# 2024 Esports World Cup – Featuring Fortnite

Fortnite had a tournament at the 2024 Esports World Cup, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between August 8 and 11, 2024. Sixteen teams took part in this tournament, six having qualified from a LAN tournament at DreamHack Dallas and ten qualifying from online qualifiers. Due to the tournament not being sponsored or sanctioned by Epic Games, the game's developer, the tournament is known as Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite. XSET won the tournament, beating Exceed in the Final.
This tournament utilized ESL Featuring Fortnite, a separate game made using Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) which operates like a team shooter in a manner similar to Call of Duty or Halo as opposed to Fortnite Battle Royale, which is used for the game's official esports circuit, the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS).

## Background

Fortnite was officially announced as one of the games at the 2024 Esports World Cup on March 11, 2024. Epic Games, the game's developer, opted not to associate itself with the game's tournament, as they sanction the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS), which is officially run by Blast ApS. As such, the tournament was to be known as Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite.
On April 11, 2024, ESL, which supervises the Esports World Cup tournament series and by extension the Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite tournament, announced ESL Featuring Fortnite, a separate game developed by 404 Creative using Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), an editor used to make custom games using the Fortnite engine. ESL Featuring Fortnite operates as a 4-on-4 team shooter, not unlike Call of Duty or Halo, and features familiar team shooter modes like Capture the Flag and Hardpoint. This contrasts to the FNCS, which is played on the Fortnite Battle Royale video game and utilizes two-player teams, known as Duos, who are often are paired from different organizations. On the same day, ESL announced that esports organizations Dignitas, Team Heretics, Karmine Corp and ZETA DIVISION had committed to fielding teams to compete in ESL Featuring Fortnite tournaments, which would also include qualifiers for Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite and the tournament itself, with a then-unnamed Brazilian organization later revealed to be LOUD. Additional teams that would participate in ESL Featuring Fortnite tournaments were announced in May 2024.
Fortnite was one of the games at the Gamers8 festival, which was the predecessor to the Esports World Cup, for both 2022 and 2023. The Gamers8 tournaments for both years used Fortnite Battle Royale Duos like the FNCS, albeit with 88-player (or 44-Duo) fields.

## Format

The 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; all matches in the playoffs are best-of-7 maps.
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.

## Qualified teams

Sixteen teams qualified for the Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite tournament: 6 teams qualified via an offline LAN tournament held at DreamHack Dallas in the United States, while 10 additional teams qualified via online qualifiers held on the FACEIT platform.

### DreamHack Dallas qualifiers

* BIG CLAN
* Exceed
* Fnatic
* Heroic
* Karmine Corp
* Team Falcons

### Online qualifiers
#### Europe

* Gaimin Gladiators
* R8 Esports

#### North America

* Dignitas
* XSET

#### Latin America

* Dragons eSports
* w7m esports

#### Middle East and Africa

* Al-Ula FC
* KS7

#### Asia-Pacific

* ZETA DIVISION

#### Oceania

* PWR

## Group stage

This stage was held on August 8 and 9, 2024. All start times are listed in Arabia Standard Time (AST, UTC+03:00).

### Group A

| Opening Matches | Opening Matches | Opening Matches | Winner's Match | Winner's Match | Winner's Match | Advance to Knockout stage | Advance to Knockout stage | Advance to Knockout stage |
| August 8, 3:00 p.m. | August 8, 3:00 p.m. | August 8, 3:00 p.m. | | | | | | |
| Team Falcons | Team Falcons | 3 | | | | | | |
| Team Falcons | Team Falcons | 3 | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | | | |
| ZETA DIVISION | ZETA DIVISION | 0 | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | | | |
| ZETA DIVISION | ZETA DIVISION | 0 | Team Falcons | Team Falcons | 0 | | | |
| August 8, 3:00 p.m. | August 8, 3:00 p.m. | August 8, 3:00 p.m. | Team Falcons | Team Falcons | 0 | A1 | XSET | XSET |
| August 8, 3:00 p.m. | August 8, 3:00 p.m. | August 8, 3:00 p.m. | XSET | XSET | 3 | A1 | XSET | XSET |
| Dragons eSports | Dragons eSports | 0 | XSET | XSET | 3 | | | |
| XSET | XSET | 3 | | | | | | |
| Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | | | |
| | | | August 9, 9:00 p.m. | August 9, 9:00 p.m. | August 9, 9:00 p.m. | | | |
| August 9, 6:00 p.m. | August 9, 6:00 p.m. | August 9, 6:00 p.m. | Team Falcons | Team Falcons | 3 | | | |
| August 9, 6:00 p.m. | August 9, 6:00 p.m. | August 9, 6:00 p.m. | Team Falcons | Team Falcons | 3 | A2 | Team Falcons | Team Falcons |
| ZETA DIVISION | ZETA DIVISION | 0 | Dragons eSports | Dragons eSports | 2 | A2 | Team Falcons | Team Falcons |
| Dragons eSports | Dragons eSports | 3 | | | | | | |

