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- The summer-long tournament has now entered week 5 at Boulevard Riyadh City
RIYADH: The Esports World Cup on Thursday saw the start of group stage action in the 鈥淗onor of Kings Invitational Midseason 2024鈥� and 鈥淎pex Legends鈥� tournaments.
Fans at Boulevard Riyadh City witnessed matchups between 12 teams in 鈥淗onor of Kings.鈥� The sides are chasing the grand prize of $1 million from the $3 million prize pool, and 1,000 Esports World Cup Club Championship points.
The first-day standings for 鈥淗onor of Kings鈥� ended with Malaysia鈥檚 LGD Gaming topping Group A unbeaten. In Group B, China鈥檚 KPL Dream Team and Malaysia鈥檚 Weibo Gaming are joint top with three wins and no losses each.
In 鈥淎pex Legends,鈥� 40 teams are competing for the chance to progress with the top nine from each group automatically qualifying. The prize pool for the tournament is $2 million.
Elsewhere at the Esports World Cup, the Lower Bracket semifinals of Group A and B are battling it out to advance to the quarterfinals of 鈥淩ainbow Six Siege,鈥� which also has a prize pool of $2 million.
The Esports World Cup, which began on July 3 and ends on Aug. 25, has 22 tournaments across 21 titles.