Here’s everything you need to know about Esports World Cup 2024 CS2: Full schedule, scores, results, and more.

Esports World Cup 2024 CS2 format and teams

A giant stage with fireworks going off in the background.
The last time CS was in Riyadh, Vitality walked away champions to round out the CS:GO era. Image via Gamers8

Esports World Cup 2024 CS2 is a 15-team tournament with three stages. 14 teams have been drawn into the opening stage where they’ll play a single head-to-head best-of-three to determine which stage they’ll enter. Winners will head straight to the playoff quarterfinals, while the losers will join JiJieHao in the Play-In stage.

The Play-In stage is a single-elimination bracket where every match is a best-of-one, meaning there can be no mistakes. The single team that survives the Play-In stage will join the seven winners from the opening stage for the playoffs.

In the playoffs, teams will play out a single-elimination bracket (this time with best-of-threes) until one team remains—they’ll be crowned EWC champions for 2024. Here are the teams attending Esports World Cup 2024 CS2 and their qualification methods:

Qualification Team(s)
Top event champions IEM Katowice 2024
Team Spirit

PGL Copenhagen Major 2024
NAVI
ESL World Ranking
Top teams by region		 EU: FaZe Clan
NA: Complexity
SA: FURIA
ESL World Ranking
Next-best teams		 G2 Esports
Vitality
MOUZ
Virtus.pro
Regional Qualifiers EU: Sashi
NA: M80
SA: FURIA
OCE: FlyQuest
Asia: The MongolZ
Middle East: JiJieHao

Esports World Cup 2024 CS2 schedule and results

Opening Stage (July 17)

Winners proceed directly to the playoffs, and losers move to the Play-In Bracket joining JiJieHao. All match times are in Central Time (CT).

  • 6:30am: MOUZ 2-1 Sashi | FaZe 2-0 FlyQuest | G2 2-0 MongolZ
  • 9:30am: NAVI 2-0 FURIA | Vitality 2-0 M80
  • 1pm: VP 2-0 Complexity | Spirit 2-0 MIBR

Play-In Bracket (July 18)

A screenshot of the EWC 2024 CS2 tournament Play-In bracket.
JiJieHao got a free pass to the Play-In. Screenshot via Liquipedia
  • 5:30am: Sashi 13-8 JiJieHao | FlyQuest 5-13 FURIA
    • Quarterfinals. Losers are eliminated.
  • 6:55am: MongolZ 13-2 MIBR | M80 16-14 Complexity
    • Quarterfinals. Losers are eliminated.
  • 8:20am: Sashi 15-19 FURIA
    • Semifinal. Loser is eliminated.
  • 9:45am: MongolZ 13-8 M80
    • Semifinal. Loser is eliminated.
  • 11:10am: FURIA 13-9 MongolZ
    • Play-in final. Winner proceeds to playoffs, loser is eliminated.

Playoffs (July 18 to 21)

A screenshot of the EWC 2024 CS2 tournament playoff bracket.
Who will walk away as EWC champions? Screenshot via Liquipedia

Thursday, July 18

  • 1pm: Spirit 1-2 G2
    • G2 win 13-8 on Mirage.
    • Spirit win 16-14 on Nuke.
    • G2 win 13-5 on Ancient.
    • Quarterfinal. G2 proceeds to semifinals, Spirit is eliminated in 5th-8th.

Friday, July 19

  • 6:30am: Vitality vs. VP
    • Quarterfinal. Winner proceeds to semifinals, loser is eliminated in 5th-8th.
  • 9:45am: MOUZ vs. FURIA
    • Quarterfinal. Winner proceeds to semifinals, loser is eliminated in 5th-8th.
  • 1pm: NAVI vs. FaZe
    • Quarterfinal. Winner proceeds to semifinals, loser is eliminated in 5th-8th.

Saturday, July 20

  • 9:45am: TBD vs. TBD
    • Semifinal. Winner proceeds to semifinals, loser is eliminated in 3rd-4th.
  • 1pm: TBD vs. TBD
    • Semifinal. Winner proceeds to semifinals, loser is eliminated in 3rd-4th.

Sunday, July 21

  • 1pm: TBD vs. TBD
    • Grand final (best-of-three).