Moving on to the clash between South American team Leviatan and American club Cloud9 in the Superdome 2023 - Colombia top grid final. The winner will advance to the grand finals, while the loser will lose the right to make a mistake and fall to the losers net. The format of the match is bo3. Who has a better chance of success in this fight? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match perform during the current year, how they spent their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Leviatan uniforms
As with most professional VALORANT teams for Leviatan, the year began with their participation in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo. In the first match, Leviatan defeated ZETA DIVISION 2-0, after which they outlasted Team Vitality with a similar result. In the quarter-finals the South American club met Natus Vincere, who Ledgeil on two maps in a row. The 5th-8th places brought $25,000 in prize money to the players. Next, kiNgg and his teammates headed to the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League in hopes of securing a slot at the World Championships. The Leviatan finished the regular season with a 4-5 record, which was good enough to finish fourth and advance to the quarterfinals of the playoffs. A loss to FURIA Esports in the full bo3 series sent Leviatan to the bottom of the grid. Cloud9 also proved to be a tough test for kiNgg and team. After losing 1-2, Leviatan finished in fifth place in the standings and earned $15,000.
Prior to participating in Superdome 2023 - Colombia, the Leviatan squad took part in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas Last Chance Qualifier. The European club started their journey with the semifinals of the top set, where Ledgeil KRU Esports with a 0:2 result. After falling to the losers Leviatan defeated Sentinels on two maps and advanced to the lower grid finals. The 3:2 victory over Cloud9 allowed Leviatan to reach the grand final of qualification, where kiNgg and his teammates Ledge and KRU Esports with the result 1:3. Thus, the Latin American club missed the VALORANT World Championship.
The first match for Leviatan at Superdome 2023 - Colombia was the match against KRU Esports in the semi-finals. The American team won a convincing 2-0 victory (Lotus - 13-4, Breeze - 13-3) and advanced to the final of the top flight.
Leviatan's recent results stats:
- 2-0 win over KRU Esports
- A 13-8 win over KRU Esports.
- A 1-3 defeat to KRU Esports.
- 3-2 win over Cloud9
- 2-0 win over Sentinels
Cloud9 uniforms
The first tournament for Cloud9 this year was VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where the American club managed to defeat Paper Rex on two maps (Lotus - 13-8, Pearl - 13-4) and lost to DRX with the score 1:2. The 9th-16th place finish earned Cloud9 $10,000 in prize money. In the regular season of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League Cloud9 made it to the top 2 with 8-1 stats, while Ledge only beat LOUD 1:2. This way the players were able to directly qualify for the play-offs semi-finals, where they first lost to Evil Geniuses with a 0:2 result and fell in the losers' bracket. A win over Leviatan in a complete bo3 series (Haven - 13-8, Lotus - 10-13, Ascent - 13-4) put Xeppaa and team into the lower grid semi-finals. Cloud9 lost 1-2 to NRG and finished in 4th place, earning $25,000. In the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas Last Chance Qualifier, the regional qualifiers for the only slot to the VALORANT World Championships, Cloud9 Long Sogpeg advanced to the top set semifinals with a 2-1 win over Sentinels (Pearl - 13-8, Fracture - 5-13, Split - 13-8). The final against KRU Esports ended in a 1-2 defeat for the American club, while in the lower grid Cloud9 Ledge and Leviatan were defeated 2-3 and missed the World Championship. In early October, the players received an invitation to the TEN Valorant Global Invitational, where they played the group stage with a 2-1 statistic. This was enough to start their journey to the play-offs right away with a grand final against DRX. A 2-1 win (Split - 12-14, Ascent - 13-2, Lotus - 13-9) secured Cloud9 the championship and the top prize of $11,123.10.
The last championship that Cloud9 competed in was Red Bull Home Ground #4. In the group stage, Xeppaa and his teammates played with a 1-1 statistic, Ledgeiv ZETA DIVISION with a score of 11-13 on the Haven map and confidently outplayed the Japanese from FENNEL with a score of 13-2 on Ascent. This performance allowed the American club to advance to the quarter-finals of the play-offs, where Cloud9 managed to defeat ZETA DIVISION 2-1 (Ascent - 8-13, Bind - 13-2, Lotus - 13-7) in a rematch. The upper grid semi-final was marked by a clash with FUT Esports, which C9 won in a full bo3 series (Sunset - 13-4, Lotus - 9-13, Haven - 13-10). In the grand finals of the tournament Cloud9 faced Fnatic. The teams played a full bo5 series, in which Xeppaa and Team Ledge went 2-3. As a result, Cloud9 won the silver medal at the tournament.
As a result of the draw, Cloud9 started their journey to Superdome 2023 - Colombia by defeating FURIA Esports in a full bo3 series (Breeze - 7-13, Sunset - 13-4, Ascent - 13-7).
Cloud9's recent results stats:
- A 2-1 win over FURIA Esports
- 2:3 loss to Fnatic
- 2:1 win over FUT Esports
- 2:1 win over ZETA DIVISION
- 13-2 win over FENNEL
Leviatan vs Cloud9 Match History
The participants of this duel have played against each other three times this year. Two of the victories in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League were won by Cloud9. And the last match between the teams, which took place in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas Last Chance Qualifier, ended with a 3:2 victory for Leviatan (Lotus - 7-13, Pearl - 9-13, Split - 13-11, Haven - 13-10, Bind - 13-7).
Predicted result of the Leviatan - Cloud9 matchup
Cloud9 have done well at two recent tournaments, one of which they were able to win. Leviatan have so far only enjoyed a convincing win over their long-time rivals KRU in the semi-finals. Let's bet on a win for Cloud9.
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