During Week 6 of the Esports World Cup 2025, a championship for one of the most recognizable fighting games took place. The Tekken event was held from August 13 to 16, and it witnessed history to end as the game's most-watched tournaments of all time.The Esports World Cup 2025 for Tekken pitted 32 of the best players from around the globe against each other at the Boulevard Riyadh City in Saudi Arabia. A title record prize pool of $1 million was on the line, apart from valuable Club Championship points for some of the world's top esports organizations.

Four days of top fighting game action birthed lots of talking points, including many legends failing to make it out of the tournament's second phase. In the end, it was Lim "Ulsan" Soo-hoon who emerged victorious, becoming just the second competitor to win back-to-back titles at the Esports World Cup.This win also made Ulsan the highest-earning Tekken player of all time, with his career earnings now sitting at around $445,391. It was also a highly satisfactory outing for South Korea, as the East Asian nation filled the podium places and had six players in the top eight.

Viewership stats from the Esports World Cup 2025 for Tekken

This Tier 1 Tekken tournament accrued 89,728 Peak Viewers (PV) during the Second Phase, Group D clash between Han "Mulgold" Jae-gyun and Atif "ATIF" Ijaz. The Grand Final between Ulsan and Yoon "LowHigh" Sun-woong was only the third-most popular match, and the last one to top 80,000 PV. Two games from the second phase made the five most popular matches list, as this stage involved a lot of the legends of Tekken. Top players like Arslan "ArslanAsh" Siddique, ATIF, and Bae "Knee" Jae-Min were seen in action, although most of them were shown the exit door by the end of this round. These surprise results included Ulsan beating ArslanAsh in the Elimination Match of Group C.

Viewership comparison of the two Tekken events at the Esports World Cup

Despite these upsets knocking out a few favorites, the Esports World Cup 2025 for Tekken posted better viewership numbers than last year's edition. With South Korean and Japanese players populating the final, third phase, audiences from these nations generated enough interest to ensure this year's event did better.This also meant that these two languages enjoyed substantial increases in their watch times from the EWC 2024 x Tekken. The former's rise was by a huge 339%, while the latter's HW numbers shot up by 44%. With the four matches starting from the Semifinals only featuring South Koreans, the language also saw an upsurge of almost 326% in its peak concurrent viewership figure in 2025.

Moreover, the 2025 iteration's 1.35 million Hours Watched (HW) almost doubled what was seen last year. In fact, this is now a Tekken esports record, with only two other events crossing the 1.3 million watch hours barrier.The Esports World Cup 2025 for Tekken is also among the legendary fighting game's most successful competitions this year. Apart from the record watch time it hit, this championship is in second position by peak live viewers when looking at the game's most popular competitions in 2025.

Club Championship table

Ulsan's back-to-back victories in Tekken mean he remains the only DN Freecs competitor to have championship wins at the Esports World Cup. This triumph handed the Korean esports organization 1,000 Club Championship points, bringing it up to 11th place in the standings with 1,200 points.DN Freecs became the 17th unique club to claim a title at the EWC 25. The Korean club is now tied for 11th place with Karmine Corp, Team Spirit, and Team Secret, and with this being its final competition, it will not be able to climb any higher on the leaderboard.Looking at the top of the table, a top-four finish for Team Vitality's Jeon "JeonDDing" Sang-hyun meant 300 Club Championship points for his org, solidifying its spot in third place. With just the final week of the Esports World Cup 2025 left, the race to the top of the standings will be a close one.

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