RIYADH: Weibo Gaming have won the Teamfight Tactics tournament at the Esports World Cup 2025 following a 3-1 victory over Virtus.pro in the grand final. Along with the trophy, Weibo Gaming won $150,000 from the $500,000 prize pool.
Weibo Gaming were unbeaten on their way to the grand final after missing out at the quarterfinal stage last year. They beat EWC 2024 finalists T1 on the opening day before sweeping aside Team Vitality to win their group. In the playoffs stage they took down EVOS Esports 2-0 and AEGIS 2-1. The grand final saw the format shift to best of five, and Weibo Gaming defeated Virtus.pro 3-1.
It was a game too far for Virtus.pro, who had taken down both EWC 24 grand finalists on the way to the final game. With their well-earned title as giant slayers coming into the final, Weibo Gaming were up for their challenge.
The grand final provided a great display of tactical play. Weibo Gaming set the marker down in round one with a dominant victory. Virtus.pro reversed the tide to secure a game for themselves in round two. Round three saw the teams forced into a 1v1, and despite leading, Virtus.pro were not able to clinch the win. On match point, Weibo Gaming held on to convert the game into victory.
Yao Chuanheng said: “I am incredibly excited. It’s been a long road for everyone. We’ve done so much, we’ve put in so much work to prepare for this, and we’ve finally done it. So, thank you; thank you to everyone. We are the champions.”
Yin Shengjie was named the Sony MVP (most valuable player), having led the line for his team throughout the event. He won an additional $10,000 and the MVP medal to recognize his achievements.
He said: “I believe this MVP prize doesn’t belong to me alone, but to every single
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