The first-person shooter video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was present for a tournament at the 2024 Esports World Cup, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on August 15 to August 18, 2024. Sixteen teams took part in this tournament, including eleven of the twelve teams in the Call of Duty League, four teams from Challengers and a team from a MENA qualifier.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III |
| Location | Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | August 15–August 18 |
| Administrator | Esports World Cup Foundation Supervised by ESL and endorsed by Activision |
Tournament format(s) | 16-team GSL-style group stage 8-team single elimination bracket |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Atlanta FaZe |
| Runner-up | 100 Thieves |
| MVP | McArthur "Cellium" Jovel (Atlanta FaZe) |
The Atlanta FaZe defeated 100 Thieves (representing the Los Angeles Thieves) to win the tournament and $600,000. OpTic Texas, who were crowned 2024 CDL champions and were represented by their parent organization OpTic Gaming, lost to the eventual champions in the semi-finals.
Background
editIn October 2023, Saudi Arabia announced the inaugural Esports World Cup as the successor of Gamers8, the Saudi Esports Federation's previously existing esports festival, set to take place in Riyadh.[1] The event was developed as a part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, a plan led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aimed at diversifying the country's economy and reducing reliance on oil.[2]
Call of Duty content creators were involved in the promotion of the Esports World Cup since October 2023, most notably Scump.[citation needed] However, both Warzone and Modern Warfare III, the two then-current CoD titles, were revealed on June 12, 2024, as the twentieth and twenty-first games that would be at the event; they would also be the last titles announced that would award Club Championship points.[3] Due to the timing of the announcements coming close to the roster acquisition deadline, which was set for June 13, organizations were given two extra weeks to sign teams in both Call of Duty titles.[citation needed]
Format
editThe 16 teams who qualify for the tournament will be placed into 4 GSL-style groups of 4 teams, with each match being a best-of-5 map series. The winners and runners-up of each group will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket. The quarter-finals and semi-finals consist of best-of-5 map series, while the grand final is best-of-7.
The top 8 teams at the tournament (those who qualify for the playoffs) will gain Esports World Cup Club Championship points. Each organization will be able to qualify for the Club Championship itself if they place in the top 8 in another EWC event, with the winning team's organization able to win the Club Championship as well if they also place in the top 8 of another event.[4]
Qualified teams
editSixteen teams qualified for the tournament. Eleven of the twelve teams that made up the 2024 Call of Duty League season were invited to the event, with special seeding given to 7 of the teams that made up Championship Weekend, which was held in July; only the Los Angeles Guerrillas, who qualified for Championship Weekend, declined an invite.[5] The top four teams from the Challengers Finals, the season-ending championship of the tier-2 Challengers league, qualified for the event, while one team qualified via the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) qualifier.
CDL Teams
edit- 100 Thieves[a]
- Atlanta FaZe
- Boston Breach
- Carolina Royal Ravens[b]
- Cloud9[c]
- G2 Esports[d]
- OpTic Gaming[e]
- Team Heretics[f]
- Toronto Ultra
- Vancouver Surge[g]
- Vegas Legion
Challengers Teams
editGroup stage
editThis stage will be held on August 15 and 16, 2024. All start times are listed in Arabia Standard Time (AST, UTC+03:00).
- Group A
| Opening Matches | Winner's Match | Advance to Knockout stage | |||||||||||
| August 15, 3:00 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| OpTic Gaming | 3 | ||||||||||||
| August 16, 5:00 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| OMiT Brooklyn | 1 | ||||||||||||
| OpTic Gaming | 3 | ||||||||||||
| August 15, 3:00 p.m. | A1 | OpTic Gaming | |||||||||||
| Carolina Royal Ravens | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Vegas Legion | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Carolina Royal Ravens | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Elimination Match | Decider Match | ||||||||||||
| August 16, 10:00 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| August 15, 9:00 p.m. | Carolina Royal Ravens | 3 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Carolina Royal Ravens | ||||||||||||
| OMiT Brooklyn | 1 | Vegas Legion | 1 | ||||||||||
| Vegas Legion | 3 | ||||||||||||
- Group B
| Opening Matches | Winner's Match | Advance to Knockout stage | |||||||||||
| August 15, 4:30 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| Cloud9 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| August 16, 5:00 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| Gentle Mates | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Cloud9 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| August 15, 4:30 p.m. | B1 | Vancouver Surge | |||||||||||
| Vancouver Surge | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Vancouver Surge | 3 | ||||||||||||
| G2 Esports | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Elimination Match | Decider Match | ||||||||||||
| August 16, 9:00 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| August 15, 9:00 p.m. | Cloud9 | 3 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Cloud9 | ||||||||||||
| Gentle Mates | 3 | Gentle Mates | 1 | ||||||||||
| G2 Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
- Group C
| Opening Matches | Winner's Match | Advance to Knockout stage | |||||||||||
| August 15, 6:00 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| Toronto Ultra | 3 | ||||||||||||
| August 16, 6:30 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| Stallions | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Toronto Ultra | 3 | ||||||||||||
| August 15, 6:00 p.m. | C1 | Toronto Ultra | |||||||||||
| Boston Breach | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Team Heretics | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Boston Breach | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Elimination Match | Decider Match | ||||||||||||
| August 16, 9:30 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| August 15, 10:30 p.m. | Boston Breach | 3 | |||||||||||
| C2 | Boston Breach | ||||||||||||
| Stallions | 3 | Stallions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Heretics | 0 | ||||||||||||
- Group D
| Opening Matches | Winner's Match | Advance to Knockout stage | |||||||||||
| August 15, 7:30 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| 100 Thieves | 3 | ||||||||||||
| August 16, 6:30 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| Lore Gaming | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 100 Thieves | 0 | ||||||||||||
| August 15, 7:30 p.m. | D1 | Atlanta FaZe | |||||||||||
| Atlanta FaZe | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Atlanta FaZe | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Team Falcons | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Elimination Match | Decider Match | ||||||||||||
| August 16, 9:30 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| August 15, 10:30 p.m. | 100 Thieves | 3 | |||||||||||
| D2 | 100 Thieves | ||||||||||||
| Lore Gaming | 3 | Lore Gaming | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Falcons | 2 | ||||||||||||
Playoffs
editAll start times are listed in Arabia Standard Time (AST, UTC+03:00).
| Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Grand Finals (Best-of-7) | |||||||||||
| August 17, 9:30 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| A1 | OpTic Gaming | 3 | |||||||||||
| August 18, 5:00 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| B2 | Cloud9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| A1 | OpTic Gaming | 1 | |||||||||||
| August 17, 6:30 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| D1 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | |||||||||||
| D1 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | |||||||||||
| August 18, 8:30 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| C2 | Boston Breach | 0 | |||||||||||
| D1 | Atlanta FaZe | 4 | |||||||||||
| August 17, 8:00 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| D2 | 100 Thieves | 2 | |||||||||||
| C1 | Toronto Ultra | 2 | |||||||||||
| August 18, 6:30 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| D2 | 100 Thieves | 3 | |||||||||||
| D2 | 100 Thieves | 3 | |||||||||||
| August 17, 5 p.m. | |||||||||||||
| B1 | Vancouver Surge | 0 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Vancouver Surge | 3 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Carolina Royal Ravens | 2 | |||||||||||
Ranking
edit| Place | Team | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) | EWC Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Atlanta FaZe | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 33.3% | $600,000 | 1000[k] |
| 2nd | 100 Thieves | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 2-4 | 17.8% | $320,000 | 600 |
| 3rd–4th | OpTic Gaming | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 8.9% | $160,000 | 275 | |
| Vancouver Surge | 2-0 | 3-2 | 0-3 | |||||
| 5th–8th | Cloud9 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 4.4% | $80,000 | 60 | ||
| Boston Breach | 2-1 | 0-3 | ||||||
| Toronto Ultra | 2-0 | 2-3 | ||||||
| Carolina Royal Ravens | 2-1 | 2-3 | ||||||
| 9th-12th | Vegas Legion | 1–2 | 2.2% | $40,000 | 0 | |||
| Gentle Mates | 1–2 | |||||||
| Stallions | 1–2 | |||||||
| Lore Gaming | 1–2 | |||||||
| 13th-16th | OMiT Brooklyn | 0–2 | 1.1% | $20,000 | 0 | |||
| G2 Esports | 0–2 | |||||||
| Team Heretics | 0–2 | |||||||
| Team Falcons | 0–2 | |||||||
| Place | Team | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) | EWC Points |
Notes
edit- ^ The Los Angeles Thieves will play as 100 Thieves, their parent organization, for the Esports World Cup.
- ^ The Carolina Royal Ravens were initially going to play as ReKTGlobal, their parent organization.
- ^ Cloud9 signed the New York Subliners roster (later renamed Cloud9 New York) for the Esports World Cup on June 27.[6]
- ^ The Minnesota RØKKR will play as G2 Esports, their parent organization, for the Esports World Cup.
- ^ OpTic Texas will play as OpTic Gaming, their parent organization, for the Esports World Cup.
- ^ The Miami Heretics will play as Team Heretics, their parent organization, for the Esports World Cup.
- ^ Formerly known as the Seattle Surge.
- ^ Qualified as Clutch Rayn x WaR
- ^ Qualified as FC Black, the academy team of Atlanta FaZe
- ^ Qualified via the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) qualifier.
- ^ Atlanta FaZe's points went to FaZe Clan, their parent organization.
References
edit- ^ Nordland, Jake (October 23, 2023). "Saudi Arabian Prime Minister announces Esports World Cup". Esports Insider. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ Yaakoubi, Aziz (October 23, 2023). "Saudi Arabia launches Esports World Cup – statement". Reuters. Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ Duwe, Scott (June 12, 2024). "Call of Duty: MW3, Warzone added to Esports World Cup lineup with $2.8 million total prize pool". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ Zalamea, Nigel (May 16, 2024). "Esports World Cup prize pool: Club championship explained". One Esports. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Hale, Jacob (July 16, 2024). "Sources: LA Guerrillas to reject CDL Esports World Cup invite to MW3 tournament". Dexerto. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ^ Robertson, Scott (June 27, 2024). "Cloud9 doubles down on Call of Duty by signing a CDL team and a Warzone roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e https://twitter.com/JakeHaleee/status/1814801265320468726