Free Fire World Series

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Free Fire World Series
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Free Fire World Series Logo
Game Free Fire
Founded2019
Founder Garena
No. of teams18
RegionGlobal
Most recent
champion(s)		 Flag of Brazil.svg Fluxo (1st title)
Streaming partner(s) www.youtube.com/@freefireesportsofficial
Official website ffesports.com

The Free Fire World Series (FFWS) is the annual professional Free Fire world championship tournament hosted by Garena. Teams compete for a total prize pool of US$2 million. [1] The 2021 edition of the event became world's most watched esports event by peak live viewer count at the time. [2]

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Overview

The Free Fire World Series uses the Squad Battle Royale mode available in the video game Free Fire. 48 players (12 teams each one having four players) airdrop onto an island without any weapons or armor. Once on the ground, players must search for weapons, armor, and med kits. Players can knock down players using the weapons they collected. The last team to survive wins the game. Players get points based on the number of eliminations and final ranking of their team. [3] [4]

History

Inaugural edition 2019

Free Fire World Series 2019 was held in November 2019 at Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro, and featured a prize pool of $400,000. 12 teams from Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Middle East, India, Latin America, North America, and Eurasia participated in the championship. It was won by the Brazilian representatives the Corinthians. [5] The event had a peak live viewers count of 1.9 million. [6]

2020 Cancellation

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FFWS for the 2020 season - alongside the 2020 Free Fire World Cup 2020 (FFWC) that was supposed to be held in Jakarta during the Summer, were both cancelled. Free Fire World Series 2020 had to be replaced with Free Fire Continental Series 2020 which was held to be on April 19. Free Fire Continental Series was held as 3 separate events for Asia, EMEA and Americas. The event was streamed live on YouTube and had 1.5 million peak live viewers. There was a prize pool of $300,000. In each region a total of 18 teams fought for a prize pool of $300,000. The Asian region winner was EXP Esports, the EMEA region winner was Sbornaya Chr, and the American region winner was Team Liquid. [7] [8] [9]

2021

In 2021, Garena announced the Free Fire World Series with a prize pool of $2 million. [10] The grand finale was held in May 2021 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. A total of 18 teams competes for the FFWS trophy, which was won by Phoenix Force (EVOS Esports TH). [11] The Free Fire World Series 2021 became the most watched esports event at the time with over 5.4 million peak live viewers, surpassing the 2021 League of Legends World Championship, which had 4 million peak viewers. [12]

The second FFWS event was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic scheduled to held in November 2021. [13]

2022

In 2022, two FFWS editions were held.

The first FFWS 2022 grand finale was held in May 2022 at the Resort World Sentosa convention centre. The event featured 18 teams representing different regions, competing for a prize pool of $2 million. The championship was won by Attack All Around. [14] The event had a maximum of 1.4 million concurrent viewers during the grand finale, which was a decrease of 4 million viewers from the 2021 viewership, partially due to the ban of Free Fire in India and Bangladesh. [15]

The second FFWS event of 2022 was held in Bangkok, Thailand. [16] The event featured 17 teams from around the world. Players compete for a prize pool of $2 million. The championship was won by EVOS Phoenix for the second time in this competition. [17]

2023

The 2023 Free Fire World Series grand finale took place in Bangkok, Thailand, hosting a total of 18 teams and a prize pool of $1 million. The participating teams comprised three from Brazil, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam each, while Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Pakistan, Morocco, and Malaysia were represented by one team each. Team Magic Squad from Brazil won the championship. The event had a significantly low amount of viewership compared to previous FFWS. [18]

2024

The Free Fire World Series – Global Finals 2024 (FFWS), was held in November 2024 at Carioca Arena 1, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a total of 18 teams and a prize pool of $1 million.. [19] The qualification path of teams for this tournament were 2024 Esports World Cup – Free Fire, FFWS South East Asia 2024 Fall, FFWS Brazil 2024, FFWS LATAM 2024, FFWS Middle East and Africa 2024.

