Esports World Cup 2025 viewer’s guide

Another big LAN tournament called Esports World Cup 2025 will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from August 20 to 24. The event will feature 16 teams competing for $1.25 million in prizes.

The event will take place in a Single Elimination format without a preliminary group stage. All matches of the tournament, except for the final, will play out in a BO3 format, while the final will be BO5.

The tournament team list looks as follows:

 Vitality (apEX, ropz, ZywOo, flameZ, mezii)
 Liquid (siuhy, NAF, NertZ, Twistzz, ultimate)
 TYLOO (Attacker, JamYoung, Jee, Mercury, Moseyuh)
 Astralis (device, HooXi, stavn, jabbi, Staehr)
 NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, makazze, w0nderful)
 3DMAX (Maka, Lucky, bodyy, Ex3rcice, Graviti)
 GamerLegion (REZ, ztr, Tauson, Kursy, PR)
 The MongolZ (bLitz, Techno, Senzu, mzinho, 910)
 MOUZ (Brollan, Spinx, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN)
 Virtus.pro (electroNic, FL1T, fame, Perfecto, ICY)
 G2 (SunPayus, huNter-, malbsMd, MATYS, HeavyGod)
 Falcons (NiKo, kyousuke, TeSeS, m0NESY, kyxsan)
 FaZe (karrigan, skullz, EliGE, frozen, broky)
 Aurora (MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Wicadia, jottAAA)
 HEROIC (gr1ks, nilo, LNZ, tN1R, yxngstxr)
 Team Spirit (chopper, sh1ro, zweih, zont1x, donk)

The prize pool distribution is:

1. $500,000
2. $230,000
3. $130,000
4. $70,000
5-8. $40,000
9-16. $20,000

The full schedule and live broadcasts of Esports World Cup 2025 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.