# 2024 Esports World Cup – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

The first-person shooter video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was present for a tournament at the 2024 Esports World Cup, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on August 15 to August 18, 2024. Sixteen teams took part in this tournament, including eleven of the twelve teams in the Call of Duty League, four teams from Challengers and a team from a MENA qualifier.
The Atlanta FaZe defeated 100 Thieves (representing the Los Angeles Thieves) to win the tournament and $600,000. OpTic Texas, who were crowned 2024 CDL champions and were represented by their parent organization OpTic Gaming, lost to the eventual champions in the semi-finals.

## Background

In October 2023, Saudi Arabia announced the inaugural Esports World Cup as the successor of Gamers8, the Saudi Esports Federation's previously existing esports festival, set to take place in Riyadh. The event was developed as a part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, a plan led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aimed at diversifying the country's economy and reducing reliance on oil.
Call of Duty content creators were involved in the promotion of the Esports World Cup since October 2023, most notably Scump. However, both Warzone and Modern Warfare III, the two then-current CoD titles, were revealed on June 12, 2024, as the twentieth and twenty-first games that would be at the event; they would also be the last titles announced that would award Club Championship points. Due to the timing of the announcements coming close to the roster acquisition deadline, which was set for June 13, organizations were given two extra weeks to sign teams in both Call of Duty titles.

## 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. The quarter-finals and semi-finals consist of best-of-5 map series, while the grand final is best-of-7.
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 tournament. Eleven of the twelve teams that made up the 2024 Call of Duty League season were invited to the event, with special seeding given to 7 of the teams that made up Championship Weekend, which was held in July; only the Los Angeles Guerrillas, who qualified for Championship Weekend, declined an invite. The top four teams from the Challengers Finals, the season-ending championship of the tier-2 Challengers league, qualified for the event, while one team qualified via the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) qualifier.

### CDL Teams

* 100 Thieves
* Atlanta FaZe
* Boston Breach
* Carolina Royal Ravens
* Cloud9
* G2 Esports
* OpTic Gaming
* Team Heretics
* Toronto Ultra
* Vancouver Surge
* Vegas Legion

### Challengers Teams

* Gentle Mates
* Lore Gaming
* OMiT Brooklyn
* Stallions
* Team Falcons

## Group stage

This stage will be held on August 15 and 16, 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 15, 3:00 p.m. | August 15, 3:00 p.m. | August 15, 3:00 p.m. | | | | | | |
| OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 3 | | | | | | |
| OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 3 | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | | | |
| OMiT Brooklyn | OMiT Brooklyn | 1 | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | | | |
| OMiT Brooklyn | OMiT Brooklyn | 1 | OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 3 | | | |
| August 15, 3:00 p.m. | August 15, 3:00 p.m. | August 15, 3:00 p.m. | OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 3 | A1 | OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming |
| August 15, 3:00 p.m. | August 15, 3:00 p.m. | August 15, 3:00 p.m. | Carolina Royal Ravens | Carolina Royal Ravens | 1 | A1 | OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming |
| Vegas Legion | Vegas Legion | 0 | Carolina Royal Ravens | Carolina Royal Ravens | 1 | | | |
| Carolina Royal Ravens | Carolina Royal Ravens | 3 | | | | | | |
| Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | | | |
| | | | August 16, 10:00 p.m. | August 16, 10:00 p.m. | August 16, 10:00 p.m. | | | |
| August 15, 9:00 p.m. | August 15, 9:00 p.m. | August 15, 9:00 p.m. | Carolina Royal Ravens | Carolina Royal Ravens | 3 | | | |
| August 15, 9:00 p.m. | August 15, 9:00 p.m. | August 15, 9:00 p.m. | Carolina Royal Ravens | Carolina Royal Ravens | 3 | A2 | Carolina Royal Ravens | Carolina Royal Ravens |
| OMiT Brooklyn | OMiT Brooklyn | 1 | Vegas Legion | Vegas Legion | 1 | A2 | Carolina Royal Ravens | Carolina Royal Ravens |
| Vegas Legion | Vegas Legion | 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 15, 4:30 p.m. | August 15, 4:30 p.m. | August 15, 4:30 p.m. | | | | | | |
| Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 3 | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | | | |
| Gentle Mates | Gentle Mates | 1 | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | August 16, 5:00 p.m. | | | |
| Gentle Mates | Gentle Mates | 1 | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 1 | | | |
| August 15, 4:30 p.m. | August 15, 4:30 p.m. | August 15, 4:30 p.m. | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 1 | B1 | Vancouver Surge | Vancouver Surge |
| August 15, 4:30 p.m. | August 15, 4:30 p.m. | August 15, 4:30 p.m. | Vancouver Surge | Vancouver Surge | 3 | B1 | Vancouver Surge | Vancouver Surge |
| Vancouver Surge | Vancouver Surge | 3 | Vancouver Surge | Vancouver Surge | 3 | | | |
| G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 0 | | | | | | |
| Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | | | |
| | | | August 16, 9:00 p.m. | August 16, 9:00 p.m. | August 16, 9:00 p.m. | | | |
| August 15, 9:00 p.m. | August 15, 9:00 p.m. | August 15, 9:00 p.m. | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 3 | | | |
| August 15, 9:00 p.m. | August 15, 9:00 p.m. | August 15, 9:00 p.m. | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 3 | B2 | Cloud9 | Cloud9 |
| Gentle Mates | Gentle Mates | 3 | Gentle Mates | Gentle Mates | 1 | B2 | Cloud9 | Cloud9 |
| G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 2 | | | | | | |

