DOTA: Gaimin Gladiators win grand final at Riyadh Masters

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Gaimin Gladiators swept Team Liquid 3-0 in the grand final to win the Dota 2 Riyadh Masters on Sunday in Saudi Arabia.

Gaimin Gladiators will take home $1.5 million of the $5 million prize pool. Team Liquid — which advanced to the grand final by beating Team Falcons 2-0 in the lower-bracket final earlier in the day — settled for second place and an $800,000 prize.

The Riyadh Masters, part of the Esports World Cup, began with 20 teams on July 4. The playoffs ran Tuesday through Sunday, with best-of-three matches until the best-of-five grand final.

Gaimin Gladiators swept Team Liquid in Saturday’s upper-bracket final, making the grand final a rematch. They wouldn’t allow Liquid to exact any revenge Sunday, winning in 25 minutes on green, 46 minutes on red and 30 minutes on green.

Quinn “Quinn” Callahan averaged a 7.0-0.7-11.3 kills-deaths-assists ratio to lead GG. Anton “dyrachyo” Shkredov of Russia added an average K-D-A of 7.0-1.7-11.0, and Marcus “Ace” Christensen of Denmark racked up 45 assists in the match.

In the lower-bracket final, Liquid topped Falcons in 31 minutes on red and 38 minutes on green. Michael “miCKe” Vu of Sweden paced Liquid with a K-D-A of 10.0-1.0-8.0.

Dota 2 Riyadh Masters prize pool (money, Esports World Cup team points):
1. $1.5 million, 1,000 points — Gaimin Gladiators
2. $800,000, 600 — Team Liquid
3. $600,000, 350 — Team Falcons
4. $400,000, 200 — Tundra Esports
5-6. $300,000, 90 — BetBoom Team, PSG Quest
7-8. $200,000, 30 — WBG.XG, Team Spirit
9-12. $100,000 — Aurora, Entity, LGD Gaming, OG
13-14. $70,000 — HEROIC, beastcoast
15-16. $40,000 — Blacklist International, MOUZ
17-18. $25,000 — Virtus.pro, nouns
19-20. $15,000 — G2 x iG, Azure Ray

–Field Level Media

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