Esports World Cup Attracts More Than 500 Million Viewers and Over 2 Million Visitors
Last weekend saw the end of both gamescom 2024 and the Esports World Cup. The esports event attracted more than 500 million viewers and over 2 million on-site visitors. In July and August 2025 the event will return to Riyadh.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, presents the Esports World Cup Club Championship Trophy to Mosaad AlDossary, Co-Founder and Chairman of Falcons Esports, at the inaugural Esports World Cup closing ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, August 25. Joining them on stage is (Left to Right) Grant Rousseau, Director of Esports and Operations at Falcons Esports, Muhammed Almutairi, General Director at Falcons Esports, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, Saudi Minister of Sport, and President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, and Ralf Reichert, CEO of the Esports World Cup Foundation.SPA 4
The Esports World Cup Foundation, the organisation responsible for hosting the EWC, celebrated the inaugural event by crowning Team Falcons as the inaugural Esports World Cup Club Champion on Sunday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. At the closing ceremony, the winning team was awarded $7 million in prize money and the Esports World Cup Club Championship trophy, which was presented to CEO Mossad "Msdossary" Al-Dossary by Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.
The Esports World Cup Foundation, the organisation responsible for hosting the EWC, celebrated the inaugural event by crowning Team Falcons as the inaugural Esports World Cup Club Champion on Sunday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. At the closing ceremony, the winning team was awarded $7 million in prize money and the Esports World Cup Club Championship trophy, which was presented to CEO Mossad "Msdossary" Al-Dossary by Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.
