In addition to two Masters and the World Championship, another major international tournament with Valorant - Esports World Cup 2025 - will be held in 2025. It will be attended by 16 partner teams from 4 competitive regions, and yesterday, after the end of the American qualifiers, all participants of the upcoming event were announced.

Basic information about the tournament
Esports World Cup 2025 will take place from July 8 to 13 in LAN format in Riyadh at Riyadh City Boulevard. The tournament will feature 16 partner teams from the VCT program, 4 from each region: China, EMEA, Pacific, and Americas. The event will be held in two formats: group stage and playoffs, and the main prize will be $1,250,000, which will be divided among all participating teams.

All participants of EWC 2025
We would like to remind you that 4 slots from each competitive region were distributed as follows. 2 invitations went to the teams that took 1-2 places in the qualifiers for Masters Toronto - VCT 2025 Stage 1. Another 2 invitations were awarded at separate qualifiers in each region. Tonight, the last qualifying stage of the Americas Qualifier ended, as a result of which all the teams that will compete at the Esports World Cup 2025 became known. The list of participants, broken down by region and qualification stage, is as follows:

EMEA

Fnatic – VCT EMEA Stage 1
Team Heretics – VCT EMEA Stage 1
Karmine Corp – EMEA Qualifier
BBL Esports – EMEA Qualifier

Americas

G2 Esports – VCT Americas Stage 1
Sentinels – VCT Americas Stage 1
NRG – Americas Qualifier
100 Thieves – Americas Qualifier

Pacific

Gen.G Esports – VCT Pacific Stage 1
Rex Regum Qeon – VCT Pacific Stage 1
Paper Rex – Pacific Qualifier
DRX – Pacific Qualifier

China

XLG Esports – VCT China Stage 1
Bilibili Gaming – VCT China Stage 1
Titan Esports Club – CN EVO Series Act 2
EDward Gaming – CN EVO Series Act 2

There is more than a month left before the start of the event, and the second international event Masters Toronto 2025 will take place before EWC 2025.