FC Pro World Championship preview & best bets – EWC 2025

The beautiful game hits Boulevard Riyadh City this week as the FC Pro World Championship headlines week five of the Esports World Cup. 32 of the sharpest controllers on the planet chase a US$1,000,000 purse from August 7–10, with organizations also banking valuable Club Championship points. Single-game pressure in groups, a ruthless single-elimination playoff, and primetime nights in Riyadh? Yes, please.

FC Pro World Championship format

• Field: 32 players, PlayStation 5, 1v1.
• Groups: Eight GSL groups of four. Group matches are Bo1 and the top two advance.
• Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket to a one-match grand final.
• Dates: August 7–10 at Qiddiya Arena, Boulevard Riyadh City.
• Prize pool: US$1,000,000 (US$250,000 to the champion) + EWC Club points.

EA Sports FC Esports World Cup Odds

• Verjgang – -200
• Tekkz – +200
• Jafonso – +200
• EmreYilmaz – +300
• Paulo Neto – +400
• Jonny – +500
• QRNA – +600
• DullenMIKE – +600
• Levi de Weerd – +600
• Matias – +700
• Fonseca – +700
• Levyfinn – +800
• GuiBarros – +800
• Danipitbull – +800
• Fouma – +800
• Fouma – +800
• Nicolas99fc – +900
• Obrun2002 – +900
• AbuMakkah – +1000
• ManuBachoore – +1100
• LJR_Peixoto – +1100
• PHzin – +1100
• Rampazzo – +1200
• cowen – +1300
• Stingray – +1300
• samugamer – +1400
• Giobundyy – +1500
• Brice – +1900
• Fakhr999 – +3900
• Resende – +3900
• isGoatMan – +3900
• Young – +3900

FC Pro World Championship Best Bet

Emre “EmreYilmaz” Yilmaz brings the single best hard result you could ask for into Riyadh: he won the 2025 eChampions League in Munich—and did it by beating Vejrgang in the final. That matters twice over. First, it proves peak level in a tier-one LAN environment. Second, it strips away any “aura tax” when these two shape the outright market; Emre has already solved that matchup under maximum pressure. It was framed as history—a second eCL crown, the first player to do it—and that kind of résumé tends to travel in knockout football sims.

The Riyadh format plays straight into his strengths. Groups are GSL with single-game matches feeding a single-elimination bracket, so your outright needs a player who controls tempo, makes clean late decisions, and almost never beats himself. That is EmreYilmaz’s calling card. He’s not just a front-runner; he’s happy to suffocate a game for 70 minutes and seize the one high-value chance when it comes, which is why his LAN finals sample skews clinical rather than chaotic. On PS5, in one-off ties that can spill into extra time and penalties, that composure becomes an edge rather than a style choice. At +300 with top esports betting sites, he’s the sensible one to build around.