Manuel “ManuBachoore” Bachoore on Sunday earned Team Liquid 1,000 points — and a bit of revenge in the process — winning the grand final of the FC Pro 25 World Championship, part of the Esports World Cup 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
With both the semifinals and grand final slated for Sunday, Team Liquid began the day with one player in each semi. But their dreams of an all-Liquid final were dashed when Levi “Levi de Weerd” de Weerd of the Netherlands fell to France’s Brice “Brice” Masson — playing for Team Vitality — 5-4 in the second semifinal.
But ManuBachoore avenged his countryman’s loss in the final with a 5-3 win over Brice. ManuBachoore began the day with a 5-1 win over Brazilian and New York Red Bulls player Guilherme “GuiBarros” Barros in the first semifinal.
What’s more, Levi de Weerd followed up his semifinal loss with a 4-1 win over GuiBarros in the third-place game.
ManuBachoore picked up $250,000 points for the win and Levi de Weerd pocketed $70,000. More importantly, they helped vault Liquid to the top of the overall World Cup standings with 4,200 points, 500 more than Team Falcons. ManuBachoore earned 1,000 points and Levi de Weerd 500.
Brice won $150,000 and 750 points for Vitality.
The World Cup is made up of 21 different games, with teams competing in each for prize money and points that count toward the overall World Cup standings.
The winner of the World Cup takes home $7 million out of a $27 million prize pool.
FC Pro 25 World Championship final standings
1. $250,000, 1,000 points — ManuBachoore
2. $150,000, 600 points — Brice
3. $70,000, 500 points — Levi de Weerd
4. $70,000, 300 points — GuiBarros
5-8. $40,000, 200 points — Tekkz, Jonny, samugamer, Obrun2002
9-16. $15,000, no points — Fakhr999, Danipitbull, LJR Peixoto, Stingray, AbuMakkah, EmreYilmaz, nicolas99fc, Jafonso
17-24. $12,500, no points — Vejrgang, Young, isGoatMan, DullenMIKE, cowen, Rampazzo, Paulo Neto, Resende
25-32. $10,000, no points — Levyfinn, QRNA, Matias, PHzin, Fonseca, ChrisdeBoer, Fouma, Giobundyy
–Field Level Media
