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League of Legends<\/em> giants T1 have emerged victorious at the inaugural Esports World Cup over LPL squad Top Esports, stepping up when it mattered most in the 3-1 win\u2014but a record low number of fans tuned in to see the victory.<\/p>

The Faker-led outfit was made to work for the win against a determined TES who looked on track to win without a game lost after downing Gen.G and G2. The Chinese squad, undefeated in the LPL Summer Split, opened the final with much fanfare after a 23-minute shellacking of the Korean squad, but Faker and co. managed to rebound and never looked back, winning three straight games to secure the trophy.<\/p>

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It’s T1’s second international League<\/a> <\/em>trophy in as many years after their historic World Championship 2023 triumph<\/a>, but the win at EWC will leave far less of an impact than an MSI or Worlds. This week’s tournament<\/a> saw just eight squads attend and play out a single-elimination bracket\u2014an outdated format<\/a>\u2014and the allure of the million-dollar prize pool in Saudi Arabia wasn’t enough to break new ground for viewership.<\/p>

EWC 2024 was the least-viewed international League<\/em> event in over five years. The EWC grand final cracked just 1.1 million viewers, according to stats site Esports Charts<\/a>. It’s the least-watched grand final since MSI 2018’s bout between RNG and DRX, and while the week’s broadcast averaged a respectable 565,093 per match, the numbers pale in comparison to League’s<\/em> premier tournaments or even its bigger regional finals in the LCK and LPL.<\/p>

Given the event received little to no promotion by Riot Games compared to Worlds or MSI, and the unfavorable Saudi timezone for League<\/em> fans in the east, demand for international League<\/em> events outside the general calendar remains solid. That said, T1’s popularity certainly would have accounted for extra viewership, so if anything, EWC’s shortcomings are more a reflection of the format and interest in the Saudi event as a whole.<\/p>

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