's match for 9z on Dust2, where they showed very little and left many gaps in their attack (paiN literally did whatever they wanted).
The match promises to be just as interesting as it is challenging. The team has significant problems with their map pool, and additionally, FURIA is an uncomfortable opponent as they have an insta ban on Ancient. However, this factor didn't shake the team's confidence in the match against paiN, and they picked up Mirage, which they lost, but showed a very close game. Can FURIA repeat paiN's success on Mirage? I doubt it. But, nevertheless, I believe in a 2:0 victory for FURIA.
The Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: American RMR matches will take place from November 12 to 15 in Shanghai, China. The teams will compete for 7 spots at the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024. Follow the championship progress via this link.
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