We take a look at the week ahead in esports and the highlight events for July 28-August 3, with the 2025 Esports World Cup headlining the week’s action.
What’s on in esports for week beginning July 28, 2025
Another week of esports will kick off on Monday, July 28, 2025, with the 2025 Esports World Cup maintaining the spotlight in Saudi Arabia.
With the third week of play in the books, the Esports World Cup will continue on Tuesday, July 29, with Overwatch 2 and Chess joining PUBG Mobile and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.
Meanwhile, the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Cologne group stage will conclude on Tuesday before the top six Counter-Strike 2 teams head to the LANXESS Arena to compete in the playoffs.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid-Season Cup 2025
The third and final week of play at the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid-Season Cup will be held at the AMAZON Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The remaining eight teams will compete in the knockout stage, which will feature best-of-five quarterfinal and semifinal series and a best-of-seven grand final.
Check out our extensive Mobile Legends: Bang Bang EWC betting guide to get the latest odds and details.
PUBG Mobile World Cup
The first three days of action at the PUBG Mobile World Cup featured the 18 games of the group stage, which resulted in the top eight advancing to the grand finals.
The survival stage will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the top eight squads taking the final spots in the grand finals, beginning on Friday, August 1.
Check out our extensive PUBG Mobile EWC betting guide to get the latest odds and details.
Chess Esports World Cup
The world’s best 16 chess players will compete in the Chess Esports World Cup from July 29 to August 1, with every match set to be played on Chess.com.
Team Liquid and Team Falcons are expected to fight out the Chess EWC, with Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen representing Liquid, and Hikaru Nakamura and Alireza Firouzja playing for the hometown favourite, Falcons.
Check out our extensive Chess EWC betting guide to get the latest odds and details.
Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup
Overwatch 2 will return to the Esports World Cup in 2025, as the top 16 Overwatch teams compete in the four-day event from July 31 through August 3.
The best esports betting sites have marked defending champions Crazy Raccoon as the +100 favourite to lift the trophy, ahead of Team Falcons (+200) and T1 (+250).
Check out our extensive Overwatch 2 EWC betting guide to get the latest odds and details.
Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Cologne 2025
IEM Cologne’s group stage (Stage 2) will finish on Tuesday, following the action in Groups A and B, where the top two in the upper bracket and the lower bracket final winner will advance to the playoffs.
After two days of play, Team Vitality and The MongolZ are the only teams to qualify for the playoffs. GamerLegion and Astralis were the first two teams to be eliminated from Stage 2 on Sunday.
Click here to check out ESB’s free betting preview and tips for Monday’s IEM Cologne matches.
Check out our extensive IEM Cologne betting guide to get the latest odds and details.
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