Garena to host Free Fire World Series in Singapore this year

Garena will hold the Free Fire World Series for 2021 in Singapore and it will feature a whopping total prize pool of $2 million

Garena will be hosting this year’s Free Fire World Series (FFWS) in Singapore. The event will also see Free Fire’s international tournaments getting back on the normal offline mode after the 2020 editions were held online.

The prize pool at stake is a staggering $2 million, or around Rs 14,48,04,000! This will be the largest prize pool in the tournament’s history and fans have a lot to be thrilled about.

Garena Free Fire World Series: Overview

The Free Fire World Series 2021 SG tournament will kick off with the Play-ins scheduled for May 22, while the Finals will be held on May 29.

Garena had initially targeted to go ahead with the Play-ins on April 24 and the finals on May 1. However, the organizers had to reshuffle the dates due to the current pandemic still raging globally.

Format of the tournament

Garena will organize a total of six rounds in which the teams will compete across all three maps. Teams will receive points based on round ranking and the number of cumulative kills achieved.

The FFWS 2021 SG will feature 22 teams across 14 regions to compete with each other for the top honours. The Play-ins will feature 12 teams who placed either first or second in the regional-level tournaments.

Garena announced its biggest Free Fire tournament today. The World Series 2021 will be held in Singapore with a prize pool of $2 million.

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The top two teams from the Free Fire India Championship 2021 India will represent the Indian cadre. The top two teams from the Play-ins will join the top 10 teams across each regional-level tournament in the Finals.

Indian fans will recall that Garena has scheduled the Finals of the Free Fire India Championship 2021 Spring to be held on March 21. The organizers will live-stream the event at 6:00 PM on Free Fire Esports India Facebook and YouTube channels.

The run up to the FFWS will surely be a tournament worth watching!