Europe dominates the Esports World Cup 2025

Results are in for the Rocket League portion of the Esports World Cup 2025!

Taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this international LAN is one of only two non-RLCS S-Tier Rocket League events scheduled for this year.

Even more significantly, EWC 2025 is the community's final look at a majority of the competitors before they meet in Lyon for this year's RLCS World Championship.

With that context in mind, every single series played at the Esports World Cup 2025 is of great interest not only because of the million-dollar prize pool at stake, but because of its implications leading into Rocket League's most prestigious tournament.

Tournament results

EWC 2025 Rocket League playoff bracket via BLAST.tv website

To the dismay of fans from other regions, but to the surprise of absolutely nobody, Europe dominated the competition.

Except for the Raleigh Major-winning Team Falcons, who reached the 3rd place spot on the EWC podium, EU's Karmine Corp, Geekay Esports, and Team Vitality, took command of the rest of the Top 4.

Dignitas, the only EU team to fall short of a Top 4 placement, still went out in a respectable 5th-8th after a group stage loss to Team Falcons and a quarterfinal elimination at the hands of tournament runner-up Geekay Esports.

Full Stats here.

Final results and prize pool distribution

• 1st ($400k) - Karmine Corp
• 2nd ($180k) - Geekay Esports
• 3rd ($100k) - Team Falcons
• 4th ($60k) - Team Vitality
• 5-8th ($35k) - NRG / Dignitas / Team Secret / Spacestation
• 9-12th ($20k) - FUT Esports / Twisted Minds / The Ultimates / Gen.G Mobil1 Racing
• 13-16th ($10k) - TSM / FURIA / Wildcard / Virtus.pro

Detailed group stage brackets and series results can be found on the BLAST.tv Esports World Cup 2025 tournament page.

Highlights from the competition

For those who missed out or simply want to relive some of the most electric plays from this past weekend, here are the must-watch moments from the EWC 2025, in chronological order.

dralii preflips mid air into Atow's pass

Jorby's question of "What can NRG do?" as the start of this clip all but sums up the situation. Atow spots dralii falling off the ceiling and pings a pass that, while brilliant, only a few players in the world could turn into a goal. Vatira's reaction in the replay says it all.

zen's game-winning sidewall read

Geekay Esports were on match point and winning this game 3-0 at the halfway mark. Leave it to Team Vitality and zen to lock things down and pull this comeback out of thin air.

Archie stops the unstoppable

It's Championship Sunday, semifinal Game 7, and the greatest player of all time is flip resetting onto your net. It takes an extraordinary save to make it onto a Rocket League highlight reel, and that's exactly what Archie delivered when the lights were the brightest.

Rw9 breaks the sound barrier

He may be known for his defense, but Rw9 is a world-class player on every part of the pitch. Only someone of his caliber could make a $40k match against Team Vitality look like a Pulse Fire video.

Key Takeaways

As mentioned earlier, the Esports World Cup 2025 in Riyadh was the final stop before the RLCS 2025 World Championship, making it possibly the most accurate portrayal of teams' form as they prepare for the trip to France.

There were a few results that really deserve to be paid attention to:

• Geekay Esports is on fire! It's abundantly clear that narrowly missing out on the Raleigh Major did nothing but motivate this young squad. They finished their tournament run with a 4-2 series record, only losing to the Raleigh Major and EWC 2025 champions, Team Falcons and Karmine Corp, respectively.
• North America needs more than just NRG. Regardless of their 5-8th result, NRG was the ONLY NA team to take one game off of a Top 4 opponent, taking 2 games off of both Karmine Corp and Team Vitality. The Ultimates, in particular, must try and recapture the magic that took them to the Birmingham Major grand final just 5 months ago.
• It's now or never for FURIA. Despite being in what was arguably the most difficult group at EWC 2025, a 13-16th place exit with only a single game win is dire. Combined with an already disappointing 9-11th finish at the Raleigh Major, even this roster of seasoned veterans has its work cut out for them if they want to bounce back.
• We may see an all-EU Top 4 at the RLCS 2025 World Championship. The strongest region in Rocket League continues to widen the gap between itself and the rest of the world. One Top 4 team in Birmingham, two in Raleigh, and now three in Riyadh. It doesn't take much work to see where this trend leads, but it'll take a monumental effort from their competitors to put a stop to it.