Esports World Cup Week 3 Day 3 review: Call of Duty kicks off

The 2025 Esports World Cup continued to heat up on Thursday, July 24, with StarCraft II, Honor of Kings, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and Call of Duty all featuring on the third day of week three. One of the headline events, the Call of Duty Esports World Cup, took centre stage in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

If you are looking to place a bet on any of the individual matches at the Esports World Cup, make sure you check out the top esports betting sites.

• 

  Fast Payouts

Call of Duty Esports World Cup

The Call of Duty Esports World Cup started on Thursday, with 16 of the world’s best CoD teams competing in a double-elimination group stage format. On the opening day of the event, three matches took place in each group, with one squad advancing to the playoffs with two straight wins.

Day 1 results

Group A

• OpTic Gaming defeated FiveFears 3-0
• Cloud9 defeated G2 Esports 3-0
• Winners Match: OpTic Gaming defeated Cloud9 3-0

Group B

• Vancouver Surge defeated Team Orchid 3-1
• 100 Thieves defeated Gentle Mates 3-0
• Winners Match: Vancouver Surge defeated 100 Thieves 3-2

• 

  The bookies' bookie

Group C

• Boston Breach defeated Team WaR 3-1
• KOI defeated Team Falcons 3-1
• Winners Match: KOI defeated Boston Breach 3-0

Group D

• Team Heretics defeated Project 7 Esports 3-0
• FaZe Clan defeated OMiT 3-2
• Winners Match: Team Heretics defeated FaZe Clan 3-1

StarCraft II Esports World Cup

In what was an eventful day at the StarCraft II Esports World Cup, the last four players advanced to the playoffs, and four quarterfinals headlined the day’s action. The outright betting favourite and defending champion, Clément “Clem” Desplanches, was eliminated from the tournament, which was the first massive surprise of the Esports World Cup in 2025.

Day 3 results

Group A

• Reynor defeated Zoun 3-2
• Solar defeated SHIN 3-2

Group B

• Classic defeated ShoWTimE 3-0
• Cure defeated Rogue 3-0

Quarterfinals

• Serral defeated Reynor 3-2
• Cure defeated Maru 3-1
• Solar defeated herO 3-0
• Classic defeated Clem 3-0

Honor of Kings World Cup

The third and fourth quarterfinals at the Honor of Kings World Cup were held on Thursday, as TT Global faced Team Vitality and AG.AL clashed with Alpha7 Esports. Following the results, Team Vitality and Alpha7 Esports were eliminated from the tournament. Meanwhile, TT Global and AG.AL set up mouthwatering semifinal matches against Nova Esports and Twisted Minds, respectively.

Quarterfinal results

• TT Global defeated Team Vitality 4-0
• AG.AL defeated Alpha7 Esports

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Esports World Cup

After action from Group A at the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Esports World Cup featured on Wednesday, the eight teams in Group B got their chance to kick off their campaign on Thursday.

Group B results

• HomeBois defeated Team Flash 2-1
• Team Spirit defeated DianFengYaoGuai 2-0
• RRQ Hoshi defeated Area 77 2-0
• Aurora Türkiye defeated ONIC PH 2-1