The VRS impact of Esports World Cup

25-8-2025 16:33

The MongolZ are shaking up the world order after finally getting their hands on a Big Event trophy.

The MongolZ jumped over MOUZ for third place on the VRS

The MongolZ' crowning as the champions following a straightforward win over Aurora in the grand final drew a curtain on the Esports World Cup on Sunday.

As any competitition with a prize purse of over $1 million would, the event had a significant impact on the Valve Regional Standings, seeing four teams make up solid ground on the ladder and a few suffer the consequences of a result below their expectations.

The biggest risers of the event were second-placed Aurora and third-placed Falcons, who each earned around 160 points off the back of their best results yet in the new season to jump to sixth and fifth place on the global standings.

EWC's impact on the attending teams, as shown on the event page

The MongolZ's first Big Event victory is also felt in the Mongolian side jumping over MOUZ for third place on the ranking and closing the gap to Vitality, whom they beat for the second consecutive time now after BLAST Bounty.

HEROIC were also rewarded for their stunning upset of Spirit in the opening round with a four-spot jump, to 14th, which will come as a solid boost to help them solidify a spot at the StarLadder Major.

On the other side of the coin were the likes of Astralis, Natus Vincere and FaZe, whose last-placed exits from the Riyadh event at the hands of underdogs caused them to drop two to three spots around the top 10.

Also notable is the lack of improvement for Liquid, who are currently projected to miss out on a StarLadder Major Budapest invite and will need to make their case at BLAST Open London and FISSURE Playground 2, the last two big events that will count towards the Major invites in full by early October.

Below is the current, provisional ranking as of August 25, including how each factor contributes to the teams' totals:

Global VRS on August 25th, 2025

RANK

TEAM

Region(s)

BCOL

BOFF

NETW

LANW

H2H

Points

Spirit

508

580

332

580

2022

Vitality

510

580

313

580

1983

The MongolZ

507

580

313

580

-31

1947

MOUZ

489

580

310

580

-42

1916

Falcons

457

580

275

498

-22

1787

Aurora

434

578

300

510

-61

1761

Natus Vincere

425

473

310

519

1726

FURIA

466

447

274

580

-87

1679

Astralis

397

545

255

529

-59

1667

10.

TYLOO

434

554

270

579

-175

1663

11.

FaZe

445

449

276

548

-59

1660

12.

3DMAX

423

442

265

573

-70

1632

13.

396

440

234

411

1550

14.

HEROIC

415

446

237

507

-63

1542

15.

GamerLegion

377

445

228

462

1517

16.

Lynn Vision

396

398

222

489

1516

17.

paiN

361

396

270

505

-44

1487

18.

Virtus.pro

398

394

257

428

1483

19.

Legacy

368

337

226

413

1382

20.

Ninjas in Pyjamas

356

369

260

469

-90

1364

21.

BetBoom

349

440

270

363

-93

1329

22.

Liquid

351

406

198

320

1328

23.

357

344

224

353

1317

24.

FlyQuest

301

335

180

492

1316

25.

Iberian Soul

292

367

251

488

-100

1297

26.

Complexity

359

384

206

318

1281

27.

SAW

356

401

250

372

-106

1273

28.

MIBR

356

365

173

334

1266

29.

M80

279

352

215

358

1238

30.

PARIVISION

301

364

262

125

167

1218

Okay but how did it affect mazays legacy?

2025-08-25 16:34

3 replies

crazy

2025-08-25 16:36

badly

2025-08-25 16:39

You mean mezii

2025-08-25 20:28

weird

1 reply

Falcons +160 deserved

2025-08-25 19:37

W mongolz

cool

Falcons and Aurora farming so free.

2025-08-25 16:35

“meaningless 3rd place decider”

2025-08-25 16:37

Fr, they gained around 60 points for that one win. As long as they don't bomb out of Fissure they're basically guaranteed stage 3 in the major now.

2025-08-25 17:07

Were people really saying that? I guess I'm not surprused but now all matches matter, not just for prestige but for VRS.

2025-08-25 17:37

basically all the comments under the interview with m0nesy

2025-08-25 18:14

lmao tyloo above faze

Unironically JamYoung would humble them.

they dont need humbling anymore tho or likely even cant for that matter lol theyre already so far way down lmao

2025-08-25 17:02

CAC would tell if its the truth

2025-08-25 18:41

Mongolz mogging mouz

8 replies

mongolz is 0-4 in maps against mouz this year

2025-08-25 16:40

7 replies

1S tier trophy, mouz 0. Thats rough but its the truth

2025-08-25 16:41

6 replies

doesn't mean anything if they can't beat mouz

2025-08-25 16:56

5 replies

Literal cope

2025-08-25 16:58

mongolz is 0-5 against Spirit and 0-4 against mouz in maps they only won because they dodge both spirit and mouz

2025-08-25 17:04

2 replies

Noone dodging noone FOOL, vrs 1 4 and 2 3 are same groups of every tournament, i bet even ur parents are disappointing about ur existence.

2025-08-25 17:32

Don't bring Peter Noone into this. I'm sure your parents are proud, you write like a real intellectual.

2025-08-25 18:37

its the exact other way around buddy

FALCONS ARE HERE

faze clan fell off of top 10

2025-08-25 16:38

Falcons at 5 without even playing much and bombing out of important events.