### Group B

| Opening Matches | Opening Matches | Opening Matches | Winner's Match | Winner's Match | Winner's Match | Advance to Knockout stage | Advance to Knockout stage | Advance to Knockout stage |
| August 8, 4:30 p.m. | August 8, 4:30 p.m. | August 8, 4:30 p.m. | | | | | | |
| Exceed | Exceed | 3 | | | | | | |
| Exceed | Exceed | 3 | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | | | |
| PWR | PWR | 0 | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | August 8, 6:00 p.m. | | | |
| PWR | PWR | 0 | Exceed | Exceed | 3 | | | |
| August 8, 4:30 p.m. | August 8, 4:30 p.m. | August 8, 4:30 p.m. | Exceed | Exceed | 3 | B1 | Exceed | Exceed |
| August 8, 4:30 p.m. | August 8, 4:30 p.m. | August 8, 4:30 p.m. | Gamin Gladiators | Gamin Gladiators | 2 | B1 | Exceed | Exceed |
| Al-Ula FC | Al-Ula FC | 0 | Gamin Gladiators | Gamin Gladiators | 2 | | | |
| Gaimin Gladiators | Gaimin Gladiators | 3 | | | | | | |
| Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | | | |
| | | | August 9, 9:00 p.m. | August 9, 9:00 p.m. | August 9, 9:00 p.m. | | | |
| August 9, 6:00 p.m. | August 9, 6:00 p.m. | August 9, 6:00 p.m. | Gaimin Gladiators | Gaimin Gladiators | 3 | | | |
| August 9, 6:00 p.m. | August 9, 6:00 p.m. | August 9, 6:00 p.m. | Gaimin Gladiators | Gaimin Gladiators | 3 | B2 | Gaimin Gladiators | Gaimin Gladiators |
| PWR | PWR | 3 | PWR | PWR | 0 | B2 | Gaimin Gladiators | Gaimin Gladiators |
| Al-Ula FC | Al-Ula FC | 0 | | | | | | |

### Group C

| Opening Matches | Opening Matches | Opening Matches | Winner's Match | Winner's Match | Winner's Match | Advance to Knockout stage | Advance to Knockout stage | Advance to Knockout stage |
| August 8, 7:30 p.m. | August 8, 7:30 p.m. | August 8, 7:30 p.m. | | | | | | |
| Fnatic | Fnatic | 0 | | | | | | |
| Fnatic | Fnatic | 0 | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | | | |
| R8 Esports | R8 Esports | 3 | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | | | |
| R8 Esports | R8 Esports | 3 | R8 Esports | R8 Esports | 1 | | | |
| August 8, 7:30 p.m. | August 8, 7:30 p.m. | August 8, 7:30 p.m. | R8 Esports | R8 Esports | 1 | C1 | Karmine Corp | Karmine Corp |
| August 8, 7:30 p.m. | August 8, 7:30 p.m. | August 8, 7:30 p.m. | Karmine Corp | Karmine Corp | 3 | C1 | Karmine Corp | Karmine Corp |
| Karmine Corp | Karmine Corp | 3 | Karmine Corp | Karmine Corp | 3 | | | |
| KS7 | KS7 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | | | |
| | | | August 9, 10:30 p.m. | August 9, 10:30 p.m. | August 9, 10:30 p.m. | | | |
| August 9, 7:30 p.m. | August 9, 7:30 p.m. | August 9, 7:30 p.m. | R8 Esports | R8 Esports | 3 | | | |
| August 9, 7:30 p.m. | August 9, 7:30 p.m. | August 9, 7:30 p.m. | R8 Esports | R8 Esports | 3 | C2 | R8 Esports | R8 Esports |
| Fnatic | Fnatic | 1 | KS7 | KS7 | 2 | C2 | R8 Esports | R8 Esports |
| KS7 | KS7 | 3 | | | | | | |

### Group D

| Opening Matches | Opening Matches | Opening Matches | Winner's Match | Winner's Match | Winner's Match | Advance to Knockout stage | Advance to Knockout stage | Advance to Knockout stage |
| August 8, 9:00 p.m. | August 8, 9:00 p.m. | August 8, 9:00 p.m. | | | | | | |
| BIG CLAN | BIG CLAN | 3 | | | | | | |
| BIG CLAN | BIG CLAN | 3 | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | | | |
| Dignitas | Dignitas | 2 | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | August 8, 10:30 p.m. | | | |
| Dignitas | Dignitas | 2 | BIG CLAN | BIG CLAN | 1 | | | |
| August 8, 9:00 p.m. | August 8, 9:00 p.m. | August 8, 9:00 p.m. | BIG CLAN | BIG CLAN | 1 | D1 | Heroic | Heroic |
| August 8, 9:00 p.m. | August 8, 9:00 p.m. | August 8, 9:00 p.m. | Heroic | Heroic | 3 | D1 | Heroic | Heroic |
| Heroic | Heroic | 3 | Heroic | Heroic | 3 | | | |
| w7m esports | w7m esports | 1 | | | | | | |
| Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | | | |
| | | | August 9, 10:30 p.m. | August 9, 10:30 p.m. | August 9, 10:30 p.m. | | | |
| August 9, 7:30 p.m. | August 9, 7:30 p.m. | August 9, 7:30 p.m. | BIG CLAN | BIG CLAN | 0 | | | |
| August 9, 7:30 p.m. | August 9, 7:30 p.m. | August 9, 7:30 p.m. | BIG CLAN | BIG CLAN | 0 | D2 | Dignitas | Dignitas |
| Dignitas | Dignitas | 3 | Dignitas | Dignitas | 3 | D2 | Dignitas | Dignitas |
| w7m esports | w7m esports | 1 | | | | | | |

