Crossfire First Adopted at EWC 2025, First Winner Is Allgemouth, China
Aug 24, 2025
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Allgemouth (AG), a prestigious Chinese team, was selected for the first time this year at the world's largest e-sports festival, 'esport World Cup 2025 (hereinafter referred to as EWC 2025)'.AL) won the final championship.
While 16 teams from all over the world gathered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for five days from the 19th to the 23rd, 'Crossfire', which debuted at EWC, showed its status as a global e-sports event and at the same time confirmed the possibility of a domestic event. In particular, Chinese league teams announced the completion of the generational change at this tournament, and Team Stallion, made up of teenage players, reached the semifinals.
A.G. of the Chinese League.The AL won the tournament based on its performance of selecting all the participants, with Sniper 'Doo'Munkun taking the center stage. In the preliminary round, he easily reached the quarterfinals after defeating Bertus Pro, who is active in the Vietnamese league, and Team Stallion, a team from the Philippine league.
The real game of AG.AL was from the quarterfinals. From the quarterfinals to King Zero, the semifinals to Evolution Power Gaming, and the final Vaisha Gaming, they met teams from the same league in succession. In particular, Baixia met in the final of the Chinese league on the 9th and lost 0-3, so he was a burden.
AG.AL faced a crisis from the first set of the quarterfinals. He showed lethargy by losing to King Zero with a score of 1 to 10. However, after the end of the set, he re-examined the strategy at the operation meeting, and with Meng Kun at the forefront, he turned the tide and reached the semifinals.
Then, on the last day of the tournament, which was held in the semifinals and the final, AG.AL reached the final by lightly overpowering Evolution Power Gaming 2-0. AG in the best-of-five final.AL lost the first set 1-10, but later won the second set and succeeded in turning the tables. Although the game went back to square one by giving up four sets, AG.The AL once again became the final winner with Meng Kun showing solid defense.
Meanwhile, Smilegate has been running its own e-sports competition called the Crossfire Stars(CFS) for more than 10 years since 2013. Smilegate founder and CVO Kwon Hyuk-bin (Chief Vision Presentation Officer) has been steadily growing into a global e-sports event with sincerity since Crossfire became popular mainly in China. Considering its status as a global e-sports proven through EWC, it is expected that it can be adopted as an official event in the Asian Games in the future.
Above all, the meaning of this competition is that 'Crossfire' e-sports, which has lasted for more than a decade, has gained a growth engine to write a new history after the generational change is completed.
'Crossfire', which established itself as an e-sports event led by WCG in the early 2010s, has been divided between teams belonging to the Chinese league and the Brazilian league for a while. The Brazilian league gained ground as players from China, Korea and Europe, who led the league in the early stages, retired. However, the Chinese league, which transfused young blood, showed overwhelming differences in skills. In addition, Team Stallion, who plays in the Philippine League, showed the power to change the game of the entire league in the future, with all of its members being teenage players.
In particular, this EWC stage has an important meaning in terms of connection with the CFS Grand Final, which will be held at the end of the year. As a festival in the global spotlight, EWC plays a role in expanding the public profile of 'Crossfire', and CFS has established itself as an orthodox stage to determine the world's strongest in its long history and tradition.
Through this competition, the two best competitions in the 'Crossfire' event were divided into the first and second half of the year, complementing each other, and thanks to this, 'Crossfire' is a global e-sports league, showing that the leagues around the world are completing a stable FPS league model with a seasonal structure. Through this, the two competitions are expected to go beyond just one-time box office hits and become events that continue to provide exciting games and stories to fans around the world.
Crossfire's performance at this EWC 2025 also brightens the future prospects. The winning story, which beat AG.AL's rival, intensively showed the charm of 'Crossfire' e-sports. In addition, the international stage following the future CFS 2025 Grand Final can prove that Crossfire is still at the center of the world's FPS esports.
It is clear that the process of 'Crossfire', which has maintained its pride as a Korean sport, growing into global e-sports by breathing with numerous fans on the world stage will have a positive effect on strengthening the status of the Korean game industry as a whole in the future.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
