The Mundial de Canicas 2024, another ambitious project of Twitch megastar Ibai, was held on May 14. This event, a sort of World Cup for marbles, was held in Barcelona and saw over 87K people watch the Grand Final, where Costa Rica sneaked past Spain to emerge as the champion.
The fourth edition of Mundial de Canicas 2024 saw ibai take up hosting duties alongside regular partner Ander, with Sergio Parra and Reven providing their comments as well. Some of the participating countries had great pedigree in actual sporting competitions, including the US, France, South Korea, Mexico, China, Brazil, and Italy.
Live streamed exclusively on the Spanish star's channel, it also recorded 282.5K Hours Watched and 67.8K Average Viewers over around four hours of airtime. That a competition involving something as trivial as marbles, albeit played in a World Cup format, did so well is testament to its creators' vision and ability to pull in viewers from across the globe thanks to the star power he has accrued over the past decade as a star content creator for the purple platform.
What helped the Marbles World Cup 2024 attract attention and thousands of viewers were the various sub-plots and controversies surrounding it. Fans got to see a Mexico versus Argentina clash that came from a "Group of Death" that also included Brazil and Colombia.
There were also disputable moments in matches involving teams like France, Spain, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and China. Moreover, dreaded points of interest on the circuit like the 'Kanikatoa Volcano' and the 'Death Ramp' ensured teams struggled throughout, with some awkward moments even costing sides the game.
Finally, the title decider saw a nail-biting affair where both countries won two races each in this best-of-five duel. Eventually, the Central American nation retained enough composure to keep its head — even as its opponent could not complete the circuit — and finish the final race to become the world champion.
The Mundial de Canicas 2024 was caught by enough people worldwide to put Ibai in second among the most popular streamers in the Special Events category on Twitch over the past week. ZeratoR was the leader in this regard thanks to the success of his ZLAN 2024, where Lockness06 made history as the series' first two-time winner.
With his ability to constantly evolve and remain relevant via his diverse content and business acumen, ibai has maintained his position as an untouchable for the Amazon-owned streaming service. Be it the Kings/Queens league or the boxing event, La Velada del Año, he continues to add events to his portfolio that attract millions of viewers and even create platform history.
