Overview of the Opening Day
Ubisoft organised Six Invitational 2023 commenced yesterday 7th of February with the Group Stage actions. The tournament is taking place at Place Bell in Montreal as an offline event. It carries a prize pool of $3,000,000 as it is sponsored by Predator, PayPal and Aim Lab. A total of 20 teams are currently competing in the tournament which will go on till the 19th of February. All the teams were divided into 4 groups of five teams each, and yesterday the opening fixtures from each group were played out. Fans witnessed a total of 8 games, in this article you all will get to know about what happened in the tournament on the opening day.
About the Group Stage fixtures
On the 7th of February, the Group Stage actions started to roll out, all the matches that were played are of the best of 3 game series. The match recaps and results are mentioned below-
Group A –
w7m esports vs Elevate
(Best of 3 score: 2-0)
- Kafe Dostoyevsky Map – First half score remained 4-2 and later a 3-2 finish led w7m esports to a victory by 7-4.
- Clubhouse Map – Elevate performed well in the first half and made it 2-4, later a 5-0 comeback in the second half led them to a victory by 7-4.
KOI vs G2 Esports
(Best of 3 score: 1-2)
- Villa Map– G2 Esports began with a win as they made it 5-7.
- Clubhouse Map – KOI played well and made it a 7-4 win.
- Theme Park Map – G2 Esports made it a win with a final score of 3-7.
Group B –
MNM Gaming vs Wolves
(Best of 3 score: 2-0)
- Chalet Map – MNM Gaming began with a win as they made it 7-3 as the Final score.
- Clubhouse Map – Both teams met each other on this map and MNM Gaming made it a 7-2 win.
Team Liquid vs Soniqs
(Best of 3 score: 0-2)
- Villa Map – Soniqs won the game against Team Liquid with a score of 4-7.
- Chalet Map – It was a back-to-back win for Soniqs as they made it another 4-7 win.
Group C –
Team BDS vs CYCLOPS athlete gaming
(Best of 3 score: 1-2)
- Skyscraper Map – Team BDS made it a win in the opening fixture, and the final score remained 7-3.
- Border Map – First half remained a draw but CYCLOPS athlete gaming went on to perform well and made it a 4-7 win.
- Oregon Map – All the first half remained as a draw, CYCLOPS athlete gaming went ahead with another brilliant performance and won the game by a 5-7 score.
Astralis vs Oxygen Esports
(Best of 3 score: 1-2)
- Border Map – The match went for extra time and it was Astralis who got the win by 8-6.
- Bank Map – Oxygen Esports won the game with a score of 3-7.
- Kafe Dostoyevsky – Oxygen Esports won the game by a score of 5-7.
Group D –
DarkZero Esports vs Heroic
(Best of 3 score: 2-1)
- Border Map – Heroic won the game with a score of 5-7.
- Chalet Map – DarkZero won the game as they made it a win by 7-5.
- Theme Park Map – DarkZero won the game with a final score of 7-4.
M80 vs FaZe Clan
(Best of 3 score: 2-1)
- Oregon Map – M80 won the game with a score of 7-2.
- Chalet Map – The game went for extra time and FaZe Clan won the game by 7-8.
- Theme Park Map – M80 won the game with a score of 7-3.
With this, the opening fixtures of Six Invitational came to an end. Other fixtures will be played out today.