The Main eSports Events in 2024

The year 2024 promises to be filled with emotions, because exciting events will take place in eSports - viewers can expect two majors in the new version of Counter-Strike, a new festival with a huge prize money, as well as global championships familiar to all fans like The International CS2 players ranking. This article written by Volodymyr Huda is dedicated to the most exciting events in eSports in 2024.

Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024

Venue: Katowice, Poland

Date: from January 31 to February 12

Disciplines: CS2, Starcraft 2

Prize fund: $1 million + $500 thousand

CS2 participants: Vitality, Faze, MOUZ, NAVI, G2, Monte, Complexity, Falcons + 8 TBA

The first major tournament of the year will be the legendary festival in Poland, which starts on January 31. As at last year's tournament, IEM will feature competitions in two cult games - Counter-Strike 2 and StarCraft 2. For CS players, this will be the first premier tournament after the New Year's break: 24 teams will compete for a prize of $ 1 million. Starcraft players 2 will divide the amount half as much, but for the classical discipline, this is a lot of money.

If you want to watch Nikola "NiKo" Kovač or Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut play, then you are welcome.

PGL Copenhagen Major 2024

Venue: Copenhagen, Denmark

Date: from 17 to 31 March

Discipline: CS2

Prize fund: $1.2 million

The first major in Counter-Strike 2 history. The format of the event, however, did not change after the transition from CS:GO to a new engine. 24 winners of regional RMR tournaments, which are scheduled for the second half of February, will take part in the event. The teams that have reached the final stage will have to go through two group stages according to the Swiss system, and then determine the title holder in a simple playoff with elimination after the first defeat.

ESL One Birmingham 2024

Venue: Birmingham, UK

Date: April 22 to 28

Discipline: Dota 2

Prize fund: $1 million

This is far from the first top Dota 2 tournament in the new year. However, both BetBoom Dacha and DreamLeague will be held without spectators, and only in Britain the teams can feel the support of spectators, playing for the cup in an arena of many thousands. ESL One is particularly important as it will take place shortly before the EPT Finals, so will be very important for clubs looking to qualify for the next big event.

Esports World Cup 2024

Venue: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Date: July

Discipline: Dota 2, other games

Prize fund: possibly $50 million

A global eSports and gaming festival that is set to be a new version of last year's Gamers8. Conferences, exhibitions for gamers, concerts of top performers and much more - the program will be very expensive and intense. Esports fans are primarily interested in the World Cup event, for which the Saudi Arabian government will allocate “the largest prize fund in history.” There is no list of games or other details yet, but according to rumors, $40-50 million will be awarded at the Dota 2 tournament alone.

EVO 2024

Venue: Las Vegas, USA

Date: July 26 to 28

Discipline: Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and others

Prize fund: unknown

A festival for fighting game fans will be held in mid-summer. The legendary Evolution Championship Series has been combining the main championships for all popular games of the genre for almost 30 years in a row and gives positive emotions to all fans of fighting games. This year's EVO will take place two weeks earlier. Particular attention will be drawn to competitions in the new version of Tekken, which will be released at the end of January. However, other segments should please players with top content.

The International 2024

Venue: unknown

Date: probably August

Discipline: Dota 2

Prize fund: $1.6 million + income from sales of the compendium

The main Dota 2 tournament has not yet been announced. Neither the location nor the new selection details are known. In the fall, Valve announced the cancellation of the Dota Pro Circuit season, and it is still completely unclear how teams can get to The International. At the same time, the organizers of commercial tournaments have already laid out their plans for 2024, and only August remains free. It is likely that The International 2024 will take place at the end of summer - there are simply no other dates left in the esports calendar.

2024 World Championship

Venue: Germany, France, UK

Date: from September 25 to November 2

Discipline: League of Legends

Prize fund: $2.2 million + income from cosmetics sales

Much more is known about the main competitor of The International. The event will take place in mid-August in the same format. The championship will be held in three European countries, and the final will take place at one of the main football stadiums in London. Even if you don't play League of Legends, the event is still worth your attention. This is at least a bright show program, which this year will be additionally decorated according to the theme of the second season of the animated series “Arcane”.

Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024

Venue: Shanghai, China

Date: from December 1 to December 15

Discipline: CS 2

Prize fund: $1.2 million

The second Counter-Strike 2 Major will take place in December. This will be Valve's debut shooter world championship in Asia, but the experience of the CS Asia Championship last fall showed that there is huge interest in the game in China, and therefore the major will be successful. In fact, this will be the last top event in 2024. After this, most of the teams, players, and spectators will again go on New Year's holidays to return to competitions with renewed vigor in January.

Final Thoughts

Esports has a global audience of over 540 million, facilitated by the organization of incredible championships with millions of dollars in competition. In this article, we looked at the main events in the world of eSports. If you are a player or a fan of CS2, we recommend checking out the Profiler service, which offers useful functionality for analyzing the game about players. The service is available around the clock wherever you are - in Toronto or Chicago.