Jul 16 - Jul 20, 2025
League of Legends is a Mobile Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game from Riot Games. Featuring 170 champions, players compete to control a map made up of three lanes lined with defense towers. Minions periodically spawn in each lane, and players can farm gold by killing enemy minions and use their own minions as cover to destroy the towers. Throughout the game, players will fight to control boss fights in the jungle, win team fights against the enemy, and eventually push all the way up to a lane with the hopes of destroying the enemy base to win the game. Confirmed EWC title until 2027.
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The top League of Legends teams from all the major leagues around the world will run it down mid and jungle their way to the Esports World Cup.
Tournament Format
Due to the increased number of teams, the tournament is split into two stages in 2025. First we’ll start with a group stage featuring eight of the teams (seeds 5-12) who will compete to earn their spot in the Playoffs.
The top two teams in each group will advance to face the tournament’s top four seeds in a single elimination bracket - lose and you go home!
Road to EWC
About
The Characters: This ever-popular competitive MOBA has 140 legends, all with varying abilities that pros must master on the Rift. Players take on one of five roles: Top Lane, Jungle, Midlane, Bot Lane, and Support. At a pro level, all players need to do their jobs and then some to find success, with high IQ plays and shocking comebacks winning over the crowd.
The Plot: Two teams of five push lanes, engage in team fights, and level up their legends with items with the ultimate goal of crushing their enemies and destroying the opposing Nexus.
Some of the biggest moments in the game are teamfights that set the tone and provide economic swings. Killing certain bosses in the jungle can also provide a huge economic boon, so much of the strategy will revolve around securing these boss kills.
Why: League of Legends is extremely complex, but ultimately, it's about who kills who, and these pros do that better than anyone! If you want to see the best-of-the-best show off what has made them icons in the esports scene, watch the rivalries and exciting matches unfold at EWC.
2025
Weekly All Access Passes to the highly anticipated Esports World Cup 2025 are now available to purchase!
The second Esports World Cup is running it back, with seven weeks of non-stop esports action.
2025
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Esports World Cup to Feature Record-Breaking Prize Pool of More Than $70 Million for 2025 Event
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2025
All Esports Tournament Passes now available to purchase
This summer’s going to be legendary. Whether you're a die-hard fan of a specific title or just want to soak up the electric atmosphere of elite competition, there’s something here for everyone.
2025
League of Legends is back for EWC 2025
You want it, you got it! League of Legends is BACK for the Esports World Cup in 2025 and is now a confirmed event through 2027! Last year's tournament was full of unexpected plot twists and turns, as we witnessed the GOAT Faker crowned inaugural MVP of the tournament after spearheading T1’s surprise run to the top! Will T1 be able to repeat that feat, or will a new team don the crown in 2025?
