The Fortnite World Cup Finals is set to kick off this weekend, and up until this past weekend, it featured the largest prize pool of any esports tournament ever. With a massive $30 million prize pool that was recently passed by Dota 2's The International 9, which surpassed this figure due to its immense crowdfunding, the Fortnite World Cup still remains in a class of its own.
With 100 participants in solos and 50 duos all vying for the glamorous $3 million first-place prize and the prestigious title of the best in the world, the pressure and excitement for the Fortnite World Cup is starting to ramp up. We'll also have the chance to watch the Fortnite World Cup Celebrity Pro-Am. Before the battle bus launches for the first game of the Fortnite World Cup Finals, we wanted to take everyone back and reflect on how we got to this point throughout the qualifiers and who we will be seeing this coming weekend in New York City.
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Week 1 and 2
The inaugural week of the Online Open Qualifiers saw many of the favorites from Europe qualify right off the bat. With notables such as Benjy "Benjyfishy" Fish strike fear into his opposition during week one it was a sign of relief for many professional players. In North America, we saw some household names such a Noah "Vivid" Wright breakthrough and qualify and some other establish duos also qualify.
The first two weeks was the first time these professional players all across the world got to test out what they have been aiming at for months now, the pressure was definitely at an all-time high for the players and let us not forget a lot of these qualified players and 14-16.
Week 1 and 2 qualified players
Solos:
- slаyа
- BenjyFishy
- Faze FaxFox
- E11 Stompy
- TQ Prisi0n3r0
- hREDS BELAEU
- Gambit.letw1k3
- LeStream Naytou
- DiegoGB uwu
- Vitality ĐRG
- CODE leleo
- SEN Bughа
- FaZe Dubs.
- Ghost Bizzle
- TSM_Comadon
- Liquid Vivid
- 100T Ceice
- C9 Snow.
- Liquid Riversan
Duos:
- Warriors CoverH and Warriors Twizz
- CR.bell btw and Scаrlёt
- NRG benjуfishу and NRG MrSavageM
- FaZe Mongraal and Mitr0
- E11 Tschiiinken and E11 Stompy
- Lootboy Mexe and Lootboy Skram
- Lazarus Crimz and Sρades
- MSF Clix and MSF Sceptic
- Envy LeNain and LG Tyler15
- C9 pfzin and C9 Nicks
- 100T Arkhram1x and Bloom Falconer
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Weeks 3 and 4
Weeks three and four were highlighted by the world's most popular streamer and competitive player dominating North America East and qualifying for New York City. Turner "Tfue" Tenney streamed the first finals with no delay to around 200,000 congruent viewers. Throughout the first Sunday Tfue was not playing his best but somehow still amassed 40 points which netted him a top 100 finish. But during this Sunday it was Tfue’s time to shine, capped off by a 12 elimination victory that propelled him in the standings Turner finished atop NAE in week three with 69 points and officially qualifying for the Fortnite World Cup.
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Week 3 and 4 qualified players
Solos:
- KNG Cat
- ymqB_P0t
- CR Ruri
- DV1 luKi
- RBK LeftEye
- Fledermoys
- BL Tchub
- KNG CoreGamingg.
- Eon wakie
- lolb0om
- Secret_Domentos
- SNG Lasers
- kurтz
- Tfue
- MSF Clix
- KNG Unknown
- FaZe Funk
- Nittle
- CLG psalm
- NRG EpikWhale
- KNG karhu
Duos:
- Gambit.fwexY and Gambit.letw1k3
- COOLER Nyhrox and COOLER aquaㅤ
- VHV Crue and VHV Chapix
- GO Deadra and GO M11Z
- NRG Zayt and Ghost Saf
- Tempo Brush and Temp CizLucky
- Nate Hill and FaZe Funk
- KNG Leno and KNG Barl
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Weeks 5 and 6
Week five and six was where we witnessed the resurgence of multiple household competitive Fortnite names, with names such as Martin "MrSavage" Foss Andersen and Williams "Zayt" Aubin securing their spot at the Fortnite World Cup Finals this coming weekend. Week five and six also marked the point in which the qualifiers were more than halfway complete, with high octane action throughout all six weeks so far the qualifiers although solely online have been a spectacle to watch. The duo portion of these two weeks also saw the popular streaming organization "Solary" have both of its French duos qualify for the World Cup, and they did not let up with their celebrations.
🛫✈ New York ✅ @Sly_Nikof & @Airwaks (98 points)✅ @Kinstaar92i & @SLY_hunterr (89 points)#SLYWINpic.twitter.com/I4jQXqSbIp
— SOLARY #SLYNYC 🗽 (@SolaryTV)
May 19, 2019
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Week 5 and 6 qualified players
Solos:
- Link
- Meta Peterpan
- Atlantis Lеtshe
- x-komAGO JARKOS
- E11 Klusia
- NRG MrSavageM
- Ghost ISSA
- Snayzy
- Fnatic smeef
- TrainH BlastR.
