Esports World Cup 2025: Prize-money, games list, format, points system, teams, odds & more

The Esports World Cup is a mammoth event in the Esports world, taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this summer.

The second ever instalment of the event boasts a prize pool in excess of £50m, and will feature 25 varying games, each with a unique tournament across the near two-month long calendar.

Here's everything you need to know about the global event.

What is the Esports World Cup?

The Esports World Cup is an elite multi-genre esports competition that takes place annually in Saudi Arabia, during July and August, at Riyadh Boulevard City, the 2024 tournament was the inaugural edition.

Replacing the Gamers8 festival, the EWC offers the largest prize pool in esports and feature the most popular esports titles across all major gaming genres, including Call of Daty: WARZONE, League of Legends and EAFC.

The event also includes a cross-game competition format, awarding huge cash prizes for individual game titles and club performances.

The winning team at the end of the event, on Sunday 24th August 2025, will be crowned World Club Champion.

Esports World Cup format

The Esports World Cup will encompass 26 tournaments across its 25 competitive titles.

Each tournament will adhere to its own unique format and rules, contributing to a larger competition known as the Club Championship.

What is the Club Championship in esports?

The Club Championship is a cross-game competition within the Esports World Cup.

The championship will distribute a total of £18m amongst the top 16 clubs, determined by their overall performance in various games throughout the tournament.

To qualify for the Club Championship, a club must finish in the top 8 in at least two competitions, and to win the championship title, the club must secure first place in at least one competition.

Esports World Cup points system

Clubs can enter their rosters in multiple titles, with those finishing 8th or higher in each competition earning points as follows:

1. 1,000 points
2. 600 points
3. 350 points
4. 200 points
5. 11 points
6. 70 points
7. 30 points
8. 20 points

Esports World Cup games list

A total of 25 games will feature throughout the Esports World Cup in 2025:

• Apex Legends
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Chess
• Counter-Strike 2
• Crossfire
• Dota 2
• EA Sports FC 25
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• Garena Free Fire
• Honor of Kings
• League of Legends
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Naraka: Bladepoint
• Overwatch 2
• PUBG: Battlegrounds
• PUBG Mobile
• Rainbow Six Siege X
• Rennsport
• Rocket League
• StarCraft II
• Street Fighter 6
• Teamfight Tactics
• Tekken 8
• Valorant

Esports World Cup teams

The 40 teams representing the five major competitive regions (Europe, North America, Asia, South America and the Middle East) are as follows:

Europe

• Fnatic
• G2 Sports
• Gentle Mates
• HEROIC
• Karmine Corp
• MOUZ
• Movistar KOI
• Natus Vincere
• Ninjas in Pyjamas
• Team BDS
• Team Liquid
• Team Secret
• Team Spirit
• Team Vitality
• Virtus.pro

North America

• 100 Thieves
• Cloud9
• FaZe Clan
• Gaimin Gladiators
• Sentinels

South America

• Furia
• Leviatan
• LOUD

Asia

• All Gamers
• Bilibili Gaming
• Edward Gaming
• EVOS Esports
• Gen.G Esports
• JD Gaming
• ONIC Esports
• REJECT
• Rex Regum Qeon
• S8UL Esports
• T1
• Weibo Gaming
• Wolves Esports
• ZETA DIVISION

Middle East

• POWR Sports
• Team Falcons
• Twisted Minds

Esports World Cup prize money

The Esports World Cup boasts a mammoth prize pool of over $70m, around £52m - the largest combined prize fund in esports history.

Prize money has been broken down into four categories:

• Club Championship
• Game Championships
• Qualifiers
• MVP Awards

The Club Championship will award $20m to the top 16 teams based on their overall performance, while each of the 20 Game Championships will have a combined prize pool of $33.8 million.

Teams will compete for more than $7 million during qualifying events, and the MVP of each event will be awarded $50,000.

Esports World Cup prize money distribution

Category:	Prize:
Club Championship	$27,000,000
Game Championships	$38,000,000
Qualifiers	$5,000,000+
MVP Awards	$450,000

Club Championship prize money distribution

Position:	Prize Money
1	$7,000,000
2	$4,000,000
3	$3,000,000
4	$2,500,000
5	$2,000,000
6	$1,500,000
7	$1,000,000
8	$850,000
9	$700,000
10	$600,000
11	$525,000
12	$450,000
13	$400,000
14	$350,000
15	$325,000
16	$300,000
17	$275,000
18	$250,000
19	$225,000
20	$200,000
21	$175,000
22	$150,000
23	$125,000
24	$100,000