Dynamo Eclot, ENCE reach semifinals at YaLLa Compass Qatar

Field Level Media|published: 04/20/2025, 3:17am EDT

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Dynamo Eclot and ENCE won their quarterfinal matches on Saturday in the YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025 playoffs.

ENCE swept 9Pandas with wins by 13-3 on Anubis and 13-6 on Mirage.

Dynamo Eclot defeated Nexus Gaming 13-6 in the other quarterfinal on Inferno, suffered a 13-7 setback on Nuke and rallied with a 16-12 win on Ancient.

ENCE advanced to the semifinals on Sunday against BetBoom Team, which was 5-0 in Group B while ENCE was 2-3. Dynamo Eclot matches up with NAVI Junior, which went 5-0 in Group A while Dynamo was 3-2.

The semifinal winners play in the grand final later Sunday.

The YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025 is a 12-team event with a $150,0000 prize pool ($75,000 for first place). All teams competed in two round-robin format groups, comprised of six teams apiece, who played each other once (for five matches total) with all matches being best-of-one.

The winners of each group advanced to the semifinals, with the group stage runners-up moving to the quarterfinals as the high seeds. The third-place teams in each group reached the quarterfinals as the lower seeds.

Playoffs are a single-elimination bracket, with all matches being best-of-three.

YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025 prize pool:

1. $75,000, TBD

2. $21,000, TBD

3. $10,500, TBD

5-6. $7,500, Nexus Gaming, 9Pandas

7-8. $3,000, Nemiga Gaming, Team Spirit Academy

9-10. $3,000, Partizan Esports, GTZ.ESPORTS

11-12. $3,000, GUN5 Esports, Metizport

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