Over the past 12 months, many publishers and developers have enlivened the gaming industry, especially esports, with game launches and tournaments.
Even the competitions that are presented offer prizes that are not trivial. The average amount presented by the organizers reaches hundreds of billions of rupiah.
So throughout this year, many developers and publishers have held competitions, both on mobile and PC platforms. But the big question is, which esports tournament has the largest prize pool in the world in 2022?
Compiled by us from various sources, there are several prestigious events that spoil the participants. Let's look at the following details.
But keep in mind, the order below is based on the start and end date of the competition, not the order of the lowest prize to the largest and vice versa.
Esports Tournament with Biggest Prizes 2022
1. Peacekeeper Elite League Spring 2022
This competition was held for approximately two months. More precisely, the participating teams must compete from March 4 to May 22, 2022.
The gameplay offered by Peacekeeper Elite is similar to PUBG Mobile. For those who don't know, the game is rebranded PUBG Mobile for the Chinese version.
A total of 21 teams competed to win the title. They also competed for a total prize of USD 4,107,309 .
2. Wild Rift Icons Global Championship
Esports tournaments with the biggest prizes in 2022, some up to hundreds of billions of rupiah. What do you think? Let's look at the following explanation. Photo: (Wild Rift Esports Youtube Screenshot)
Wild Rift Icons Global Championship is the pinnacle of competition from Wild Rift. This tournament features fierce battles from 24 of the world's greatest teams from eight regions.
The excitement starts with the play-in round on 14-18 June 2022, then continues with the group stage (21-25 June), knockout stage and grand final (1-9 July).
Apart from offering the best Wild Rift team in the world, there are also cash prizes up for grabs. At least, the organizers have prepared a total of USD 2 million.
3. Rocket League World Championship 2022
Esports tournaments with the biggest prizes in 2022, some up to hundreds of billions of rupiah. What do you think? Let's look at the following explanation. Photo: (Doc. Rocket League Esports)
The championship, which will be held from 4-14 August 2022, offers a total prize pool of USD 2,085,000. There are a total of 16 teams trying to win the title.
In the grand final round, the match format uses Best of 7 (Bo7). Now the winner is Team BDS, which has the right to bring home a prize of USD 600 thousand.
4. Peacekeeper Elite League Summer 2022
After successfully holding the Spring competition, Tencent is again holding this prestigious event. Titled Peacekeeper Elite Summer 2022, they offer a total prize pool of USD 4,006,957.
Tencent is holding it since June 16, 2022 and the tournament ends a few months later on August 21, 2022.
Still Moving Under Gunfire took first place. In addition to the championship title, they also brought home USD 1,321,567 in prize money.
5.The International 11
As many gamers know, Dota 2's biggest competition, The International, always gives huge financial rewards. Even before the value touched USD 40 million .
But unfortunately in 2022, the number has decreased to USD 18 million . But after all, the tournament is still the highest compared to others.
The International 11 itself took place for several days, 15-30 October 2022 to be exact. Tundra Esports won the title and won USD 8.5 million in prizes.
6. Overwath League 2022
Next is the Overwatch League 2022, which will be held from October 30 to November 4, 2022. The total prize pool that has been prepared is USD 2,550,000.
During the rolling competition, there were 12 participants who took part in fighting for the title. For the only winner was taken by Dallas Fuel, with a prize of USD 1 million.
7. 2022 World Championship
The 2022 World Championship is the pinnacle tournament for the game League of Legends. Here there are 24 teams competing for the title of the best team in the world.
The fun lasted for about a month. All participants competed from 29 September to 5 November 2022.
The total prizes available are USD 2,225,000. DRX won the championship title.
8. PUBG Global Championship 2022
PUBG Global Championship 2022, is a battle royale game tournament held by PUBG Corporation. This event will be held from 1-20 November 2022.
Not only looking for the best PUBG team in the world, this event also has cash prizes. The tournament, which was held in Dubai, offers a total prize pool of USD 3,358,442.
9. Honor of Kings International Championship 2022
For mobile game activists in Arena of Valor in Indonesia, they are certainly no strangers to Honor of Kings. The title is a twin of the Chinese version of Arena of Valor.
Held since December 3, the excitement of the Honor of Kings International Championship 2022 ends on December 30 2022. The total prize up for grabs by participants is USD 10 million.
The final round was held on December 30, 2022, bringing together Wuhan.eStarPro vs Foshan.DRG.GK, and the winner was entitled to USD 3.5 million .
10. PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2022
Finally there is the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2022. The competition is still running, where the grand final round will take place in Indonesia on January 6-8 2023.
Here, all participants try to take the world title. In addition, there is also a total prize that has been prepared by Tencent, up to USD 4 million.