The Esports World Cup 2025 has broken down the Club Championship, including how points accumulate and the prize money distribution.
The Club Championship at the Esports World Cup is a competition between the clubs that sponsor esports players — think T1, Fnatic, or G2 Esports. These clubs have players/teams across the various main-stage event tournaments (like League of Legends, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, etc).
To participate in the Club Championship, clubs will need to reach the top eight in at least two different game championships. Additionally, to win first place, a club has to have won first place in at least one game championship. If the first place in points doesn’t meet this requirement, then the next highest point holder will take first place.
Another caveat is that clubs can only win points in competitions where players have been publicly stated by a specific deadline.
This type of competition forces clubs to look at the broad scope of the gaming world instead of focusing on one specific game. The Club Championship is one of the only competitions of its kind, and the rewards for it are lucrative.
Here’s how the $27 million Club Championship prize money is distributed:
- 1st place: $7 million
- 2nd place: $4 million
- 3rd place: $3 million
- 4th place: $2.5 million
- 5th place: $2 million
- 6th place: $1.5 million
- 7th place: $1 million
- 8th place: $850k
- 9th place: $700k
- 10th place: $600k
- 11th place: $525k
- 12th place: $450k
- 13th place: $400k
- 14th place: $350k
- 15th place: $325k
- 16th place: $300k
- 17th place: $275k
- 18th place: $250k
- 19th place: $225k
- 20th place: $200k
- 21st place: $175k
- 22nd place: $150k
- 23rd place: $125k
- 24th place: $100k
There are two categories for point breakdowns for every game event. The first is for games with no shared placements, and the points are as follows:
- 1st place: 1,000 points
- 2nd place: 750 points
- 3rd place: 500 points
- 4th place: 300 points
- 5th place: 200 points
- 6th place: 150 points
- 7th place: 100 points
- 8th place: 50 points
For games that can have shared placements, the points are a bit different:
- 1st place: 1,000 points
- 2nd place: 750 points
- 3rd to 4th place: 500 points
- 5th to 8th place: 200 points
In the case of a first-place tie breaker, there are two different ways that winners are determined. These go in order.
First, a tie breaker can be determined by a club having more first-place wins than another. If that doesn’t solve it, then a winner can be determined by a club having more points from direct matches against the other club.
If a tie breaker isn’t solved by either of these methods, then the Esports World Cup administration will step in to determine a way to resolve it.
For tie breakers in places that aren’t first, then the clubs that are tied will split the prize money.
As the Esports World Cup 2025 draws closer, there have been quite a few announcements. For example, Cristiano Ronaldo was named the Global Ambassador, and a docuseries directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker RJ Cutler has started.