RIYADH
2023
CHINA
2024
DUBAI
2025
USA
2026
2027
2028

The Global Esports Tour is a series of professional esports tournaments - staged in global cities throughout the year - contested by professional esports athletes and teams.
Global Esports Tour Riyadh 2023 was staged on August 26-27, 2023, at the state-of-the-art, purpose-built Boulevard Riyadh City, during the Gamers8 festival, an international gaming and esports event in the capital city of Saudi Arabia.
Participating pro athletes competed for a US$50,000 prize pool in eFootball 2023.




RIYADH
RIO DE JANEIRO
DUBAI
HANGZHOU
LAS VEGAS
AUCKLAND

BIRMINGHAM
6-7 August, 2022
The inaugural Commonwealth Esports Championships and Commonwealth Esports Forum was successfully staged in Birmingham, England this summer. The Championships is a tangible result of the Strategic Partnership between the Global Esports Federation and the Commonwealth Games Federation, announced in May 2020.

World Forum

Inclusion
& Diversity
BIRMINGHAM

Health, Wellness, Community

Youth Leadership
& Future of Work

Unlocking
Metaverse

NEXT EVENT
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The #worldconnected series is GEF’s community-oriented event. This series, inspired by the GEF values, consists of esports competitions delivered by Member Federations and supported by GEF + GEFcon - global thought leadership.
The GEF determines the format for each WCS edition according to the global events calendar.

LAST EVENT
KATOWICE
EGE 2023
GEFcon is our global convention of thought leaders. Attendees enjoy access to exclusive content developed with participation of influential thought leaders and experts in reflection on the dynamic, growing esports ecosystem.
In addition, each year, a series of World Fora (each a GEF World Forum) creates leadership and lighthouse activities around core GEF strategic themes.
