Esports World Cup (EWC) is a third-party esports festival comprised of many esports titles. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is included for the third year in a row. The tournament is included in the Road to PGC 2025 and awards PGS Points. The EWC 2025 PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS tournament takes place at the Qiddiya City Esports Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
New to PUBG Esports? Check out the Esports Guide to learn all about it.
Useful Links
Event Tracker – EWC 2025 | Esports Guide – EWC | Liquipedia – EWC 2025 | Twire – Leaderboards
Format
Group Stage:
- 24 teams divided into 3 groups (A, B, C)
- Every group plays each other in a Round-Robin format (A vs B, A vs C, B vs C)
- 6 matches per day (12 matches for every group)
- Top 16 teams qualify to the Finals
- Bottom 8 teams are eliminated
Finals:
- Top 16 teams from Group Stage
- 12 matches (6 matches per day)
- Team in 1st place will become the Champions of EWC 2025
A prize pool of $2,000,000 USD will be spread among the participating teams based on the final tournament results.
EWC 2025 is played on patch 36.1 with v5.0.3 of SUPER.
The full EWC 2025 rulebook can be found here.
Teams
Here are all of the participating teams, their rosters and qualification routes.
| 17 Gaming | AG.AL | BetBoom Team | Buriram United Esports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Power Ranking | APAC Qualifier | Global Power Ranking | APAC Qualifier |
| Group A | Group B | Group B | Group A |
| 77owo | HaiSaki | Bestoloch | Eaddy |
| Xbei | Himass | ADOUZ1E | DimasTy |
| Lilghost | Taikonn | f1lfirst | RiwZ |
| xwudd | Destroyy | Molodoct | Kannn |
| HuuDat | Schwep | ||
| C: Akuma | C: Kross | C: Ermaak | C: NENTNENT |
| Change The Game | DN Freecs | FN Pocheon | FULL SENSE |
| China Qualifier | Global Power Ranking | Korea Qualifier | Global Power Ranking |
| Group B | Group C | Group C | Group A |
| tiantian | Gyumin | Starlord | TiGGER |
| WenBo | Heaven | ZeniTh | Belmoth |
| Hang2y | DIEL | Rex | Thanad0l |
| Aries | Salute | Americano | Flash |
| C: PLIKHE | C: Cheeze | C: RUSHIIE | |
| Game Start Win | Geekay Esports | Gen.G | Natus Vincere |
| China Qualifier | EMEA Qualifier | Korea Qualifier | EMEA Qualifier |
| Group A | Group B | Group B | Group A |
| CC108 | spyrro | Tosi | Hakatory |
| Ming | pwddddddddd | F1ame | ext4nz |
| AZouo | Qwizzy | Orca | Feyerist |
| xTong | DIFX | BeaN | SoseD |
| C: PUBG2hAns | C: H1RUZEN | C: LeClo | C: ALREIN |
| Petrichor Road | ROC Esports | Sharper Esports | T1 |
| China Qualifier | Americas Qualifier | APAC Qualifier | Korea Qualifier |
| Group C | Group B | Group B | Group A |
| MMing | bielmtcalmo | Excrozit | Heather |
| Aixleft | rbN | Thunderz | Rain1ng |
| Nannnnn | soldzzzz | Earthzapalui | EEND |
| Cui71 | sxntastico | Jdaii | Type |
| C: Leris | C: fxsh | C: farOz | C: ssonic |
| TDT Esports | Team Falcons | Team Liquid | The Expendables |
| APAC Qualifier | Global Power Ranking | Americas Qualifier | Global Power Ranking |
| Group C | Group B | Group C | Group A |
| VanNghj | hwinn | aLOW | Clories |
| Junnn | TGLTN | luke12 | Delwyn |
| Hoangf | Shrimzy | sparkingg | TanVuu |
| Zyu1 | Kickstart | PurdyKurty | DuCkHjeUz |
| C: GUNNER | C: Xtreme | C: TND | |
| Theerathon Five | TOYO Esports | Twisted Minds | Virtus.pro |
| Global Power Ranking | Americas Qualifier | Global Power Rankings | EMEA Qualifier |
| Group C | Group A | Group C | Group C |
| RossitedJR | beNjA | xmpl | Lukarux |
| Pathompong | emikxz | BatulinS | NIXZYEE |
| Flukky | Capitan | Perfect1ks | Beami |
| RangerX | RiboxD | Lu | curexi |
| C: Bragalixz | C: Black | C: TheTab | C: Scoom |
Schedule
EWC 2025 takes place August 12-16.
Group Stage:
- August 12 – A vs B
- August 13 – A vs C
- August 14 – B vs C
Finals:
- August 15
- August 16
Every tournament day begins at 4am PDT / 7am EDT / 12pm BST / 13:00 CEST / 14:00 SAST.
Check out the Event Tracker for more details.
Talent
Meet the folks bringing you all the action on the English broadcast, live from Riyadh!
Stage Host: Barney Banks
Desk Host: James "Kaelaris" Carrol
Analysts:
Casters:
- Clinton "Paperthin" Bader
- Matt "Matrym" Oates
- Mike "Porosaurus" Navarro
- Tobias "TheNameIsToby" Wiinblad
Interviewer: Dong Soo-hang "Bella"
Watch
Here's where you can watch the tournament:
Subreddit Resources
- Check out the subreddit sidebar to know exactly when each tournament day is happening. Also check out the Event Tracker for quick access to the whole schedule and all necessary information.
- Discuss the current tournament day and find all necessary information in our daily discussion threads posted on r/CompetitivePUBG during the tournament!
- Support your favorite team by setting a user flair! Click the "edit user flair" button on the r/CompetitivePUBG subreddit sidebar.