- NRG Zayt
- RogueShark_
- RS kolorful.
- FaZe Megga.
- Envy Bucke
- 100T Klass
- C9 DK
- 1400 Rhux UwU
- USE CODE PZUHS
Duos:
- volx and pаrpy
- NewbeeXXM-CN and Newbee_xMende
- Solary Airwaks and Solary Nîkof
- Solary Hunter and Solary Kinstaar
- Lnuef and Quіnten
- VP 7ssk7 and VP JAMSIDE
- 100T Ceice and 100T Elevate
- coL Lanjok and coL Punisher
- FaZe Megga. and FaZe Dubs.
- wisheydp and GusTavox8
- KNG little and KNG Jay.
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Weeks 7 and 8
Weeks seven and eight were the second to last qualifier weekends for the Fortnite World Cup Finals with many hopeful professional players running out of time to qualify for New York City many were relieved during these weeks to finally secure their ticket this coming weekend. Notable North America East player Malachi “Reverse2k” Greiner who is also know for his Summer Skirmish victories as well as duoing with Tyler "Ninja" Blevins. Going into Sunday’s finals, Reverse2K placed in or around the top one hundred in previous solo qualifiers but never quite found his footing, throughout the day Reverse2K looked poised to take home a qualification spot. With a one kill victory early on, he carried this momentum into further games. Captivating a nine elimination victory followed up by a seven elimination victory all but solidified his ticket to New York.
Week eight which was the duos portion of the two weeks also stirred up some controversay with how Epic Games is running their competitve scene. Damion “XXiF” C was previously banned after he qualified for solos in week three of the qualifiers after an investigation by Epic Games found sufficient evidence to support the claims of him teaming in multiple matches.
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Week 7 and 8 qualified players
Solos:
- twins iwnl
- Code Meta-Hood-J
- T1 Ar1us
- COOLER aqua
- mārteeṉeu
- Erouce
- TrainH Robabz
- Skāilereu
- Solary Kinstaar
- Atlantis K1nzell
- Gambit.fwexY
- RS Clarity
- Reverse2k
- Astоnish
- Thiccboy Luneze
- KNG Chenkinz
- KNG Fatch.
- C9 Nicks
- 9z kıng
- 1400 Pika
- 4DRStorm.
Duos
- E11 itemm and Derox.
- V Oslo and V BadSniper
- COOLER 4zr and COOLER Noward
- Eon RedRush and Eon znappy
- Rogue Tetchra and Rogue Eclipsae
- RoAtDW and E11 BlooTea
- Ronaldo and XXIF
- Ghost Sean and Ghost Aydan
Weeks 9 and 10
The concluding weeks of the Fortnite World Cup Online Open saw the redemption of one of the most famous and reknown Fortnite players of all time in Kyle "Mongraal" Jackson. Facing immense pressure, the final solo week was Mongraal’s redemption. Finishing at 63 points which netted him a comfortable fifth place finish, he ultimately secured his double qualification for the Fornite World Cup Finals.
During the solo portion of the concluding weeks, familar names prevailed while others had their hopes and aspirations crushed as they were out of chances. Vinny “Vinny1x” Gilgan and his partner Anthony “ZexRow” Colandro have risen to become two household names in North American competitive Fortnite. Representing TSM, the duo has been known for their aggressive style of gameplay which was formed off of ZexRow’s mindset. After Vinny1x claimed the solo title at the ESL Katowice Royal earlier this year, the duo mustered a fourth-place finish solidifying themselves as a powerhouse duo to look out for.
Week 9 and 10 qualified players
Solos:
- sozman iwnl
- nifuaM
- MSF Endretta
- VHV Crue
- LeStream Skite
- GL LYGHT
- FaZe Mongraal .
- Εmqu
- dMIND.teeq
- LeStream Blaxou
- MRKN Kawzmik
- Touzii
- LZR Legedien
- CODE SEN-Aspect
- LZR Hornet
- LZR Kreo
- Clipnode
- 100T Arkhram1x
- snoirreH
Duos:
- from the village and hype iwnl
- TriggerQQ Flame and TriggerQQ Uniq
- LZR Wolfiez and LZR Rojo
- LeStream Skite and LeStream Vato
- FaZe Vorwenn and Atlantis Tuckz
- E11 Klusia and SNG Th0masHD
- Slackes and KeysFN
- TSM_Zexrow and TSM.Vinny1x
- yung calculator and coL MackWood
- 9z хown and 9z king
- NRG EpikWhale and 4DRStorm.
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The Fortnite World Cup is without a doubt the biggest esports tournament of the year and throughout the tournament, we will have constant live updates of every match! So make sure to stay tuned to our Twitter for all the winners throughout the event!
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Written ByNick Farrell @NickFarrell91