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 | This article documents a current Esports World Cup. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (July 2024) |
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Esports |
| Location | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | July 3–August 25 |
| Administrator | Esports World Cup Foundation Tournaments supervised by ESL |
Number of events | 23 in 22 esports |
| Purse | $62.5 million |
| Website | esportsworldcup |
The 2024 Esports World Cup (EWC) is the first edition of the Esports World Cup, an annual international esports tournament series replacing the Gamers8 festival, run by the Esports World Cup Foundation, funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. The event will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from July 3 to August 25, 2024, and will feature 23 events in 22 different video game titles. It will have the largest combined prize pool in esports history at over US$60 million, encompassing individual tournament prize pools, rewards for teams that qualify to EWC events, most valuable player awards, and the Club Championship, a cross-game competition that aggregates the individual game results of all participating organizations (known as "clubs" to the EWC) to crown a Club Champion.
The Esports World Cup has been criticized by some as being used as a sportswashing tool by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to distract the esports community from its numerous human rights violations. Commentators have drawn attention to the country's stance on LGBTQ+ rights, women's rights, and its handling of dissent.