Free Fire World Series
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Free Fire World Series Logo
GameGarena Free Fire
Founded2019 : 3 years ago
FounderGarena
No. of teams18
Most recent
champion(s)		Attack All Around (AAA)
Official websitehttps://ffesports.com

The Free Fire World Series (commonly abbreviated as FFWS) is the annual professional Garena Free Fire world championship tournament hosted by Garena. Teams compete for a total prize pool of USD 2 Million.[1]

It is the World's most Watched Esports Event by peak live viewer count, making it one of the World's Most Successful Esports Events.

Overview

The Free Fire World Series uses the Squad Battle Royale mode available in the video game, Free Fire. Fifty-two (52) players (13 Teams each one having 4 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 will get points based on the number of eliminations and survival time.[2] [3]

History

FFWS 2019

Free Fire World Series 2019 was held in November 2019 at Barra Olympic Park ,Rio de Janeiro and featured a prize pool of US$400,000. 12 teams from Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Middle East, India, Latin America, North America, and Eurasia participated in the championship. It was won by the Brazilian representatives the Corinthians [4] The event had a peak live viewer count of 1.9 Million. [5]

FFWS 2020

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Free Fire World Series had to be replaced with Free Fire Continental series which was held to be on April 19. Free Fire Continental Series was held as 3 separate events for Asia, EMEA and Americas. The event was streamed live on YouTube and had 1.5 Million peak live viewers. There was a prize pool of US$300,000. In each region a total of 18 teams fought for a prize pool of US$300,000. The Asian region winner was EXP Esports, the EMEA region winner was Sbornaya Chr and the American region winner was Team Liquid. [6][7]

FFWS 2021

In 2021 Garena announced the Free Fire World Series with a prize pool of US$ 2 Million.[8] The event was held on May 2021 at Marina Bay Sands ,Singapore. A total of 18 teams compete for the FFWS trophy which was won by Phoenix Force (EVOS Esports TH).[9]

The Free Fire World Series 2021 became the most-watched esports event in history with over 5.4 million peak live viewers, surpassing the League of Legends World Championship which had 4 million peak viewers [10]

FFWS 2022

FFWS 2022 was held on May 2022 at the Resort World Sentosa convention center. The event feature 18 teams representing different regions to compete for a  prize pool of US$ 2 Million. The championship was won by Attack All Around.[11] The event had a maximum of 1.4 million concurrent viewers during the grand final which decreased by 4 Million viewers from the 2021 viewership of 5.4 Million due to the ban of Free Fire in India.[12]

Results

Year Location Final 3rd
Champion Score Runner-up
2019 Barra Olympic Park,

Brazil

Corinthians 132 98 Sbornaya ChR ILLUMINATE Slow TwoK
2020- ASIA Online EXP Esports 161 160 King of Gamers club EVOS Divine
2020- EMEA Online Sbornaya ChR 158 124 Silence Stay Away
2020- AMERICAS Online Team Liquid 151 151 Santos eSports SS Esports
2021 Marina Bay Sands,

Singapore

Phoenix Force 113 77 LOUD Silence
2022 Resort World Sentosa ,

Singapore

Attack All Around 92 91 EVOS Phoenix Vasto Mundo
2022 Bangkok,

Indonesia[13]

TBD - - TBD TBD

References

  1. ^ March 21, byAdrian Lai Updated; 2021; March 19, 5:22 p m Posted; 2021; P.m, 5:54 (19 March 2021). "Free Fire World Series 2021 To Feature US$2Mil Prize Pool". IGN Southeast Asia. Retrieved 7 November 2022. ((cite web)): |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "FFWS 2022 Finals: Here is overview of Free Fire World Series 2022 Finals". EsportsGen. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Free Fire World Series (FFWS) 2022: Schedule, teams, prize pool, and more". GINX. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  4. ^ "This team will represent India in Free Fire World Series 2019 finals on November 16". The Indian Express. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ^ Gordon, Galit. "Free Fire World Series 2019 Qualifiers Begin; Dranix eSports Wins Indonesia Masters Season 2". gamingcypher.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  6. ^ March 9, byNatasha Hashim Posted; 2020; P.m, 2:18 (9 March 2020). "Garena Free Fire Champions Cup 2020 Postponed Due to Covid-19". IGN Southeast Asia. Retrieved 7 November 2022. ((cite web)): |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Ahmed, Wasif (29 November 2020). "EXP Esports win Free Fire Continental Series Asia 2020". Dot Esports. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  8. ^ March 21, byAdrian Lai Updated; 2021; March 19, 5:22 p m Posted; 2021; P.m, 5:54 (19 March 2021). "Free Fire World Series 2021 To Feature US$2Mil Prize Pool". IGN Southeast Asia. Retrieved 7 November 2022. ((cite web)): |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Phoenix Force Lifts The Winner's Trophy at Finals of Free Fire World Series 2021". News18. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  10. ^ June 3, byAdrian Lai Posted; 2021; P.m, 1:40 (3 June 2021). "Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore Smashes Global Viewership Record". IGN Southeast Asia. Retrieved 7 November 2022. ((cite web)): |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ May 23, bySyazwan Bahri Updated; 2022; May 23, 6:26 p m Posted; 2022; P.m, 3:09 (23 May 2022). "Thai Team Crowned Free Fire World Series 2022 Champions". IGN Southeast Asia. Retrieved 7 November 2022. ((cite web)): |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "2.7km of Cat6 ethernet cables and more: What it takes to run a US$2 million esports tournament". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  13. ^ Frascarelli, Victor (20 September 2022). "Thailand to host Free Fire World Series in November". Esports Insider. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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