Dota 2‘s Riyadh Masters has returned for 2024, with the big-money Saudi event now folded into this year’s edition of the Esports World Cup. Twenty teams will head to Riyadh to compete for the lion’s share of the massive $5 million prize pool.

Riyadh Masters 2024 is just one event among dozens being held in the Saudi Arabian capital over the coming two months as part of the EWC. Victorious teams will also score points toward the Club Championship for their organization, with the winner taking home a cool $7 million bonus.

Team Spirit took down Team Liquid at last year’s iteration of Riyadh Masters, but all eyes will be on Team Falcons as they look to widen the gap at the top of Dota 2‘s competitive charts ahead of TI 2024. Here’s everything you need to know about Riyadh Masters 2024: Schedule, teams, results, and more.

Riyadh Masters 2024 format and teams

Team Secret stand on a stage and lift a trophy at Riyadh Masters 2023.
Team Spirit will be going for back-to-back wins in Saudi Arabia. Photo via Gamers8

Riyadh Masters 2024 is one of the biggest Dota 2 tournaments on the annual calendar and, in recent years, has rivaled The International for prize pool. This year is no different, with $5 million up for grabs for the 20 teams in attendance.

This year’s edition of the Riyadh Masters sees 12 teams battle through the play-in group stage, with the top eight joining the eight invites in the main event group stage. From there, 16 teams will split into two groups of eight, with each spot earning a seed for the playoff bracket; the top four in each group begin in the upper bracket, while the bottom eight start in the lower bracket.

From there, the 16 will be whittled down to one champion via the double-elimination bracket with the winner walking away $1.5 million richer.

Here are the teams attending Riyadh Masters 2024.

Qualification Team
Invite (Group Stage) Falcons
BetBoom
Gaimin Gladiators
WBG.XG
Tundra
Liquid
OG
Spirit
Qualified (Play-In) Entity
MOUZ
VP
PSG Quest
G2 x iG
LGD Gaming
Azure Ray
Aurora
Blacklist International
Nouns
HEROIC
Beastcoast

Riyadh Masters 2024 schedule and results

Group Stage

A screenshot of the group stage of the Esports World Cup Riyadh Masters 2024 Dota 2 tournament.
A battle for seeding in the playoffs—or elimination. Screenshot via Liquipedia

Wednesday, July 10

Group A

  • 8:30am:
    • Falcons 0-2 Spirit
    • HEROIC 2-0 Gaimin
    • Blacklist 1-1 OG
    • Aurora 1-1 LGD
  • 1pm:
    • Falcons 0-2 Gaimin
    • Spirit 1-1 OG
    • HEROIC 1-1 LGD
    • Blacklist 1-1 Aurora

Group B

  • 10:15am:
    • BetBoom 2-0 Beastcoast
    • Entity 2-0 PSG Quest
    • WBG.XG 1-1 Liquid
    • Tundra 2-0 MOUZ

Thursday, July 11

Group A

  • 10:15am:
    • Gaimin 1-1 Spirit
    • Falcons 2-0 Aurora
    • OG 2-0 HEROIC
    • LGD 1-1 Blacklist

Group B

  • 8:30am:
    • PSG Quest 1-1 Liquid
    • WBG.XG 2-0 BetBoom
    • Entity 0-2 Tundra
    • Beastcoast 2-0 MOUZ
  • 1pm:
    • WBG.XG 1-1 PSG Quest
    • Liquid 1-1 Tundra
    • MOUZ 1-1 BetBoom
    • Beastcoast 0-2 Entity

Friday, July 12

Group A

  • 8:30am:
    • OG 1-1 Aurora
    • Spirit 1-1 HEROIC
    • Gaimin 2-0 Blacklist
    • Falcons 2-0 LGD
  • 1pm:
    • OG 1-1 Gaimin
    • LGD 1-1 Spirit
    • Aurora 2-0 HEROIC
    • Falcons 2-0 Blacklist

Group B

  • 10:15am:
    • BetBoom 0-2 Liquid
    • WBG.XG 0-2 Tundra
    • PSG Quest 1-1 Beastcoast
    • Entity 2-0 MOUZ

Saturday, July 13

Group A

  • 10:15am:
    • Falcons 1-1 OG
    • Gaimin 1-1 LGD
    • Spirit 1-1 Aurora
    • HEROIC 1-1 Blacklist

Group B

  • 8:30am:
    • BetBoom 0-2 Entity
    • Tundra 1-1 PSG Quest
    • Liquid 2-0 Beastcoast
    • WBG.XG 2-0 MOUZ
  • 1pm:
    • PSG Quest 1-1 BetBoom
    • WBG.XG 1-1 Entity
    • MOUZ 0-2 Liquid
    • Beastcaost 0-2 Tundra

Sunday, July 14

Group A

  • 8:30am:
    • Falcons vs. HEROIC
    • Aurora vs. Gaimin
    • Blacklist vs. Spirit
    • LGD vs. OG
  • 1pm:
    • Tiebreakers (if necessary).

Group B

  • 10:15am:
    • Liquid vs. Entity
    • Tundra vs. BetBoom
    • MOUZ vs. PSG Quest
    • WBG.XG vs. Beastcoast
  • 1pm:
    • Tiebreakers (if necessary).

Playoffs

A long road to the final. Screenshot via Liquipedia.

The schedule for the playoff stage is to be announced.

Play-In

A screenshot of the Liquipedia Play-In stage for Riyadh Masters 2024.
The Play-Ins have wrapped. Screenshot via Liquipedia

All match times are in Central Time (CT).

Thursday, July 4

Group A

  • 4am:
    • G2 x iG 1-1 Entity
    • LGD 1-1 VP
    • Blacklist 2-0 beastcoast
  • 9:30am:
    • VP 1-1 Entity
    • Blacklist 1-1 G2 x iG
    • LGD 1-1 beastcoast

Group B

  • 6:45am:
    • Aurora 2-0 Azure Ray
    • HEROIC 1-1 PSG Quest
    • nouns 1-1 MOUZ
  • 12:15pm:
    • nouns 1-1 Aurora
    • HEROIC 2-0 MOUZ
    • PSG Quest 2-0 Azure Ray

Friday, July 5

Group A

  • 4am:
    • VP 1-1 G2 x iG
    • Entity 2-0 beastcoast
    • Blacklist 2-0 LGD
  • 9:30am:
    • Entity 2-0 LGD
    • beastcoast 2-0 G2 x iG
    • Blacklist 2-0 VP

Group B

  • 6:45am
    • PSG Quest 2-0 Aurora
    • Azure Ray 0-2 MOUZ
    • nouns 0-2 HEROIC
  • 12:15pm:
    • Azure Ray 0-2 HEROIC
    • MOUZ 0-2 Aurora
    • nouns 1-1 PSG Quest

Saturday, July 6

Group A

  • 4am:
    • G2 x iG 1-1 LGD
    • Blacklist 0-2 Entity
    • beastcoast 1-1 VP
  • 12:15pm
    • G2 x iG 1-2 LGD
      • Tiebreaker: G2 x iG is eliminated.

Group B

  • 6:45am:
    • Aurora 1-1 HEROIC
    • MOUZ 1-1 PSG Quest
    • nouns 1-1 Azure Ray

Sunday, July 7

  • 7:30am: VP 0-2 MOUZ
    • MOUZ proceeds to group stage, VP is eliminated.
  • 11am: Nouns 0-2 LGD Gaming
    • LGD proceeds to group stage, Nouns is eliminated.