The Esports World Cup Foundation announced the schedule of competitions during its seven-week, multi-title esports competition, the Esports World Cup. The weekly events will be played across four arenas, according to the announcement.
During week one, Valorant, FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves, Rennsport, and Apex Legends will be featured. Week two will see League of Legends, FreeFire, Dota 2, and the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women’s Invitational take place. Week three will feature StarCraft 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and Kings World Cup (for Honor of Kings). Week four will feature competitions for the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid-Season Cup 2025, PUBG Mobile World Cup, Overwatch 2 Midseason Championship, and Chess in partnership with Chess.com. Week five features EA Sports FC 25, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Rainbow Six Siege X. Week six will serve up PUBG Battlegrounds, Rocket League, TEKKEN 8, and Teamfight Tactics competitions. The event will close out with Counter-Strike 2, Street Fighter 6, and Crossfire.
Like last year’s competition, participating organizations will try to secure as many teams as they can to compete in each of these games in the hopes of scoring as many points as they can to secure the top spot in the overall Esports World Cup Club Championship. Earlier this month, the Esports World Cup Foundation announced that the 2025 event will feature a total prize pool of $70 million USD.
The 2025 Esports World Cup, taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, runs from July 10 – Aug. 24, followed by the New Global Sport Conference, an industry-focused conference for esports, gaming, entertainment, and sports industry executives (that will take place in Riyadh from Aug. 23-24).
The Esports World Cup is funded by a grant from the Saudi Arabian government’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, and is operated by Savvy Games Group (also owned by the Saudi Arabian government) subsidiary ESL FACEIT Group.
Projects backed or owned by the Saudi Arabian government, such as the Esports World Cup, are criticized for helping the government engage in “sports washing,” or using various forms of sport and entertainment to cover up its record on human rights. These issues have been chronicled by international watchdog groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.