Spirit, Falcons cruise into grand final at Esports World Cup 2025

Field Level Media|published: Fri 18th July, 13:58 2025

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Team Spirit and Team Falcons each recorded a 2-0 sweep on Friday to advance to the grand final at the Dota 2 Esports World Cup 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Spirit dispatched PARIVISION following a 44-minute win on green and a 49-minute victory on red.

Team Spirit advanced to Saturday's best-of-five grand final against Team Falcons, who swept Tundra Esports following a 44-minute win on red and a marathon 80-minute victory on green.

PARIVISION and Tundra Esports will battle in a best-of-three for third place on Saturday. The grand final is a best-of-five contest.

The Esports World Cup is the final championship of the third season of the ESL Pro Tour. Previously known as the Riyadh Masters, the EWC has a prize pool of $3 million, with $1 million plus 1,000 club points awarded to the team that is crowned champion on Saturday.

Prize pool payouts and club points:

1. TBD, $1 million, 1,000 points

2. TBD, $500,000, 750 points

3. TBD, $300,000, 500 points

4. TBD, $200,000, 300 points

5-8. Gaimin Gladiators, Aurora Gaming, Team Liquid, BetBoom Team -- $125,000, 200 points

9-12. Xtreme Gaming, Team Yandex, Talon Esports, Natus Vincere -- $75,000

13-16. Execration, Shopify Rebellion, HEROIC, Virtus.pro -- $50,000

--Field Level Media