2024 Esports World Cup – Free Fire Last updated March 12, 2025 Background In October 2023, Saudi Arabia announced the inaugural Esports World Cup as the successor of Gamers8 (Saudi Esports Federation's previously existing esports festival), set to take place in Riyadh . [ 1] The event was developed as a part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 , a plan led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aimed at diversifying the country's economy and reducing reliance on oil. [ 2]
Calendar July 2024 July Week 2 10 11 12 13 14 Garena Free Fire ● ● ● ● ●
Qualification Event Region Date Seeds Qualified Teams FFWS SEA 2024 Spring ASEAN Mar 22 - May 26 Top 8 Team Falcons EVOS Esports ONIC Olympus RRQ KAZU FFWS Brazil 2024 Brazil Apr 20 - Jun 10 Top 3 LOUD FFWS LATAM 2024 South America Mar 22 - Jun 1 Top 3 Snapdragon Pro Series Global Apr 13 - 14 Top 2 FF MEA MSC 2024 Middle East Africa Apr 20 - May 11 Champion Pakistan Qualifier Pakistan Jun 2 Champion
Knockout Stage: 10–12 July 2024 18 teams, divided into 3 groups of 6. 18 matches, each group play 12 matches. Top 12 teams advance to Points Rush and Grand Finals .
Points Rush: 13 July 2024 12 teams. 6 matches. Teams gain headstart points for Grand Finals based on their final placements.
Grand Final: 14 July 2024 12 teams. Teams begin with headstart points from Points Rush. 6 matches. Schedule Round Date Teams Knockout Stage 10 July 2024 Group A vs B 11 July 2024 Group B vs C 12 July 2024 Group A vs C Point-Rush Stage 13 July 2024 Top 12 teams Grand Finals 14 July 2024 Top 12 teams
Knockout Stage Knockout Stage Group Draw Group A Group B Group C EVOS Esports ONIC Olympus LOUD RRQ KAZU [ a] Team Falcons [ b]
Knockout Stage Standings Rank Team Total Score Placement Kills Booyah Qualification 1 LOUD 221 88 133 2 Qualified for the Point-Rush Stage Grand Final 2 213 94 119 3 3 Team Falcons 188 77 111 2 4 181 81 100 1 5 EVOS Esports 161 68 93 1 6 RRQ KAZU 158 72 86 3 7 141 67 74 1 8 135 60 75 0 9 126 63 63 1 10 112 47 65 0 11 103 59 44 2 12 102 45 57 1 13 102 54 48 1 Eliminated from the tournament 14 88 34 54 0 15 80 42 38 0 16 70 29 41 0 17 ONIC Olympus 62 33 29 0 18 43 13 30 0
Grand Final Both LOUD and Team Solid have 5 points deducted from their Grand Final scores due to attempted illegal team-ups to defeat other teams during the previous rounds
Prize Pool Prize Pool of the Tournament. [ 3]
Prize money distribution Rank Team Prize (in USD) Qualification 1 Team Falcons $300,000 Free Fire World Series – Global Finals 2024 2 EVOS Esports $175,000 – 3 $125,000 4 $80,000 5 $60,000 6 LOUD $50,000 7 RRQ KAZU $40,000 8 $35,000 9 $30,000 10 $25,000 11 $20,000 12 $15,000 13 $10,000 14 $9,000 15 $8,000 16 $7,000 17 ONIC Olympus $6,000 18 $5,000
Notes ↑ The team qualified as SKR, but was signed by ALQADSIAH before the tournament. ↑ While they qualified as Indostars, the team was bought by Gaimin Gladiators on 30 May 2024. References ↑ Nordland, Jake (October 23, 2023). "Saudi Arabian Prime Minister announces Esports World Cup" . Esports Insider . Archived from the original on March 19, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024 . ↑ Yaakoubi, Aziz (October 23, 2023). "Saudi Arabia launches Esports World Cup – statement" . Reuters . Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2024 . ↑ Zalamea, Nigel (May 16, 2024). "Esports World Cup prize pool: Club championship explained" . One Esports . Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024 . External links
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