Chinese esports team Chengdu AG (All Gamers) has defeated Chongqing Wolves 4-2 in the King Pro League (KPL) Grand Finals 2025 at China's National Stadium in Beijing.Hosted by Tencent and organized by Hero Esports, the KPL Grand Finals 2025 set a new Guinness World Record for Largest Attendance for an Esports Match with 62,196 Spectators. Earlier, the KPL announced that tickets for this year's KPL Grand Finals championship match were sold out in just 12 seconds.

The Championship featured a total prize pool of 70 million RMB ($982,000 USD), with the winning team taking home 20 million ($280,000 USD).

History was made at the Bird's Nest stadium this year, said Danny Tang, CEO and Co-Founder of Hero Esports. "This flagship event was a spectacle of technology and passion unlike anything seen before, and the success of the event is testament to the fact that esports truly can take place in any venue in any part of the world."

"85 percent of the fans in attendance travelled from outside of Beijing, including Xinjiang and Hainan as well as overseas countries such as Malaysia and Australia. This global demand for the KPL Grand Finals highlights the powerful connectivity of esports and its ability to transcend borders and cultures, much like major traditional sporting events."

"I would like to thank Hero Esports' incredible team, devoted fans and trusted partners for bringing this event to life, and we look forward to organizing more premium global esports tournaments in the near future," said Tang.

Official data show the game's daily active users in the Chinese server have surpassed 139 million, while its global monthly active users have exceeded 260 million, showing the rapid development of China's esports industry over the past decade. In 2024, the total views of KPL-related topics on Douyin reached 124 billion.

Founded in 2016, Hero Esports is the biggest esports company in Asia, producing more than 7,000 matches every year that captivate an online fan base of over 800 million.