The eight-week e-Sports World Cup 2025 and the Battleground event will be held from 12th to 16th

Aug 12, 2025

The eight-week e-Sports World Cup 2025 and the Battleground event will be held from 12th to 16th





Krafton announced that the competition of the 'Battleground' event will run from the 12th to the 16th at the 'e-Sports World Cup (EWC) 2025' currently underway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

EWC is the world's largest e-sports competition hosted by Saudi Arabia's e-sports federation and has been held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, for eight weeks until July 8th. The total prize money was $70 million (about 96.9 billion won), which was even larger than last year's competition, breaking the highest amount of e-sports competitions ever.




'Battleground' is one of the 24 events of EWC 2025, and 24 top teams from around the world, including the top 8 teams in the global power rankings and 16 teams that passed regional qualifiers, will compete fiercely for the total prize money of $2 million (about 2.7 billion won).

In Korea, DN Freaks participated as a global top-ranked team, and three teams, T1, Gen.G., and FN Pocheon, were qualified to participate through the selection of the Korean regional league. The group stage will run for three days from the 12th to the 14th. Twenty-four teams are divided into three groups of eight teams and cross-match in two groups. Six matches will be played a day, with each team playing a total of 12 matches, and the top 16 teams in total score will advance to the final. The grand final will be held for two days on the 15th and 16th. 16 teams will play a total of 12 matches, 6 matches per day, and the team with the most accumulated points will win the championship. The prize money for the winning team is $650,000.

The top 16 teams in the final rankings will be given a differential 'PUBG Global Series (PGS)' required to qualify for the 'PUBG Global Championship (PGC) 2025', the top international competition to be held at the end of the year. PGS points can only be earned in international competitions, and the top eight teams with accumulated PGS points will go straight to PGC 2025, regardless of their performance in the local league.




All games will start at 8 p.m. Korean time, and Korean broadcasts will be provided exclusively through the "Battleground" e-sports official website.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.