YMCA member Austin Manengu works the keyboard as he plays a game of Fortnite during the unveiling of the new gaming lab at the Maplewood Family YMCA in Rochester Thursday, June 20, 2024. YMCA of Greater Rochester in partnership with Metro Sports & Entertainment Group will open two gaming labs for youth and teens this year. Soniqs rallied past Petrichor Road in the grand finals of the PUBG Esports World Cup 2024 on Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Soniqs closed the five-day tournament with 113 points (53 placement points and 60 kill points), just enough to beat out Petrichor Road (109 points), which was the last of 16 teams to qualify for the grand finals.
FaZe Clan took third with 104 points, while TSM finished fourth with 98.
Sunday’s slate featured the final six of the grand finals’ 12 rounds.
Soniqs started strong on Sunday, racking up 35 points across the day’s first two rounds, but faltered in the middle sets.
Petrichor Road rallied to take a three-point lead entering Round 11 before Soniqs outscored the runners-up 25-18 over the final two frames.
Soniqs earned $700,000 for first place, plus 1,000 Esports World Cup club points and 300 PGS points.
The tournament’s MVP honors went to Pedro “sparkingg” Ribeiro of TSM. The Brazilian won a $50,000 bonus.
Twenty-four teams competed in the event, part of the Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia. Sixteen teams emerged from the group stage, while the other eight were eliminated.
All Gamers Global paced all teams with 107 points in group play, 11 more than second-place TSM, and finished ninth overall in the tournament.
PUBG Esports World Cup 2024 prize pool (money, EWC club points):
1. Soniqs — $700,000, 1,000 points
2. Petrichor Road — $350,000, 600 points
3. FaZe Clan — $210,000, 350 points
4. TSM — $150,000, 200 points
5. Freecs — $100,000, 110 points
6. Danawa e-sports — $77,000, 70 points
7. Daytrade Gaming — $56,000, 40 points
8. 17 Gaming — $41,000, 20 points
9. All Gamers Global — $33,000
10. Natus Vincere — $31,000
11. Team Falcons — $29,000
12. Tianba — $27,000
13. The Expendables — $25,000
14. BetBoom Team — $23,000
15. CERBERUS Esports — $21,000
16. Valee Thai Esports — $19,000
17. Four Angry Men — $17,000
18. Twisted Minds — $16,000
19. T1 — $15,000
20. NewHappy — $14,000
21. eArena — $13,000
22. Luna Galaxy — $12,000
23. Virtus.pro — $11,000
24. Gaimin Gladiators — $10,000
–Field Level Media
