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$60 million up for grabs at Esports World Cup

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Reuters

<div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" id="isPasted"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gamers from across the globe will compete for $60 million dollars in prize money at the first-ever Esports World Cup which kicks off in Riyadh on Wednesday. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organizers say more than 1,500 elite e-sport players from over 60 countries will compete in the first edition of the competition which will run through August 25.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The massive prize pool is billed as the largest ever for an e-sports contest.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Twenty million dollars of the prize pool will be allotted to the Club Championship which features a unique cross-game format with the top 16 clubs being awarded for their overall performance across multiple games.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;The interest across the world is gigantic... I am a deep believer through generational change, through e-sports being the largest media – games, being the largest media of the 21st century, that the first editions are going to be fantastic, but it&#x27;s literally just going to be the start,&quot; Ralf Reichert, CEO of the Esports World Cup Foundation, told media during a press conference in Riyadh on Tuesday. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/2/esports-harame-bro-blacklist-s-doujin-latest-to-secure-ewc-slots-1600">Esports: Harame Bro, Blacklist&#x27;s Doujin, secure EWC slots</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The best performing club will be crowned the world’s first Esports World Cup Club Champions at the end of the event.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The game roster features (in alphabetical order): Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Call of Duty: Warzone, Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, EA Sports FC 24, Fortnite, Free Fire, Honor of Kings, League of Legends, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Overwatch 2, PUBG Battlegrounds, PUBG Mobile, ESL R1, Rocket League, StarCraft II, Street Fighter 6, Teamfight Tactics, TEKKEN 8 and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Siege. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Parallel to the competition, there will also be an e-sports fandom and gaming culture festival.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/30/23/stories-of-dominion-resurgence-mark-2023-in-ph-esports">Stories of dominion, resurgence mark 2023 in PH esports</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>(Production: Mohammed Benmansour, Kurt Michael Hall)</strong></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Gamers from across the globe will compete for $60 million dollars in prize money at the first-ever Esports World Cup which kicks off in Riyadh on Wednesday. </p>

Gamers from across the globe will compete for $60 million dollars in prize money at the first-ever Esports World Cup which kicks off in Riyadh on Wednesday.