The Dubai Digital Sports Festival concludes its first edition with great success
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The first session of the Dubai Digital Sports Festival 2022 was concluded yesterday, which was organized under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, and hosted by the Dubai Festivals and Retail Corporation, in cooperation with VSPN, a global leader in solutions and activities. Comprehensive esports, and the main partner du.
The last day of the festival, which lasted from the ninth to the 20th of this month, hosted the final round of the PUBG World Championship, which witnessed the victory of the “Natus Vincere” team, while the “Team 17” team came in second place.
The PUBG World Championship was launched on the first of this month, with the participation of 32 teams from four regions to compete for prizes worth more than two million dollars.
The Dubai Digital Sports Festival, the first event to be hosted by the Dubai Exhibition Center at Dubai Expo City, brought together top players and thought leaders in the field of digital sports for a bouquet of live events and popular culture activities that lasted over two weeks.
The festival welcomed large numbers of families, thousands of digital sports enthusiasts, and industry experts to enjoy its diverse agenda of events, including the PUBG World Championship 2022, the opening summit, Game Expo, Pop Con Middle East, the live concert of rapper Wigs, and other regional tournaments. , and the Minecraft Schools Esports Tournament.
The festival kicked off its activities with the inaugural summit, the leading platform dedicated to enhancing communication between companies in the electronic sports and games sector, which brought together, over two days, a group of the most prominent experts, developers and innovators in the sector.
The summit, which was organized on the 9th and 10th of November, in cooperation with the Dubai World Trade Center and Dubai Media City, affiliated with the Tecom Group, the knowledge partner of the event, hosted more than 1,000 participants and more than 60 of the most prominent experts and thought leaders in the e-sports sector, in a move that highlighted Highlighting Dubai's potential for growth in the field of electronic sports.
On the other hand, the activities of "Game Expo" and "Pop Con Middle East" were launched, and were organized in cooperation with the Dubai World Trade Center, on the second day of the festival.
The GameExpo and PopCon Middle East events hosted a host of Hollywood celebrities, including Chris Hemsworth (famous as Thor in Thor), Stephen Amell (famous as Oliver Queen in Green Arrow), and many more.
The GameExpo event witnessed three prominent tournaments in the field of electronic games, in cooperation with leading international brands such as Minecraft and the Crown Challenge Championship, to provide a platform that allows competitors in the field of electronic sports and young players in the region to hone their skills and highlight them to the public, in addition to the opportunity to win prizes up to Its value is $25,000.
These included the Minecraft Schools Esports Tournament, in which more than 600 students from 12 schools in Dubai participated;
and the Gamers Hub Middle East regional electronic tournament, with the participation of about 1,800 players who competed to win numerous titles in Fortnite, Brawl Stars, FIFA 23, Valorant and Racquet League games through various platforms, and get prizes amounting to 22 thousand dirhams;
And the Crown Challenge Championship, which is supported by the company that distributes the game "Ten Cent", to be the first tournament in designated places hosted by Dubai, with prizes amounting to $ 25,000.
In addition, the “Game Expo” witnessed the launch of the famous “Street Fighter 6” game.
Last Saturday, the Egyptian singer "Wigs" gave a concert at the Dubai Exhibition Center in Dubai Expo City, on the penultimate day of the first session of the festival.
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