FFWS 2024 Global Finals Day 1: Participating teams, schedule, and how to watch
Day 1 of the Free Fire World Series (FFWS) 2024 Global Finals has been scheduled for Friday, November 8. The Knockout Stage will feature three groups, each comprising six teams. This stage will be held across two weekends (six days). Groups A and B will clash in six matches on the opening day. This initial stage of the tournament will take place at the Rio Centro Convention in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The three groups will compete in a round-robin format during the Knockout Stage, with the top 12 teams advancing to the next phases. The Global Finals boasts a large prize pool of $1 million, of which $300,000 will be awarded to the crown champions.
FFWS 2024 Knockout groups and teams
These are the three groups and 18 teams competing in the Knockout Stage:
Group A
- Buriram United Esports
- Twisted Minds
- HUA Esports
- RRQ KAZU
- RETA Esports
- Resurrection X
Group B
- CLG
- Fluxo
- Evos Divine
- Bigetron Delta
- Corinthians
- WASK
Group C
- Six Karma
- Team Falcons
- Attack All Around
- Pain Gaming
- WAG
- E1 Esports
Day 1 schedule and how to watch
The opening day will feature teams from Groups A and B, with the first match set to be played on the Bermuda map. The second and third matches will be competed on the Purgatory and Alpine maps, respectively. Meanwhile, the fourth and fifth contests will be played on Kalahari and Nexterra maps, respectively. The last match of Day 1 will be held on a randomly selected map.
Here is the map order for Day 1:
- Game 1 - Bermuda
- Game 2 - Purgatory
- Game 3 - Alpine
- Game 4 - Kalahari
- Game 5 - Nexterra
- Game 6 - random map
Fans can watch the FFWS Global Finals on YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, and Facebook at 7:30 pm IST or 9 pm GMT + 7. The Free Fire event will be broadcast in several regional languages.
Experienced Thai squad Buriram United will kick off their Global Finals 2024 campaign on Friday. The team has performed outstandingly in their regional events this year. They will look to make a convincing start to this global tournament.
Fluxo Esports, a popular Brazilian team, has also delivered impressive results in their regional contests this year. The club is among the top contenders for this prestigious trophy. Twisted Minds, Evos, RRQ, and Bigetron will also look for a positive start to this FFWS event.