Riyadh Masters 2024 announced: it will be held as part of Esports World Cup
Esports World Cup organizers have announced that this year's Riyadh Masters series tournament will be held as part of their event. The Esports World Cup will be held in July this year.
In addition, the organizers have published the EPT points distribution table, by which teams will receive direct invitations to the tournament.
- DreamLeague Season 21 - 10440 PTS
- ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 - 19980 PTS
- DreamLeague Season 22 - 18550 PTS
- ESL One Birmingham 2024 - 26640 PTS
- DreamLeague Season 23 - 26100 PTS
The closest tournament on the list, DreamLeague Season 22, will be held from February 25 to March 10. Direct invites have been given to the top 4 of the EPT ranking table, these are: Xtreme Gaming, Gaimin Gladiators, BetBoom Team, Team Liquid. Another 12 participants were determined by the results of the closed qualifiers, so Team Spirit, Tundra Esports, Virtus.pro, and others got into the tournament.
The Riyadh Masters 2024 will feature 20 teams, 8 of which will receive invites based on the results of the EPT ranking table. The rest of the teams will be determined by closed qualification, which will be held in May, and the main part of the event is scheduled for July. The prize pool is still unknown, last year the teams raffled off 15 million dollars. According to rumors, this year it may become the largest in the history of cybersport Dota 2, and make up about 40 million dollars.
Esports World Cup 2024 is a large-scale multidisciplinary cybersports tournament announced in the fall of 2023 by the Prince of Saudi Arabia. It will be held in the summer of 2024 in the capital of the Arab state, Riyadh.