The 5 Most Popular Global Esports Events in 2024

With the burgeoning development of esports, esports betting has become increasingly popular and is viewed as one of the fastest-growing areas of the gambling industry. As esports betting websites continue to emerge, have you been itching to get started? Today, this article will introduce the hottest global esports competitions of 2024, including 《LOL》, 《DOTA2》, 《Valorant》, 《CS2》 and other games.

《CS2》PGL Major Copenhagen 2024

The Major is considered the largest scale eSports competition for CSGO, which has undergone 19 Major events since 2004. Since the official launch of CS2 in September last year, CS2 will completely replace CSGO, hence, the Major in Paris, France in May 2023 will be the last Major for the CSGO version. It will be replaced with the first CS2 Major, also regarded as the 20th Major, which is also this eSports event.

In the qualifiers, teams from all over the world will go through fierce battles, and finally 24 top teams will be selected. They will gather in Copenhagen from 3/17 to 03/31 to compete for the championship. The total prize money is 1.25 million US dollars.

What is the difference between CSGO Major and CS2 Major?

If you usually pay attention to CSGO, you should not be unfamiliar with CSGO Major. However, CS2 Major has some changes in the game version and game rules: The CS2 Major will carry out in the MR12 mode, Valve adopts its self-developed regional ranking system, in the RMR competition, the winning 24 teams will be ranked according to their performance. The top eight will be seeded teams, directly advancing to the next stage, and the previous seeding rankings did not fully reflect the strength of the teams. It used to be seed No.1 against seed No.16, seed No.2 against seed No.15, etc., this year's competition format will change to seed No.1 against seed No.9, seed No.2 against seed No.10, and so on.

In addition, the main three stages of the Major, have also been changed from the Challenger Stage, Legend Stage, and Champion Stage to Opening Stage, Elimination Stage, and Playoff Stage.

• Opening Stage 03/16-03/20: 16 teams advance through a Swiss-system score cycle competition. The eight teams with three wins can advance to the next stage, the Elimination Stage.

• Elimination Stage 03/21-03/24: The 8 teams advanced from the opening stage and 8 seeded teams start a new round of the Swiss-system score cycle competition, selecting the final eight teams that advance. These 8 teams will enter the final competition, that is, the Major final stage.

• Playoff Stage 03/28-03/31: The finals adopt a single-elimination system.

《PUBG》PUBG Global Championship

The PUBG Global Championship, abbreviated PGC, is the annual esports event of PUBG, bringing together top players and teams from around the world. PGC usually includes regional series and global series PGS, as well as the final event, the world championship PGC. Teams that perform well in PGS and various regional series will be eligible to enter PGC.

This year, PGS will start in March and continue until the end of the month, which includes four PGS global series. In these series, the top teams that stand out will eventually advance to PGC in December.

How does a team advance to PGC?

As mentioned above, teams that stand out in the series will eventually advance to PGC. The series is divided into five different regions, namely China, Korea, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Asia-Pacific, and America. These five regions will first conduct a regional qualifying match, then select 14 teams from the regional series and 10 global partner teams to participate in the PGS global series. The winning teams in the first round of the regional series will participate in PGS 3 and PGS 4, while the winning teams in the second round of the regional series will participate in PGS 5 and PGS 6, with a prize of $300,000 for each match.

Last year's PGC 2023 was narrowly won by the Korean team DNW with a difference of 4 points, and they won a total prize of over $600,000. Who will win the championship of PGC this year? Let's wait and see.

《LOL》League of Legends World Championship Series

The League of Legends Global Finals, also known as Worlds, is the most prestigious competition in the League of Legends, hosted by game developer Riot Games.

