The 2024 Esports World Cup continued into August with Fortnite, with 16 teams and 64 players battling for the lion’s share of a massive million-dollar prize pool.
This wasn’t the regular battle royale version of Fortnite we know and love though. This time, there was a twist for the Esports World Cup that turned the classic battle royale into a new contest. Here’s everything you need to know about the format, schedule, results, and streams for the Fortnite tournament in Riyadh this week.
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Esports World Cup Fortnite 2024 format and groups
The Fortnite Esports World Cup 2024 events saw 16 teams of four go head-to-head, but this won’t be your normal event of battle royale action. Instead, EWC used the UEFN Creator to simulate classic modes like Capture the Flag, Hardpoint, and Shrinking Zone that teams needed to navigate to claim victory.
The group stage saw the teams divided into four groups of four that played out a GSL-style double-elimination bracket. The two that emerged from that stage were then seeded into single-elimination playoffs, with a champion crowned on Aug. 11.
Here are the teams qualified for the Fortnite Esports World Cup for 2024:
| Qualification method | Team(s) |
|---|---|
| DreamHack Dallas | Falcons Exceed Karmine Corp HEROIC Fnatic BIG |
| European Qualifier | Gaimin Gladiators R8 Esports |
| North American Qualifier | XSET Dignitas |
| Latin American Qualifier | DRAGONS w7m |
| Middle-East and North African Qualifier | Al Ula KS7 |
| Asia-Pacific and Japanese Qualifier | ZETA DIVISION |
| Oceanic Qualifier | PWR |
Esports World Cup Fortnite 2024 schedule and results
Group stage
Thursday, Aug. 8
- 7am: Group A opening matches
- Falcons 3-0 ZETA
- XSET 3-0 DRAGONS
- 8:30am: Group B opening matches
- Exceed 3-0 PWR
- Gaimin Gladiators 3-0 Al Ula
- 10am: Group A – winners match
- Falcon 0-3 XSET
- XSET proceeds to playoffs.
- 10am: Group B – winners match
- Exceed 3-2 Gaimin Gladiators
- Exceed proceeds to playoffs.
- 11:30am: Group C opening matches
- Karmine Corp 3-0 KS7
- Fnatic 0-3 R8 Esports
- 1pm: Group D opening matches
- HEROIC 3-1 w7m
- BIG 3-2 Dignitas
- 2:30pm: Group C winners match
- Karmine Corp 3-1 R8
- Karmine Corp proceeds to playoffs.
- 2:30pm: Group D winners match
- HEROIC 3-1 BIG
- HEROIC proceeds to playoffs.
Friday, Aug. 9
- 10am: Group A – elimination match
- ZETA 0-3 DRAGONS
- ZETA is eliminated.
- 10am: Group B – elimination match
- PWR 3-0 Al Ula
- Al Ula is eliminated.
- 11:30am: Group C – elimination match
- KS7 3-1 Fnatic
- Fnatic is eliminated.
- 11:30am: Group D – elimination match
- w7m 1-3 Dignitas
- w7m is eliminated.
- 1pm: Group A – decider match
- Falcons 3-2 DRAGONS
- Falcons proceeds to playoffs, DRAGONS is eliminated.
- 1pm: Group B – decider match
- Gaimin Gladiators 3-0 PWR
- Gaimin Gladiators proceeds to playoffs, PWR is eliminated.
- 2:30pm: Group C – decider match
- R8 3-2 KS7
- R8 proceeds to playoffs, KS7 is eliminated.
- 2:30pm: Group D – decider match
- BIG 0-3 Dignitas
- Dignitas proceeds to playoffs, BIG is eliminated.
Playoffs
Saturday, Aug. 10
- 10am: HEROIC 4-2 R8
- HEROIC proceeds to semifinals.
- 11:30am: Exceed 4-1 Falcons
- Exceed proceeds to semifinals.
- 1pm: Karmine Corp 4-1 Dignitas
- Karmine Corp proceeds to semifinals.
- 2:30pm: XSET 4-0 Gaimin Gladiators
- XSET proceeds to semifinals.
Sunday, Aug. 11
- 10am: Exceed 4-2 Karmine Corp
- Exceed proceeds to grand final.
- 12pm: XSET 4-1 HEROIC
- XSET proceeds to grand final.
- 2:30pm: XSET 4-2 Exceed
- Grand final.
