Starting this competitive year, Riyadh Masters is the culmination of ESL Pro Tour (EPT) and a part of the Esports World Cup.
A total of eight teams secured a direct invite via EPT points earned at ESL One tournaments. There have been six tourneys in the first tour that had EPT points to offer.
With Riyadh Masters 2024 set to commence on the 4th of July, the open and closed qualifiers were held over the past few days in seven regions.
Teams qualified via EPT Points
Team Falcons
BetBoom Team
Gaimin Gladiators
Xtreme Gaming
Tundra Esports
Team Liquid
OG
Team Spirit
Riyadh Masters closed qualifiers
Riyadh Masters 2024 qualifier battle began on the 29th of May with the open rounds in North America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, South America, Western Europe, MENA, and China and came to an end today, June 5 with the last closed qualifier match held in the SA region.
A handful of upsets took place over the past few days and for some, Riyadh Masters 2024 will mark their first LAN of the year.
All qualified teams via Riyadh Masters closed qualifiers
Entity - WEU 
MOUZ - WEU
LGD Gaming - CN
G2 x iG - CN 
Azure Ray - CN
Aurora - SEA
Blacklist International - SEA
Heroic - SA
beastcoast - SA
nouns - NA
Virtus.pro - EEU
The 20 teams heading to Riyadh next month will duke it for a share of the $5,000,000 prize pool across three weeks, from July 4 to the 21st of the month.
Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 tournament format
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
