i did a bit of thinking and there is a pattern that the international events followed:
1st Masters events of both 2024 & 2025:
There was an America's and APAC team in the final (Sen VS Gen.G & G2 and T1)
Then the winner of this event didnt go to the second Masters (T1 and Sen both missed out on second masters after winning)
Both of these Masters finals went to all 5 maps
2nd Masters of both years
There was an APAC & EMEA team
The APAC teams won both leaving the EMEA team at 2nd for Masters (FNC & TH came second)
The team that came Second here went on to come 2nd Champs
- Sidenote: EG also came second in 2023 second master and went to grandfinal of 2023
Both times the EMEA teams came 2nd at Masters and came 2nd at Champs,
Thats all my Observation, feel free to add anymore to the theory :)
(More Theories to come, Hopefully)
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