KRU Esports vs Bilibili Gaming - Valorant Champions 2024: Prediction, where to watch, and more

Modified Aug 07, 2024 23:45 GMT

KRU Esports vs Bilibili Gaming - Valorant Champions 2024 (Image via Riot Games/KRU Esports/Bilibili Gaming)

The KRU Esports vs Bilibili Gaming match on August 8, 2024, will close out Day 7 of Valorant Champions 2024. The third seed from the Americas and the fourth seed from China lost out to DRX and Fnatic in their opening matches on August 2. Therefore, today, they must face each other to keep their tournament dreams alive. The winner will continue to compete for the title of world champion, while the loser's Valorant esports journey will come to an end for 2024.

This article discusses the predictions, recent performances, potential lineups, and livestream details of the KRU Esports vs Bilibili Gaming match at Valorant Champions 2024.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and reflect the author's opinions.

Everything you need to know about the KRU Esports vs Bilibili Gaming match at Valorant Champions 2024

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Prediction

Given the teams' recent results and performances at the only games they played at Valorant Champions 2024, the series is expected to go the way of KRU Esports. While KRU took one map off DRX in the opening game in dominant fashion, Fnatic ran through Bilibili. Subsequently, DRX 2-0-ed Fnatic.

If this trend is taken as the basis of the level of strength of Group A, KRU has a clear advantage in the KRU vs Bilibili matchup. Moreover, the Argentinians are known to be lower-bracket heroes. They had previously kicked out Fnatic from Champions contention in 2021, and a repetition of that match will be one to look out for.

The only way the Chinese squad wins the KRU Esports vs Bilibili Gaming is if the key players of the former — such as keznit and heat — severely underperform.

Head-to-head

These two teams have never faced each other in an official match.

Recent results

Going into the KRU Esports vs Bilibili Gaming, the former has a W-L-W-L-L streak against Cloud9, Leviatan, 100 Thieves, Leviatan, and DRX, respectively.

On the other hand, Bilibili Gaming has an L-W-L-L-L streak against EDward Gaming, JDG Esports, EDG (again), FunPlus Phoenix, and Fnatic.

Potential lineups

KRU Esports

Fabian "Shyy" Usnayo
Angelo "keznit" Mori
Olavo "heat" Marcelo
Nicolás "mta" González
Marco "Melser" Amaro
Jorge "Atom" Sierro (Head Coach)

Bilibili Gaming

Marcus "nephhh" Tan Kai Wen (IGL)
Wang "yosemite" Lei
Wang "whzy" Haozhe
Luo "Flex1n" Rui
Liu "Knight" Yuxiang
Lee "bail" Sung-jae (Head Coach)

When and where to watch KRU Esports vs Bilibili Gaming at Valorant Champions 2024

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The match between KRU Esports and Bilibili Gaming will be held at the COEX Artium in Seoul on August 8, 2024. Here is a breakdown of the start times in different timezones:

US (West): 4 am PT (August 8, 2024)
US (East): 7 am ET (August 8, 2024)
Berlin, Madrid, Paris: 2 pm CEST (August 8, 2024)
India: 4:30 pm IST (August 8, 2024)
China: 7 pm CST (August 8, 2024)
Japan and Korea: 8 pm JST/KST (August 8, 2024)

The timings may be altered depending on how long the Sentinels vs FunPlus Phoenix match lasts.

Here are the links to the English broadcast sites:

KRU Esports vs Bilibili Gaming on YouTube: Watch here
KRU Esports vs Bilibili Gaming on Twitch: Watch here

Interested readers can also check out the complete Valorant Champions 2024 schedule.

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Edited by Rachel Syiemlieh