The finals of the StarCraft 2 tournament at the Esports World Cup 2025 have concluded, and Serral has asserted his domination once again.
The unstoppable champion from Finland representing Basilisk, real name Joona Sotala, managed to win his third world championship title, showing once again his mettle that has been a constant in StarCraft 2 since he single-handedly broke the Korean domination a few years ago.
In the final, he indeed defeated a star player from Korea, Classic, who tried his best and did manage to score some points, but ultimately couldn’t stop the Zerg onslaught. It ended 5-2.
Cure took the 3rd place by beating Solar 4-0 in the decider match.
Serral’s victory also puts Basilisk on the leaderboard of the Club Championship Ranking in 8th place with 1,000 points.
He brings home a $200,000 prize pool, while Classic won $100,000 and Cure won $40,000.
If you missed the playoffs, you can check out the recording of the livestream on demand below.
The Esports World Cup is hosted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and it’s already close to the end of its second week, with several tournaments having already crowned their champions.
The competition is scheduled to continue for several more weeks until August 24. More tournaments will crown their champions during the weekend, so you can expect to see reports about them all here on Simulation Daily.
Earlier during the event, Team Redline won the Rennsport sim racing championship, Goichi brought home the trophy for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Team Heretics won the Valorant tournament, VK Gaming won in Apex Legends, Team Spirit won in Dota 2, Team Vitality won Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Evos Esports won Free Fire, and Gen.G won League of Legends.
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