Riot Games Announced MENA Wild Rift Tournament!

The MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) will have its first official Wild Rift tournament in July, according to Riot Games. Rift War will follow a similar format to the Intel Arabian Cup, the region’s largest League of Legends competition.

A new competition arena, and a new chance to win championships… Now in the Rift Battle! Gather your team and take part in the first official Wild Rift Championship in the Middle East and North Africa! To register and for more information, please visit the tournament website: https://botrarabia.leagueoflegends.com/ar/register

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The Wild Rift tournament will include a seven-month competitive season. There will be two leagues in the tournament, each with a $10,000 prize pool. The competition will end with a final event with a $20,000 prize pool. The tournament will be in partnership with regional esports promoter and production company Calyx.

Participating countries were classified into 2 regions:

• GCC (Gulf Countries) and Iraq
  • Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Iraq
• Levant (Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region) and North Africa
  • Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya

Calyx and Riot Games Team Up!

League of Legends: Wild Rift has become one of the most watched and played mobile game in the world. Due to its rapid growth in popularity, it created a strong competitive arena like League of Legends. This version, is definitely popular around those who are passionate about MOBA games on mobile.

Riot Games made the following comment about the tournament:

Part of our mission in the region is to provide our players with multiple roadmaps that deliver on the Wild Rift experience. Battle of The Rift is just one of many products for this year and we are excited to see how our players will interact with it.

The MENA region is growing rapidly as a mobile game market. Riot Games, on the other hand, is focused on developing esports ecosystems in the region for its new games. The company also actively supports VALORANT competitions, which will feed the championship event qualifiers in Europe through Strike Arabia.