Let's move on to the confrontation between Fnatic and 3DMAX, which will take place in the quarter-finals of the winner of the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024: European Qualifier, the closed part of the qualifying cycle for the IEM Rio 2024 for European teams. The winner will be one step closer to travelling to the big tournament, while the loser will lose the right to make a mistake. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants has a better chance of success? Let's get to the bottom of it.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match have performed since the beginning of the current year, how they played their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Fnatic Form
Fnatic began their performance this year with a string of different qualifiers. The team qualified for the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A, where they finished in eighth place, which was good enough to qualify for the RMR tournament. 5th-8th place at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: European Open Qualifier #2 and 5th-6th place at RES Western European Masters: Spring 2024 did not allow him to qualify for these championships. At PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A Fnatic finished in 9th-11th place in the standings and went to the Decider tournament. However, a 4-6th place finish at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR Decider deprived the team of the opportunity to travel to Denmark for the LAN event. Attempts to qualify for Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2024 also failed at the open qualifiers stage. The players earned their first prize money, as well as their first win, at RES European Series #1, which brought in $50,000. But then Fnatic continued their streak of unsuccessful qualifiers. The team missed Skyesports Masters 2024, ESL Challenger at DreamHack Summer 2024, BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 and Esports World Cup 2024. The next big event for Fnatic was ESL Pro League Season 19, where players placed 21st-28th and earned $7,000. The silver medal at YaLLa Compass Spring 2024 provided the players with $3,500. The team then finished 5th-8th in the standings at the CCT Season 2 European Series #1 and 9th-12th at the CCT Season 1 Global Finals. At YaLLa Compass 2024, Fnatic finished in 5th-6th place and earned $20,000. The silver medal at the FiReLEAGUE Global Final 2023 added an additional $30,000 to the club's coffers. Fnatic's second championship of the season was a win at RES European Series #6, which secured the $50,000 top prize. The team then finished second at CCT Season 2 European Series #6 and secured $10,000 in prize money. A 5th-8th place finish at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 #2: European Qualifier prevented Fnatic from qualifying.
Fnatic previously competed at Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024: European Open Qualifier #1. The team started their journey in the qualifiers with a 13-5 victory over Bulgarian club Quixal on the Ancient map. Fnatic then defeated tutel with a 13-11 score on the same Ancient map. A 13-8 win over Rebels Gaming advanced the players to the fourth round of qualification, where the team defeated Gaimin Gladiators with a score of 16-12. In the deciding game Fnatic faced Team QUAZAR, who were defeated 2-1 (Anubis - 11-13, Ancient - 13-3, Vertigo - 13-9), which guaranteed the players an exit to the closed part of qualification.
Fnatic's latest results stats:
- 2-1 win over Team QUAZAR
- 16-12 win over Gaimin Gladiators
- 13-8 win over Rebels Gaming
- 13-11 win over tutel
- 13-5 win over Quixal
3DMAX uniforms
The new year 2024 Long Sogpegov for 3DMAX with an attempt to pass at the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. The team took 9-11th place at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A and advanced to the Decider stage. The fifth place allowed Maka and his teammates to qualify for the European RMR tournament. In addition, 3DMAX failed at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: European Open Qualifier #2, finishing in 9th-16th place in the standings. A top-4 finish at RES Western European Masters: Spring 2024 kept them out of the tournament system from BLAST. At the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A 3DMAX did not achieve the desired result, finishing in 12th-14th place. The Frenchmen also finished 5th-8th in the standings at RES European Series #1 and Skyesports Masters 2024: European Qualifier, failing to achieve the desired result. 3DMAX participated in the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2024: European Open Qualifier #2, but failed to qualify. A silver medal at A1 Gaming League Season 8 earned the players $4,354.95 in prize money. A landmark was the team's performance at ESL Pro League Season 19, where the French finished on the 9th-12th place in the standings, winning $23,500 in prize money. The 5th-8th places at CCT Season 2 European Series #3 and CCT Season 2 European Series #4 brought the team $4,000 in prize money. 3DMAX also successfully passed two qualifiers ESL Pro League Season 20: European Conference and Skyesports Championship 2024: European Qualifier. Then the French won silver at CCT Season 2 European Series #5 and Regional Clash Arena Europe, adding $20,000 to the club's coffers. The team's biggest achievement so far has been winning the Skyesports Championship 2024, which earned them an impressive $120,000 in prize money. The 3-4th place at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 #2: European Qualifier did not allow the team to go to the tournament in Belgrade. 3DMAX also failed to surprise the fans at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024, finishing 21st-24th in the standings and earning a $2,500 consolation prize.
The previous professional championship for 3DMAX was CCT Season 2 European Series #8. The Frenchmen received a direct invitation to the play-offs stage, bypassing the group stage. However, in the first match, which took place within the Round of 16, 3DMAX lost to SINNERS Esports in a full bo3 series and took 9-16th place, remaining without prize money.
Statistics of the latest 3DMAX results:
- 1-2 defeat to SINNERS Esports
- Victory over Zero Tenacity with a score of 2:1
- 1:2 loss to Nemiga Gaming
- 2:1 win over PARIVISION
- 1:2 defeat to Heroic
Fnatic vs 3DMAX Match History
Since the beginning of this year the participants of this confrontation have not played against each other on the professional stage.
Predicted result of the match Fnatic - 3DMAX
We expect a fairly even match, which is unlikely to end on two maps. Let's bet on the total of maps more than 2.5.