Esports World Cup 2025: Games, teams, and schedule

Esports World Cup 2025 officially begins on July 8th. 24 games will be played across July and August with the best teams and players in the world converging in Saudi Arabia.

Ever since its introduction last year, the EWC is one of the most lucrative and prestigious esports tournament of the year. This article provides a complete list of games, teams, and more.

Esports World Cup 2025 Games and Schedule

EWC 2025 schedules

25 tournaments will be held in Esports World Cup 2025 across July and August. The start and end date for each tournament is listed below:

Dota 2

  • Start date: July 8, 2025
  • End date: July 19, 2025

VALORANT

  • Start date: July 8, 2025
  • End date: July 13, 2025

Rennsport

  • Start date: July 8, 2025
  • End date: July 11, 2025

Honor of Kings

  • Start date: July 10, 2025
  • End date: July 26, 2025

Apex Legends

  • Start date: July 10, 2025
  • End date: July 13, 2025

Fatal Fury

  • Start date: July 10, 2025
  • End date: July 12, 2025

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women

  • Start date: July 15, 2025
  • End date: July 19, 2025

Free Fire

  • Start date: July 16, 2025
  • End date: July 20, 2025

League of Legends

  • Start date: July 16, 2025
  • End date: July 20, 2025

Starcraft II

  • Start date: July 22, 2025
  • End date: July 25, 2025

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

  • Start date: July 24, 2025
  • End date: July 27, 2025

PUBG Mobile

  • Start date: July 25, 2025
  • End date: August 3, 2025

Chess

  • Start date: July 29, 2025
  • End date: August 1, 2025

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

  • Start date: July 30, 2025
  • End date: August 2, 2025

Overwatch 2

  • Start date: July 31, 2025
  • End date: August 3, 2025

Rainbow Six Siege

  • Start date: August 5, 2025
  • End date: August 9, 2025

Call of Duty: Warzone

  • Start date: August 6, 2025
  • End date: August 9, 2025

EA Sports FC 25

  • Start date: August 7, 2025
  • End date: August 10, 2025

Teamfight Tactics

  • Start date: August 11, 2025
  • End date: August 15, 2025

PUBG Battlegrounds

  • Start date: August 12, 2025
  • End date: August 16, 2025

Tekken 8

  • Start date: August 13, 2025
  • End date: August 16, 2025

Rocket League

  • Start date: August 14, 2025
  • End date: August 17, 2025

Crossfire

  • Start date: August 19, 2025
  • End date: August 23, 2025

Counter Strike 2

  • Start date: August 20, 2025
  • End date: August 24, 2025
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Street Fighter 6

  • Start date: August 20, 2025
  • End date: August 23, 2025

Esports World Cup 2025 Teams/Players

EWC 2025 partnered teams

The 25 tournaments in Esports World Cup 2025 will feature a wide variety of teams across different regions. Here are all the teams and players representing organizations at EWC 2025:

Dota 2

  • Gaimin Gladiators
  • Xtreme Gaming
  • PARIVISION
  • BetBoom Team
  • Team Spirit
  • Virtus.pro
  • Natus Vincere
  • Team Liquid
  • Team Falcons
  • Talon
  • HEROIC
  • Aurora Gaming
  • Shopify Rebellion
  • Tundra Esports
  • Team Yandex
  • Execration

VALORANT

  • G2 Esports
  • Sentinels
  • NRG
  • 100 Thieves
  • Fnatic
  • Team Heretics
  • BBL Esports
  • Karmine Corp
  • Rex Regum Qeon
  • Gen.G
  • Paper Rex
  • DRX
  • Xi Lai Gaming
  • Bilibili Gaming
  • EDward Gaming
  • Titan Esports Club

Rennsport

  • Virtus.pro
  • MOUZ
  • Team Vitality
  • BMW M Team Redline Redbull Sim Racing
  • BS+COMPETITION
  • Atlassian Williams
  • Porsche Coanda Esports
  • Team Falcons
  • Mercedes-AMG MSI

Honor of Kings

  • OG
  • BOOM Esports
  • Gen.G
  • Kagendra
  • Team Vitality
  • AG.AL
  • ThunderTalk Global
  • Twisted Minds
  • Team Vitality
  • Dominator Esports
  • Nova Esports
  • Loops
  • Alpha7 Esports
  • Paws Gaming
  • A.C.T. Esports Club
  • Blacklist International
  • Nongshim RedForce
  • Black Shrew Esport

