NAVI wins Esports World Cup 2024

Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen's squad won one of the largest Counter-Strike 2 tournaments of 2024 – Esports World Cup 2024.

In the final of the competition, NAVI defeated G2 with a scoreline of 2:1 – 14:16 on Ancient, 13:6 on Nuke, 13:6 on Inferno.

For first place, NAVI received 400,000 US dollars; the runner-up earned $175,000. 3rd-4th place at the event was shared by Virtus.pro and MOUZ – teams got $85,000 each.

Esports World Cup 2024 took place from July 17 to 21 in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The tournament featured a prize pool of one million US dollars.

The final playoff bracket looks as follows:

The prize pool distribution looks as follows:

1.  NAVI – $400,000
2.  G2 – $175,000
3-4.  Virtus.pro – $85,000
3-4.  MOUZ – $85,000
5-8.  Vitality – $40,000
5-8.  Team Spirit – $40,000
5-8.  FaZe – $40,000
5-8.  FURIA – $40,000
9.  The MongolZ – $25,000
10-11.  Sashi – $15,000
10-11.  M80 – $15,000
12-15.  JiJieHao – $10,000
12-15.  FlyQuest – $10,000
12-15.  MIBR – $10,000
12-15.  Complexity – $10,000