Skyesports Championship 2024, organised by Skyesports, a premier global IP and community builder for gaming and esports, culminated on Sunday after the French team, 3DMAX, dominated the final and took the first prize home. They also took the lion's share from the pool prize of $300,000 (Rs 2.5 crore approximately) home. This international Counter Strike 2 tournament was held at the Taj Lands End, Mumbai from July 23 to 28 and it witnessed 11 teams coming from across the world to compete for the pool prize of $300,000.
The underdog 3DMAX defeated the Mongolz by 2-0 in the finals to secure the first position. After the win, the star player of 3DMAX, Bryan "Maka" Canda, said, “I would like to thank every fan from France firstly who has been watching us at any time. I would also like to thank all the people who cheered for us. It was quite a tough LAN with some tough moments – we fell sick and stuff – but we made it through and we’re so happy.”
Skyesports Championship 2024 Leaderboard
| Rank | Team | Prize Money Won Out Of $300,000 |
| 1 | 3DMAX | $120,000 |
| 2 | Mongolz | $70,000 |
| 3 | Aurora Gaming | $35,000 |
| 4 | Eternal Gaming | $35,000 |
| 5 | ENCE | $15,000 |
| 6 | Amkal Esports | $15,000 |
| 7 | Bleed Esports | - |
| 8 | DMS | - |
| 9 | Parivision | - |
| 10 | Revenant Esports | - |
| 11 | True Rippers Esports | - |
Bryan "Maka" Canda from 3DMAX was crowned as the MVP and took home $10,000 from the prize pool for his achievements.
Underdog Beats All Odds To Emerge As The Winner
3DMAX didn’t have an easy journey to the trophy. Placed in Group B, their first match of the tournament against the Russian squad of Amkal Esports went into overtime but the French boys were ultimately able to triumph with a 16-14 scoreline. They were able to win their other matches, but faced a defeat against Eternal Fire, another overtime match, to finish second in their group.
Throughout the Quarterfinals, they were the underdogs. Still, they pushed through the Playoffs bracket by convincing victories against ENCE, Aurora Esports, and ultimately The Mongolz to win the tournament and the lion’s share of the $300,000 prize pool.
Shiva Nandy, Founder and CEO, of Skyesports, while commenting on the tournament said, “The engagement to the Skyesports Championship 2024, with more than 5 million views and a peak concurrent viewership of more than 47,600 across Hindi, English, Mongolia, French, Russian, Turkish, and Polish languages was a testament to our goal of creating globally recognized IPs from India. I would like to congratulate 3DMAX on their victory and extend a token of gratitude to all the teams who came to India to compete in the tournament.”