Apex Legends

  • Alliance
  • Team Falcons
  • AlQadsiah Esports
  • 100 Thieves
  • Shopify Rebellion
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas
  • NRG
  • AG.AL
  • TSM
  • Team Liquid
  • FURIA
  • Team Orchid
  • Movistar KOI
  • ROC Esports
  • Twisted Minds
  • Sentinels
  • Natus Vincere
  • FUSION
  • Virtus.pro
  • Crazy Raccoon
  • Zero Tenacity
  • GoNext Esports
  • Gaimin Gladiators
  • MOUZ
  • Ronin Esports
  • Team Nemesis
  • NOEZ FOXX
  • ENTER FORCE.36
  • Wolves Esports
  • JD Gaming
  • Fnatic
  • EDward Gaming
  • Rival Esports
  • VK Gaming
  • S8UL Esports
  • Gen.G
  • UNLIMIT
  • SBI e-Sports
  • RRX
  • Kinotrope Gaming

Fatal Fury

  • Xiaohai (KuaiShao Gaming)
  • Fenritti (CAG Osaka)
  • GO1 (DetonatioN FocusMe)
  • Poongko (Weibo Gaming)
  • Reynald (All Gamers)
  • NYChrisG (ONIC Esports)
  • RB
  • ZJZ (T1)
  • Kindevu (Team Falcons)
  • DarkAngel (Natus Vincere)
  • Nemo (Saishunkan Sol Kumamoto)
  • KojiKOG (IGZIST)
  • ET (Team Falcons)
  • TheGio (GetHypeZone)
  • xyzzy (Team Falcons)
  • mok (Team Falcons)

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women

  • Natus Vincere PH
  • Natus Vincere MY
  • Falcons Vega MENA
  • Twisted Minds
  • Virtus.pro
  • ONIC Esports
  • Tidal Legends Gaming
  • FUT Esports
  • Rising Rage
  • Team Vitality
  • Gaimin Gladiators
  • WAOW GG Esports
  • Terror Queens
  • DreamMax
  • CFU Serendipity
  • Team Liquid

Free Fire

  • Team Falcons
  • Hotshot Esports
  • ALPHA
  • ONIC Esports
  • Buriram United Esports
  • Bigetron Esports
  • AG.AL
  • Virtus.pro
  • Rex Regum Qeon
  • EVOS
  • Core Memory Esports
  • Rainbow7
  • Visionsystem SPA
  • RED HAWKS
  • LOS
  • Fluxo
  • Alfa 34
  • paiN Gaming

League of Legends

  • T1
  • Gen.G
  • Hanwha Life Esports
  • AG.AL
  • Bilibili Gaming
  • G2 Esports
  • Movistar KOI
  • FlyQuest
  • Cloud9
  • FURIA
  • CTBC Flying Oyster
  • GAM Esports
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Starcraft II

  • Clem (Team Liquid)
  • herO (Twisted Minds)
  • SHIN (Weibo Gaming)
  • Solar (Team Falcons)
  • Maru (Team Vitality)
  • Classic (Virtus.pro)
  • Lancer (JD Gaming)
  • Trigger (BASILISK)
  • Zoun (Team Vitality)
  • Cure (Team Liquid)
  • Serral (BASILISK)
  • Reynor (BASILISK)
  • ShoWTimE (Sentinels)
  • Rogue (Team Falcons)
  • ByuN (Shopify Rebellion)
  • Lambo (Shopify Rebellion)
  • HeroMarine (MOUZ)
  • Astrea

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

  • FaZe Clan
  • Cloud9
  • Carolina Royal Ravens
  • Boston Breach
  • 100 Thieves
  • Team Heretics
  • Los Angeles Guerrilas M8
  • Team WaR
  • OMiT
  • Team Falcons
  • Movistar KOI
  • OpTic Gaming
  • Vancouver Surge
  • G2 Esports
  • Team Orchid
  • P7 Esports

