We take a look at the week ahead in esports and the highlight events for June 23-29, with Call of Duty taking centre stage.
We take a look at the week ahead in esports and the highlight events for June 23-29, with Call of Duty taking centre stage.
A big week of esports kicks off on Monday, June 23, 2025, with Call of Duty set to be the highlight in Kitchener, Canada.
The 2025 Call of Duty League Championship will be held from June 26-29 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.
Kicking off a day later (June 27) on the opposite side of the country, the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational will begin in Vancouver at the Pacific Coliseum.
The third and final event that will take place in North America will be the Rocket League Championship Series Raleigh Major, scheduled to run from June 26-29.
Meanwhile, the fifth season of PGL Wallachia will continue this week, with the end of the group stage and playoffs to be held at the PGL Studios in Bucharest, Romania.
The season-ending event will begin on Thursday, June 26, where the top eight teams from the 2025 CDL season will compete in a double-elimination bracket.
Los Angeles Thieves, Atlanta FaZe, Toronto Ultra, Vancouver Surge, Miami Heretics, Carolina Royal Ravens, OpTic Texas and Boston Breach finished inside the top eight in the points standings.
Top esports betting sites have marked LA Thieves as the raging -138.89 favourite to take out the title, ahead of Atlanta FaZe (+275), OpTic Texas (+1000) and Toronto Ultra (+1000).
Check out our extensive Call of Duty League betting guide to get the latest odds and details.
The second international League of Legends event of 2025 will kick off on June 27 and run through July 12 in Vancouver, Canada, where the top 10 teams from across the globe will compete for a massive US$2 million prize pool.
LoL MSI 2025 will feature two stages of play, the Play-In Stage and Bracket Stage, with Bilibili Gaming, FURIA, G2 Esports and GAM Esports set to compete in the opening stage before FlyQuest, KOI, T1, Gen.G, Anyone’s Legend and CTBC Flying Oyster enter the fray.
BetOnline rate Korean powerhouse Gen.G as the +110 favourite to lift the MSI trophy, slightly ahead of T1 (+225), Anyone’s Legend (+450) and Bilibili Gaming (+550).Check out our extensive LoL Mid-Season Invitational betting guide to get the latest odds and details.
The Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) will return on Thursday, June 26, when the Raleigh Major begins at the Lenovo Centre, with the world’s best Rocket League teams set to clash for the RLCS Major 2 title.
With US$351,000 in prize money up for grabs, top teams like Karmine Corp, Team Vitality, Gentle Mates Alpine, NRG, Gen.G, and Team Falcons are expected to make deep runs at the second Major of 2025.
Karmine Corp are the clear +100 favourite in the “To Win Outright” market with BetOnline. Following the favourites, FURIA (+500), NRG (+600) and Dignitas (+750) are also given good chances to claim the title.
Check out our extensive RLCS Major 2 betting guide to get the latest odds and details.
PGL Wallachia Season 5 began on Saturday, June 21, with 16 of the best Dota 2 teams congregating in Bucharest to compete in the US$1 million event.
Following two days of group play, Team Spirit, Aurora Gaming, Gaimin Gladiators and Natus Vincere have themselves in prime positions to advance to the playoffs, with 2-0 records to their names.
After the group stage ends on Wednesday, June 25, the playoffs will begin on Thursday, where the last eight squads will compete in a double-elimination bracket for the title.
Check out our extensive PGL Wallachia betting guide to get the latest odds and details.