Esports World Cup Week 5 Day 1 recap: Rainbow Six Siege begins

The fifth week of the 2025 Esports World Cup kicked off on Tuesday, August 5, with the Rainbow Six Siege Esports World Cup taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Heading into Wednesday, the Call of Duty Warzone Esports World Cup will commence, with the first of the two-day group stage being held.

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Rainbow Six Siege Esports World Cup

The opening day of the Rainbow Six Siege Esports World Cup group stage featured 16 matches, with each of the 16 squads playing two games inside the Qiddiya Arena.

Following victories in the upper bracket semifinals of Groups A and B, Shopify Rebellion, Virtus.pro, Team Secret and Ninjas in Pyjamas advanced to the playoffs. Meanwhile, Gen.G Esports, FEARX, ENTERPRISE Esports and reigning EWC champions, Team Falcons, were eliminated.

Day 1 results

Group A

• UB QF: G2 Esports defeated Gen.G Esports 7-2
• UB QF: Shopify Rebellion defeated Weibo Gaming 7-5
• UB QF: Virtus.pro defeated FEARX 7-2
• UB QF: DarkZero defeated FaZe Clan 7-3
• UB SF: Shopify Rebellion defeated G2 Esports 7-5
• UB SF: Virtus.pro defeated DarkZero 7-1
• LB QF (Bo3): Weibo Gaming defeated Gen.G Esports 2-0
• LB QF (Bo3): FaZe Clan defeated FEARX 2-0

Group B

• UB QF: Team Secret defeated Team Falcons 8-6
• UB QF: w7m esports defeated Spacestation Gaming 7-1
• UB QF: Ninjas in Pyjamas defeated ENTERPRISE Esports 7-3
• UB QF: Oxygen Esports defeated FURIA Esports 7-3
• UB SF: Team Secret defeated w7m esports 7-2
• UB SF: Ninjas in Pyjamas defeated Oxygen Esports 7-4
• LB QF (Bo3): Spacestation Gaming defeated Team Falcons 2-0
• LB QF (Bo3): FURIA Esports defeated ENTERPRISE Esports 2-0

Call of Duty Warzone Esports World Cup

Looking ahead to Wednesday, the second of the Call of Duty events will begin, with the world’s best Warzone squads competing over four days of competition. The 21 teams will battle for the lion’s share of the US$1,000,000 prize pool. The winner will take home the US$250,000 first-place prize and 1,000 Club Championship points.

Click here to check out ESB’s CoD Warzone EWC betting guide for betting odds, team details and the tournament schedule.