GAM Esports vs. Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming Prediction on September 26, 2024

Match info

The League of Legends competition in 2024 is about to reach its peak. Berlin, Germany, will serve as the host city for the 2024 World Championship – Play-In starting on September 25 and ending four days later. Naturally, the Worlds is the greatest competition of the season and the centerpiece of the competitive LoL. It will put 20 teams from eight different regions in one place. GAM Esports and Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming are among the participants, and they’ll commence their journey with a face-to-face encounter in the Opening Matches round of the Play-In stage on Thursday, September 26, at Riot Games Arena at 2 p.m. local time.

Let’s figure out which team in this pairing will be more resilient and advance to the Qualification Matches round, and who’ll have to proceed to the Swiss Stage from the Lower Bracket.

Meeting statistics

The current form of GAM Esports

We begin our match analysis by evaluating GAM Esports’ form. They’ll be playing like outsiders in this match, but they aren’t that of the outsiders, though.

GAM, which stands for GIGABYTE Adonis Marines, are among the most successful teams in Vietnam, being placed among the top two in home leagues many times and having achieved five regional split victories. They had a great run in the playoffs in their most recent event, VCS Dawn 2023, winning the group at 14-0. In the playoffs, GAM Esports performed very well, conceding just four maps across three series.

As shown by GAM’s display in Worlds 2017, 2019, and even 2022, teams from the Vietnamese region (Vietnam Championship Series – VCS) can compete with the best League of Legends teams globally. The year 2017 continues to be the pinnacle of performance on the international scene. At the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational, GAM Esports placed among the top 6.

GAM won at VCS Spring 2024 to start the 14th season of League of Legends, enabling them to move on to the Mid-Season Invitational 2024. In Group B’s opening round, they faced off against Fnatic and lost 0-2. Later, GAM Esports repeated the same result against Fnatic and dropped out of the top 10. They proved themselves on the home stage once more, despite their disappointment at MSI 2024. By winning the VCS Summer Split, GAM earned a spot in the Worlds 2024.

The current form of Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming

Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming, the PCS (Pacific Championship Series) residents, and the second team in the region are the favorites in this match. Nevertheless, based on Ethereum bookmakers’ odds, this is the Play-In’s closest encounter from the first round.

In the intensely competitive League of Legends scene, the Hawks are a relatively new team; 2020 would be the first year that the club would be visible in action. They’ve been participating in the LJL (League of Legends Japan League) consistently since the 2020 campaign. Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming won the LJL Spring 2024 regular season and the LJL Summer 2024 championship after making it to the regional league finals for the first time in the 2023 season.

Riot Games, the organization behind Worlds 2024, decided to merge the LJL and PCS regions into one, meaning that the Hawks will face PCS teams in the playoffs too. They qualified for the 2024 Worlds after placing in the top 2 twice.

Head-to-head

The two teams haven’t faced off in formal meetings in the past.

Match analytics

We anticipate a close game on the server because, in terms of odds, this is the closest match in the Play-In’s opening round. From our perspective, it ought to conclude with a full Bo3.

Tip: Total maps played over (2.5), with odds of 1.95 on Crocobet.

Results of the forecast

Forecast failed. GAM Esports vs. Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS 2:0