GOTF 2025 – ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS AND ACTION FROM DAY 2 AT ADNEC

Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, the Games of the Future 2025 is taking place inside ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi from 18-23 December, demonstrating how sport and technology is converging to create engrossing, elite competition.

On the second day of action, Win became the landmark event’s first grand final winners in the MOBA PC.Dota 2 discipline, defeating Vikings 2-0 and emerging as champions of the eight-team competition. With the two teams of heroes working to destroy each other’s main base, teamwork and strategy is always essential, and it was Team WIN that came out on top to claim the US$175,000 top prize.

Rastsislau Rostik Pratasenia, Win’s Hard Support said; “We’re thrilled to win the first trophy at this event – it felt easy to be honest and we’re really happy with how we played. Our strategy was simple: Just go out there and win. Now, we’re looking forward to our next challenge in Astana, Kazakhstan.”

On the final evening of Battle Royale. Featuring Fortnite, the clubs faced off for a second consecutive night, knowing that whoever topped the leaderboard come the end of the evening would also walk away a champion – and recipient of the lion’s share of a US$700,000 prize pool. The mission was simple: Survive as long as possible, score points through eliminations and strategic positioning, climb the leaderboard, take the prize.

After a well-fought series of 12 matches over two-days, Kami + Swizzy emerged victorious with 58 combined eliminations and 140 points, while ZYRO + RAPID took second place after a final match Victory Royale. Speaking after receiving a trophy that seemed to come alive on handover, lighting up to reflect the pulse of the community.
Kami said: “We were one of the strongest teams going into this competition. We stuck to our training, strategy, and teamwork, which is what I believe gave us the win at this year's event. We can all be very proud and will definitely be back to participate in the Games of the Future 2026.”

At the Phygital Basketball. 3on3 FreeStyle brought to you by M42, UzBig Team held their nerve to narrowly squeeze past BAD BOYS 31-30 in one of the early matches. After dominating the digital stage and taking the win 14-19, UzBig Team were outscored on the LED-lit court 16-12. With the buzzer clock running down, BAD BOYS desperately tried for the single hoop to win the match, but came up short. UzBigTeam will now face Great Team Brazil on 20 December.

Great Team Brazil had earlier lost to Adria All Stars, who progress to the quarterfinals. Adria All Stars capitalised on their digital dominance, taking the first half of the contest 19-15 before drawing the physical tie 18-18 and taking it to free throws winning 6-9. Paulo PAULO Kuseta, after helping his side triumph 37-33, said the team’s dedication is paying off.

Paulo PAULO Kuseta, said; “We now have a day off, so we’re going to try our best to stay in the hotel and just rest. We’ll see who our next opponent is and try our best to figure them out. We prepared a lot – months of work – and I think it paid off today. We will always try to be the best version of ourselves.”

In the off-site MOBA Mobile.MLBB tournament at Pixoul, RRQ Hoshi, Aurora Gaming, Aurora Gaming PH, and ONIC all progressed directly to the quarterfinals, where they will face the winners of Team Vamos versus DianFengYaoGuai, Verso Time v HomeBois, Team MAX v Team Spirit, and Team Falcons v Mythic Seal in an extra match to keep their Games of the Future 2025 campaigns alive.

Battle of the Robots drew excited crowds once again, as spectators turned out to watch clubs’ creations fight to the death. Postponed from the opening evening, GOLDEN FURY – the menacing machine of PY ROBOTICSZ – unleashed a relentless attack on Toon’s TR4, using its vertical spinner to quickly scythe and flip its opponent onto its back. Showing impressive movement to recover, TR4 continued but GOLDEN FURY was unforgiving, disabling its opponent before performing celebratory doughnuts in the centre of the ring.

In the Phygital Football powered by ADNOC, a prime example of how this week’s event is bringing the digital and physical worlds together, there was an unbelievable game of two halves as Z10 came back from a 0-4 loss in the digital clash against United FC to win 4-0 in the physical encounter. With the overall tie ending at 4-4, Z10 then won 2-1 on physical penalties to secure the win.

Later in the day, MÉXICO QUETZALES – ARMADILLOS FC fought back to overcome UEL TEAM and book their place in quarterfinals. UEL TEAM triumphed on the digital platform 1-0, but their opponents proved too strong on the physical field, overpowering them 0-2 to turn the tie on its head and triumph 1-2 overall, while in the final action of Day Two, CM Jardin F7 defeated White Bird FC 4-3 after winning the digital match 3-0 but losing the physical 1-3.

Rodrigo ULIBARRI Gomez, captain of MÉXICO QUETZALES – ARMADILLOS FC, said; “To keep it simple in digital was our goal. We wanted to get our opponents out of their box because we know that in physical we’ve got a great team and we trust them and we did not want to leave with a bad result. We’ve come here with the same goal that we had since day one: To win the Games of the Future. We all are completely focused on that goal. We didn’t come here to play; we came here to win.”

The Games of the Future Abu Dhabi 2025 runs until 23 December. More than 850 participants from more than 60 countries are competing across 11 disciplines, combining the excitement of live sport with the strategy, precision, and innovation of digital gameplay, for a multi-million-dollar prize pool.

The competition delivered by ASPIRE, in collaboration with Ethara and Phygital International, and supported by national partners including ADNOC, EDGE, M42, Solutions+, The Galleria, ADNEC Group, and the Ministry of Sports.

To attend the Games of the Future Abu Dhabi 2025 or to view broadcast streams and schedules, visit gotfabudhabi.com.

Fans worldwide can watch all competitions live via tv.gofuture.games.

For more details about the GOTF 2025 timetable, plus all the results so far, go to our schedule page here.