The tournament is the final qualifier for the TEKKEN 8 Esports World Cup 2025. Also, Evo 2025 features the TEKKEN World Tour 2025 (TWT 2025) Master+ event. Sure, all the best players in the world joined this amazing party!
Evo is always a great event to push a fighting game in the right direction. TEKKEN 8 went through bitter obstacles with the troublesome release of Season 2. The addition of Fahkumram did not save the situation at all. At Evo 2025, TEKKEN 8 has a chance to prove that the competition is still awesome — and soon-coming Armor King starts the next exciting chapter.
Beyond that, TEKKEN 8 Evo 2025 is just a great esports tournament! The top competitors showcase what is possible in the game. And we witness hot battles for the EWC 2025 qualification spots and TWT 2025 standing points.
How to watch TEKKEN 8 at Evo 2025: Stream
The official YouTube channel of Evo broadcasted all the tournaments from this year’s event. The TEKKEN 8 stream from Evo 2025 is embedded below.
Armor King in TEKKEN 8: Gameplay reveal
All eyes are on Armor King! The developers of TEKKEN 8 prepared a gameplay trailer for this character — to reveal it for the first time during Evo 2025.
The community is super excited about TEKKEN 8 Armor King. It’s a great addition to the roster. The wrestler makes Season 2 DLC much more interesting.
- The release date for Armor King is Oct. 13, Early Access, and Oct. 16, full release.
Miary Zo from Madagscar: The final TEKKEN 8 DLC character of Season 2
At the end of the Armor King TEKKEN 8 gameplay trailer, you can see the next DLC challenger.
- Miary Zo in a new TEKKEN 8 character. She concludes the lineup of Season 2 DLC.
Little do we know about her. Miary Zo is from Madagascar and probably, she enjoys fighting.
Results: TEKKEN 8 at Evo 2025
The top players at the Evo 2025 TEKKEN 8 tournaments earn substantial amounts of TWT 2025 standing points. This qualifier has the Master+ status!
Also, landing somewhere in the top 8 gives players a nice chance to qualify for the TEKKEN 8 Esports World Cup 2025 (EWC 2025). Many prominent competitors have already earned their spots, and the reward may go down the standings list.
Here are the detailed TEKKEN 8 results at Evo 2025, including characters in the final brackets.
Final standings
Placement | Player | TEKKEN 8 character | TWT 2025 points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twisted Minds | Arslan Ash | Anna, Nina | 800 |
| 2 | Team Falcons | ATIF | Anna | 560 |
| 3 | THY esports | chikurin | Clive, Lili | 400 |
| 4 | Freecs | Mulgold | Claudio | 300 |
| 5-6 | YAMASA | NOBI | Lars | 220 |
| 5-6 | DRX | LowHigh | Bryan | 220 |
| 7-8 | Rex Regum Qeon | JDCR | Dragunov | 180 |
| 7-8 | Freecs | Meo-IL | Jack-8 | 180 |
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Top 8
Arslan Ash advanced to the final brackets of TEKKEN 8 Evo 2025 via the winners side. He is the Evo 2024 Champion, in addition to his many titles. Despite having troubles around his workout methods, Arslan Ash treats the community to his presence and skillful play.
ATIF was the grand finalist last year. This time, he enters the top 8 via the losers brackets. The winner of CEO 2025 is always a force to reckon with.
The other players in the final brackets are also capable of big achievements!
- LowHigh was 3rd at The MIXUP 2025.
- Chikurin is the Evo Japan 2024 Champion.
- Mulgold won Combo Breaker 2025.
- Meo-IL regularly reaches the top 8 at big TEKKEN 8 esports events, and he sure is hungry for more.
Final brackets
Winners Semifinals | Winners Final | Grand Final | Grand Final Reset |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOBI 0:2 Arslan Ash Lars vs Anna | Arslan Ash 3:2 chikurin Anna, Nina vs Clive | Arslan Ash 0:3 ATIF Anna vs Anna | Arslan Ash 3:1 ATIF Anna, Nina vs Anna |
| LowHigh 1:2 chikurin Bryan vs Clive |
Losers Round 1 | Losers Quarterfinals | Losers Semifinal | Losers Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulgold 2:0 Meo-IL Claudio vs Jack-8 | LowHigh 0:2 Mulgold Bryan vs Claudio | Mulgold 1:3 ATIF Claudio vs Anna | chikurin 1:3 ATIF Lili vs Anna |
| ATIF 2:0 JDCR Anna vs Dragunov | NOBI 0:2 ATIF Lars vs Anna |
Arslan Ash is the TEKKEN 8 Evo 2025 Champion! It’s his sixth Evo title
Anna Williams was the primary character for Arslan Ash in the top 8 of Evo 2025 TEKKEN 8. This relatively fresh addition to the roster, brought Arslan a great win over NOBI.
Still, Anna did not work at all against Clive of chikurin. The opponent reached the match point in the winners final, and Arslan Ash switched to Nina. A reverse sweep and the grind final spot were a nice reward for this move.
In the grand final, Arslan Ash faced ATIF. It started as an Anna mirror match, and ATIF reset the brackets with 3:0.
When it looked like ATIF really could win Evo, Arslan Ash switched to Nina again — yep, it worked.
As all the top 8 players have already qualified for the TEKKEN 8 Esports World Cup 2025, the four spots go to the lower placements.
- DRX | Chanel, 13th–16th
- T1 | eyemusician, 13th–16th
- Team BDS | kirakira, 13th–16th
- Twisted Minds | Hafiz Tanveer, 17th–24th
The TEKKEN 8 Esports World Cup 2025 happens from Aug. 13 to Aug. 16. Before the main event, we can witness the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ): from Aug. 7 to Aug. 9.
As for the TWT 2025, the league has a few more Master qualifiers. The next one is Punishment 4, from Sept. 20 to Sept. 21.
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