The popular fighting game, Street Fighter 6, is making its way to the 2025 Esports World Cup. Here is everything we know.
The popular fighting game, Street Fighter 6, is making its return to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this summer for the 2025 Esports World Cup. And guess what? The game was confirmed to be a part of the massive tournament series until at least 2027.
With Street Fighter 6 being one of the biggest games within the fighting community, fans are ecstatic all around the world with this announcement.
Street Fighter 6 to be a part of the 2025, 2026 and 2027 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Esports World Cup just got one of its biggest announcements, and that is that Street Fighter 6 will be making its way to the massive tournament series this year. The game was confirmed to be apart of the Esports World Cup earlier today and will be apart of the event up until 2027, with the chance of getting a renewal for later years.
Not only will the event feature some of the best Street Fighter gamers in the world, but it will also have an insanely huge prize pool.
Street Fighter 6 2025 Esports World Cup prize pool
With quite a bit of money on the line, players from around the world will be lining up for a chance to make it to the finals in this massive event. So, just how big is the prize pool?
The tournament will have a $1 million prize pool and is set to be one of the games to close out the Esports World Cup, which takes place this July and August.
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Schedule and format
Below is a list of the official schedule and format for the official Street Fighter 6 2025 Esports World Cup tournament series:
Phase 1 (AUGUST 20-21):
- 48 Players split into 12 GSL groups of four players.
- 1 Player from each group advances to Phase 3.
- 1 Player from each group advances to Phase 2.
- All matches in this Phase are best-of-five.
Phase 2 (AUGUST 22):
- 12 Players split into four Round Robin groups of three players.
- One Player from each group advances to Phase 3.
- Tiebreakers:
- If the first-place player is tied with another player, the entire group is played again.
- If still tied, tiebreakers will be used (Match, game or round difference).
- Tiebreakers:
- All matches in this Phase are best-of-five.
Phase 3 (AUGUST 23):
- 16 remaining players are seeded into a single-elimination bracket (with a third-place match).
- 12 players from Phase 1.
- 4 players from Phase 2.
- All matches in this phase are best-of-nine.
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