EWC 2025 Published the Tekken 8 "All You Need To Know" Guide

Esports World Cup 2025 in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh is fast approaching, so the organizers have published the All You Need To Know guide for the Tekken 8 tournament. It was incredibly stacked last year, and it looks to be even more tightly-contested this time around.

ULSAN will return as last year's champion to defend his crown, with 47 other players joining him to compete for $1m in prize money.

Here's the information EWC provided:

SCHEDULE AND FORMAT

Phase 1 (August 13-14)

• 32 Players split into 8 GSL groups of 4 Players

• 2 Players from each group advances to Phase 2

• All matches are Best-of-3 (BO3) in Phase 1

Phase 2 (August 15-16)

• 16 Players split into 4 GSL groups of 4 Players

• 2 Player from each group advances to Phase 3

• All matches are BO3 in Phase 2

Phase 3 (August 16)

• 8 remaining Players are seeded into a Single Elimination bracket (with a 3rd place match)

• All matches are Best-of-9 (BO9) in Phase 2

PRIZE POOL

• Tournament Prize Pool - $1,000,000

QUALIFIERS

• Ulsan - FREECS has already qualified as the Returning Champion from EWC24: TEKKEN 8

• Top 4 Players from EVO Japan 2025 (Knee - DRX, Mangja - Virtus.Pro, Mulgold - Freecs, Pinya - VARREL)

• Top 4 Players from Combo Breaker 2025 (EDGE - T1, Arslan Ash - Twisted Minds, Rangchu - VARREL, LowHigh - DRX)

• Top 4 Players from BAM Australia 2025

• Top 4 Players from CEO 2025

• Top 4 Players from The MIXUP 2025

• Top 4 Players from Evo USA 2025

• Top 4 Players from EWC TEKKEN 8 LCQ

• Top Player from Headstomper 2025

• Top Player from Riyadh Clash 2 (ATIF - Team Falcons)

• Top Player from Brussels Challenge 2025 (KingReyJr - Team Vitality)