The ''Free Fire'' World Series – Global Finals 2024 (FFWS) is the sixth edition of Free Fire World Series, the

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Garena Free Fire ''Free Fire'', formerly known as ''Garena Free Fire'', is a free-to-play battle royale game developed and published by Garena for Android and iOS. Released on December 8, 2017, the game gained widespread popularity, becoming the most downloaded ...

'' championship contested by the best teams across the world hosted by

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. The tournament was held in November 2024. It was hosted in

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. This is the second time

is host the tournament, first hosted in 2019. Magic Squad from

are the defending champions. The Grand Finals of the tournament achieved a peak online viewership of 751,237.

Prize distribution

The total prize pool of $1,000,000 was distributed among the teams as follows:

Overview

The Free Fire World Series uses the Squad Battle Royale mode available in the video game ''Free Fire''. 48 players (12 teams each one having four players) airdrop onto an island without any weapons or armor. Once on the ground, players must search for weapons, armor, and med kits. Players can knock down players using the weapons they collected. The last team to survive wins the game. Players get points based on the number of eliminations and final ranking of their team.

Qualification

On 14 July 2024,

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became the first team to qualify for the FFWS 2024 by winning the

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tournament held in

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. On 10 August 2024, WASK became the second team to qualify for the FFWS 2024 by winning the FFWS Middle East and Africa 2024 tournament. On 16 September 2024, Fluxo became the third team to qualify for the FFWS 2024 by finishing top in the Group Stage of FFWS Brazil 2024 tournament. On 22 September 2024, Rezurrection X Esports became the forth team to qualify for the FFWS 2024 by winning the FFWS Pakistan 2024 tournament. On 28 September 2024, three more teams also qualified for the FFWS 2024 by finishing top three (other than

, who already qualified) in FFWS Brazil 2024. On 12 October 2024, three more teams also qualified for the FFWS 2024 by finishing top three in FFWS LATAM 2024. On 13 October 2024, eight and most teams from any region also qualified for the FFWS 2024 by finishing top eight (other than

, who already qualified) in FFWS South East Asia 2024.

Format

* Knockout Stage: 8–17 November 2024 at the

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** 18 teams, divided into 3 groups of 6. ** 2 Weeks: *** Each week consist of 3 matchdays. *** Each matchday consist of 6 matches. ** 36 matches, each group play 12 matches. ** Top 12 teams advance to ''Points Rush'' and ''Grand Finals''.

* Points Rush: 22–23 November 2024 at the

** 12 teams. ** 12 matches (6 each day). ** Teams gain Headstart Points for Grand Finals after each day based on their daily standings.

* Grand Final: 24 November 2024 at the

** 12 teams. ** Teams begin with headstart points from Points Rush. ** 6 matches.

Schedule

Knockout Stage

^* Rezurrection X Esports, the winner from FFWS Pakistan 2024, did not participate due to visa issues. The team was awarded 18th place and the championship continued with 17 teams.

Knockout Stage standings

Point-Rush Stage

Each of the teams also qualifies for the

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Point-Rush Stage standings

Grand Final

Grand Final standings

Finale

Prize pool and final standings

Prize pool of the tournament.

References

External links

* Esports tournaments World championships in esports {{Free Fire World Series – Global Finals 2024