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Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 Finals Overview

The Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 is an offline Albanian tournament organized by Gjirafa50. It is classed as a B-Tier tournament and the finals take place from October 9th-10th. The entire league has had quite an unusual format compared to what we are used to seeing in Counter-Strike.

Before the finals stage that we are covering in this guide, there was an online stage and four unique sets of open qualifiers. This guide will give some content to the qualification process to reach finals, as well as providing you with everything you need to know about the upcoming finals.

Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 Breakdown

As mentioned, there was a fairly unique format used for this season and we wanted to break that down for you. The Open Qualifier format was the same for all four stages, with eight teams competing during each. The top four teams from each qualifier, qualified for the Online Stage. The Open Qualifiers took place on July 24th, July 25th, July 31st, and August 1st.

The Online Stage was the real grind for teams, and it used a format that CS:GO players and viewers will be incredibly familiar with.

Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 Finals

Season 2 Online Stage Format

Group Stage:

  • Six single round-robin format Groups
    • Each group has 4 teams
    • All matches are Bo3
  • Winner from each group advance to the Swiss Stage
  • The four best runner-ups advance to the Swiss Stage

Swiss Stage:

  • 16 Team Swiss System Format
    • All matches are Bo3
    • Top 8 teams proceed to Playoffs
  • Click here for a detailed explanation of the Swiss System format

Playoffs:

  • Four Single-Elimination matches
  • All matches are Bo3
  • Top 4 teams qualify for the LAN Finals

This is where the four teams competing at the Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 Finals were confirmed. The 1st-4th place teams that qualified for finals were: Team BLINK, Trasko Esports, AVE, and forZe.

Season 2 LAN Finals Format

This segment is where the event format seems quite unusual compared to other CS:GO events, as it’s not common to have just four teams battling it out over the final weekend. The format as you may expect is relatively simple for this stage of the league:

Playoffs:

  • Double-Elimination bracket
  • All matches (excl. Grand Final) are Bo3
  • Grand Final is Bo5

Teams Competing At Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 Finals

We’ve mentioned the four teams that managed to qualify for the finals, but we think it’s worth taking a look at the full rosters to help you get familiar with the players.

Team Roster Coach
Team BLINK SENER1, gxx-, juanflatroo, sinnopsyy, rigoN stikle-
Trasko Esports 7oX1C, w0nderful, D0NEKO, Templ, fostar Nevar
AVE svyat, Raijin, waterfaLLZ, Porya, sugaR starix
forZe Jerry, almazer, FL1T, KENSI, zorte liTTle

With events on this level, it’s unlikely to see the names of the superstar players, but that can sometimes be a good thing. Events like this can often offer some of the most insane gameplay, as teams are willing to try out new things to grab attention and catch opponents off guard.

There’s also the chance that these teams, or at least some of the players, will end up qualifying for major events in the future, so watching events like Gjirafa Masters League Season 2 Finals can be beneficial if you want to gain further insight into different teams.

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Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 Prize Pool

Place Prize Amount (€ EUR)
1st €34,500
2nd €13,000
3rd €8,000
4th €5,500

Now, this may not look as appealing as the crazy hundreds of thousands we see at the major events throughout the year, but a €60,000 prize pool for these teams is something all of them will be eager to capitalize on.

What To Expect

While this event should offer some interesting and great gameplay, it seems that most are leaning towards a forZe victory, and there is a good reason for that. Out of the four teams competing, forZe seems to have the most experience at a higher level. Whilst they’re not pushing the big teams at majors yet, there have had their foot in the door a couple of times and can pull from that experience. I would expect to see the grand final be forZe against Team BLINK.

Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 Finals Conclusion

If you’re a lover of CS:GO and want to gain some extra knowledge and insight, then this is most definitely an event you should be tuning into, if you have the time. Even if you can’t watch it live, being able to watch the highlights when they’re available would be good. In order to continue to help sustain the esports ecosystem, it’s important to also have support for events like this.

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Daniel Witman is a professional esports journalist who reviews esports events and trends in the industry. Recently, he’d decided to create the blog csgo-bets.org where he could share his passion with the readers interested in the topic.
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