2025 Classic Tetris World Championship took place at SoCal Gaming Expo in Pasadena, California. It happened on June 6-8, 2025.
Tournament Rules can be found here.
Format is the same as last year.
In the Qualifying Round, players had a 2-hour session. They were seeded by number of maxouts achieved, followed by highest non-maxout score (kicker).
Seeds 1-48 (48 players) advance to Gold Bracket
Seeds 49-80 (32 players) advance to Silver Bracket
Seeds 81-112 (32 players) advance to Bronze Bracket
Gold Bracket
- Seeds 1-16 had byes to Round 1
- Seeds 17-48 start in Round 0
- All matches are Best of 5
2025 Classic Tetris World Championship Timestamps
- Qualifying
- Round 0 – Top 48
- Round 1 – Top 32
- Round 2 – Top 16
- Quarterfinals
- Semifinals
- Finals
- Results
- Photos
Qualifying
ClassicTetris
Qualifying Session #1: EricICX, Redshurt, Cheez, DMJ
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Qualifying Session #2: Dog, PixelAndy, Meme, Fractal
YouTube – Part 1 | YouTube – Part 2 | Livestream VOD
Qualifying Session #3: CoalBucket, Blue Scuti, Dengler, Alex Thach (Alex T)
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Qualifying Session #4 (Saturday): Kitaru, DanV, Greentea, Koryan
YouTube | Livestream VOD
ClassicTetris2
Qualifying Session #1: Bland, Armstrong, Brodindamp, Hydrant
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Qualifying Session #2: iBall, Myles, Sam Vaughan (SV), Tristop
YouTube – Part 1 | YouTube – Part 2 | YouTube – Part 3 | Livestream VOD
Qualifying Session #3: Huffulufugus, Sharky, Dillan, Cobra
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Qualifying Session #4 (Saturday): Chris Bidwell, Nima74, Sight, Ninja
YouTube | Livestream VOD
ClassicTetris3
Qualifying Session #1: Shake, Tyler, Pollo, Tstorm281
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Qualifying Session #2: Opaux, Night, TetrisTime, Sodium
YouTube
Part 1 | Part 2
Livestream VOD
Part 1 | Part 2
Qualifying Session #3: Wallbant, Rhubarb, Zrobot, aGameScout
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Qualifying Session #4 (Saturday): Dansushi, Fheonix, TotalRadNES, Vince Clemente
YouTube | Livestream VOD
ClassicTetris4
Qualifying Session #1: Aoife, Kyradev, Rose, Draco
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Qualifying Session #2: AvGeekW159, Gwafey, Id_kirby, Lazer
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Qualifying Session #3: Terence Y, Bendy, DocPi314, Jerpi
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Round 0 – Top 48
Photo Shoot with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Bracket players
Livestream VOD
Henk Rogers makes an appearance
Livestream VOD
Match #1: Winterra vs Terence Y
Match #2: DanV vs SaltedSofa
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #3: HydrantDude vs Evesy
Match #4: Hepps vs Phloxae
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #5: Nowi vs Doge
Match #6: Opaux vs Redshurt
YouTube | Livestream VOD – Part 1 | Livestream VOD – Part 2
Match #7: Jerpi vs Wallbant
Match #8: Id_Kirby vs Rhubarb
YouTube | Livestream VOD – Part 1 | Livestream VOD – Part 2
Match #9: Night vs Bland
Match #10: Cheez vs CoalBucket
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #11: Dillan vs AvGeekW159
Match #12: Eren vs Doodle
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #13: EricICX vs TetrisTime
Match #14: Shake vs Bendy
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #15: Shqdwnight vs Brodindamp
Match #16: Firedox vs Lazer
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Round 1 – Top 32
Vince Clemente presents Lifetime Achievement Award #1
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #1: DanV vs Dengler
Match #2: Alex Thach vs Hepps
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #3: HydrantDude vs Sam Vaughan (SV)
Match #4: Winterra vs PixelAndy
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #5: Opaux vs Blue Scuti
Match #6: Wallbant vs Fractal
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #7: Cobra vs Nowi
Match #8: DMJ vs Rhubarb
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #9: Night vs Meme
Match #10: CoalBucket vs Sodium
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #11: Eren vs Myles
Match #12: Gwafey vs Dillan
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #13: iBall vs Brodindamp
Match #14: Dog vs Lazer
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #15: Huffulufugus vs TetrisTime
Match #16: Tristop vs Bendy
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Round 2 – Top 16
Interview with Top 16
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Tetris Anthem
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #1: Alex Thach vs Dengler
Match #2: Blue Scuti vs Fractal
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #3: Sam Vaughan (SV) vs PixelAndy
Match #4: DMJ vs Cobra
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #5: iBall vs TetrisTime
Match #6: Tristop vs Dog
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #7: CoalBucket vs Myles
Match #8: Gwafey vs Meme
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Quarterfinals
Vince Clemente presents Lifetime Achievement Award #2
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Player Intro
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #1: Blue Scuti vs Cobra
Match #2: Sam Vaughan (SV) vs Alex Thach
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Interview with Loser of Match #1
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Interview with Loser of Match #2
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Player Intro
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #3: Tristop vs iBall
Match #4: Myles vs Meme
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Interview with Loser of Match #4
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Interview with Loser of Match #3
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Semifinals
Interview with Winner of Bronze and Silver Bracket
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Player Intro
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #1
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Interview with Loser of Match #1
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Player Intro
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #2
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Interview with Loser of Match #2
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Finals
Player Intro
YouTube | Livestream VOD
SpongeBob Culture Shock
Livestream VOD
Special Guest Appearance
Livestream VOD
Finals Match
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Interview with Runner-up
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Interview with Winner
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Closing Remarks
YouTube | Livestream VOD
