EWC 2025 VALORANT viewer’s guide
Are you ready, VALORANT esports fans? You should be, since Riot Games’ team-based tactical FPS is one of the first titles in this year’s The Esports World Cup mega-event! Here’s what you need to know about the EWC 2025 VALORANT tournament.
VALORANT EWC 2025 details
The tournament is taking place at the Boulevard Riyadh City in Saudi Arabia, running from 8 to 13 July 2025. The best 16 VALORANT esports teams in the world are competing for their share of the $1.25 million prize pool. At the current Dollar to Rand exchange rate, that’s over R22 million! The winner walks away with the lion’s share at $500,000.
The Group Stage of the EWC 2025 VALORANT event takes place from 8 to 10 July 2025, featuring four double-elimination GSL-style groups, where all matches are BO3. The top two teams from each group advance ot the Playoffs. In the Playoffs Stage (11 to 13 July), teams will compete in a single-elimination bracket. Most matches are BO3, except for the Grand Final, which is BO5.
Below are the teams competing in the VALORANT Esports World Cup 2025, including which regions they hail from, for good measure.
- G2 Esports (Americas)
- Sentinels (Americas)
- NRG (Americas)
- 100 Thieves (Americas)
- Xi Lai Gaming (China)
- Bilibili Gaming (China)
- EDward Gaming (China)
- Titan Esports Club (China)
- Fnatic (EMEA)
- Team Heretics (EMEA)
- BBL Esports (EMEA)
- Karmine Corp (EMEA)
- Gen.G Esports (Pacific)
- Rex Regum Qeon (Pacific)
- Paper Rex (Pacific)
- DRX (Pacific)
Fans can watch all the exciting action via the EWC Twitch and EWC YouTube channels. You can and probably should also stay tuned to the official Esports World Cup website for precise schedules, news, changes, and more.
Header image via Riot Games.
