The Accor Arena will host Championship Sunday of the Esports World Cup, it has been announced.
The tournament, usually hosted in Riyadh, was moved to Paris due to the Iran war in May. But after tickets to the grand final in the Expo sold out, EWC have expanded their capacity.
The rest of the event will still take place in the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, before the event moves to the scene of Vitality’s first Major triumph in 2023 for the final day.
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The $2,000,000 event will feature 32 teams for CS2, four of whom are coming from the massive open qualifier on LAN.
16 teams will make playoffs, with the grand final booked for the arena on August 23.
After four weeks of the multi-esport competition, Natus Vincere sit on top of the lucrative rankings — there’s a $7,000,000 payout for first place if they stay there — with Vitality in third and Falcons in sixth.
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