E-SPORTS. MOST IMPORTANT TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS IN 2024
From the “Cathedral of Counter-Strike” to the League of Legends World Championships in Europe: 2024 has a lot to offer fans of various e-sports disciplines. What to look forward to like the new 22Bet login.
E-sports matches at the highest level and meetings for the community: there will once again be a variety of exciting e-sports events and tournaments in the coming year that teams and fans alike can look forward to.
Not all of them – such as the Dota World Championship “The International” or the Valorant Game Changers Championship – have details yet.
OUR OVERVIEW
Rainbow Six World Championship Six Invitational
For the first time, the Rainbow Six: Siege World Championship will be held in Brazil. As the organizers Ubisoft and Blast announced, the Six Invitational will take place from 13 to 25 February in Sao Paulo.
After the Pro League final in Season 8, this is the first international Six Siege event to be held in Brazil since 2018. The passionate R6 community there can hope that the world title will remain in the country: With the two-time major champions w7m esports, the top favorite and world number one also comes from Brazil.
First CS2 Major with PGL Major in Copenhagen
The first Major in Counter-Strike 2 is coming to Denmark. As organizer PGL announced in the spring, the most prestigious tournament will take place in Copenhagen from 17 to 31 March 2024. The new CS2 update, which replaced “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” this year, will be played for the first time. The venue is the Royal Arena, which has already hosted several Blast Premier tournaments in the past.
Instead of Gamers8: Esports World Cup
The Esports World Cup 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will replace the Gamers8 gaming festival from next year. From 2024, the Esports World Cup will take place annually and offer the highest prize money in the history of e-sports. According to the organizers, the tournament will be held in the “most popular games in a unique competition format” – it is not yet clear exactly which ones.
However, there are also critical voices, particularly with regard to the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia. According to the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, the Middle Eastern country is set to become a gaming hotspot. An exact date for the Esports World Cup has not yet been set.
Counter-Strike cathedral IEM Cologne
The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM), one of the biggest Counter-Strike tournaments, will once again be held in Cologne in 2024. IEM Cologne will be held in the Lanxess Arena from August 16 to 18, 2024, as the ESL Faceit Group announced in August. According to the organizers, the 2023 tournament set a spectator record: Accordingly, 37,000 fans followed the action in the arena and more than 727,000 online in the stream. The IEM Cologne is part of the ESL Pro Tour.
League of Legends Worlds in Europe
After the Mid-Season Invitational this year, the final of the League of Legends World Championship 2024 will also be held in London. As organizer Riot Games announced in November, the highlight of what is probably the biggest e-sports event in the world will take place on 2 November in the O2 Arena, also known as the Millennium Dome.
A specific date for ticket sales and the other cities in which the Worlds will take place have not yet been announced. The last LoL World Championship in Europe took place in Iceland in 2021 due to the pandemic. Previously, the Worlds final was held in Paris in 2019.
