Free Fire returns to Riyadh for EWC 2025

May 23, 2025.

After breaking Free Fire viewership records in 2024, the battle royale is back and looking to top last year’s hype and excitement in 2025! Will Team Falcons install a second key in the EWC Free Fire trophy, or will a new challenger rise up and take their throne?

Here’s what to expect!



LAST TIME ON: Free Fire at 2025 Esports World Cup

Last year’s Free Fire tournament started with a point rush stage, where teams competed to take home head start points for the finals. This stage was led by Buriram United, who established an early lead heading into the finals. But on the day of the finals, Team Falcon showed up locked, loaded, and ready to win.

They set the tone with their first Booyah, putting up a show stopping 28 kills and earning 40 points early. While the finals would remain a close affair after that, with All Gamers hot on Falcon’s haunches, the squad finished it with style by rolling over EVOS in the final circle of the entire tournament to take home the Championship with a Booyah! They earned $300,000 and the prestige of knowing they are the best Free Fire team in the world.


Free Fire at 2025 Esports World Cup Dates and Tournament Format

EWC Free Fire is happening July 16-20.

The tournament format will be similar to last year, starting with a knockout stage, where groups will compete against one another to survive. Next will be the point rush stage, followed the next day by the Grand Finals, where teams will compete in a match point format to earn themselves the Free Fire EWC 2025 Championship title.


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Free Fire at 2025 Esports World Cup Prize Pool

There will be a $1 million USD prize pool for EWC Free Fire 2025! With seven figures up for grabs, you know that teams will be giving it their all!


About the Esports World Cup

The Esports World Cup is a global celebration of competitive excellence and esports fandom. Making its return to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2025, the annual Esports World Cup features a unique cross-game format that pits the world’s top esports Clubs and more than 1,500 players against one another for a share of the largest prize pool in esports history.