Esports World Cup Week 4 Day 3 recap: Overwatch 2 commences

The final event of the fourth week at the 2025 Esports World Cup kicked off on Thursday, July 31, as Overwatch 2 commenced in the Qiddiya Arena. Along with Overwatch, Chess and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang were featured on the day, while the PUBG Mobile World Cup took a day off before the grand finals begin.

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Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup

The Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup kicked off on Thursday, with the first three matches taking place in each of the four groups. Following the day’s action, Crazy Raccoon, Al Qadsiah, T1 and Team Falcons secured their playoff spots after winning both of their series.

Friday’s matches will determine which other four teams will advance to the playoffs and which eight teams will be eliminated from the event.

Day 1 results

Group A

• Team Falcons defeated AG.AL 2-0
• Weibo Gaming defeated Virtus.pro 2-1
• Team Falcons defeated Weibo Gaming 3-2

Group B

• Crazy Raccoon defeated VARREL 2-0
• Team Liquid defeated ROC Esports 2-0
• Crazy Raccoon defeated Team Liquid 3-2

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Group C

• Al Qadsiah defeated Team CC 2-0
• Geekay Esports defeated ZoKorp Esports 2-0
• Al Qadsiah defeated Geekay Esports 3-2

Group D

• Sign Esports defeated Twisted Minds 2-1
• T1 defeated The Gatos Guapos 2-0
• T1 defeated Sign Esports 3-0

Chess Esports World Cup

On Thursday, the playoffs for the Chess Esports World Cup took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with all four quarterfinals and the two semifinals being played on the day. After winning their way through either side of the bracket, Alireza Firouzja and Magnus Carlsen will meet in the best-of-three-sets (maximum 10 games) grand final.

Playoff results

Quarterfinals

• Arjun Erigaisi (2.5) defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi (1.5)
• Alireza Firouzja (3) defeated Nodirbek Abdusattorov (1)
• Magnus Carlsen (2.5) defeated Nihal Sarin (0.5)
• Hikaru Nakamura (2.5) defeated Levon Aronian (1.5)

Semifinals

• Alireza Firouzja (4) defeated Arjun Erigaisi (1)
• Magnus Carlsen (4) defeated Hikaru Nakamura (3)

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Esports World Cup

With the quarterfinals in the books at the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Esports World Cup, the semifinals are now set, with the final four squads being known. Team Liquid PH will face ONIC in the first semi before SRG.OG and ONIC Philippines clash.

Quarterfinal results

• SRG.OG defeated RRQ Hoshi 3-2
• ONIC Philippines defeated Team Spirit 3-1