- Honor of Kings World Cup 2025 will share the stage with several other esports titles across different platforms.
- A total of 3 million dollars is fixed as the prize pool, the winner will take the highest share.
- This event is the second international tournament in 2025 esports circuit of the game.
Honor of Kings World Cup (KWC) 2025 will take place in Riyadh in July. The first-of-its-kind event has joined with the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025 and is now going to make its debut. Following the esports roadmap for this year, the tournament will be a fighting ground for the best and most powerful teams around the world.
This is the inaugural season of the esports series. The previous one, AWC, was discontinued after 2022. And now the game introduces the new KWC series, which will follow the GSL format for the group stage.
Honor of Kings World Cup (KWC) 2025: Schedule and Format
The tournament will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and will consist of three stages. The initial stage will be the Group Stage, starting on July 15th. The teams will be divided into 4 groups of 4 each, and BO3 matches will be applied to each group. The group winners will qualify for the Playoffs, and the runners-up will qualify for the Last Chance.
The Last Chance stage will take place on the 20th of July. 4 teams will be drawn into 2 matches, and both winners will advance to the next stage. The matches will be BO5. Now, the Playoffs stage will kick off on July 23rd and run until July 26th.
The KPL and ACL winners will enter this stage, where matches will be BO7, in a single-elimination bracket. All the matches will be under the Global Ban/Pick rule with Ultimate Battle for the last round.
Participating Teams
There will be a total of 18 teams in the event, coming from several regional qualifiers. These teams will fight against each other after being divided into several groups. Now, the list of participating teams is as follows:
- AG.AL International
- Talent Gaming
- Gen.G Esports
- Nova Esports
- Black Shrew Esport
- Alpha Gaming
- Kagendra
- Dominator Esports
- Team Vitality
- BOOM Esports
- Blacklist International
- A.C.T. Esports Club
- Paws Gaming
- Loops
- Alpha7 Esports
- Nongshim Redforce
- Twisted Minds
- OG
Prize Pool
A massive 3 million dollars will be disbursed among the teams, given that this is the biggest esports tournament of the game. The breakdown of the prize pool is as follows:
| Team Ranking | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| The Champion | $750,000 |
| Runner-up | $460,000 |
| 3rd | $310,000 |
| 4th | $200,000 |
| 5th-8th | $130,000 |
| 9th-10th | $100,000 |
| 11th-14th | $80,000 |
| 15th-18th | $60,000 |
AG.AL International is the champion of Honor of Kings World Cup (KWC) 2025
The stage at EWC 2025 is so diverse that no organization could take more than one event. The grand final of Honor of Kings World Cup (KWC) 2025 was one of those high-octane hits where each team fought to their end to claim the championship. However, AG.AL International became the one to lift it.
After defeating TT Global by a 4-3 score in the last match of the event, the champion team took the largest share of the prize money. The team won the first round and then lost the next three in the final, making the score 3-1, where the runner-up only needed another round to secure the title.
But the champion made a strong, and maybe the strongest, comeback to win the next rounds and didn’t lose the trophy along with the title. The third-place match between Nova Esports and Twisted Minds was won by the Chinese team by a scoreline of 3-0. Zoe from the champion team won the Finals MVP award.
Where to watch the Honor of Kings World Cup (KWC) 2025
So, the battle of the beasts will take place in the grand stage of the EWC 2025 along with many other titles. The whole event itself is an unparalleled show where Honor of Kings will have a distinct presence.
However, the matches can be witnessed by being present there. Besides, all the matches will be live-streamed on the official social handles of Honor of Kings esports, such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, etc.
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