The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) has announced a record-breaking prize pool of over $70 million at the time of publication for the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025, the world’s largest esports tournament to be held again in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from July 7 to August 24, 2025.
With this fantastic prize pool, EWC is further establishing itself as the most prestigious esports competition on earth. The newly announced USD70 million prize pool is an increase from the USD10 million prize pool of the EWC in 2024.
“The USD70+ million prize pool is not just a number, but part of a long-term vision to create sustainable opportunities for players, clubs and the entire esports ecosystem,” said Ralf Reichert, CEO of EWCF, on the official esportsworldcup website.
It is predicted that more than 2,000 esports stars from 200 top world clubs will flood Riyadh, all of them carrying the target of being champions to take home the biggest cake from the prize pool that has been mentioned.
At the same time, EWC 2025 will also hold the New Global Sport Conference on August 23-24, 2025. This event will bring together leaders in the sports, gaming and technology industries.
The EWC Club Championship is an innovative cross-game competition format that is the hallmark of EWC, with a total prize of USD27 million to be distributed to the top 16 clubs. The champion himself will receive a prize of USD7 million.
After the $27 million allocation for the Club Championship, the remaining prize pool will be split across three categories:
- Game Championships: Over $38 million in combined prize pool (split between each game)
- MVP Awards: $450,000 for the best players across all competitions
- Road to EWC Qualifiers: Over $5 million for teams/players competing for remaining tournament slots through publisher and partner organizer qualifiers
With this structure, the EWC ensures equitable rewards for clubs, star players, and talent who battle their way through the qualifiers. Here is the full list of games (as of this writing) that will be competed at EWC 2025. The list is sorted alphabetically.
- Apex Legends
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Chess (new)
- Counter-Strike 2
- Crossfire (new)
- Dota 2
- EA Sports FC 25
- FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves (new)
- Free Fire
- Honor of Kings
- League of Legends
- Mobile Legends Bang Bang
- Overwatch 2
- PUBG BATTLEGROUNDS
- PUBG Mobile
- Rainbow Six Siege X
- Rennsport
- Rocket League
- Starcraft ||
- Street Fighter 6
- Teamfight Tactics
- VALORANT (new)
At the EWC 2024 event, Team Falcons managed to become the overall champion and was entitled to a prize of USD 7 million. The world’s biggest esports party has also attracted more than 500 million online viewers and was attended by more than 2.6 million people who came directly to Boulevard City, Riyadh.