## Playoffs

All start times are listed in Arabia Standard Time (AST, UTC+03:00).
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| August 10, 10:30 p.m. | August 10, 10:30 p.m. | August 10, 10:30 p.m. | | | | | | |
| A1 | XSET | 4 | | | | | | |
| A1 | XSET | 4 | August 11, 7:30 p.m. | August 11, 7:30 p.m. | August 11, 7:30 p.m. | | | |
| B2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 0 | August 11, 7:30 p.m. | August 11, 7:30 p.m. | August 11, 7:30 p.m. | | | |
| B2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 0 | XSET | XSET | 4 | | | |
| August 10, 6:00 p.m. | August 10, 6:00 p.m. | August 10, 6:00 p.m. | XSET | XSET | 4 | | | |
| August 10, 6:00 p.m. | August 10, 6:00 p.m. | August 10, 6:00 p.m. | Heroic | Heroic | 1 | | | |
| D1 | Heroic | 4 | Heroic | Heroic | 1 | | | |
| D1 | Heroic | 4 | | | | August 11, 10:30 p.m. | August 11, 10:30 p.m. | August 11, 10:30 p.m. |
| C2 | R8 Esports | 2 | | | | August 11, 10:30 p.m. | August 11, 10:30 p.m. | August 11, 10:30 p.m. |
| C2 | R8 Esports | 2 | | | | XSET | XSET | 4 |
| August 10, 7:30 p.m. | August 10, 7:30 p.m. | August 10, 7:30 p.m. | | | | XSET | XSET | 4 |
| August 10, 7:30 p.m. | August 10, 7:30 p.m. | August 10, 7:30 p.m. | | | | Exceed | Exceed | 2 |
| B1 | Exceed | 4 | | | | Exceed | Exceed | 2 |
| B1 | Exceed | 4 | August 11, 6:00 p.m. | August 11, 6:00 p.m. | August 11, 6:00 p.m. | | | |
| A2 | Team Falcons | 1 | August 11, 6:00 p.m. | August 11, 6:00 p.m. | August 11, 6:00 p.m. | | | |
| A2 | Team Falcons | 1 | Exceed | Exceed | 4 | | | |
| August 10, 9:00 p.m. | August 10, 9:00 p.m. | August 10, 9:00 p.m. | Exceed | Exceed | 4 | | | |
| August 10, 9:00 p.m. | August 10, 9:00 p.m. | August 10, 9:00 p.m. | Karmine Corp | Karmine Corp | 2 | | | |
| C1 | Karmine Corp | 4 | Karmine Corp | Karmine Corp | 2 | | | |
| D2 | Dignitas | 1 | | | | | | |

## Ranking

| Place | Team | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) | EWC Points |
| 1st | XSET | 2-0 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 40% | $400,000 | 1000 |
| 2nd | Exceed | 2-0 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 2-4 | 16% | $160,000 | 600 |
| 3rd–4th | Heroic | 2-0 | 4-2 | 1-4 | | 8% | $80,000 | 275 |
| 3rd–4th | Karmine Corp | 2-0 | 4-1 | 2-4 | | 8% | $80,000 | 275 |
| 5th–8th | Gaimin Gladiators | 2-1 | 0-4 | | | 4% | $40,000 | 60 |
| 5th–8th | R8 Esports | 2-1 | 2-4 | | | 4% | $40,000 | 60 |
| 5th–8th | Team Falcons | 2-1 | 1-4 | | | 4% | $40,000 | 60 |
| 5th–8th | Dignitas | 2-1 | 1-4 | | | 4% | $40,000 | 60 |
| 9th-12th | Dragons eSports | 1-2 | | | | 2% | $20,000 | 0 |
| 9th-12th | PWR | 1-2 | | | | 2% | $20,000 | 0 |
| 9th-12th | KS7 | 1-2 | | | | 2% | $20,000 | 0 |
| 9th-12th | BIG CLAN | 1-2 | | | | 2% | $20,000 | 0 |
| 13th-16th | ZETA DIVISION | 0-2 | | | | 1% | $10,000 | 0 |
| 13th-16th | Al-Ula FC | 0-2 | | | | 1% | $10,000 | 0 |
| 13th-16th | Fnatic | 0-2 | | | | 1% | $10,000 | 0 |
| 13th-16th | w7m esports | 0-2 | | | | 1% | $10,000 | 0 |
| Place | Team | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) | EWC Points |