LGD Gaming finalize the lineup for Group Stage of Riyadh Masters 2024

With the conclusion of the decider matches today, the additional eight teams to join the group stage have been decided, finalizing the entire lineup. 

The Play-in Stage at Riyadh Masters has come to an end. And let's just say it seems we've got a lot of explaining to do. Our predictions didn't quite pan out the way we imagined. South America showed up to play (both teams made it through to groups) while China… let's just say they didn't. The least expected Chinese team, LGD was the only one of the three to make it through. 

It wasn't just China and South America that surprised everyone, SEA really came in strong. Given their competitive track record up to this event, Blacklist Rivalry were at most a dark horse in Group A.

• Read Riyadh Masters 2024 Play-In: Blacklist Rivalry are the unexpected leaders of Group A

For Group B Mouz came riding in on their (dark) horse as well – even though they DID just qualify for Elite League LAN in Peru last week. They took a 2:0 sweep over Virtus.pro in the decider matches to kick off the last day of the Play-in Stage. Stefan "Ulnit" Gavrila showing what a beast he is with everyone taking note for the post TI roster shuffles. 

Then in a 90+ minute game 2 with an unbelievable Xiong "Pyw" Jiahan on Weaver LGD took the final spot with a 2:0 sweep over nouns. 

The action will continue with the group stage on Wednesday, July 10th at 14:30 CEST. 

Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 

Group Stage: July 10-14

Group Stage Teams 

• Team Falcons EPT Leaderboard
• BetBoom Team EPT Leaderboard
• Gaimin Gladiators EPT Leaderboard
• Xtreme Gaming EPT Leaderboard
• Tundra Esports EPT Leaderboard
• Team Liquid EPT Leaderboard
• OG EPT Leaderboard
• Team Spirit EPT Leaderboard
• Entity Play-in 
• Blacklist International Play-in 
• beastcoast Play-in 
• Heroic Play-in 
• PSG Quest Play-in 
• Aurora Play-in 
• MOUZ Play-in 
• LGD Gaming Play-in 

Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 Groups 

Group A

Group B

Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 Format  

• 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 teams from each group advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
• Remaining teams are eliminated

Riyadh Masters/ESWC 2024 Prize Pool 

Esports World Cup 2024 will feature 22 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 Virtus.pro / nouns 
• 19th-20th place $15,000 Azure Ray / G2 x iG