Hosts

Summary by country

CountryTimes hostedEditions
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 22021 (1st), 2022 (1st)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 22022 (2nd), 2023
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 22019, 2024

Results

Ed.YearHost CountryVenue & CityChampion & Runner up3rd Place MVP of the
Tournament		Number
of Teams		Ref
ChampionScoreRunner-up
12019Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Barra Olympic Park,
Rio de Janeiro 		Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians 13298 Flag of Russia.svg Sbornaya ChR Flag of Thailand.svg ILLUMINATE Slow TwoK Flag of Brazil.svg Nobru
(Corinthians)		12 [20]
– 2020 –(Not held because of COVID-19 pandemic.)
& replaced with Free Fire Continental Series 2020.		– [21]
22021 (1st)Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Marina Bay Sands,
Downtown Core 		Flag of Thailand.svg Phoenix Force11377 Flag of Brazil.svg LOUD Flag of Russia.svg Silence Flag of Thailand.svg The Cruz
(Phoenix Force)		18 [22]
– 2021 (2nd)–(Not held because of COVID-19 pandemic.)– [23]
32022 (1st)Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Resort World Sentosa,
Sentosa 		Flag of Thailand.svg Attack All Around9291 Flag of Thailand.svg EVOS Phoenix Flag of Portugal.svg Vasto Mundo Flag of Thailand.svg JLX
(Attack All Around)		18 [24]
42022 (2nd)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Bangkok Flag of Thailand.svg EVOS Phoenix 117114 Flag of Brazil.svg Vivo Keyd Stats Flag of Thailand.svg Nigma Galaxy Flag of Thailand.svg Moshi
(EVOS Phoenix)		17 [25]
5 2023 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Bangkok Flag of Brazil.svg Magic Squad11295 Flag of Thailand.svg Buriram United Esports Flag of Thailand.svg CGGG Flag of Thailand.svg DEW
(EXP Esports)		18 [26]
6 2024 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Carioca Arena 1,
Barra Olympic Park,
Rio de Janeiro 		Flag of Brazil.svg Fluxo8683 Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ Flag of Thailand.svg Buriram United Esports Flag of Brazil.svg E118 [27]

Teams reaching the top three

Teams reaching the top three
TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeTop 3
total
Flag of Thailand.svg EVOS Phoenix * 2 (2021 (1st), 2022 (2nd))1 (2022 (1st))3
Flag of Brazil.svg Fluxo  [ pt ]1 (2024)1
Flag of Brazil.svg Magic Squad1 (2023)1
Flag of Thailand.svg Attack All Around1 (2022 (1st))1
Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians 1 (2019)1
Flag of Thailand.svg Buriram United Esports1 (2023)1(2024)2
Flag of Thailand.svg RRQ1 (2024)1
Flag of Brazil.svg Vivo Keyd Stats1 (2022 (2nd))1
Flag of Brazil.svg LOUD 1 (2021 (1st))1
Flag of Russia.svg Sbornaya ChR1 (2019)1
Flag of Thailand.svg CGGG1 (2023)1
Flag of Thailand.svg Nigma Galaxy1 (2022 (2nd))1
Flag of Portugal.svg Vasto Mundo1 (2022 (1st))1
Flag of Russia.svg Silence1 (2021 (1st))1
Flag of Thailand.svg ILLUMINATE Slow TwoK1 (2019)1
*includes results representing Phoenix Force.

Best performances by countries

Teams from only four countries have reached top three.

Best performances by countries
TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeTop 3
total
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3 (2021 (1st), 2022 (1st), 2022 (2nd))3 (2022 (1st), 2023, 2024)4 (2019, 2022 (2nd), 2023, 2024)10
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3 (2019, 2023, 2024)2 (2021 (1st), 2022 (2nd))5
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1 (2019)1 (2021 (1st))2
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1 (2022 (1st))1

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