World's Largest Gaming Festival Will Crown
First World Cup Club Champion, Feature Record-Breaking Prize Pool
of More Than $60 Million
- Esports World Cup will unite the global gaming communities
and deliver premier competition in a unique format at an
unprecedented scale
- The event runs for eight weeks, from July 3 – August 25,
at Boulevard Riyadh City
- More than 1,500 players from the best esports clubs across
the globe competing for life-changing prizes in 22 tournaments
across 21 world-renowned games
- Esports World Cup presents the largest gaming and esports
festival of all time with a full calendar of exciting activations
for everyone to enjoy
RIYADH,
Saudi Arabia, July 3, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Esports World Cup Foundation ("EWCF") today
celebrated the start of the Esports World Cup ("EWC"), the
world's largest gaming festival, held at Boulevard City in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A landmark
event in esports history, the EWC Opening Ceremony, also unveiled
the event's official trophy.
HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin
Sultan, Chairman, Saudi Esports Federation, said: "The
Esports World Cup is the realization of a vision to bring esports
players, fans, publishers, and wider audiences together for a
spectacle that propels esports – the new global sport – on a
trajectory even more empowering, exciting, and opportunistic for
all. Already, this event has captured the interest and imagination
of the global gaming and Esports community. And looking ahead, we
cannot wait to watch the influence and impact of this year's first
edition unfold over the coming weeks. Without question, the Esports
World Cup will deliver something special, the likes of which have
never been witnessed, until now. It's going to be an incredible
summer."
"The Esports World Cup is a major moment in esports history,"
said Ralf Reichert, CEO, Esports
World Cup Foundation. "It's a historic culmination of two
universal languages, gaming and sports, to unite the global
community across games, leapfrog the esports industry and drive
growth across the entire ecosystem. I'm immensely proud that we've
created new possibilities for our sport and I am very excited to
watch elite esports clubs and players compete across the world's
best games for life-changing prizes and crown the first Esports
World Cup Club Champion."
Faisal bin Homran, Chief
Product Officer, Esports World Cup Foundation, added: "There
are 3.4 billion gamers in the world today and, with the Esports
World Cup finally here, we share their anticipation, enthusiasm,
and excitement for the sensational summer ahead of us. The coming
eight weeks will transform the gaming and esports landscape like
never before – and the entire world is invited to witness, embrace,
and enjoy this historic, era-defining spectacle. With the greatest
esports players and clubs on earth all vying for life-changing
prizes across the world's leading games, the Esports World Cup will
absolutely fulfill its promise of being a global celebration of
competitive excellence and esports fandom."
Following its vibrant Opening Ceremony, with popular
creators Tyler1 and Danny
Aarons taking part in the festivities, the Esports World Cup
will welcome more than 1,500 of the world's best esports players —
representing 60+ nationalities — as they compete across 22
competitions in 21 games over the next eight weeks, until
August 25 at Boulevard Riyah City.
The groundbreaking games lineup consists of (in alphabetic
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.
The Esports World Cup will award an unprecedented $60 million+
in prize money, the largest prize pool in esports history.
$20 million of the total prize pool
is reserved for the Club Championship, an innovative cross-game
competitive format unique to the EWC that rewards the top 16 clubs
based on their overall performance. At the event's conclusion, the
club with the best performance across various game championships
will be crowned the world's first Esports World Cup Club
Champion.
In addition to the competition, the Esports World Cup will
transform Riyadh into an epicenter of esports fandom and gaming
culture by hosting a jubilant festival throughout the event.
Visiting attendees will experience numerous gaming activations,
community tournaments, pop culture celebrations, concerts and
international experiences as the world's esports fan communities
converge on Boulevard City to celebrate their shared love of
gaming.
An outstanding collection of global companies have joined forces
with the Esports World Cup Foundation to support the Esports World
Cup. The EWCF counts (in alphabetic order): Adidas, Amazon, Aramco,
Axe, Barn's Coffee, Clear, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group,
Honor, KitKat, LG, Mastercard, Mentos, PepsiCo, Qiddiya City, Sony,
stc, and TikTok as key partners helping further the Foundation's
mission to invest in esports as the future of sport, with
additional partners to be announced soon.
For more information on the Esports World Cup, visit
www.esportsworldcup.com, and follow all upcoming Esports World Cup
announcements on X (formerly Twitter).
Press kit can be accessed HERE. For official event
photos, click HERE.
About Esports World Cup
The Esports World Cup is a global celebration of competitive
excellence and esports fandom. The competition features a unique
cross-game structure that will pit the world's top esports teams
and players against one another for the largest-ever prize pool.
Debuting in the summer 2024, gamers, publishers, and fans from
around the globe will come together in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to crown the world's
first Esports World Cup Club Champion.
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