Riyadh Masters 2024

Riyadh Masters 2024 will be held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, as part of the Esports World Cup festival. This event is organized by the Saudi Esports Federation. Twenty teams will take part. The total prize fund of the tournament is 5 million dollars.

Participants:

• Twenty teams;
  
  • Eight teams from the EPT leaderboard;
  • Twelve teams from regional qualifiers.

Play-In - 04.07.2024 - 07.07.2024:

• Two groups of six teams each;
• Single round-robin;
• All matches are Bo2;
• The top three teams from each group advance to the group stage;
• The 4rd through 5th place teams from each group advance to the decider round.
• The remaining teams are eliminated.

Decider round:

• Matches are played from opposite groups;
• Winners advance to the group stage;
• Losers are eliminated.

Tiebreaker rules:

• If the tie is over a position of significance;
  • Two teams - a Bo3 will be played;
  • Three teams or more - a Bo1 round-robin will be played;
  • If the tiebreaker does not resolve following the first round of the round robin:
    • Three teams - the tiebreaker will be replayed;
    • Four teams or more - the matrix listed below will be used to resolve the tie, adding the information from the tiebreaker matches to those gathered during the group stage.
• For ties that are not over positions of significance (in order of importance):
  1. Neustadtl score;
  2. Head-to-head record between the tied participants taking only game score into account;
  3. Record vs the first team below the tied teams, continuing to each subsequent team below the tied teams til the tie is resolved;
  4. 1v1 tiebreakers.
• If there is with no schedule allowance and involves explicit elimination, then 1v1 tiebreakers will be played.

Group stage - 10.07.2024 - 14.07.2024:

• Two groups of eight teams each;
• Single round-robin;
• All matches are Bo2;
• The top four teams from each group advance to the top bracket of playoffs;
• The 5th and 6th place teams from each group advance to the lower playoff bracket;
• The remaining teams are eliminated.

Tiebreaker rules:

• If the tie is over a position of significance;
  • Two teams - a Bo3 will be played;
  • Three teams or more - a Bo1 round-robin will be played;
  • If the tiebreaker does not resolve following the first round of the round robin:
    • Three teams - the tiebreaker will be replayed;
    • Four teams or more - the matrix listed below will be used to resolve the tie, adding the information from the tiebreaker matches to those gathered during the group stage.
• For ties that are not over positions of significance (in order of importance):
  1. Neustadtl score;
  2. Head-to-head record between the tied participants taking only game score into account;
  3. Record vs the first team below the tied teams, continuing to each subsequent team below the tied teams til the tie is resolved;
  4. 1v1 tiebreakers.
• If there is with no schedule allowance and involves explicit elimination, then 1v1 tiebreakers will be played.

Playoffs - 16.07.2024 - 21.07.2024:

• Double-elimination bracket;
• All matches except the Grand Final are Bo3;
• Grand Final - Bo5.