### 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 15, 6:00 p.m. | August 15, 6:00 p.m. | August 15, 6:00 p.m. | | | | | | |
| Toronto Ultra | Toronto Ultra | 3 | | | | | | |
| Toronto Ultra | Toronto Ultra | 3 | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | | | |
| Stallions | Stallions | 0 | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | | | |
| Stallions | Stallions | 0 | Toronto Ultra | Toronto Ultra | 3 | | | |
| August 15, 6:00 p.m. | August 15, 6:00 p.m. | August 15, 6:00 p.m. | Toronto Ultra | Toronto Ultra | 3 | C1 | Toronto Ultra | Toronto Ultra |
| August 15, 6:00 p.m. | August 15, 6:00 p.m. | August 15, 6:00 p.m. | Boston Breach | Boston Breach | 1 | C1 | Toronto Ultra | Toronto Ultra |
| Team Heretics | Team Heretics | 1 | Boston Breach | Boston Breach | 1 | | | |
| Boston Breach | Boston Breach | 3 | | | | | | |
| Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | | | |
| | | | August 16, 9:30 p.m. | August 16, 9:30 p.m. | August 16, 9:30 p.m. | | | |
| August 15, 10:30 p.m. | August 15, 10:30 p.m. | August 15, 10:30 p.m. | Boston Breach | Boston Breach | 3 | | | |
| August 15, 10:30 p.m. | August 15, 10:30 p.m. | August 15, 10:30 p.m. | Boston Breach | Boston Breach | 3 | C2 | Boston Breach | Boston Breach |
| Stallions | Stallions | 3 | Stallions | Stallions | 0 | C2 | Boston Breach | Boston Breach |
| Team Heretics | Team Heretics | 0 | | | | | | |

### 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 15, 7:30 p.m. | August 15, 7:30 p.m. | August 15, 7:30 p.m. | | | | | | |
| 100 Thieves | 100 Thieves | 3 | | | | | | |
| 100 Thieves | 100 Thieves | 3 | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | | | |
| Lore Gaming | Lore Gaming | 1 | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | August 16, 6:30 p.m. | | | |
| Lore Gaming | Lore Gaming | 1 | 100 Thieves | 100 Thieves | 0 | | | |
| August 15, 7:30 p.m. | August 15, 7:30 p.m. | August 15, 7:30 p.m. | 100 Thieves | 100 Thieves | 0 | D1 | Atlanta FaZe | Atlanta FaZe |
| August 15, 7:30 p.m. | August 15, 7:30 p.m. | August 15, 7:30 p.m. | Atlanta FaZe | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | D1 | Atlanta FaZe | Atlanta FaZe |
| Atlanta FaZe | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | Atlanta FaZe | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | | | |
| Team Falcons | Team Falcons | 0 | | | | | | |
| Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Elimination Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | Decider Match | | | |
| | | | August 16, 9:30 p.m. | August 16, 9:30 p.m. | August 16, 9:30 p.m. | | | |
| August 15, 10:30 p.m. | August 15, 10:30 p.m. | August 15, 10:30 p.m. | 100 Thieves | 100 Thieves | 3 | | | |
| August 15, 10:30 p.m. | August 15, 10:30 p.m. | August 15, 10:30 p.m. | 100 Thieves | 100 Thieves | 3 | D2 | 100 Thieves | 100 Thieves |
| Lore Gaming | Lore Gaming | 3 | Lore Gaming | Lore Gaming | 0 | D2 | 100 Thieves | 100 Thieves |
| Team Falcons | Team Falcons | 2 | | | | | | |

