The Esports World Cup Foundation has revealed the prize pool for the upcoming Esports World Cup in Riyadh, and it’s eye-watering. This year’s showcase, which features an unprecedented number of games, competitors, and stages, will have a $75 million prize pool, $30 million of which will be spread over the top twenty-four organizations at the weeks-long event.
This year’s prize pool has been dubbed ‘life-changing’ by the EWCF, and it sets the bar ahead of the monumental event, set to run in Saudi Arabia from July 6 to August 23.
Esports World Cup Going Bigger Than Ever
Last year’s Esports World Cup had a $70 million prize pool, and the increase is proof of the ongoing success of the showcase. It’s the biggest stage in the world of competitive gaming, and for good reason. The EWCF in Saudi Arabia makes esports a mind-blowing spectacle, welcoming hundreds of thousands of people from around the world over the seven-week window.
In a statement, the CEO of the EWCF, Ralf Reichert, said:
The life-changing prize pool exists to support the people at the heart of esports: the players and the Clubs that invest in them year after year. EWC is different because of the Club Championship. One title crowns a champion. EWC crowns the ultimate cross-game Club Champion.
This year’s Esports World Cup will feature twenty-four games, including Fortnite and Trackmania for the first time.
The EWCF explained how it works:
- Each game’s championship will carry a unique price pool, with the allocations for those exceeding $39 million.
- $30 million is reserved for the EWC Club Championship, which gives $7 million to the best-performing organization at the event.
- The remainder of the prize pool will be distributed amongst organizations and players, including hefty MVP awards for each tournament.
This ensures that the $75 million prize pool goes directly towards supporting forty global esports organizations. There is no event in the world of esports more valuable than the Esports World Cup, and there might never be.
Last year, the Call of Duty League’s Thomas ‘Scrap’ Ernst stated that the Esports World Cup is easily bigger than the CDL Championship, in his eyes.
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