2024 Esports World Cup – Free Fire

*Garena Free Fire*
at the 2024 Esports World Cup
Tournament information
Sport	Garena Free Fire
Location	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates	10 July 2024–15 July 2024
Administrator	Esports World Cup Foundation; Supervised by ESL and sanctioned by Garena
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Participants	18 teams
Website	https://esportsworldcup.com/en/competition/games-and-tournaments/free-fire
Final positions
Champion	Team Falcons
1st runner-up	EVOS Esports
2nd runner-up	Netshoes Miners
MVP	Moshi (Buriram United Esports)

The Multiplayer online battle royale video game Garena Free Fire had a tournament at the 2024 Esports World Cup, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from July 10 to 15, 2024. Eighteen teams took part in this tournament.

Background

In October 2023, Saudi Arabia announced the inaugural Esports World Cup as the successor of Gamers8, the 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

●	Days of competition

July 2024	July
	Week 2
	10	11	12	13	14
Garena Free Fire	●	●	●	●	●

Teams

Group A	Group B	Group C
EVOS Esports Netshoes Miners AG Global FLUXO ONIC Olympus 19esports	LOUD Buriram United Esports P Esports RRQ KAZU RETA Esports Hotshot Esports	Twisted Minds ALQADSIAH ESPORT^[a] Team Solid Team Falcons All Glory Gaming Gaimin Gladiators^[b]

Format

In Knockout Stage, the three Groups consist of 6 teams each (in total 18 teams) which competed against each other in Round-Robin Format. Top 12 teams from the Knockout stage will advance to both the Grand Final and the Point-Rush Stage; the Point-Rush Stage offers "Headstart Points" for the Grand Final. Both the Point-Rush Stage and Grand Final have 6 matches for the teams. The winner of the Grand Final also qualify for Free Fire World Series Global Finals Brazil 2024.

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 Standings

Rank	Team	Total Score	Placement	Kills	Booyah	Qualification
1	LOUD	221	88	133	2	Qualified for the Point-Rush Stage and Grand Final
2	Buriram United Esports	213	94	119	3
3	Team Falcons	188	77	111	2
4	AG Global	181	81	100	1
5	EVOS Divine	161	68	93	1
6	RRQ KAZU	158	72	86	3
7	Twisted Minds	141	67	74	1
8	Team Solid	135	60	75	0
9	P Esports	126	63	63	1
10	Netshoes Miners	112	47	65	0
11	Gaimin Gladiators	103	59	44	2
12	FLUXO	102	45	57	1
13	All Glory Gaming	102	54	48	1	Eliminated from the tournament
14	RETA Esports	88	34	54	0
15	Hotshot Esports	80	42	38	0
16	19esports	70	29	41	0
17	ONIC Olympus	62	33	29	0
18	ALQADSIAH ESPORT	43	13	30	0

Point-Rush Stage

Each of the teams also qualify for the Grand Final.

Point-Rush Stage Standings

Rank	Team	Total Score	Placement	Kills	Booyah	Headstart Points
1	Buriram United Esports	117	46	71	3	8 Points
2	AG Global	91	40	51	0	6 Points
3	EVOS Divine	76	32	44	0	5 Points
4	FLUXO	70	26	44	2	4 Points
5	RRQ KAZU	68	32	36	0	3 Points
6	Twisted Minds	63	21	42	0	2 Points
7	Team Falcons	61	19	42	0	1 Point
8	P Esports	59	20	39	0
9	Netshoes Miners	55	31	24	1
10	Gaimin Gladiators	53	24	29	0
11	LOUD	53	30	23	0	0 Points
12	Team Solid	40	21	19	0	0 Points

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

Grand Final Standings

Rank	Team	Total Score	Placement	Kills	Booyah
1	Team Falcons	106	41	65	2
2	EVOS Esports	99	48	51	1
3	Netshoes Miners	90	37	53	2
4	Buriram United Esports	86	45	41	0
5	AG Global	77	44	33	0
6	LOUD	62	28	39	0
7	RRQ KAZU	61	29	32	0
8	Gaimin Gladiators	57	28	29	0
9	FLUXO	51	29	22	1
10	P Esports	51	17	34	0
11	Twisted Minds	38	17	21	0
12	Team Solid	18	11	12	0

Prize Pool

Prize Pool of the Tournament.^[3]

Prize money distribution
Pos.	Team	Prize
1	Team Falcons	$300,000
2	EVOS Esports	$175,000
3	Netshoes Miners	$125,000
4	Buriram United Esports	$80,000
5	AG Global	$60,000
6	LOUD	$50,000
7	RRQ KAZU	$40,000
8	Gaimin Gladiators	$35,000
9	FLUXO	$30,000
10	P Esports	$25,000
11	Twisted Minds	$20,000
12	Team Solid	$15,000
13	All Glory Gaming	$10,000
14	RETA Esports	$9,000
15	Hotshot Esports	$8,000
16	19esports	$7,000
17	ONIC Olympus	$6,000
18	ALQADSIAH ESPORT	$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.

[3] The team qualified as SKR, but was signed by ALQADSIAH before the tournament.

[4] While they qualified as Indostars, the team was bought by Gaimin Gladiators on 30 May 2024.

[1] 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.

[2] 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-5] 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.

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