What’s on in esports for week beginning May 27, 2024

We take a look at the week ahead in esports and highlight the main events for May 27-June 2, with VALORANT taking centre stage.

eSports Betting News

by Ciaran Jackman

2 years ago 0

Another huge week of esports kicks off on May 27, 2024, with VALORANT taking the spotlight.

The final matches of the VALORANT Champions Tour: Masters Shanghai Swiss Stage will take place on Monday, May 27, before the playoffs kick off on May 30.

Meanwhile, the Intel Extreme Masters: Dallas will also run this week, with the group stage starting on Monday.

VALORANT Champions Tour: Masters Shanghai

The second VALORANT Masters tournament of the 2024 season will run from May 23 through June 9, with the 12 best teams taking their place in the event in Shanghai, China.

With the Swiss Stage finishing on Monday, the playoffs will begin on Thursday as the four playoff seeded teams compete against the top four from the Swiss Stage.

100 Thieves, EDward Gaming, Fnatic and Paper Rex will get to choose their opponents for their first match of the playoffs after Riot changed the format to add more excitement to VCT Masters: Shanghai.

Check out our extensive VCT Masters Shanghai betting guide to get the latest odds and tournament information.
Intel Extreme Masters: Dallas 2024

16 of the world’s best Counter-Strike 2 teams will congregate in Dallas, USA, from May 27 to June 2, with eight of the squads ranked inside the worlds top 10.

The US$250,000 tournament will feature a group stage that will run from Monday to Wednesday before the playoffs begin on Friday.

Esports betting sites have FaZe Clan and Team Spirit marked as equal favourites in outright betting market at +275, closely followed by Team Vitality (+350), Natus Vincere (+500) and MOUZ (+500).

Check out our extensive IEM Dallas betting guide to get the latest odds and tournament information.