TWT 2025 Finals: Extreme battles for the top TEKKEN 8 trophy

Eugene Bozhenko

Eugene Bozhenko

The tournament concludes the second World Tour for TEKKEN 8. All eyes are on the favorites, such as Arslan Ash, ATIF, ULSAN, and Rangchu. Still, any competitor here has an amazing level and can make it to the top.

Throughout four days of the TWT 2025 Finals, we can witness the best TEKKEN imaginable. All the strongest players in the world are here, and they made it through incredible challenges — for the chance to battle for this trophy.

The event is also a great highlight of the current meta. What characters are in the picks on the biggest stage, after the shakiness of Season 2?

Everything about the TEKKEN World Tour 2025 Finals is here.

How to watch TWT 2025 Finals: Stream

The official YouTube channel of Bandai Namco Esports streams TEKKEN World Tour 2025 Finals. You can watch the matches here, too, as the stream is embedded above.

Schedule at TEKKEN World Tour 2025 Finals

This prestigious TEKKEN 8 tournament happens from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1. Each day is dedicated to a specific stage.

  • Jan. 29: Groups for players from the regional leaderboards.
  • Jan. 30: Groups for players from the global leaderboard.
  • Jan. 31: Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ).
  • Feb. 1: Playoffs and the grand final.
TWT 2025 Finals: streaming schedule (Image via Bandai Namco Esports)
TWT 2025 Finals: streaming schedule (Image via Bandai Namco Esports)

Matchups and results at TWT 2025 Finals 

The total number of the TEKKEN World Tour 2025 Finals participants is 36. The players join the competition at different stages.

  • Those who qualified from the regional leaderboards play their groups separately. Six players advance to the playoffs.
  • Global leaderboard players are generally considered stronger, and they have four special groups. Nine players, including the redemption group winner, earn their playoff spots.
ULSAN and JEonDDing at the TEKKEN World Tour 2025 Finals (Image via Bandai Namco Esports)
ULSAN and JEonDDing at the TEKKEN World Tour 2025 Finals (Image via Bandai Namco Esports)
  • LCQ is an open tournament, and those who lost in groups can join. Only the winner advances further. 
  • The top 4 global leaderboard players start from the playoffs. They are Mulgold, Arslan Ash, ATIF, and Farzeen.
  • The top 20 players of the Finals event battle for the ultimate win in the double-elimination brackets.

In this section, you can follow the matchups and results from each stage at the TEKKEN World Tour 2025 Finals.

Regional leaderboard groups 

Group A
Group B
Group C
1. YOReDz: 4–01. NOBI: 4–01. Hexmark: 4–0
2. Breadman: 3–12. Usama Abbasi: 3–12. Kwstakis: 2–2, (5-4)
3. Noel: 2–23. RTM: 2–23. Allidar: 2–2, (4-4)
4. Yondaime: 1–34. RGN: 1–34. Victeemo: 2–2, (4-5)
5. Shaoling: 0–45. Heisenberg: 0–45. DChingiz: 0–4

Global leaderboard groups

Group A
Group B
Group C
1. Mangja: 2–1, (4-2)1. LowHigh: 3–01. Knee: 3–0
2. ULSAN: 2–1, (4-2)2. Rangchu: 2–12. Chikurin: 2–1
3. EDGE: 2–1, (4-3)3. Gosain: 1–23. Edddyy: 1–2
4. THE JON: 0–34. Fergus: 0–34. THE JON: 0–3
Group D
Redemption Group
1. JDCR: 2–1, (4-2)1. EDGE: 3–0
2. Raef: 2–1, (4-4)2. Gosain: 2–1
3. Tibetano: 1–2, (3-4)3. Tibetano: 1–2
4. Jeondding: 1–2, (3-4)4. Edddyy: 0–3
Four global leaderboard groups at TWT 2025 (Image via Bandai Namco Esports)
Four global leaderboard groups at TWT 2025 (Image via Bandai Namco Esports)

LCQ at the TEKKEN World Tour 2025 Finals: The top 8 brackets

Winners semifinals
Winners final
Grand final
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Losers round 1
Losers quarterfinals
Losers semifinal
Losers final
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TWT 2025 playoffs: Top 20

Matchups in the TWT 2025 Finals playoffs — Ahead of the LCQ (Image via Bandai Namco Esports)
Matchups in the TWT 2025 Finals playoffs — Ahead of the LCQ (Image via Bandai Namco Esports)

The top 8 brackets

Winners semifinals
Winners final
Grand final
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TBD vs TBD
Losers round 1
Losers quarterfinals
Losers semifinal
Losers final
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TEKKEN 8 Season 3 is coming!

In addition to the competitive excitement, the TWT 2025 Finals is a place for Bandai Namco Entertainment to reveal info on Season 3 in TEKKEN 8. It will be the first content season without Katsuhiro Harada, as the legend has retired from his own project.

Season 3 reveal is planned for 5 p.m. ET, Feb. 1, ahead of the top 8 brackets.

The next official TEKKEN 8 esports season should start soon after this Finals event. We can expect TWT 2026 to follow the series tradition and have the first event at Evo Japan 2026, from May 1 to May 3.