Pakistan’s Muhammad Zubair was topped Tekken 8 world champion after defeating South Korea’s LowHigh 5-0 within the grand ultimate of the Esports World Cup (EWC) in Paris.
Pakistan’s Muhammad Zubair was topped Tekken 8 world champion after defeating South Korea’s LowHigh 5-0 within the grand ultimate of the Esports World Cup (EWC) in Paris on Saturday.
Zubair, who narrowly survived the early levels, produced a exceptional run to assert the title on the Aug. 5-8 occasion and safe the $250,000 winner’s prize.
The Pakistani participant’s run included two essential victories over compatriot Arslan “Ash” Siddique. Zubair defeated Arslan within the second group stage on Friday earlier than assembly the eight-time Evolution Championship Sequence (Evo) winner once more in Saturday’s semi-final.
In a carefully fought contest, Zubair prevailed 5-4 to e book his place within the grand ultimate. The showdown with LowHigh was way more one-sided, with Zubair dominating from the opening exchanges to finish a 5-0 sweep.
Arslan, one among Pakistan’s most outstanding esports gamers, completed fourth after dropping the third-place decider to Australia’s Yagami.
The consequence comes weeks after Arslan gained the 2026 Evo collection in Las Vegas in June, claiming his fourth consecutive Evo title on the event broadly thought to be the world’s greatest combating recreation competitors.
Zubair’s triumph provides one other main worldwide achievement to Pakistan’s rising presence in aggressive esports, significantly in Tekken.
His victory additionally underlined the depth of Pakistan’s Tekken expertise, with two of the nation’s main gamers reaching the latter levels of one of many world’s greatest esports competitions.
The Esports World Cup options competitions throughout main gaming titles, together with Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7, Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, League of Legends, Road Fighter and Valorant.