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Undefeated Gen.G. pose big threat to T1's EWC repeat quest
The second week of the 2025 Esports World Cup will feature the League of Legends tournament at Esports Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with 12 teams competing for a share of the $2 million prize pool.,T1 are seeking to successfully defend their title, but will be doing so in a new format. Lower seeds...
Team Heretics reverse sweeps Fnatic to claim Valorant Esports World Cup title
Team Heretics took down Fnatic 3-2 with a reverse sweep in the Valorant grand final of the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ,Team Heretics' Mert "Wo0t" Alkan of Turkey claimed most valuable player honors for the event. ,Fnatic won the first two games of the grand final decisively, claiming...
Team Heretics one win from Valorant title at Esports World Cup
Only two teams allowed more points than Team Heretics in group play of the Valorant tournament at the Esports World Cup. Now, only one stands in the way of them winning the championship.,Heretics, which is second in Group C, followed up Friday's quarterfinal win with a 2-1 victory over Gen.G Esports...
Esports World Cup begins with record $70M-plus prize pool
The 2025 Esports World Cup began on Tuesday with organizers planning the largest esports production in history, featuring more than 7,000 hours of programming from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The Esports World Cup runs through Aug. 24, with competition being held across four arenas and 26 unique studios. ...
Team BDS take home Rocket League title at Esports World Cup
Team BDS topped Team Falcons 4-2 on Sunday in the Rocket League grand final at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ,It was a strong start for Team BDS, who opened the match with a 1-0 win on Mannfield (Night). Things quickly took a turn for the worse, though, as Team Falcons took Forbidde...
Soniqs slips by Petrichor Road to win PUBG Esports World Cup
Soniqs rallied past Petrichor Road in the grand finals of the PUBG Esports World Cup 2024 on Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Soniqs closed the five-day tournament with 113 points (53 placement points and 60 kill points), just enough to beat out Petrichor Road (109 points), which was the last of 16 t...
Joao 'jafonso' Vasconcelos wins Esports World Cup's EA Sports FC event
Portugal's Joao "jafonsogv" Vasconcelos won the grand final of the EA Sports FC event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.,In the grand final, Vasconcelos posted a 6-2 win over Brazil's Gabriel "Young" Freitas, taking home $300,000 and 1,000 Esports World Cup club points.,Vas...
FaZe win CoD tourney at Esports World Cup
The Atlanta FaZe took down 100 Thieves in the grand final of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III event at the Esports World Cup on Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The FaZe came back from a 2-1 hole in order to win the $600,000 first prize and 1,000 Esports World Cup club points. The runner-up 100 T...
Playoff field set for Esports World Cup's EA Sports FC event
Saudi Arabia's Ahmad "AbuMakkah" Mujahid rolled through the upper bracket of the resurrection stage on Saturday, landing a spot in the playoffs of the EA Sports FC event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ,Mujahid earned a 4-3 victory over Brazilian Nathan "Nathansr22" Ribeiro in the ...
FaZe use sweep to get into semis at Esports World Cup's CoD MWIII event
The Atlanta FaZe blew by the Boston Breach for a 3-0 victory on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare III event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ,Atlanta prevailed 250-209 on Rio Hardpoint before taking Invasion Search & Destroy 6-3 and Invasion Control 3-...
Half of EA Sports FC quarterfinal field set at EWC
Portugal's Joao "jafonsogv" Vasconcelos, Australia's Mark "Mark11" Zakhary and Argentina's Nicolas "nicolas99fc" Villalba all won three consecutive matches on Friday and advanced to the EA Sports FC quarterfinals at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia.,jafonsogv, Mark11 and nicolas99fc al...
Quarterfinal field set at Esports World Cup's CoD MWIII event
The Carolina Royal Ravens, Cloud9, Boston Breach and 100 Thieves all lost one match before winning the next on Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare III event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,All four fell in winners-bracket matches in their group...
OpTic wins opener at Esports World Cup's CoD MWIII event
OpTic Gaming, whose players captured the Call of Duty League Championship last month, opened play in the Call of Duty Modern Warfare III event at the Esports World Cup with a 3-1 win over OMiT Brooklyn on Thursday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The $1.8 million tournament began with 16 teams divided into ...
XSET captures Fortnite title at Esports World Cup
XSET completed an undefeated run through the Fortnite tournament at the Esports World Cup by defeating Exceed 4-2 in the grand final for the $400,000 first prize on Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,XSET did not drop a map during the group stage, where all matches were best-of-five, to advance to the ...
Crazy Raccoon takes Overwatch Esports World Cup final over Ultra
On the heels of a dominant semifinal victory, Crazy Raccoon dispatched the Toronto Ultra 4-1 Sunday in the grand final of the Overwatch event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Toronto, which had defeated ZETA DIVISION 4-3 earlier Sunday to advance to the final itself, dropped the fir...
Alpha7 Esports sails to victory at PUBG Mobile World Cup
Alpha7 Esports ran away with the PUBG Mobile World Cup 2024 title on Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Alpha7 wrapped up the three-day main tournament with 153 points (including 71 placement points and 82 kill points), almost 30 more than runners-up REJECT and Tianba at 124 apiece.,The final six match...
Falcons, Spacestation pull off sweeps in Esports World Cup
Team Falcons and Spacestation Gaming rolled to 4-0 sweeps on Friday in first-round playoff action at the Overwatch event in the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Team Falcons thrashed M80 to advance to a quarterfinal match against Virtus.pro, while Spacestation Gaming earned a matchup with ...
Three Overwatch teams go 3-0 at Esports World Cup
Crazy Raccoon, ZETA DIVISION and Virtus.pro completed perfect runs through group play at the Overwatch event on Thursday at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Twisted Minds emerged as the other group winner. Those four teams all clinched byes into the playoff quarterfinals.,Four teams we...
ENCE earn two Overwatch wins at Esports World Cup
ENCE lost just one map while sweeping two matches on Wednesday as the Overwatch event at the Esports World Cup got underway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,In Group C, ENCE swept M80 3-0, then downed Bleed Esports 3-1.,Against M80, ENCE prevailed 2-0 on Busan, 1-0 on Dorado and 3-1 on New Junk City.,Bleed ...
Natus Vincere knocks off G2 to win CS:GO title at Esports World Cup
Natus Vincere dropped a tight contest on Map 1 but rallied to complete the reverse sweep against G2 Esports Sunday to claim the $1 million CS:GO tournament at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,With the victory, NaVi earned the $400,000 grand prize and 1,000 club points.,The grand final ...