City of the Wolves descends on Riyadh! Your guide to FATAL FURY at EWC 2025

Eugene Bozhenko

Eugene Bozhenko

Money and glory are at stake in the FATAL FURY EWC 2025 tournament. The game is out for a few months, and we can witness what the top competitors are capable of in the wild City of the Wolves.

The Esports World Cup (EWC) has become a really big part of the fighting games competition. In 2025, this series is deeply integrated into the tournament schedule and even into the biggest official leagues. In its pretty big lineup of titles, the EWC 2025 features three fighting games.

FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves (FATAL FURY CotW) is the first fighting games community (FGC) title to hit the stage in Riyadh. The best of the best are striving for the lion's share of the $1,000,000 prize pool, and the honor to be the first-ever winner of such a huge FATAL FURY event is also a great prospect!

Everything about FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves at the Esports World Cup 2025 is here: stream, tournament details, character matchups, and final results.

How to watch FATAL FURY CotW EWC 2025: Stream

The official YouTube channel of the Esports World Cup broadcasts the FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves tournament. You can watch it right here, as the stream is embedded below. 

Schedule

The EWC 2025 FATAL FURY CotW matches go on for three days, from July 10 to July 12.

  • July 10, 11 a.m. ET: Group Stage opening matches and upper finals
  • July 11, 1 p.m. ET: Group Stage lower semis and finals
  • July 12, 1 p.m. ET: The top 8 brackets
FATAL FURY EWC 2025 schedule (Image via SNK Esports Hub)
FATAL FURY EWC 2025 schedule (Image via SNK Esports Hub)

Results of the FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves Esports World Cup 2025 

The top 16 players participate in the EWC 2025 FATAL FURY CotW. They qualified for the event from an intense tournament series.

  • First, all the competitors are divided into four groups. They play double-elimination brackets, and two players from each group advance to the Playoffs.
  • The top 8 part consists of single-elimination brackets and a match for the third place.

Final standings

In the table below, you’ll find the final standings of the EWC 2025 FATAL FURY tournament.

Placements
Players
FATAL FURY Characters
Prize Money
1TBD$300,000
2TBD$155,000
3TBD$100,000
4TBD$65,000
5–8TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
$45,000
9–12TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
$30,000
13–16TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
$20,000

Group Stage

Each group is pretty strong, but Group A is apparently the deadliest. Xiaohai is here, and he already has experience of winning the EWC for Street Fighter 6 in 2024. He is one of the best KOF competitors of all time, and switching to FATAL FURY is natural for such a legend.

Fenritti was among the best in DBFZ, and he has big plans in this new game. In Group B, it is also interesting to follow Reynald. His run at the Combo Breaker 2025 was phenomenal.

GO1 is the favorite of Group C. He is another DBFZ champion playing FATAL FURY. Nemo intensifies the Street Fighter vibes at the tournament.

In Group D, we have mok, who has some decent KOF results. Poongko reached a few top placements at FATAL FURY tournaments. Really close battles should happen here.

Groups at FATAL FURY CotW EWC 2025 (image via SNK Esports Hub)
Groups at FATAL FURY CotW EWC 2025 (image via SNK Esports Hub)

Four players advance to the playoffs of the FATAL FURY EWC from Day 1.

  • Xiaohai from Group A, on Billy
  • Fenritti from Group B, on Kain
  • GO1 from Group C, on Kain
  • mok from Group D, on Hokutomaru

Playoffs: The FATAL FURY winner at the Esports World Cup 2025

Beyond just following the match results, it is very interesting to see which FATAL FURY characters are picked at the Esports World Cup 2025. The meta has been nicely explored at this point, and we can see who dominates the battle balance at the top competitive level.

Here are the final brackets of the EWC 2025 FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves.

Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd Place Match
Grand Final
Xiaohai vs TBDTBD vs TBDTBD vs TBD
Fenritti vs TBDTBD vs TBDTBD vs TBD
GO1 vs TBD
mok vs TBD

The FATAL FURY competition is certainly not over with the Esports World Cup 2025. The next big tournament is around the corner: Evo Las Vegas is from Aug. 1 to Aug. 3, and it is the SNK World Championship 2025 qualifier.

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