It can be said that, up to now, Esports World Cup 2024 is a great success of League of Legends and especially in Saudi Arabia in particular, as well as eSports in general. Only in the first season, and extremely short time (only about 4-5 days), League of Legends helped EWC 2024 become the top keyword in the world.
Esports World Cup 2024 to the present can be considered successful, especially with League of Legends
According to a recent notice from IOC (International Olympic Committee), the organization will cooperate with the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Saudi Arabia to organize an Olympic Prize for eSports with League of Legends. It can be said that this is the great victory of eSports. Because in history, there has never been a sport that has been organized a separate Olympic Prize. And the upcoming Esports Olympic Prize may be the first test after the success of EWC 2024.
IOC announced the Esports Olympic Games will be held in Saudi Arabia
No need to say, the Esports community in general and League of Legends in particular is extremely excited with this prospect. However, according to many reviews, it is possible that the players from LCK are the most beneficial. In some subjects like Starcraft or League of Legends, Koreans are still showing absolute dominance. It is said that if it is combined with the Esports Olympic Games (a tournament approved by IOC to become a part of the system) and have ASIAD before that, Korean players may have more opportunities to extend their career instead of having to fulfill their mandatory obligations to the country.
The League of Legends community in particular is extremely excited about this
– There is news that Kespa Cup will return to the team selection teams for the national team
– It would be interesting if they organized it but I couldn't see it
– It is important that this tournament may help players exempted their obligations because they are like Olympic and ASIAD. Approved by IOC, I think that from here the Korean players will have more ways to prolong their career
– I want to see how the national teams choose the squad
The T1 only won the championship to help EWC 2024 gain maximum benefits from League of Legends. It can be said that the victory of eSports in general and League of Legends in particular until the present has great merit of T1. League of Legends is the second highest view at EWC 2024 with more than 1.1 million (only losing Mobile Legends: Bang Bang with nearly 1.2 million views). Particularly for the final of the League of Legends at EWC 2024 between T1 and Top Esports with more than 1.1 million views also ranked the top 2 most views Esports events in the beginning of July (from July 1 – July 7).
Both matches of EWC 2024 in the top 5 Esports events with the highest views in the first week of July have the presence of T1
If this prospect came to the truth, the players from LCK have no chance to attend ASIAD will be able to make more efforts. However, as an Esports Olympic Games, it is unclear what the team will choose and perhaps the audience has to wait a while longer before the official announcement from the IOC as well as the areas in the world Esports village.