PUBG Mobile

  • R8 Esports
  • eArena
  • Alter Ego Ares
  • Team Secret
  • Alpha Gaming
  • Horaa Esports
  • 4thrives Esports
  • Team Falcons
  • Fire Flux Esports
  • IDA Esports
  • Regnum Carya Esports
  • Team Vision
  • POWR eSports
  • Team GamaX
  • INTENSE GAME
  • INFLUENCER RAGE
  • Alpha7 Esports
  • Yangon Galacticos
  • Weibo Gaming
  • TT Global
  • DRX
  • Aryan x TMG Gaming
  • KINOTROPE Gaming
  • Nongshim RedForce

Chess

  • Magnus Carlsen (Team Liquid)
  • Hikaru Nakamura (Team Falcons)
  • Alireza Firouzja (Team Falcons)
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi (Aurora Gaming)
  • Arjun Erigaisi (Gen.G)
  • Wei Yi (Weibo Gaming)
  • Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Natus Vincere)
  • Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Twisted Minds)
  • Vladislav Artemiev (Team Spirit)
  • Fabiano Caruana (Team Liquid)
  • Vladimir Fedoseev
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Team Vitality)

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

  • CFU Gaming
  • Team Spirit
  • ONIC
  • ONIC Philippines
  • Aurora Gaming
  • Area 77
  • Team Liquid
  • Ultra Legends
  • Rex Regum Qeon
  • SRG.OG
  • Corinthians
  • Homebois
  • Team Flash
  • Mythic SEAL
  • DianFengYaoGuai
  • Team Falcons
  • INFLUENCER RAGE
  • Virtus.pro
  • Legion Esports
  • Nightmare Esports
  • The MongolZ
  • Rare Atom
  • ZETA DIVISION

Overwatch 2

  • Crazy Raccoon
  • T1
  • All Gamers Global
  • VARREL
  • The Gatos Guapos
  • Team Liquid
  • NTMR
  • Geekay Esports
  • Al Qadsiah
  • Twisted Minds
  • Virtus.pro
  • Weibo Gaming
  • Team CC
  • ROC Esports
  • ZoKorp Esports
  • LCQ Slot

Rainbow Six Siege

Sixteen teams will participate in the Rainbow Six Siege EWC tournament. However, the teams haven’t been confirmed yet.

Call of Duty: Warzone

  • 100 Thieves
  • Virtus.pro
  • Team Falcons
  • KOI
  • 9z Team
  • FiveFears
  • AG.AL
  • Twisted Minds
  • Gamax Esports
  • FaZe Clan
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas
  • NOVO Esports
  • Team Dekii
  • Team Vision
  • Gentle Mates
  • Fnatic
  • ROC Esports
  • Inner Circle
  • Team i hmoodx
  • EVOS Esports
  • ARP Gaming

EA Sports FC 25

  • AbuMakkah (Team Falcons)
  • jafonso (Al-Nassr Esports Mkers)
  • Levi de Weerd (Team Liquid)
  • Stingray (FC Lorient)
  • LJR_Peixoto (Sevilla FC)
  • nicolas99fc (exeed)
  • Obrun2002 (Twisted Minds)
  • Vejrgang (RBLZ Gaming)
  • Matias (Manchester City)
  • Tekkz (Manchester City)
  • Brice (Team Vitality)
  • Fouma (FC Lorient)
  • ChrisdeBoer (Team Liquid)
  • Giobundyy (Almere City FC)
  • EmreYilmaz (Team Liquid)
  • Resende (w7m Esports)
  • Jonny (S8UL Esports)
  • Levyfinn (RBLZ Gaming)
  • Danipitbull (NOVO Esports)
  • samugamer (exeed)
  • GuiBarros (RBLZ Gaming)
  • Paulo Neto (Atlanta United FC)
  • Fonseca (Tuzzy E-Sports)
  • Rampazzo (Tuzzy E-Sports)
  • Fakhr999
  • cowen (Tuzzy E-Sports)
  • Young (Team Liquid)
  • isGoatMan (The Vicious)
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Teamfight Tactics

  • AEGIS
  • Fnatic
  • MOUZ
  • Al Qadsiah Esports
  • EVOS Esports
  • Twisted Minds
  • Wolves Esports
  • Team Falcons
  • Weibo Gaming
  • T1
  • Virtus.pro
  • ROC Esports
  • Flash Wolves
  • Citadel Gaming
  • Team Vitality
  • Team Liquid

