Saudi Arabian group, Crew Falcons, has gained the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025 Membership Championship, claiming the lion’s share ($7 million) of the $27 million prize pool.
It comes as no shock to most onlookers, contemplating the group has groups or gamers competing in 22 of the 25 disciplines, with a number of entrants into some occasions equivalent to Chess.
What was a bit stunning, nonetheless, was how shut just a few different organizations got here to spoiling Falcons’ back-to-back win. Regardless of the EWC 2025 operating since July 8, Falcons solely discovered their first event win on August 3, lifting the Overwatch Midseason Championship.
Falcons are unsurprisingly the back-to-back EWC champions Picture Credit score: EWC Basis
As an alternative of hovering excessive above the competitors, Falcons skilled some shut calls earlier than it was now not mathematically potential for any group to overhaul them.
A Nearer-Than-Anticipated EWC Membership Championship
Final 12 months, Crew Falcons dominated the Membership Championship, blowing away the competitors to attain 5665 factors, greater than double that of 2nd-place end, Crew Liquid, who managed 2545 factors.
On the 2025 Membership Championship, it got here all the way down to the wire on August 21. With the ultimate three tournaments operating in tandem, Liquid (4200) and Vitality (3950) nonetheless had an opportunity to beat Crew Falcons (4700) to the 1st-place prize.
We’ve received @Msdossary7‘s first ideas after claiming their second Membership Championship! @TeamFalconsGG 🏆 pic.twitter.com/qr2SvD21bH
— Esports World Cup (@EWC_EN) August 21, 2025
When Falcons dispatched G2 Esports within the Esports World Cup CS2 occasion, guaranteeing an additional 200 factors, it turned mathematically unattainable for Vitality to take the crown.
Each Liquid and Falcons failed to attain factors within the Crossfire occasion, leaving it as much as Liquid’s final hope, Alan “Nephew” Solar, within the Avenue Fighter 6 event.
Nephew managed to beat Hikaru Nakatani 3-0 earlier than Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi crushed Crew Liquid’s hope, eliminating Nephew 3-1 in Group C Section 1. As Nephew’s key was crushed, Liquid had no extra probabilities to earn factors, leading to Crew Falcons changing into back-to-back EWC Membership Championship winners.
With Avenue Fighter 6 and Crossfire ending up on August 23, and CS2 closing out the EWC on August 24, the ultimate standings of all groups will change into accessible quickly.
