The world’s biggest gaming festival will crown the first Club World Cup champion. 60 million dollars
- The Esports World Cup will unite global gaming communities and deliver top competition in a unique format on an unprecedented scale
- The event runs for eight weeks, from July 3rd β August 25on Boulevard Riyadh City
- More than 1,500 players from the best esports clubs around the world compete for life-changing prizes in 22 tournaments in 21 world-renowned games
- The Esports World Cup presents the biggest gaming and esports festival of all time with a full calendar of exciting activations for everyone
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, July 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Esports World Cup Foundation (“EWCF”) today celebrated the launch of Esports World Cup (“EWC”), the world’s largest gaming festival, held at Boulevard City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A milestone in esports history, the EWC opening ceremony also unveiled the event’s official trophy.
HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin SultanPresident, Saudi Esports Federation, said: βThe Esports World Cup is the realization of a vision to bring together esports players, fans, publishers and the wider public for a spectacle that propels esports β the new global sport β onto an even more empowering, exciting trajectory and opportunistic for Already, this event has captured the interest and imagination of the global gaming and Esports community The Cup will deliver something special, the likes of which we’ve never seen before, it’s going to be an incredible summer.β
“The Esports World Cup is an important moment in esports history,” he said Ralph ReichertCEO, Esports World Cup Foundation. “It’s a historic culmination of two global languages, gaming and sports, to unite the global gaming community, transcend the esports industry and drive growth across the entire ecosystem. I’m very proud that we’ve created new possibilities for the sport us and I am very excited to watch elite esports clubs and players compete in the world’s best games for life-changing prizes and crown the first Esports World Cup Club Champion.”
Faisal bin HomranChief Product Officer, Esports World Cup Foundationadded: “There are 3.4 billion gamers in the world today and, with the Esports World Cup finally here, we share their anticipation, excitement and enthusiasm for the sensational summer ahead. The next eight weeks will transform gaming and esports landscape like never before β and the entire world is invited to watch, embrace and enjoy this historic and era-defining spectacle, with the best esports players and clubs on earth competing for life-changing prizes in its premier games world, Esports. The World Cup will absolutely deliver on its promise to be a global celebration of competitive excellence and the esports fan.”
After the live Opening Ceremony, featuring popular creators Tyler1 and Danny Aarons joining the festivities, the Esports World Cup will welcome more than 1,500 of the world’s best esports players β representing 60+ nationalities β as they compete in 22 competitions across 21 matches over the next eight weeks, to August 25 on Riyah City Ave. The groundbreaking game lineup consists of (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 Rainbow 6 Siege.
The Esports World Cup will award an unprecedented $60 million+ prize pool, the largest prize pool in esports history. 20 million dollars of the total prize money goes to the Club Championship, an innovative multi-game competition format unique to the EWC that rewards the top 16 clubs based on their overall performance. At the end of the event, the best performing club in various gaming leagues 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 and gaming fan culture by hosting a joyful festival throughout the event. Attendees who visit will experience numerous game 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 extraordinary collection of global companies have joined forces with the Esports World Cup Foundation to support the Esports World Cup. EWCF counts (in alphabetical 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 advance 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.comand follow all upcoming Esports World Cup announcements at X (formerly Twitter).
You can access the press kit HERE. For official photos of the event, click HERE.
About the Esports World Cup
The Esports World Cup is a global celebration of competitive excellence and the esports fan. The competition features a unique multi-game structure that will pit the world’s top esports teams and players against each other for the biggest prize ever. Debuting in the summer of 2024, players, publishers and fans from around the world will come together in Riyadh, Saudi Arabiato crown the world’s first Esports World Cup club champion.
https://esportsworldcup.com/en
SOURCE Esports World Cup Foundation