PUBG Battlegrounds

  • Freecs
  • Twisted Minds
  • Team Falcons
  • BetBoom Team
  • 17 Gaming
  • Theerathon Five
  • The Expendables
  • FULL SENSE
  • Gen.G
  • T1
  • FN Esports
  • Game Start Win
  • Petrichor Road
  • Change The Game
  • Virtus.pro
  • Natus Vincere
  • Geekay Esports
  • Team Liquid
  • TOYO Esports
  • ROC Esports
  • Buriram United Esports
  • AG.AL
  • TDT Esports
  • Sharper Esports

Tekken 8

  • Ulsan (Freecs)
  • ATIF (Team Falcons)
  • Knee (DRX)
  • Mulgold (Freecs)
  • Mangja (Virtus.pro)
  • PINYA (VARREL)
  • KingReyJr (Team Vitality)
  • EDGE (T1)
  • Arslan Ash (Twisted Minds)
  • LowHigh (DRX)
  • Rangchu (VARREL)
  • Farzeen (Team Falcons)
  • Chikurin (THY Esports)
  • NOBI (YAMASA)
  • KEISUKE (ZETA DIVISION)
  • ILIAS (Team BDS)
  • Jeondding (Team Vitality)
  • Meo-IL (Freecs)
  • Yagami (Al Qadsiah)
  • Tibetano (Gaimin Gladiators)
  • JDCR (Rex Regum Qeon)
  • Tekken Master (NASR eSports)
  • Bilal (Wolves Esports)
  • CBM (Freecs)
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD

Rocket League

  • Dignitas
  • Team Vitality
  • Karmine Corp
  • Geekay Esports
  • NRG
  • The Ultimates
  • Gen.G Mobil1 Racing
  • Spacestation Gaming
  • Twisted Minds
  • Team Falcons
  • FURIA
  • Team Secret
  • Virtus.pro
  • TSM
  • Wildcard
  • FUT Esports

CrossFire

  • Evolution Power
  • All Gamers
  • Qing Jiu Club
  • KINGZERO-eSports
  • ROC Esports
  • Gaimin Gladiators
  • Al Qadsiah Esports
  • BaiSha Gaming
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD

Counter Strike 2

  • Team Vitality
  • Team Spirit
  • MOUZ
  • The MongolZ
  • Aurora Gaming
  • Team Falcons
  • G2 Esports
  • Natus Vincere
  • 3DMAX
  • FaZe Clan
  • GamerLegion
  • Astralis
  • HEROIC
  • TYLOO
  • Virtus.pro
  • Team Liquid

Street Fighter 6

  • Xiaohai (KuaiShou Gaming)
  • gachikun (Good 8 Squad)
  • Kawano (Good 8 Squad)
  • Psycho (Virtus.pro)
  • pugera (Good 8 Squad)
  • Phenom (Ninjas in Pyjamas)
  • Shine (100 Thieves)
  • Punk (FlyQuest)
  • YHC-Mochi (VARREL)
  • Veggey (Ninjas in Pyjamas)
  • Big Bird (REJECT)
  • AngryBird (REJECT)
  • Kakeru (ZETA DIVISION)
  • Blaz (2Game Esports)
  • Leshar (DRX)
  • Juicyjoe (Ninjas in Pyjamas)
  • NoahTheProdigy (Twisted Minds)
  • Tokido (REJECT)
  • Shuto (Crazy Raccoon)
  • NL (Team Falcons)
  • Fuudo (REJECT)
  • EndingWalker (MOUZ)
  • MenaRD (Weibo Gaming)
  • Ryukichi (FAV Gaming)
  • Higuchi (ZETA DIVISION)
  • Moke (FAV Gaming)
  • Bonchan (Crazy Raccoon)
  • Itabashi Zangief (DetonatioN FocusMe)
  • Dual Kevin (ZEDI ESPORTS)
  • NARIKUN (ONIC)
  • Zhen (KuaiShou Gaming)
  • Craime
  • Nephew (Team Liquid)
  • TBD
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Siddarth Narasimman
Siddarth Narasimman
Siddarth Narasimman is an Esports and Gaming writer who specializes in covering a wide array of games. His primary focus lies in Genshin Impact, Wuthering Waves, Zenless Zone Zero, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, and Valorant, with additional expertise on games such as Dead by Daylight, Marvel Rivals, and Hollow Knight.Apart from writing, Siddarth loves to hit the gym and spend time watching interesting videos and TV shows.

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