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Skyesports Championship 2024 Counter-Strike 2 is set to kick off from Tuesday, July 23 at Taj Lands, Mumbai. The tournament will feature 12 teams competing for a whooping prize pool of $300,000 from July 23 to 28. Check out the Skyesports Championship 2024 Day 1 schedule, teams, streaming details, and more below.
Skyesports Championship 2024 Day 1 Schedule
Day 1 (23 July 2024)
Groups
Aurora Esports, the Serbian champions of the previous international Skyesports events—the $350,000 Skyesports Masters 2024 and the Skyesports Grand Slam 2024 in Pune, India—are once again traveling to the country, aiming for the throne. Joining them are Turkey’s Eternal Fire, Mongolia’s The Mongolz, and formidable European teams such as ENCE, Bleed Esports, and Revenant Esports.
Additionally, open qualifiers for Europe and India were held, granting two direct slots for the Skyesports Championship 2024 Main Event. True Rippers will be representing India, while 3DMAX has secured the European qualification for the event.
Skyesports Championship 2024 CS-2 Format
The Skyesports Championship will happen across two stages: the Group Stage and the Playoffs. The Group Stage will take place from July 23 to 25 with the 12 teams split into two groups of six teams each. Each group will compete in a single round-robin format with the top three teams advancing to the Playoffs. The group stage will adopt a “semi-LAN” format where the teams will be competing from remotely set-up bootcamps at the Taj Lands' End in Mumbai.
The Skyesports Championship 2024 Playoffs will move to the main stage at the Taj Lands' End, where the six teams will battle it out in a single-elimination bracket for the title of champions on July 27 and 28. Additionally, there will be a lot of surprises set for fans in the Skyesports Championship 2024.
Skyesports Championship 2024 Streaming details
Fans can catch all the action live on the Skyesports YouTube and Twitch channels. The tournament will be broadcast in several languages, including English, Hindi, Russian, Portugal, and Mongolian.
Commenting on the tournament, Shiva Nandy, Founder and CEO of Skyesports, said, “We are thrilled to welcome international teams to India for the $300,000 Skyesports Championship. This event, at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai, is among the most significant ones of our 2024 Counter-Strike esports roadmap. As we position Skyesports’ IPs for new audiences, this tournament is a crucial milestone for our long-term plans in the game. Our vision of bringing international teams to India to participate in our IPs is coming true, and we are setting a platform to establish India as a global hub for esports. This is a pivotal moment in putting India on the global esports map.”
