2025 Esports World Cup – Teamfight Tactics

*Teamfight Tactics*
at the 2025 Esports World Cup
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

The auto battler game Teamfight Tactics will have a tournament at the 2025 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from August 11 to 15, 2025. Sixteen teams will take 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 the defending champions Wolves Esports. Teams qualified based on their performance from regional qualification events and the global qualifier.

It will be 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.^[1]

Format

In the group stage, the sixteen (16) teams will be divided into four groups and will compete in a GSL-style double elimination bracket, with the first two teams to achieve two wins advancing to the quarterfinals.

The playoffs will be an eight-team single-elimination bracket. All tournament matches will be best-of-threes but the final will be a best-of-five.^[2]

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.

Qualified teams

Region	Event	Team	Path
Americas	AMER Closed Qualifier	Team Vitality	Upper Bracket Final Winner
		Team Liquid	Lower Bracket finalists
		Citadel Gaming	Lower Bracket finalists
Asia-Pacific	ACL Asia-Pacific Qualifiers	Flash Wolves	Upper Bracket finalists
		T1	Upper Bracket finalists
		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	Lower Bracket finalists
none	Global Qualifiers	MOUZ	Stage 2 Semifinal winners
		ROC Esports	Stage 2 Semifinal winners
		Al Qadsiah Esports	3rd Place decider winner

External links

Esports World Cup official website

References

^ Fudge, James (February 10, 2025). "Riot Games Signs Three-Year Deal with the Esports World Cup Foundation". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
^ Maas, Lea (May 23, 2025). "Esports World Cup 2025 Teamfight Tactics: format, schedule and teams to watch". Esports Insider. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

[1] Fudge, James (February 10, 2025). "Riot Games Signs Three-Year Deal with the Esports World Cup Foundation". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

[2] Maas, Lea (May 23, 2025). "Esports World Cup 2025 Teamfight Tactics: format, schedule and teams to watch". Esports Insider. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

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