The " Esports World Cup" (EWC), the world's largest e-sports tournament organized by the Saudi eSports World Cup Federation, will be held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, for eight weeks from Wednesday, July 3 to Sunday, August 25, 2024, with a total prize pool of $60 The total prize money will be in the order of $60 million, the largest ever awarded in the history of e-sports competitions. PUBG : BATTLEGROUNDS " (PUBG) and " PUBG MOBILE " have been selected for the EWC.
PUBG" and "PUBG MOBILE" have been selected for the EWC!
The EWC will consist of a " Game Championship " to determine the winning team in each individual event and a " Club Championship " to determine the world's best eSports team by combining the results of the eSports World Cup teams in each event. In the "Game Championship," there will be a total of 21 events, and KRAFTON will participate in the EWC as the only gaming company in Korea, with "PUBG" and "PUBG MOBILE" being selected as the event events. PUBG" and "PUBG MOBILE" were selected as the competition events. PUBG MOBILE" in particular is participating in the EWC not as a sub-competition but as a stand-alone event, which makes its significance even more profound.
KRAFTON JAPAN plans to make e-sports not only a competition for players, but also a global festival where fans can participate and enjoy together, based on its continuous investment in "PUBG" and "PUBG MOBILE" e-sports. Through this, we plan to develop "PUBG" into a powerful media that unites countries and regions around the world. For more information on the "PUBG" and "PUBG MOBILE" EWC tournaments, please visit the official EWC website.
PUBG" Tournament Information
The "PUBG" event will feature 24 teams from around the world competing for a total prize pool of $2 million. Currently, 8 teams have won direct tickets to the EWC: Twisted Minds, CERBERUS Esports, eArena, Natus Vincere, Petrichor Road, Soniqs, Virtus.Pro, and NH-Esports, with 16 tickets remaining for The regional EWC qualifiers are being held in Korea, China, Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA), Southeast Asia, and the United States.
The "PUBG" event will be held in Riyadh as an offline, spectator-attended match. The top 16 teams out of 24 teams will advance to the finals during the three-day group stage, which will take place from Wednesday, August 21 to Friday, August 23, 2024.
The finals will be held on Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25, 2024, and will be played under splash rules. A maximum of six matches will be played on the first day, and if a team reaches a total of 70 points during a match, the first day's matches will end. On the second day, matches will be played including teams that recorded a total of 70 points or more on the first day, and the winning team will be declared the winner with a total of 70 points or more after the start of the second day.
"PUBG MOBILE" event tournament information
The "PUBG MOBILE" event will be held in conjunction with the EWC as a stand-alone tournament, the " PUBG MOBILE World Cup x eSports World Cup (PMWC x EWC)". With a total prize pool of $3 million, it is the largest prize pool of any EWC event.
A total of 24 teams will be selected from among the top-performing teams in "PUBG MOBILE" regional pro leagues around the world, as well as specially invited teams, to compete in the group stage from Friday, July 19 to Sunday, July 21, 2024. The top 12 teams in the group stage will go directly to the main stage.
The bottom 12 teams from the group stage and the four teams from the "PUBG Mobile Super League (PMSL)" will compete in the survival stage, and the top four teams can advance to the main stage.
The Main Stage will be played from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, July 28, 2024, with a total of 16 teams competing in fierce competition, and the team with the most accumulated points over the two days will be crowned the winner.
The PMWC x EWC big stage will be hosted by CAG OSAKA(@CYCLOPS_OSAKA ), the winner of Season 4 Phase 1 of Japan's "PUBG MOBILE Japan League," and the "2024 REJECT(@RC_REJECT ), the winning team of "PUBG MOBILE GLOBAL OPEN", is confirmed to participate in the tournament. Let's look forward to the biggest e-sports tournament in history, in which Japanese teams will also participate!