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The battle for Major in Counter-Strike 2 is always a spectacular event. Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 will not be an exception to the rules, and therefore The International heresa around the European RMR A - at least enough.
16 teams are fighting for 7 slots in the main event of the year. Among the contenders in the European RMR A are Rebels and Sangal. The pair can hardly be called favourites in the race for a slot at the Major , but what the hell is not to be trifled with.
Let's try to find out which team will be stronger and earn the first victory on the long road to the slot.
Let's go.
Sangal Form
Let's open the Sangal vs Rebels match with an analysis of Sangal's form. In this match, the Turkish club plays the first number one with odds to win around 1.6.
The Turkish club in this PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A of the so-called "tourists". It sounds tough, but in reality it looks that way, although credit should be given: since they play here, they have a chance to show the best performance, which will be rewarded.
- Sangal Esports roster: LNZ, yxngstrxr, xfl0ud, jottAAA, SaMey.
Sangal had a very eventful year. And the events were absolutely different, such as qualifiers for title championships or appearances at TIR-B tournaments and so on.
For example, we tried to qualify for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, but lost twice at the Open Qualifier, finishing in TOP-32 and TOP-64 respectively. There was an attempt to qualify for IEM Chengdu 2024, but again Top 64.
In addition to the failed qualifiers, there was a Top-6 at European Pro League Season 13: Div. 2 and Top-12 at European Pro League Season 15: Div. 2. In fact, this kind of performance was seen throughout the season, but there were not a few "prossets".
For example, Sangal won at RES European Series #4, ESL Challenger League Season 47: Europe, and twice at CCT Season 2 European Series, at tournament #7 and #8.
The only TIR-S tournament of the season was ESL Pro League Season 20, where Sangal finished in the top 20 without any time to show themselves. That's assuming there was something to show.
But Sangal managed to get to the final of Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: European Qualifier A, where they lost to Bleed, but got their place in the qualifiers. And the last championship before Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR was ESL Challenger League Season 48: Europe, where Sangal triumphed, stomping Nemiga 3-0 in the grand final.
Sangal Mappool
Sangal's most successful map is Vertigo. There the club has 4 wins and 1 defeat. Besides, it goes well on Anubis, where Sangal has 8 wins and 3 defeats.
The plus maps are Nuke (5-3) and Mirage with 6 wins and 4 losses.
Among the minus maps for Sangal are Ancient with 3-4 and Dust 2, where the club has 0-3.
Rebels form
We continue our analysis of the Rebels vs Sangal match with an analysis of the Rebels form. In this match they will play as the number two with odds to win at around 2.7.
Before the IEM Katowice 2024, the main tournament in the history of the club, the team is on the 118th line of the world ranking HLTV. The Poles got there thanks to their performance in local championships, which Rebels has not much in their portfolio.
Rebels Gaming played at three events in total. These were mostly qualifying tournaments and various qualifications. So the Poles played at ESL Challenger League Season 46 Europe Relegation, where they took TOP-6, then - ESL Pro League Season 19 NC Europe Qualifier and finally - qualifiers for PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 4, where they took TOP-9/16.
- Rebels Gaming roster: olimp, Flayy, kisserak, casey, innocent.
The headliner of the team and one of the most experienced shooters can be called Flayy. The 18-year-old Pole has a kda of 1.11, which is the highest among his teammates.
At IEM Katowice 2024 Rebels have already made a local sensation. They managed to overcome the Play-In stage, leaving behind Cloud9 and M80, which is clearly the best performance of the Poles in the history of the club. However, they failed to jump above their heads and the team finished the tournament in TOP-16, but they gained important experience.
Directly at ESL Challenger League Season 47 the team started from Group C, where they finished top-4 with a score of 2-3. This was enough to advance to the "middle grid", where Rebels defeated B8 Esports in the first match. However, they didn't last long and Rebels ended up in the TOP-17.
Next, the club played at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2024, where they performed well. Slowly but surely, Rebels gained in the course of the tournament, which was enough to reach the top 4, but then lost to Aurora and were eliminated.
After a very good performance at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Mellbourne Rebels continued to look for luck at other tournaments of rank C, or even lower. There was the Elisa Invitational Spring 2024, for example, where Rebels finished in the top 4, and the top 4 at the YGames PRO Series 2024. But there were some weaker performances, such as Top 16 at HellCup #10, Top 32 at the DreamHack Atlanta 2024 qualifiers, and Top 64 at IEM Rio 2024.
Prior to playing at PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A, Rebels played at European Pro League Season 20, where they finished Top-4.
Rebels Gaming Mappool
Rebels Gaming's top 1 map Rebels Gaming in the last 3 months is Mirage. Rebels Gaming has a mind-blowing winrate of 92% with 13 games played.
They also played on Inferno, where they won 5 matches out of 7 games. Nuke is also in plus winrate, where the "ninjas" have 3 wins from 5 matches.
The most not favoured card for Rebels Gaming will be Vertigo. There they have 6 cards and only 1 win.
History of head-to-head meetings between Rebels and Sangal
Previously the teams played each other 4 times during the season 2024. The score on maps is equal - 2-2.
Predicted result of the match Sangal - Rebels at PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A
In this match I expect equal play from the two teams. If it wasn't for Bo1, I would bet a full-fledged total +2.5, but here we have to pick a winner. And I think it will be Rebels, despite their lag in the odds.
Bottom line: Rebels win.
