Only four spots are available for the soon-coming Esports World Cup 2025 (EWC 2025). 415 TEKKEN 8 players attend the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) to try and win one.
Three days of intense TEKKEN 8 fights happen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during the EWC 2025 LCQ. The main qualification circuit included eight big fighting games esports events, and many top players won their spots via them.
Even more competitors want to hit the main stage of the TEKKEN 8 Esports World Cup 2025. The Last Chance Qualifier is a nice opportunity to do so. As for viewers, this event is a great show to watch, cheer for your favorites, and get hyped up before the primary tournament.
Many LCQ participants are exceptionally strong and well-known in the community. Everything about the TEKKEN 8 Last Chance Qualifier at EWC 2025 is here.
How to watch the LCQ at TEKKEN 8 EWC 2025 stream
The official channel of the Esports World Cup on YouTube broadcasts the TEKKEN 8 LCQ. You can watch the top 8 stream right here. The starting stages VODs are in our results section.
Schedule
The Last Chance Qualifier for the TEKKEN 8 Esports World Cup 2025 goes on for three days.
- Aug. 7 — Pools, starting at 9 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. CEST
- Aug. 8 — Top 64, starting at 11 a.m. ET / 5 p.m. CEST
- Aug. 9 — Top 8, starting at 11 a.m. ET / 5 p.m. CEST
Results of TEKKEN 8 LCQ at the Esports World Cup 2025
All the registered players for the Last Chance Qualifier are divided into 32 pools. After the initial matches, the competition continues for the top 64 participants.
Pools
This tournament stage consisted of a lot of matches. You can check out the pools results on the TEKKEN 8 EWC 2025 LCQ start.gg page.
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Top 64
From the top 64 to the top 8 — the TEKKEN 8 players at the Esports World Cup 2025 compete in two pools to advance to the top 16 brackets first and then to the final tournament stage.
Here are the top 16 brackets at the TEKKEN 8 EWC 2025 LCQ: matchups and results.
Top 8
The final brackets are the traditional top 8. Reaching the winners' finals and the losers' semifinals means earning a spot at the TEKKEN 8 EWC 2025.
Winners Semifinal | Winners Final | Grand Final |
|---|---|---|
| Numan Ch 2:0 Mohsin Shooter Steve vs Clive | Numan Ch 3:1 qudans Paul vs Heihachi, Devil Jin | Numan Ch 3:0 qudans Paul vs Devil Jin |
| qudans 2:0 Shadow 20z Heihachi vs Zafina, Anna |
Losers Round 1 | Losers Quarterfinals | Losers Semifinal | Losers Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| REST 0:2 Qasim Meer Hwoarang vs Zafina | Shadow 20z 0:2 Qasim Meer Claudio vs Zafina | Qasim Meer 3:1 kkokkoma Zafina vs Dragunov | qudans 3:2 Qasim Meer Zafina, Azucena vs Devil Jin, Heihachi |
| kkokkoma 2:0 Jodd Feng vs Nina | Mohsin Shooter 0:2 kkokkoma Clive vs Feng |
- Numan Ch and qudans are the first to receive their EWC keys, as they won their semifinals and qualifuid for the main TEKKEN 8 event.
- kkokkoma and Qasim Meer joined the qualified players from the lower brackets of the LCQ.
Players to watch out for during the EWC 2025 TEKKEN 8 LCQ
Esports results are always unpredictable, but we sure can highlight some notable TEKKEN 8 LCQ participants. They are favorites to advance to the main event at the Esports World Cup 2025. Also, just following the matches of these players is quite exciting.
- AK is the winner of Combo Breaker 2024
- Raef finished 4th at the Tekken World Tour Finals 2024
- THE JON won Thaiger Uppercut 2024 and reached the top 8 at the TEKKEN 8 EWC 2024
- Kkokkoma was in the top 3 at VSFighting XII TEKKEN 8
- Shadow 20z won TEKKEN 8 Frosty Faustings XVII
- Jodd reached the top 8 at DreamHack Summer 2024
- Sephiblack was in the top 8 at DreamHack Dallas 2024
- Book reached the top 6 at The MIXUP 2024
- JoKa was 4th at CEO 2024
The primary TEKKEN 8 EWC 2025 tournament happens from Aug. 13 to Aug. 16.
On the same weekend, we can witness a Challenger qualifier for the TEKKEN World Tour 2025: VSFighting XIII, from Aug. 15 to Aug. 17.
The next Master TWT 2025 event is Punishment 4, from Sept. 20 to Sept. 21.
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