11 replies

They beat MOUZ who were #3 VRS then beat Vitality who were #1 VRS. The points gain is very much deserved.

9 replies

Vitality was #2 vrs

2025-08-25 16:42

Seems like it. They took #1 back after the Spirit exit and lost it after MongolZ. Still deserved though a lot of teams are catching up.

2025-08-25 16:45

no they were no1 for a brief moment when spirit lost and vita made it to semis without losing

2025-08-25 17:03

Nope. That was hltv forecast. Valve only updates the ranking monthly.

4 replies

that doesnt mean its wrong tho?

2025-08-25 17:11

Neither that it's right. In the official, vitality never left #2 after spirit took over them.

2025-08-25 17:12

where does it say that? obviously they couldnt if its only monthly..

2025-08-25 17:14

Sure, but even though Valve only posts an official ranking once a month, the ranking is dynamic and changes based on what your opponents are doing as well.

2025-08-25 17:57

I am talking about Cologne and skipping some events.

2025-08-25 16:59

The scene is the weakest of all time, not its not a surprise

2025-08-25 17:31

tyloo why minus points?

2025-08-25 16:43

Same reason that MOUZ lost points- tyloo lost to 4th place, mouz lost to 3rd place. Heroic and 3dmax gain points because they lost to the 2 best teams.

2025-08-25 16:51

fkn vit throwing just because bunch of chinese shit on them.

2025-08-26 03:11

Vit have not thrown Vit wont win against Mongolz easily anymore mongolz got the clue out In near future mouz, spirit will more often play against mongolz The time will come soon enough that mongolz figure out mouz and spirit as well Mongolz #1 is just a matter of a time

2025-08-26 19:15

how do aurora go up 6 after beating ZERO top teams?

10 replies

Are you late? VRS is very prize pool centric. This is how astralis went to #6 after fissure.

2025-08-25 16:47

thank u saudi money in that case they'll be back down very quickly

2025-08-25 17:54

Welcome to VRS All that matters is lan wins and then money won.

They beat the 7th and 9th ranked teams

2025-08-25 19:55

Exactly Beating the 7th and 9th ranked teams when you're rank 12 doesn't mean you're top 6 in the world :D

2025-08-25 20:15

Which of the teams they surpassed do you think are still better than them?

2025-08-25 20:37

Oh so now it's not about who they beat at all, you just deem them to be better than the others based on nothing Aurora is mostly at the level of G2 if you're comparing teams by their results in the last 3 months for example, a single result in a single elimination bracket doesn't change that, although it obviously puts them above G2 themselves. I obviously back them to make some playoffs in the near future but I'm definitely not expecting them to make playoffs as a rule which is what you need to see from a top 6 team.

2025-08-25 20:55

Notice how you didn't answer the question?

2025-08-25 21:02

"hehe i'm smart because I deviated from the topic at hand"

2025-08-25 21:06

I didn't deviate from anything. Also hilarious that hltv ranking gives 0 shit about prize money and Aurora are 5th place there. It's almost as if you're wrong about how important prize money is, and you were already corrected in another thead where you said the same thing and then complained how it wasn't easy to find. So someone else already did the work for you, corrected you, and then you go again spewing the same crap that was already proven wrong. Do better.

2025-08-25 21:15

NiP above liquid xD

2025-08-25 16:52

Deserved for losing to Sashi and VP.Prodigy. Though they are very unlucky cause past two events they got Vitality first. No chance to earn VRS.

2025-08-25 16:54

You should add +/- change in rank on vrs since last "official" ranking, would be nice

Ez VRS farm for Falcons and Aurora.

2025-08-25 17:29

How much is HLTV getting paid to promote this tournament? Shorter tournament than the major and yet more articles wtf?

2025-08-25 17:30

why are you asking? they get money so what. are you gonna ask the same when they accept betting and gambling money? the answer to both is who cares it's free money.

2025-08-26 03:13

It's not about the money, it's about the fact they're not disclosing they're paid to promote this tournament.

2025-08-26 12:29

disclosing huh, what for? no rules in esports thats why gambling, betting, military spending, blood money, crypto (not real money but whatever) can be used here. there are no rules to disclose who they are paid by, only morally and morals dont earn you money.

2025-08-26 12:57

A burger should be the last one to ask this question.

2025-08-26 05:18

"shaking up the world order" @Striker bro nice reference to the current world events

2025-08-25 17:53

Lulquid projected to miss the major, yes please

2025-08-25 18:32

Aurora tier1 confirmed?

tier 1.5 unfortunately

2025-08-25 20:58

Only 16 EU teams making it to Major is crazy. Are we really having teams like NRG, Bluejays, Fluxo, The Huns, FlyQuest and Rare Atom over Liquid, B8, Parivison, OG, Iberian Soul, fnatic, SAW and ENCE?

2025-08-25 19:44

all are weak, major stage 1 was always coinflip...

2025-08-25 19:50

There is no way to convince any sane person that teams like NRG, Bluejays or Fluxo are as competitive as Liquid, B8 or OG. In Austin, OG and B8 went 3-0 and 3-1 respectively , while all of the above Americas teams bombed out of Stage 1 and now they will be getting another invite instead of those EU teams? This is ridiculous!

2025-08-25 21:41