The tournament is a Master-tier TEKKEN World Tour 2025 (TWT 2025) qualifier. Four Esports World Cup 2025 (EWC 2025) spots are available at CEO 2025. However, the game received a relatively big patch recently. Will it affect the character picks and the results?
It feels nice and reassuring to know that the chaos of Season 2 doesn’t really affect the esports schedule of TEKKEN 8. The general level of competition is extraordinary, as the best players adapt effectively to everything the developers throw into the game — including fixes.
TEKKEN 8 is present at CEO 2025 after the recent patch 2.02. The game follows the path of rebalancing defense and offense, and its current achievements in this department should reveal themselves during top-level esports matches.
CEO 2025 gathers the true elite of TEKKEN. Arslan Ash, ATIF, and a few other Pakistani players are here. Rangchu, ULSAN, and other competitors from South Korea are ready to battle for the TWT standing points. There are some really strong U.S. representatives at the event as well.
Everything about the TEKKEN 8 tournament at CEO 2025 is here: the stream, schedule of matches, global league details, and final results.
Where to watch TEKKEN 8 at CEO 2025: Stream
The official channel of Bandai Namco Esports on YouTube broadcasted the TEKKEN 8 CEO 2025 tournament, and you can find VODs there. Here is the full stream of the top 8 brackets.
Results for TEKKEN 8 at CEO 2025
Here are the final results of the TEKKEN 8 tournament at CEO 2025, including TWT 2025 points distribution and character picks.
Final standings
Placement | Player | Character | TWT 2025 Points Earned | Qualifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Falcons | ATIF | Anna | 560 | [already qualified] |
| 2 | Freecs | ULSAN | Dragunov, Reina | 400 | [already qualified] |
| 3 | Twisted Minds | Arslan Ash | Nina, Zafina, Anna | 300 | [already qualified] |
| 4 | Team Vitality | JeonDDing | Eddy | 220 | EWC 2025 |
| 5-6 | Team Falcons | Farzeen | Victor | 180 | [already qualified] |
| 5-6 | Freecs | Meo-IL | Jack-8 | 180 | EWC 2025 |
| 7-8 | Al Qadsiah | Yagami | Reina | 150 | EWC 2025 |
| 7-8 | T1 | EDGE | Hwoarang | 150 | [already qualified] |
As everyone in the top 8 already have their EWC qualification spots, Gaimin Gladiators | Tibetano wins one. The player finished TEKKEN 8 CEO 2025 9th-12th.
Top 8
Winners Semifinals | Winners Final | Grand Final |
|---|---|---|
| ULSAN 2:1 Arslan Ash Dragunov vs Nina | ULSAN 0:3 ATIF Claudio, Dragunov vs Anna | ATIF 3:2 ULSAN Anna vs Reina, Dragunov |
| JeonDDing 0:2 ATIF Eddy vs Anna |
Losers Round 1 | Losers Quarterfinals | Losers Semifinal | Losers Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDGE 1:2 Meo-IL Hwoarang vs Victor, Jack-8 | JeonDDing 2:1 Meo-IL Eddy vs Jack-8 | JeonDDing 2:3 Arslan Ash Eddy vs Zafina | ULSAN 3:0 Arslan Ash Reina vs Anna, Zafina, Nina |
| Farzeen 2:0 Yagami Victor vs Reina | Arslan Ash 2:0 Farzeen Nina vs Victor |
ATIF takes Anna Williams, the newest TEKKEN 8 character, for his tournament run, and this pick pays off!
After defeating ULSAN twice, ATIF becomes a back-to-back TEKKEN 8 CEO Champion!
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TEKKEN 8 characters at CEO 2025
In general, only ATIF switched to a new character. He played Dragunov at TEKKEN 8 CEO 2024.
At CEO 2025, ULSAN was mostly on Dragunov again, and this picked worked well. Some bad rounds against ATIF motivated him to switch to Claudio and Reina.
Also, ULSAN played the full set against Arslan Ash on Reina.
Arslan Ash picked Nina for most matches, but in some situations, Zafina was a better choice. The Pakistani TEKKEN legend picked Anna to confront ULSAN, but that did not work.
In general, the TEKKEN 8 tournament at CEO 2025 features a nice range of characters, including Victor, Jack-8,Hwoarang, and Eddy Gordo.
TEKKEN World Tour 2025 before CEO
The official TEKKEN 8 esports circuit started at Evo Japan 2025, and since then, we have had only a few Master and Challenger events.
- Evo Japan 2025 — Knee is the winner
- Brussels Challenge Major Edition 2025 — KingReyJr
- Combo Breaker 2025 — Mulgold
- Battle Arena Melbourne 15 — Arslan Ash
Unlike the SNK World Championship or Capcom Pro Tour, TWT 2025 has no direct invites to the Finals event. Players should reach the top 20 on the global leaderboard. Succeeding at the Master-tier events, like TEKKEN 8 CEO 2025, is a great support in this process since such tournaments distribute the most points.
TEKKEN 8 Esports World Cup 2025 qualifier
In addition to ULSAN, who won TEKKEN 8 EWC 2024, there will be 31 other participants at this year’s tournament.
The same big fighting games esports events that participate in the TWT 2025 are parts of the Esports World Cup 2025 qualification, including CEO 2025. Here is a list of players who have already earned their TEKKEN 8 EWC 2025 spots.
- Riyadh Clash 2 — ATIF
- Evo Japan 2025 — Knee, Mulgold, Mangja, and PINYA
- Brussels Challenge Major Edition 2025 — KingReyJr
- Combo Breaker 2025 — EDGE, Arslan Ash, LowHigh, Rangchu
- Battle Arena Melbourne 15 — Farzeen, Chikurin, NOBI, KEISUKE
- Headstomper 2025 — ILIAS
Each new qualifier lets players with lower placements make it to the EWC 2025. But after the CEO 2025, we have only two qualifiers: The MIXUP 2025, from July 5 to July 6, and Evo Las Vegas 2025, from Aug. 1 to Aug. 3.
Right before the main TEKKEN 8 Esports World Cup 2025 tournament, there will be a Last Chance Qualifier, with four additional spots.
Don't miss other big tournaments at CEO 2025! Street Fighter 6 has a Premier-tier Capcom Pro Tour qualifier.
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