The championship match for KPL, China’s Honor of Kings league, in 2025 officially broke the world record for the largest live audience ever at an esports competition.
The championship match of the Kings Pro League 2025 took place in Beijing, China on November 8th. The event, held at Beijing’s iconic National Stadium (also called the Bird’s Nest), broke attendance records and earned Honor of Kings and KPL 2025 a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most attended esports event ever.
Alongside this event, China also hosted the League of Legends 2025 World Championship and the Counter-Strike 2 IEM Chengdu 2025 that same weekend.
HoK and KPL break the Guinness World Record for live attendance at an esports event
KPL is the professional league for Honor of Kings, a hugely popular mobile game in China. So, it wasn’t unexpected that so many fans came to watch the championship match between Chengdu AG Super Play and Chongqing Wolves.
Despite everything, tickets for the event sold out in an incredible 12 seconds. A total of 62,196 people attended live, making it the biggest esports tournament audience ever recorded.
The previous record was set at the PES 2016 UEFA EURO 2016 event held in Chap de Mars, France, with a crowd of 45,000 people.
AG Super Play won the championship again, defeating the Wolves and extending their winning streak to six consecutive titles. They remain the dominant team in the league.
KPL 2025 prize pool
The tournament boasted an incredible prize pool of CN¥70 million, which is about US$9.8 million. This makes KPL 2025 the event with the largest prize pool of the year, surpassing both Worlds 2025 (US$5 million) and the PUBG Mobile World Cup 2025 (US$3.05 million).
As the winning team, AG Super Play took home the largest portion of the ¥20 million prize pool (around $2.8 million). Xu “YiNuo” Bicheng was named the Most Valuable Player of the Finals and will be honored with a special skin available in the game.
Honor of Kings esports in 2025
The competitive season for Honor of Kings isn’t over yet! The Honor of Kings International Championship 2025 (KIC2025) kicks off November 14th in Manila, Philippines. Top teams from around the globe—excluding those from China—will compete for the championship title and a chance to qualify for the Challenger Cup 2025.
The Challenger Cup tournament will feature 32 teams representing various leagues. This includes some of the best teams from China’s KPL, the top three from KIC, plus teams from the Women’s and Campus leagues.
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