Skyesports Championship 2024 – Teams, Format & Predictions

The Skyesports Championship 2024 is almost here, taking some of the best CS2 teams from around the world to Mumbai, India, where they will fight for the lion’s share of a massive $300,000 prize pool. The winners will take home an impressive $120,000.

We’ve got everything you need to know about the upcoming CS2 tournament, including the teams, format, and predictions!

Watch Skyesports Championship 2024 live:

You can make sure you never miss a round at the Skyesports Championship 2024 on its official Twitch channel, which you can find below:

Skyesports Championship 2024 format & teams

The Skyesports Championship 2024 begins with a Group Stage featuring six teams in each Group. Then, it moves to a standard single-elimination Playoffs bracket with the following ruleset:

• Group Stage:
  • Two round-robin format groups
    • Each group has 6 teams
    • All matches are best-of-one
  • The top three teams from each group move on to the Playoffs:
    • Group stage winners move on to the Semifinals
    • Group stage runners-up move on to the Quarterfinals as High Seeds
    • Group stage 3^rd place teams move on to the Quarterfinals as Low Seeds

• Playoffs:
  • Single-Elimination bracket
  • All matches are best-of-three

One important change to note over the Skyesports Masters 2024 is that this time around, the Grand Final will be a best-of-three again, as opposed to the best-of-five used last time out.

Skyesports Championship 2024 teams

There are 12 teams in total at the Skyesports Championship 2024, separated into two Groups. They are as follows:

Credit: Skyesports

Of the 12 teams, three achieved qualification for the event:

• Aurora (Skyesports Masters 2024 winners)
• 3DMAX (European Qualifiers)
• True Rippers (Indian Qualifiers)

The remaining nine teams were directly invited to participate in the Skyesports Championship 2024.

Skyesports Championship 2024 predictions

Looking at the teams involved in the Skyesports Championship 2024, a few names stand out as immediate favorites. ENCE, The MongolZ, BLEED, and Eternal Fire are the biggest names, and will be central to our predictions here. Let’s begin with ENCE and Eternal Fire. Both have struggled to get firing of late, and they’ll need to step up their form if they’re to make it out of the punishing Group Stage best-of-one format. While they’re still among the tournament favorites, we wouldn’t necessarily be putting our money where our mouth is with these two.

Our big favorites for the event are The MongolZ and BLEED. The MongolZ have won a few events of late of this stature, including YaLLa Compass 2024. They’ve got experience getting over the line in tournaments like this. While they’ve had a few tough events post-player break, we’re backing them to get back on track in Mumbai. Coming to BLEED, kassad is cooking with this roster. He has smartly upgraded his pieces on a budget when possible, and now boasts a roster featured jkaem, nawkk, and nexa. They wouldn’t look out of place in Tier 1, which is why they can do some serious damage at this event.