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Karmine Corp capped an ideal run by the Esports World Cup Rocket League match on Sunday with an emphatic 4-1 win over Geekay Esports within the grand last in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
After successful one match a day from Thursday to Saturday, Karmine went 2-0 on Sunday, starting the day with a 4-2 win over Team Falcons within the first semifinal.
Karmine pocketed $400,000 for the match win and 1,000 EWC Club Points, used towards figuring out the general EWC champion.
The EWC is a group of greater than 2,000 gamers from 200 golf equipment all over the world competing in 25 tournaments throughout 24 titles. Teams compete for prize cash and membership factors in every match.
Club factors are then utilized to the general Club Championship standings, with the workforce ending atop the standings being topped Esports World Cup champion.
The EWC winner takes house $7 million {dollars} out of a $27 million prize pool. Another $38 million is unfold throughout the game-specific tournaments.
The 25 tournaments embrace: Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Warzone, Chess, Counter-Strike 2, Crossfire, Dota 2, EA FC 25, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Free Fire, Honor of Kings, League of Legends, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Overwatch 2, PUBG MOBILE, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Rainbow Six Siege X, RENNSPORT, Rocket League, Starcraft 2, Street Fighter 6, Teamfight Tactics, Tekken 8 and Valorant.
Karmine dropped their first map of the day, dropping 3-1 to Falcons on Mannfield (Night). But Karmine responded with a 1-0 win on Forbidden Temple and a 2-1 time beyond regulation win on DFH Stadium (tenth Anniversary). Falcons evened the match at 2-2 with an time beyond regulation win on Utopia Coliseum (Dusk), however Karmine took AquaDome (Salty Shallows) and Neo Tokyo by 2-1 scores to finish the match.
In the opposite semi, Geekay edged Team Vitality 4-3, taking Champions Field 2-1 in time beyond regulation within the winner-take-all seventh map.
Vitality was on the dropping finish of one other 4-3 choice within the third-place match, once more dropping 2-1 on Champions Field on the seventh map as Falcons took third — and the $100,000 and 500 membership factors that go together with it.
In the grand last, Karmine jumped out to a 3-0 lead — 1-0 on Mannfield (Night), 1-0 on Forbidden Temple, and 1-0 on DFH Stadium (tenth Anniversary). Geekay received on the board with a 3-1 win on Utopia Coliseum (Dusk), however Karmine put the match away with a 1-0 win on AquaDome (Salty Shallows).
The 1,000 membership factors gave Karmine 1,200 for the EWC, good for a tie for eleventh after Sunday’s occasions. Falcons maintain the general lead with 4,700 factors.
Esports World Cup Rocket League last standings, payouts
1. $400,000 (1,000 membership factors) — Karmine Corp
2. $180,000 (750) — Geekay Esports
3. $100,000 (500) — Team Falcons
4. $60,000 (300) — Team Vitality
5-8. $35,000 (200) — Spacestation Gaming, Team Secret, NRG, Dignitas
9-12. $20,000 — FUT Esports, Gen.G Mobil1 Racing, The Ultimates, Twisted Minds
13-16. $10,000 — Virtus.professional, Wildcard, FURIA, TSM
–Field Level Media