The vibrant Brazilian championship Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024 has ended. Over the course of three days, the strongest teams from South America, as well as visiting European participants, fought for the championship title and a decent prize fund. As a result of the competition, paiN Gaming players became champions. Today we will talk about the tournament and the team’s path to success.
In this article, you will learn about what the Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024 was like, what path paiN Gaming took to the coveted championship, how Brazilian teams distinguished themselves in this tournament, and how European clubs failed to please their fans.
General information about the Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024
Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024 is a LAN championship in the Counter-Strike 2 series of the Global Esports Tour, organized by CBGE. The tournament took place from April 18th to 20th and was highly popular on esports betting sites worldwide. The venue was the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. And the matches themselves took place at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho stadium, which seats 11,800 spectators.
In total, eight teams took part in the Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024, five of which represented South America, and three teams came from Europe. It is also worth noting that four of the five South American teams were purely Brazilian squads. All participants competed for a worthy prize pool of $200,000.
Almost perfect performance from paiN Gaming at the Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024
Like all participants in this competition, the Brazilian team paiN Gaming received a direct invitation from the organizers of the event. Biguzera and his teammates began their journey with a tense bo1 series against the Ukrainian team Monte, which ended in overtime. In the semi-finals of the upper bracket, paiN beat their compatriots from MIBR.
But then the team encountered another of its nemesis, namely the esports club Imperial Esports. Having lost with a score of 1:2, biguzera and the team lost the right to make mistakes and went to the lower part of the bracket. There the team again defeated MIBR on two maps and reached the grand final of the tournament. The rematch ended in victory for paiN Gaming with a score of 2:1. In addition to the championship cup, the victory brought paiN a grand prize of $100,000.
It is worth noting the fact that before the start of the tournament, and especially after the extremely close match with Monte, no one suspected that paiN Gaming would become the winners of the tournament, considering what other teams from South America participated in the Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024. But biguzera and the team showed that they can defeat their main competitors MIBR and Imperial Esports.
Brazilian teams are the leaders of the domestic tournament
Another extremely interesting point was the fact that it was the Brazilian teams that became the dominant force at the Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024. After all, if you look at the top 3 of the tournament table, then paiN Gaming, Imperial Esports, and MIBR are representatives of the Brazilian Counter-Strike 2 scene.
Some will say that more than half of the teams were from South America, so purely statistically their likelihood of success was higher. As an argument, it can also be noted that they selected far from the top representatives of Europe as their opponents, but one would not even dare to call them whipping boys. Or maybe the Brazilians were helped by their native walls, home atmosphere and loyal fans.
Reasons for the failure of representatives of the European scene
Unlike fans of Latin American CS, fans from Europe were clearly dissatisfied with the performance of their teams. Except that OG didn’t show the worst performance, taking fourth place in the tournament table and earning $10,000. But even they turned out to be weaker than the Brazilian teams, beating only 9z Team from Argentina and the Ukrainian team Monte.
Speaking of Monte, perhaps the team’s performance was affected by acclimatization or the fact that part of the team was in Ukraine during the war, so there could have been constant stress. Another reason for the not very successful game of Monte is the slow adaptation to the absence of sdy and br0. After the departure of these two players, the team’s success sank.
The Swedish squad Metizport also could not boast of its game, winning only one map against FURIA Esports in the lower part of the bracket. Perhaps the team’s performance was affected by the long flight and the fact that instead of nilo, who was absent due to his training, Plopski, representing the interests of GODSENT, played.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I would like to say that the organizers managed to hold the first major LAN tournament in Brazil this year. paiN Gaming demonstrated a decent game, stumbling only once in the match against Imperial Esports, but then taking revenge on the offenders. For fans of the Brazilian Counter-Strike Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024 has become a real celebration of esports. Yes, even if the European teams did not show a decent performance, it was extremely exciting and exciting to follow the battles in Rio de Janeiro.