BetBoom, NaVi Junior go 5-0 to earn byes at YaLLa Compass Qatar playoffs

BetBoom Team and Natus Vincere Junior wrapped up perfect records in group play Friday to earn the top seeds (and accompanying byes) in the YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025 playoffs.

Each squad entered the day at 3-0, then had little trouble in wrapping up an additional pair of wins to close out group dominance.

9Pandas finished second in Group A, with Dynamo Eclot finishing third. Nexus Gaming was second in Group B, while ENCE was third.

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

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

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

9Pandas will face ENCE in the first round, while Nexus Gaming will square off against Dynamo Eclot.

BetBoom started their day with a 13-10 win against GTZ.ESPORTS on Anubis, then followed that win up with a 13-11 victory over ENCE on Anubis. NAVI, meanwhile, took care of Eclot 13-9 on Nuke before downing Partizan Esports 13-8 on Dust II.

9Pandas secured their playoff spot by going 2-1, defeating Eclot 13-10 on Mirage and GUN5 13-11 on Dust II. They finished their day with a 13-9 loss to Nemiga on Dust II.

Eclot shook off their two early losses to score a 13-9 win over GUN5 on Ancient, netting them the final playoff spot out of Group A.

Nexus built off a 2-1 Thursday start to win two more on Friday, beating GTZ 13-5 on Anubis and Metizport 13-10 on Nuke. Their only loss of the tournament has come to BetBoom.

ENCE squeaked into the playoffs with a 2-3 record after winning one of their three matches on the day. They dumped Spirit Academy 16-12 on Train before losing to BetBoom 13-11 on Anubis and dropping their other match 13-7 to Metizport on Nuke.

The quarterfinals take place Saturday before the semifinals and grand final Sunday.

The Saturday schedule:

--9Pandas vs. ENCE

--Nexus Gaming vs. Dynamo Eclot

Group Stage standings:

Group A

NAVI Junior 5-0, +29

9Pandas 3-2, -2

Dynamo Eclot 3-2, +2

Nemiga Gaming 2-3, +1

Partizan Esports 1-4, -12

GUN5 Esports 1-4, -18

Group B

BetBoom Team 5-0, +14

Nexus Gaming 4-1, +16

ENCE 2-3, -2

Spirit Academy 2-3, -1

GTZ.ESPORTS 1-4, -21

Metizport 1-4, -6

--Field Level Media