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Honor of Kings World Cup 2025

The inaugural Honor of Kings World Cup took place in Riyadh as the Honor of Kings tournament at the 2025 Esports World Cup.

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Official KWC 2025 key visual for the Honor of Kings competition at the Esports World Cup.
Official KWC 2025 key visual for the Honor of Kings competition at the Esports World Cup. · Honor of Kings World Cup 2025 key visual ·
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Updated November 4, 2026

Competition snapshot

Organizer

Tencent Games[1]

The official rulebook identifies Proxima Beta Pte. Ltd. and its affiliates (Tencent) as event host.

Champion

Chengdu AG Super Play · competed as AG.AL[3]

Defeated TT Global 4–3 in the grand final and received USD 750,000.

Combined prize pool

USD 3 million[2]

Participant scale

18 teams[2]

Category

Organizer

Commercial note

Organizer · Recorded in the 2025 edition.

Category

Technology · competition devices

Partner

HONOR

Commercial note

Official EWC smartphone partner; devices supplied to Honor of Kings players at KWC · Recorded in the 2025 edition.[6]

Overview

The inaugural KWC ran from July 15 to 26, 2025, at the 5v5 Arena in Boulevard Riyadh City. The 18-team tournament used a group phase followed by last-chance and playoff stages. KPL’s Chinese-language announcement lists a USD 3 million prize pool and says the KPL Spring champion and ACL Honor of Kings champion entered directly in the playoffs. The official results release confirms that Chengdu AG Super Play, competing under the AG.AL identity, beat Guangzhou TTG Honor of Kings, competing under the TT Global name, 4–3 and earned USD 750,000; the final MVP was Zoe. The event was part of the 2025 Esports World Cup.[1][2][3]

The official event release and rules identify Tencent as host. HONOR’s EWC partnership announcement specifically includes devices for Honor of Kings competitors, so the relationship is recorded as an EWC program partnership with KWC application, rather than as an independent KWC sponsorship. The official rules refer to a third-party tournament organizer but do not name that operator in the accessible rules text.[1][6]

References9
  1. [1]2025 Honor of Kings World Cup Official Rulebook — Honor of Kings
  2. [2]2025王者荣耀电竞世界杯KWC赛事信息公布 — KPL王者荣耀职业联赛
  3. [3]AG.AL crowned winners of the Honor of Kings World Cup — Honor of Kings Esports · Swipe Right
  4. [4]The countdown is on: Honor of Kings World Cup kicks off on July 15th — Honor of Kings Esports · Swipe Right
  5. [5]Honor of Kings World Cup 2025 — Liquipedia
  6. [6]HONOR returns to Esports World Cup as official smartphone partner for 2025 — HONOR
  7. [7]Esports World Cup 2025 — Esports World Cup
  8. [8]S-Tier Tournaments — Honor of Kings — Liquipedia
  9. [9]Honor of Kings Global Esports

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