The Esports World Cup adds a new dimension to the video game world.
Tournaments on local networks are nothing new for individual games, but the tournament in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will feature 21 games in one venue. Only one game will have a men’s and a women’s tournament. It is the first world championship in esports.
It spans a month and begins on July 4. Each individual game tournament has its own end date, but the entire tournament ends on August 24.
The Esports World Cup will offer record prize money, divided into four categories. The total prize money is the highest ever awarded at an Esports event.
Here you can find out everything you need to know about the Esports World Cup prize pool.
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How much is the prize money at the 2024 Esports World Championship?
The prize money for the Esports World Cup is $60 million, divided into four divisions.
Before the World Cup began, $7.6 million was paid out to the teams that qualified for the event.
Over $33 million will be awarded for each individual tournament. The World Cup will have 21 games, so each winning team will take home the prize money. The MVP of each tournament will also receive $50,000.
The remaining $20 million will be divided among the top 16 organizations in the World Cup. Teams will receive points for their placement in each tournament, which will be added to the organization’s overall score at the end of the World Cup.
For example, T1, a South Korean e-sports organization, won the League of Legends tournament. If they also win the Teamfight Tactics tournament, they will improve their rank in the overall standings.
| allocation | Prize money |
| qualification | 7.6 million US dollars |
| Individual tournaments | 33 million US dollars |
| MVP Awards | 1.1 million US dollars |
| Club Championship | 20 million US dollars |
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How much money do the winners of the Esports World Championship get?
$60 million will be split between qualifying teams, individual tournaments, MVP awards and club championships. Each individual tournament has its own total of $33 million.
| Video game | Prize money |
| Dota2 | 5 million US dollars |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Men) | 3 million US dollars |
| PUBG Mobile | 3 million US dollars |
| Honor of Kings | 3 million US dollars |
| Rainbow Six Siege | 2 million dollars |
| Apex Legends | 2 million dollars |
| PUBG Battlegrounds | 2 million dollars |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III | 1.8 million US dollars |
| Garena Free Fire | 1 million US dollars |
| League of Legends | 1 million US dollars |
| Call of Duty: Warzone | 1 million US dollars |
| Counterstrike 2 | 1 million US dollars |
| Overwatch2 | 1 million US dollars |
| Fourteen days | 1 million US dollars |
| Street Fighter 6 | 1 million US dollars |
| StarCraft II | 1 million US dollars |
| EA Sports FC 24 | 1 million US dollars |
| 8 | 1 million US dollars |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Women) | 500,000 US dollars |
| Teamfight Tactics | 500,000 US dollars |
| Rocket League | 500,000 US dollars |
| ESL-R1 | 500,000 US dollars |
Breakdown of prize money at the Esports World Cup
The World Championship will feature a club championship with a total prize pool of $20 million. The winning organization will receive $7 million, while the next 15 will share the rest of the money.
| rank | Price |
| 1 | 7 million US dollars |
| 2 | 4 million US dollars |
| 3 | 2 million dollars |
| 4 | 1.5 million US dollars |
| 5 | 1.25 million US dollars |
| 6 | 1 million US dollars |
| 7 | 800,000 US dollars |
| 8th | 600,000 US dollars |
| 9 | 450,000 US dollars |
| 10 | 350,000 US dollars |
| 11 | 250,000 US dollars |
| 12 | 200,000 US dollars |
| 13 | 150,000 US dollars |
| 14 | 150,000 US dollars |
| 15 | 150,000 US dollars |
| 16 | 150,000 US dollars |
In the event of a tie for first place, the club with the most first places wins the tiebreaker. In the event of a tie, the tiebreaker goes to the second places, “and so on.”
In the event of a tie in all games, the team with the most points in a direct comparison with the club with which it is tied will decide.
There are no tiebreakers for positions below first place. In the event of a tie, the money will be split between the organizations.
