Fortnite Esports World Cup 2024: All groups, tournament structure and more

The Fortnite Esports World Cup 2024 is starting from August 8, 2024, in Riyadh and featuring a prize pool of $1 million. What makes this tournament stand apart are the unique gun game maps designed by ESL rather than the classic battle royale we are acquainted with. 16 squads from around the world qualified for this event after showing exceptional performance at Dreamhack Dallas 2024 and Closed Qualifiers.

The qualified teams are distributed into groups of four, after which the elimination round begins. Here's everything you need to know about the Fortnite Esports World Cup 2024.

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Group distribution at Fortnite Esports World Cup 2024

1) Group A

ZETA Division from Group A (Image via X || @ESL_Fortnite)

The first group of the tournament consists of the following teams:

• Team Falcons - Tayson, Japko, t3eny, Chico
• Dragons Esports - Randu, Itrol, Lewa, Romero
• ZETA Division - Minipayo, Koyota, Yuma, Zagou
• XSET - Muz, Edgey, Ritual, Cold

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2) Group B

Gaiman Gladiators from Group B (Image via X || @ESL_Fortnite)

The second group of the tournament consists of the following teams:

• PWR - alex, looter, worthy, volx
• Team Exceed - Peterbot, Kwanti, Meelks, Okis
• Gaiman Gladiators - Howly, NeFrizi, S1ned, Vanyak3kk
• Al Ula - Adapter, FHD, Mansour, Hero

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3) Group C

Fnatic from Group C (Image via X || @ESL_Fortnite)

The third group of the tournament consists of the following teams:

• Fnatic - Ajerss, CizLucky, nounzy, Xccept
• Karmine Corp - Malibuca, Merstach, SwizzY, Anas
• R8 Esports - Voxe, Bloomy, Vortexers, Xsweeze
• KS7 - Kalgamer, k0tyarich, Kyry, Salvatore

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4) Group D

HEROIC from Group D (Image via X || @ESL_Fortnite)

The third group is probably the strongest, consisting of the following teams:

• HEROIC - Th0masHD, Hellfire, Fredoxie, Kiro
• BIG - kiduoo, Trexer, Fray, Cheatlin
• w7m Esports - Frosty, Phzin, Seeyun, Kurtz
• Dignitas - Acorn, Tkay, Pilky, Khanada

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Fortnite Esports World Cup 2024 structure

Playoffs brackets (Image via Esports World Cup Foundation)

In the group rounds, all teams will play with each other once, in a best-of-five encounter. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Playoffs, which will have single elimination brackets in a best-of-seven format, played on ESL-designed maps.

The MVP of the tournament will be determined at the end of the event based on the various performance factors.

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Esports World Cup 2024 broadcast details

Fortnite EWC 2024 will broadcast in 10 languages (Image via Esports World Cup Foundation)

The Fortnite Esports World Cup 2024 will be officially broadcast in 10 languages. There will be numerous unofficial watch parties on both Twitch and YouTube.

Here are all the official broadcast accounts:

• English - Twitch (@EWC_white and @EWC_white_en2), YouTube (@EWC), TikTok (@ewc_en), Facebook (@esportsworldcup), X (@EWC_EN), DAZN (@ewc)
• Arabic - Twitch (@EWC_white_ar), YouTube (@EWC_ar), TikTok (@ewc_ar), X (@EWC_ar), DAZN, MBC Gaming (TV channel)
• French - Twitch (@EWC_fr), YouTube (@EWC_fr), DAZN (@ewc)
• German - Twitch (@EWC_de), YouTube (@EWC_2), DAZN (@ewc)
• Portuguese - Twitch (@EWC_PT2), YouTube (@EWC_2), DAZN (@ewc)
• Spanish - Twitch (@EWC_ES), YouTube (@EWC_2), DAZN (@ewc)
• Indonesian - Video (@esportsworldcup)
• Japanese - Mildom (/100013)
• Vietnamese - YouTube (@VietnameSportsFederationVIRESAOfficial)

The Fortnite Esports World Cup will conclude on August 11, 2024. It features a prize pool of $1,050,000, which includes $50,000 for the MVP at the end of the event.

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