Let's move on to the quarter-finals of the lower grid of the North American qualification for TI 2023, the main Dota 2 event of the year. The American team will play against the Ukrainian team B8, which is still performing well, considering the change of the squad and being in Europe. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants of the match will be stronger? Let's find out.
In this betting tipNNEW you will find out how the participants of this match are performing this year, how they played their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
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The American team has not been active this year. Almost all the time the team played in the DPC ranking season. The year started for albinozebra1 and the team with participation in DPC NA 2023 Tour 1: Division II, where the team confidently took the second place, earned $16,000 and went to the top 8 of the region. DPC NA 2023 Tour 2: Division I ended with a fourth place finish and $26,000. In the DPC NA 2023 Tour 3: Division I, the team lost some ground, although they had a similar result. Fifth place earned felt $25,000 in prize money and a slot in Division I for next season.
The last professional tournament felt participated in was the North American Dota Challengers League Preseason Invitational. As a result of the draw, the team's opponent in the quarterfinals was Brazilian club Keyd Stars. Albinozebra1 and his teammates could not do anything against the representatives of South America. Defeat with the score 0:2 placed felt on the 5th-8th line of the standings and deprived them of prize money.
Felt's debut in the North American regional qualification for The International 2023 came in the quarterfinals of the top flight against the Ravens. Felt outscored their opponents 2-0 and advanced further down the grid. Despite good resistance, felt Ledge beat Team DogChamp 1:2 and fell into the losers' net.
Statistics of the last results:
- Defeat by Team DogChamp with the score 1:2
- 2:0 win over Team DogChamp
- Defeat by Keyd Stars 0:2
- Victory over B8 with score 2:1
- 2:0 win over ALPHA
B8 form
B8 have not shone with activity outside of the DPC season. Having changed their home base from Eastern Europe to North America, the Ukrainian team made their debut in the new region at DPC NA 2023 Tour 1: Division I, where they finished sixth in the standings and earned $24,000 in prize money. At DPC NA 2023 Tour 2: Division I, the Ukrainian team finished in fifth place with a 3-4 statistic. Dendi and his teammates outplayed such teams as Wildcard Gaming, Team DogChamp and felt. With this result B8 got into the tiebreaker for 4th-6th place in the standings. The prize money for the performance was $25,000 and the retention of a slot in the North American First Division. Between the second and third rounds of the ranking season, B8 tried their hand at the Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #2, where they finished in 25th-40th place.
The last championship for B8, after which they went to conquer the qualifications for the Dota 2 World Championship, was DPC NA 2023 Tour 3: Division I. At this event, the Ukrainian team could not jump above their heads and played with the result 1-6, defeating only Sand King Gomez with a score of 2:0. Such a performance sent Dendi and the team to play a long series of tiebreakers against ALPHA and Sand King Gomez. As a result, B8 finished in sixth place, kept their place in the ranking season and earned a $24,000 consolation prize.
The Ukrainian team B8 with a renewed squad started its performance in The International 2023 - North America Qualifier with a confrontation with Wildcard Gaming. The 1:2 defeat forced Dendi and his teammates to drop to the bottom of the qualifier. B8 easily defeated TiltedBoys 2:0 to advance to the third round of the grid. A convincing win over Sand King Gomez on two maps in a row ensured the Ukrainian team a place in the quarter-finals of the gridiron.
Statistics of the latest B8 results:
- Victory over Sand King Gomez with a score of 2:0
- Victory over TiltedBoys 2:0
- 0:2 defeat to Wildcard Gaming
- 1:0 win over Sand King Gómez
- 1:0 win over ALPHA
History of felt - B8 matches
Since the beginning of this year the participants of this match have played against each other four times. Two victories were celebrated by felt, and twice the players of Ukrainian team B8 won.
Predicted result of the match felt - B8
Both felt and B8 show a good game, but have already lost the right to make mistakes. We should expect a rich bo3 series. Let's bet on card total over 2.5.
