Riyadh Masters, the Dota 2 competition at the inaugural edition of Esports World Cup will feature a total of 5 million dollars.
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.
Twenty teams will enter the battle for the Esport World Cup trophy. Eight teams will receive a direct invite based on the ESL Pro Tour ranking. They will be joined by 12 more coming from regional qualifiers. It is worth mentioning that the regional qualifiers will also boast a generous prize pool, but EWC is yet to make an official announcement regarding the sum and the distribution.
Esports World Cup Riyadh Masters prize pool distribution
Esports Wolrd Cup Riyadh Masters 2024 will unfold across three weeks from the 4th to the 21st of July with three tournament stages.
Tournament format and dates
Play-in stage: July 4-7
- Two round-robin groups
- Two game series
- 1st-3rd placed teams in each group advance to the group stage
- 4th vs 5th from opposite group, winners advance to the group stage
Group stage: July 10-14
- Two round-robin groups
- Two game series
- 1st-4th placed teams advance to Playoffs upper bracket
- 5th-6th placed teams advance to Playoffs lower bracket
- 7th-8th placed teams are eliminated
Playoffs: July 16-21
- 12 team double elimination bracket
- Best-of-three series
- Best-of-five grand finals
Qualified teams
Five teams have secured their tickets to the Esports World Cup via ESL Pro Tour (EPT) so far.
BetBoom Team
Team Falcons
Xtreme Gaming
Gaimin Gladiators
Team Liquid
Three more teams will join them at the end of the upcoming DreamLeague Season 23, the final tournament on the first season of EPT.
