• The summer-long tournament has now entered week 5 at Boulevard Riyadh City

Arab News

RIYADH: The Esports World Cup on Thursday saw the start of group stage action in the “Honor of Kings Invitational Midseason 2024” and “Apex Legends” tournaments.

Fans at Boulevard Riyadh City witnessed matchups between 12 teams in “Honor of Kings.” 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 “Honor of Kings” ended with Malaysia’s LGD Gaming topping Group A unbeaten. In Group B, China’s KPL Dream Team and Malaysia’s Weibo Gaming are joint top with three wins and no losses each.

In “Apex Legends,” 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 “Rainbow Six Siege,” 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.