## Playoffs

All start times are listed in Arabia Standard Time (AST, UTC+03:00).
| Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Grand Finals (Best-of-7) | Grand Finals (Best-of-7) | Grand Finals (Best-of-7) |
| August 17, 9:30 p.m. | August 17, 9:30 p.m. | August 17, 9:30 p.m. | | | | | | |
| A1 | OpTic Gaming | 3 | | | | | | |
| A1 | OpTic Gaming | 3 | August 18, 5:00 p.m. | August 18, 5:00 p.m. | August 18, 5:00 p.m. | | | |
| B2 | Cloud9 | 1 | August 18, 5:00 p.m. | August 18, 5:00 p.m. | August 18, 5:00 p.m. | | | |
| B2 | Cloud9 | 1 | A1 | OpTic Gaming | 1 | | | |
| August 17, 6:30 p.m. | August 17, 6:30 p.m. | August 17, 6:30 p.m. | A1 | OpTic Gaming | 1 | | | |
| August 17, 6:30 p.m. | August 17, 6:30 p.m. | August 17, 6:30 p.m. | D1 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | | | |
| D1 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | D1 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | | | |
| D1 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | | | | August 18, 8:30 p.m. | August 18, 8:30 p.m. | August 18, 8:30 p.m. |
| C2 | Boston Breach | 0 | | | | August 18, 8:30 p.m. | August 18, 8:30 p.m. | August 18, 8:30 p.m. |
| C2 | Boston Breach | 0 | | | | D1 | Atlanta FaZe | 4 |
| August 17, 8:00 p.m. | August 17, 8:00 p.m. | August 17, 8:00 p.m. | | | | D1 | Atlanta FaZe | 4 |
| August 17, 8:00 p.m. | August 17, 8:00 p.m. | August 17, 8:00 p.m. | | | | D2 | 100 Thieves | 2 |
| C1 | Toronto Ultra | 2 | | | | D2 | 100 Thieves | 2 |
| C1 | Toronto Ultra | 2 | August 18, 6:30 p.m. | August 18, 6:30 p.m. | August 18, 6:30 p.m. | | | |
| D2 | 100 Thieves | 3 | August 18, 6:30 p.m. | August 18, 6:30 p.m. | August 18, 6:30 p.m. | | | |
| D2 | 100 Thieves | 3 | D2 | 100 Thieves | 3 | | | |
| August 17, 5 p.m. | August 17, 5 p.m. | August 17, 5 p.m. | D2 | 100 Thieves | 3 | | | |
| August 17, 5 p.m. | August 17, 5 p.m. | August 17, 5 p.m. | B1 | Vancouver Surge | 0 | | | |
| B1 | Vancouver Surge | 3 | B1 | Vancouver Surge | 0 | | | |
| A2 | Carolina Royal Ravens | 2 | | | | | | |

## Ranking

| Place | Team | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) | EWC Points |
| 1st | Atlanta FaZe | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 33.3% | $600,000 | 1000 |
| 2nd | 100 Thieves | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 2-4 | 17.8% | $320,000 | 600 |
| 3rd–4th | OpTic Gaming | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-3 | | 8.9% | $160,000 | 275 |
| 3rd–4th | Vancouver Surge | 2-0 | 3-2 | 0-3 | | 8.9% | $160,000 | 275 |
| 5th–8th | Cloud9 | 2-1 | 1-3 | | | 4.4% | $80,000 | 60 |
| 5th–8th | Boston Breach | 2-1 | 0-3 | | | 4.4% | $80,000 | 60 |
| 5th–8th | Toronto Ultra | 2-0 | 2-3 | | | 4.4% | $80,000 | 60 |
| 5th–8th | Carolina Royal Ravens | 2-1 | 2-3 | | | 4.4% | $80,000 | 60 |
| 9th-12th | Vegas Legion | 1–2 | | | | 2.2% | $40,000 | 0 |
| 9th-12th | Gentle Mates | 1–2 | | | | 2.2% | $40,000 | 0 |
| 9th-12th | Stallions | 1–2 | | | | 2.2% | $40,000 | 0 |
| 9th-12th | Lore Gaming | 1–2 | | | | 2.2% | $40,000 | 0 |
| 13th-16th | OMiT Brooklyn | 0–2 | | | | 1.1% | $20,000 | 0 |
| 13th-16th | G2 Esports | 0–2 | | | | 1.1% | $20,000 | 0 |
| 13th-16th | Team Heretics | 0–2 | | | | 1.1% | $20,000 | 0 |
| 13th-16th | Team Falcons | 0–2 | | | | 1.1% | $20,000 | 0 |
| Place | Team | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) | EWC Points |