League of Legends organizations will be allowed to participate in the Esports World Cup of the Saudi -backed multifunctional event. However, Riot Games will not choose the participating teams. In addition, Riot Games has spent in his schedule to allow teams to have enough time to prepare and participate in Esports World Cup.
Chris Greeley, Head of the League of Electronic Sports Strategy, asked all tournaments to temporarily stop operating in the first week of July to fit Esports World Cup. At the same time, Riot Games also set the MSI 2024 schedule in May, marking the return of China since 2016.
Esports World Cup 2024 will last 8 weeks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and have the largest total prize in electronic sports history. The previous version of Esports World Cup 2024 was Gamers8, with a total prize worth 45 million USD and including many competitions such as Dota 2, Rocket League, CS: GO …
The biggest reason to bring League of Legends into the 2024 World Cup Esports is the financial benefit that it brings to the teams. In the statement, Riot emphasized that they understand that many organizations are facing financial difficulties and do not want to refuse “opportunities to build brands and big economy” of the teams.
