The Esports World Cup Foundation has announced the massive prize pool for the Esports World Cup in Riyadh. This year’s event, featuring more games, players, and stages than ever before, will award a total of $75 million to winners. $30 million of that will be distributed among the top 24 teams over the course of the event.
The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) is calling this year’s prize money ‘life-changing’ as they prepare for a huge event in Saudi Arabia, running from July 6th to August 23rd.
Esports World Cup Going Bigger Than Ever
Last year’s Esports World Cup offered an impressive $70 million in prize money, demonstrating the continued growth and popularity of the event. As the largest competitive gaming tournament globally, the Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia delivers an incredible experience, attracting hundreds of thousands of attendees from around the world over its seven-week duration.
In a statement, the CEO of the EWCF, Ralf Reichert, said:
This incredible prize pool is designed to support the core of esports – the players and the organizations that consistently invest in them. What sets the EWC apart is its focus on Clubs. While many tournaments award individual champions, the EWC recognizes and celebrates the best all-around esports Club across multiple games.
I’m so excited for this year’s Esports World Cup! They’re going big with twenty-four different games, and it’s awesome they’re including Fortnite and Trackmania for the very first time. It’s going to be a really diverse competition!
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 guarantees that the $75 million prize money will directly benefit forty esports organizations around the world. The Esports World Cup is the most valuable event in esports, and it may be unmatched in history.
According to Thomas ‘Scrap’ Ernst, a member of the Call of Duty League, last year’s Esports World Cup was significantly larger than the CDL Championship.
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2026-01-20 17:48