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The Free Fire World Series (FFWS) has been announced for 2022. It is all set to return to Singapore and will be held in Sentosa, an island on the southern coast. The tournament is slated to take place in May and will be played in two stages- Play-ins and Finals. A total of 22 teams from 13 Free Fire regions will fight for the championship title. Squads will qualify for the FFWS by the regional Free Fire tournaments. Twelve teams will battle in the play-ins for a chance to earn a spot in the finals. The top two teams of this first stage will join the other 10 already-qualified squads on May 21.
The format of the tournament is the same as it was in the previous edition. A total of 12 teams from 12 different regions will compete over six rounds on May 14 for the top two spots. These top two teams will progress to the finals while the other ten will be eliminated. In the Finals round, the winner of the respective domestic tournament from 10 regions, along with the top two teams from the play-ins, will battle it out for six matches on May 21 to find the winner of the FFWS 2022.
Here is all you need to know about the Free Fire World Series (FFWS) 2022
Venue: Sentosa, Singapore
Stages: Play-in and Finals
Stage 1 Date (Play-in): 14 May 2022
Stage 2 Date (Final): 21 May 2022
Selection Process
10 Teams from Regional tournament Champions
2 Teams from FFWS play-ins Qualifiers
Regions
North America, Pakistan, Brazil, Taiwan, Indonesia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Latin America, Malaysia & Cambodia & Philippines (MCP), Vietnam, India, Latin America, and Europe.
Teams
Play-in
India Runners-up (FFIC 2022 Spring)
Brazil Runners-up
Indonesia Runners-up
MCP (Malaysia, Cambodia, and Philippines) Runners-up
CIS Runners-up
Vietnam Runners-up
Thailand Runners-up
LATAM Runners-up
Taiwan Champion
Pakistan Champion
North America Champion
MENA Runners-up
Finals
India Champion (FFIC 2022 Spring)
Brazil Champion
Indonesia Champion
MCP Champion
CIS Champion
MENA Champion
Thailand Champion
LATAM Champion
Europe Champion
Vietnam Champion
FFWS 2022 Play-in Qualifier
FFWS 2022 Play-in Qualifier
Prize Pool
| Ranking | $ USD | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st (Winner) | $500,000 | |
| 2nd | $250,000 | |
| 3rd | $100,000 | |
| 4th | $100,000 | |
| 5th | $90,000 | |
| 6th | $90,000 | |
| 7th | $80,000 | |
| 8th | $80,000 | |
| 9th | $70,000 | |
| 10th | $70,000 | |
| 11th | $60,000 | |
| 12th | $60,000 | |
| 13th | $50,000 | |
| 14th | $50,000 | |
| 15th | $50,000 | |
| 16th | $50,000 | |
| 17th | $40,000 | |
| 18th | $40,000 | |
| DQ | $60,000 | |
| DQ | $40,000 | |
| DQ | $40,000 |
Live Streaming
YouTube
Booyah App Live
This is the second time that Singapore will be hosting the Free Fire World Series (FFWS). The last edition of the tournament, in 2021, reached a peak of 5.4 million concurrent online viewers which was a groundbreaking record of esports matches in history.