Every year, there are many individual competitions in the League of Legends, the most well-known of which are MSI and Worlds. MSI usually takes place in the spring of each year, this year it was held in Chengdu, China from May 1 to May 19, with major leagues including LEC (Europe), LCS(North America), LCK(Korea), LPL(China)... etc. The champions of each region participate in the competition. This year's competition format has changed; that is, the team that wins the championship in MSI S14 will be directly sent to the global finals and will not be counted in the quota of the competition. The region with the second best performance will get a seed quota, so there will be 4 seed quotas this year.

So far, the 13th season has been held, this year's S14 will be held in Europe, and the teams advancing to the World Championships will first hold an entry and Swiss system round robin competitions at the Riot Games arena in Berlin, Germany. The teams that break through the quarter-finals will then move to the Adidas arena in Paris, France to compete in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, while the finals will be held at the O2 Stadium in London, UK from 09/25 to 11/02.

The retained seats for the finals are as follows:

• LCK (Korea): 3
• LPL(China): 3
• LEC (Europe): 3
• LCS (North America): 3
• PCS(Pacific): 2
• VCS (Vietnam): 2
• LLA (Latin America): 1
• CBLOL (Brazil): 1

Last year's S13 prize pool was 2.225 million dollars, and the champion team won a prize of nearly half a million dollars. How much will this year's prize be? Keep an eye on Esportsbet.io for the latest news.

《Valorant》Valorant Champions Tour

The Valorant Champions Tour, also known as VCT, is a world championship organized by Riot Games. The Valorant Champions Tour consists of a series of matches, including preliminary qualifiers, 2 international league stages, and 2 Masters tournaments, with the winning team ultimately decided in the grand finale. Teams can also accumulate points in these series of events to qualify for the championship.

Here is the schedule for the 2024 Valorant Champions Tour:

KICK-OFF

The 2024 Valorant Champions Tour will kick off in February with qualifiers in various regions, including Americas, Pacific, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and China. The top two teams from each region will enter the Madrid Masters.

Masters Madrid

The Madrid Masters will take place from March 14th to 24th and will be the first international event of the Valorant Champions Tour. Eight teams will initially adopt the Swiss system, followed by a double-elimination tournament featuring four teams.

IL STAGE 1

The first stage of the International League will take place from April 3rd to May 12th. The top 3 teams from these matches will advance to the Shanghai Masters and the two stages of the International League.

Masters Shanghai

The Shanghai Masters will take place from May 23rd to June 9th. It will feature the 12 teams that advanced from the first stage of the International League. The winning team will qualify for the championship.

IL STAGE 2

The second stage of the International League, which follows on from the Shanghai Masters, will run from June 15th to July 21st. It will be the final stage before the championship. The top 3 teams from each match in the second stage of the International League can enter the championship, with the fourth spot being taken by the team with the most league points.

Championship

The 2024 Valorant Championship will take place from August 1st to August 25th in Seoul, South Korea. In the championship, four teams from each of the four regions, a total of 16 teams, will congregate to compete.

《DOTA2》The International 2024

The International Invitational will return to the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Europe this September. This is the thirteenth DOTA2 International Invitational hosted by Valve and still holds the record for the highest prize pool in esports to date.

In past years, DOTA2 has been adding 25% of the sales proceeds of Battle Pass to the tournament prize pool. However, because last year's International Invitational didn't launch the Battle Pass as usual, it led to the 2023 International Invitational only having a total prize pool of 3.1 million dollars, a record low since TI 3, compared to 18 million dollars in 2022 and 40 million dollars in 2021. We do not know whether this year's prize money will continue to dip, but what is certain is that it's very difficult to return to the previous prize money level.

Starting this year, Valve has cancelled the DPC league. TI 13 in 2024 will be the first to be held without being tied to a DPC season. In early March, Valve also announced that the 16 teams participating in TI 13 will be selected through public qualifiers, regional qualifiers, or direct invitations. The invited teams will be selected based on their performance in this year's six major Dota2 championships.

Details of the competition will be announced in the coming months. If you want to receive the latest news about the competition, please follow Esportsbet.io.

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