2025 Esports World Cup – Teamfight Tactics
Teamfight Tactics tournament at the 2025 Esports World Cup
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The auto battler game Teamfight Tactics had a tournament at the 2025 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from August 11 to 15, 2025. Sixteen teams took part in this tournament, six from the Asian Champions League (ACL) qualifiers (three each from Asia-Pacific and China), three each from the Americas and EMEA, three from the global qualifiers, and Wolves Esports, the defending champions. Teams qualified based on their performance from regional qualification events and the global qualifier. Weibo Gaming won the tournament, with Virtus.pro placing second.[1]
Supervised by ESL and sanctioned by Riot Games
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Teamfight Tactics |
| Location | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | August 11–15 |
| Administrator | Esports World Cup Foundation Supervised by ESL and sanctioned by Riot Games |
Tournament format(s) | 16 team GSL-style group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Weibo Gaming |
| Runner-up | Virtus.pro |
This event was the second Teamfight Tactics tournament at the EWC and the first under a three-year partnership between game developer Riot Games and the Esports World Cup Foundation until 2027 to bring Teamfight Tactics, League of Legends, and Valorant into the event.[2]
Format
In the group stage, the sixteen (16) teams are divided into four groups and compete in a GSL-style[clarification needed] double elimination bracket, with the first two teams to achieve two wins advancing to the quarterfinals. All tournament matches are best-of-threes, whereas the final was a best-of-five.[3]
The playoffs consisted of an eight-team single-elimination bracket.
Qualification
2024 tournament winners Wolves Esports automatically qualified for the 2025 edition by virtue of being defending champions. There are six qualified teams from Asia, all of whom also qualified for the Asian Champions League (ACL) – three each from Asia-Pacific (APAC) and China. Three teams each from the Americas and EMEA qualifiers and three teams from the global qualifiers also advanced to the main tournament.[4]
Qualified teams
| Region | Event | Team | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | AMER Closed Qualifier | Team Vitality | Upper Bracket Final Winner |
| Team Liquid | Lower Bracket finalists | ||
| Citadel Gaming | |||
| Asia-Pacific | ACL Asia-Pacific Qualifiers | Flash Wolves | Upper Bracket finalists |
| T1 | |||
| Virtus.pro | Third-ranked team | ||
| China | none | Wolves Esports | EWC 2024 Champions |
| ACL China Qualifiers | Team Falcons | Qualifiers 1st Place | |
| Weibo Gaming | Qualifiers 2nd Place | ||
| Twisted Minds | Qualifiers 3rd Place | ||
| EMEA | EMEA Closed Qualifier | Aegis Esports | Upper Bracket Final Winner |
| Fnatic | Lower Bracket finalists | ||
| EVOS Esports | |||
| none | Global Qualifiers | MOUZ | Stage 2 Semifinal winners |
| ROC Esports | |||
| Al Qadsiah Esports | 3rd Place decider winner |