Red Bull Home Ground's main event kicked off with four swift best-of-one series that ended with an overtime match between T1 T1 Korea Rank #5 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) DH Kang Dong-ho (강동호) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) and Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #3 N4RRATE Marshall Massey Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic cortezia Gabriel Cortez .

T1 vs. Sentinels (12-14 SEN)

This year's Masters Bangkok champions were unable to overcome a rebuilt SEN City, as they fell in a nail-biting 12-14 overtime on Sunset.

What started off as a back-and-forth between the two teams in the first half saw Sentinels take a two round lead at halftime. Despite losing both pistols, T1 were able to pull off thrifties following each one to stay in the game.

By the second half, the Korean squad managed to string five rounds together while simultaneously burning kaplan 's second timeout, but Reduxx 's consistent performance and pressure on Chamber allowed Sentinels to stay in the game.

Despite a 12-11 lead courtesy of a Meteor flank, Sentinels were able to dominantly secure a 24th round and kept the momentum up heading into overtime. Crispy shots from Kyu were not needed as N4RRATE and Reduxx pathed the way for their team to close out the last two rounds, sending T1 to the lower bracket.

NRG vs. Cubert Academy (13-4 NRG)

Reigning world champions NRG continued their dominant run into the OFF//SEASON by bullying Cubert into the lower bracket.

It seemed as if nothing could stop Paris' victors from advancing onwards at Home Ground, not even Sentinels' academy team. Ethan once again pioneered his team to victory, putting up a 1.51 rating on Harbor accompanied by an ACS of 284.

NiSMO was the only player on Cubert to end the game with a positive K/D as nightz was late to the game on Neon with a measly 0.48 rating.

NRG started strong with a 9-3 lead on attack before allowing Cubert a single round in the second half to close out the game 13-4.

FNATIC vs. Cloud9 (13-7 FNC)

In a rematch of 2023's Home Ground grand finals in Tokyo, Japan, FNATIC barely broke a sweat against their opponents as an early lead in the Bo1 all but secured their advancement to the semi finals.

The departure of Chronicle didn't stop FNATIC from retaining their identity of EMEA powerhouse. With Split on the table, Alfajer was able to let loose and take the reins alongside kaajak as the two Duelists proved to be a thorn in C9's side all map long.

New pickup Veqaj held his own against the rebuilt boys in blue, posting up a modest but reliable 1.06 rating on Viper with a 225 ACS.

Zellsis was unable to lead his new team to a victory, finishing the map with a 0.99 rating, the highest out of all C9 players.

G2 vs. ZETA DIVISION (7-13 ZETA)

The first of many upsets of the main event continued with the Japanese squad dispatching of G2 shortly after the three-time regional champions switched their starting roster.

In a surprising turn of events, ZETA – utilizing three stand-ins for the event – took down G2 in convincing fashion. With Absol at the helm opening up rounds on Yoru, ZETA displayed clear dominance throughout the first half of Haven, finishing up at a boastful 8-4 scoreline.

G2 essentially seemed locked out of the game as trent and leaf were unable to perform well on Fade or Viper. The team managed to show signs of life in the second half, but unfortunately for them ZETA had already amassed enough rounds to close out Haven 13-7.