The Dota 2 competition heats up with the start of Riyadh Masters. Here is everything you need to know from teams, formats, dates, prize pool, and broadcasts.
There is a LOT to unpack regarding Riyadh Masters. This is the third edition of the Riyadh Masters series. It serves as the final championship of the second season of the ESL Pro Tour, unfolding across three weeks from the 4th to the 21st of July with three tournament stages.
And it is also part of the Esports World Cup line-up.
But perhaps most exciting of all, is that Riyadh Masters has become both a world-class premier LAN event that fans and players look forward to and it allows for a glimpse into some of the minds and action for The International 2024.
Things will kick off tomorrow, July 4th with the Play-in Stage, before heading over to the Group Stage. Everything will wrap up with the Playoffs where one team will be crown champions. Last year Team Spirit claimed the trophy and title with $5 million in their pockets.
Here is everything you need to know for the event:
Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024
Play-in Stage: July 4-7
Play-in Stage Teams
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Entity - WEU ![]()
MOUZ - WEU![]()
PSG Quest - MENA![]()
LGD Gaming - CN![]()
G2 x iG - CN ![]()
Azure Ray - CN![]()
Aurora - SEA![]()
Blacklist International - SEA![]()
Heroic - SA![]()
beastcoast - SA![]()
nouns - NA![]()
Virtus.pro - EEU
Entity
MOUZ
PSG Quest
LGD Gaming
G2 x iG
Azure Ray
Aurora
Blacklist International
Heroic
beastcoast
nouns
Virtus.proPlay-in Stage Format
- Two groups of six teams each
- Single round-robin
- All matches are Bo2
- Top three teams from each group advance to the group stage
- 4th to 5th place team from each group will be matched
- Matches are played from opposite groups
- Winners will advance to group stage
- Losers are eliminated
- Matches are played from opposite groups
Play-in Stage Groups
Group A
Group B
Group Stage: July 10-14
Group Stage Teams
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Team Falcons![]()
BetBoom Team![]()
Gaimin Gladiators![]()
Xtreme Gaming![]()
Tundra Esports![]()
Team Liquid![]()
OG![]()
Team Spirit- 6 teams from Play-in Stage
Team Falcons
BetBoom Team
Gaimin Gladiators
Xtreme Gaming
Tundra Esports
Team Liquid
OG
Team SpiritFormat
- Two groups of eight teams each
- Single round-robin
- All matches are Bo2
- Top four teams from each group advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
- 5th and 6th place team from each group advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
- Remaining teams are eliminated
Playoffs: July 16-21
- 12 team double elimination bracket
- Double-elimination bracket
- All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5
Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 Prize Pool
Esports World Cup 2024 will feature 19 different competitions, most of them with a million dollars on the line. Dota 2 has the largest prize pool to offer, 5 million dollars, followed by PUBG Mobile with 3.8 million and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang with 3.5 million.
Although this is the largest prize pool of all 19 tournaments at Esports World Cup, the $5,000,000 is just a quarter of last year’s Riyadh Masters edition, which had $15,000,000 to offer.
The $5,000,000 and 2,390 Club Points will be split as follows:
- 1st place $1,500,000/1,000points
- 2nd place $800,000/600 points
- 3rd place $600,000/350 points
- 4th place $400,000/200 points
- 5th-6th place $300,000/90 points
- 7th-8th place $200,000/30 points
- 9th-12th place $100,000
- 13th-14th place $70,000
- 15th-16th place $40,000
- 17th-18th place $25,000
- 19th-20th place $15,000
Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 Broadcasts
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