Overview

• Quarterfinal matchups pit Sentinels against Paper Rex, BBL Esports versus Team Heretics, NRG up against EDward Gaming, and FNATIC facing Bilibili Gaming.
• Paper Rex, BBL Esports, NRG and FNATIC secured their playoff berths by winning their Group Winner’s Matches on July 8.
• G2 Esports, 100 Thieves, Xi Lai Gaming and Titan Esports Club were eliminated on July 9 after falling in their lower-bracket elimination matches.
• G2 competed without Nathan “leaf” Orf due to illness while EDward Gaming advanced behind Zheng “ZmjjKK” Yongkang’s 73-kill performance.
• The single-elimination bracket unfolds under EWC 2025’s record $70 million prize pool with worldwide live broadcasts.