EWC 2024 organizers have announced the guest list and made fans restless waiting for a series of nerve-wracking matches in Saudi Arabia.
Esports World Cup (EWC) 2024 will host an international League of Legends tournament, marking a rare occasion for a major third-party event backed by Riot Games. This will be the first time since Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) in February 2017, Riot is willing to cooperate in hosting a global-scale League of Legends tournament. According to sources close to Sheep Esports, the EWC 2024 League of Legends tournament will kick off in the first week of July with a schedule from July 3-4 to July 7.
Last January, Sheep Esports reported from an internal email that the four major regions would send two representatives to EWC 2024. It should also be noted that Riot does not decide the guest list, but instead, EWC itself will choose who among the regions including LCK, LPL, LCS and LEC will compete in their tournament. On May 24, EWC 2024 organizers officially announced the list of eight teams that will come to Saudi Arabia to compete, including:
LCK: Gen.G and T1 LPL: Bilibili Gaming and Top Esports LEC: G2 Esports and Fnatic LCS: Team Liquid and FlyQuest
Thus, Sheep Esports reported accurately when the two best teams in Spring 2024 of the four number one tournaments in the region have all agreed to participate. This means that the audience will witness a “miniature” 2024 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) tournament simulating what just happened in Chengdu, China earlier this month. Among these teams, only TL enthusiastically posted media support posts for EWC right during MSI 2024. In addition, T1 also confirmed to shake hands with EWC after having tickets to attend MSI 2024 on social networking platforms. Riot Korea has confirmed that the LCK Summer 2024 tournament will take a one-week break in the group stage to give the competition schedule to teams participating in EWC.
Recall that EWC 2024 is not only about League of Legends but hosts 19 different games and lasts eight weeks this summer. Continuing the direction of Gamers 8 and supported by investor Savvy Gaming Group (affiliated with the Arab State) over the past two years, the event was held with the ambition to honor the most outstanding individuals and groups. world esports. With a huge cash prize of up to 45 million USD, Gamers 8 2023 has attracted many talents from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Rocket League, FIFA, Fortnite and Starcraft 2.
This year, EWC 2024 will again break the prize record with a total amount of up to 60 million USD for the first edition of this “new” tournament. Saudi Arabia wants to create a more visible and widespread influence on global esports. In addition to developing domestic teams, the rich country in the Middle East also acquired and merged two famous tournament organizers ESL – FACE IT in January 2022.
