Esports World Cup Week 3 Day 2 review: HoK, MLBB action returns

The 2025 Esports World Cup continued on Wednesday, July 23, with the second day of week three featuring StarCraft II, Honor of Kings and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The group stage at the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang EWC started on Wednesday, while the Honor of Kings World Cup playoffs also began.

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StarCraft II Esports World Cup

The action at the StarCraft II Esports World Cup featured two qualifying matches and two elimination matches in Groups A and B. Clément “Clem” Desplanches, Cho “Maru” Seong-ju, Kim “herO” Joon-ho, and Joona “Serral” Sotala qualified for the playoffs. Meanwhile, Park “Zoun” Han-sol, Shin “SHIN” Hee-beom, Huang “Lancer” Min, and Gabriel Raffaele “HeRoMaRinE” Segat were eliminated from the event.

Day 2 results

Group A

• Upper bracket: Clem defeated Solar 3-2
• Upper bracket: Maru defeated Reynor 3-2
• Lower bracket: Zoun defeated ByuN 3-2
• Lower bracket: SHIN defeated trigger 3-0

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Group B

• Upper bracket: Serral defeated Classic 3-0
• Upper bracket: herO defeated Cure 3-1
• Lower bracket: ShoWTimE defeated Cyan 3-0
• Lower bracket: Rogue defeated HeRoMaRinE 3-0

Honor of Kings World Cup

The Honor of Kings World Cup returned on Wednesday, with the first two playoff series taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AG.AL, TT Global, Team Vitality, Nova Esports, OG, Paws Gaming, Twisted Minds and Alpha7 Esports will battle in a single-elimination bracket.

Quarterfinal results

• Twisted Minds defeated Paws Gaming 4-3
• Nova Esports defeated OG 4-0

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Esports World Cup

The first four series from Group A at the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Esports World Cup took place on Wednesday as the eight teams kicked off their group stage campaign.

Group A results

• Team Liquid PH defeated Ultra Legends 2-0
• ONIC defeated CFU Gaming 2-1
• SRG.OG defeated Virtus.pro 2-1
• Mythic SEAL defeated Corinthians 2-1

Looking ahead to Thursday

Call of Duty, one of the most anticipated titles at the Esports World Cup, will begin on Thursday, when 16 of the world’s best CoD teams compete in the US$1.8 million event. If you want to wager on the upcoming group stage matches on the opening day, check out ESB’s free preview and tips.

Check out our Call of Duty Esports World Cup betting guide for more information on the event.