AG.AL has been crowned Esports World Cup 2026 Club Champion, bringing seven weeks of competition in Paris, France to a close after more than 2,000 players, representing 200 Clubs and over 100 countries, competed across 25 tournaments in 24 games, for a record-breaking $75 million (~INR 717 crore) prize pool. AG.AL secured the $7 million...
Week 6 of the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 has concluded, and after an incredible weekend of competition, the stage is now set for the final week of the tournament. Four champions were crowned across Rocket League, PUBG Mobile, Rainbow Six Siege, and Chess, while the Club Championship race saw Team Falcons reclaim the top...
India’s challenge at the Chess tournament of the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 came to an end in the quarterfinals, with Gen.G Esports’ Arjun Erigaisi and S8UL Esports’ Nihal Sarin both finishing among the tournament’s top eight players. Arjun was edged out by Team Falcons’ Hikaru Nakamura in an armageddon tiebreaker, while defending champion Magnus...
S8UL Esports’ Nihal Sarin and Gen.G Esports’ Arjun Erigaisi have advanced to the quarterfinals of Chess at the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 after progressing through the lower bracket (LB) on the final day of the group stage. Both Grandmasters, who also reached the playoffs at last year’s edition, will now lead India’s challenge in...
The Group Stage of Chess at the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 gets underway today, with 16 of the world’s leading players beginning their campaigns for the title and a share of the $1.5 million (~INR 14.3 crore) prize pool. The groups are as follows: Group A Arjun Erigaisi – Gen.G Esports Nihal Sarin –...
Week 5 of the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 delivered a historic milestone for Indian esports, as Orangutan and GodLike Esports became the first-ever Indian teams to qualify for the PUBG Mobile World Cup (PMWC) Grand Finals. Elsewhere, Kuaishou Gaming claimed the Honor of Kings World Cup, AG.AL’s M. Zubair completed a remarkable TEKKEN 8...
Week 4 of the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 is done, and the halfway point of the overall competition is officially crossed. Saturday saw a regional first winner in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB), while Street Fighter 6 (SF6) saw a teenager claim the trophy. Sunday saw two more titles handed out, as Call of...
The third week of Esports World Cup 2026 action is in the bag. Three more trophies have been handed out, thousands of Club Championship points distributed, and millions in prize money handed out. Week 3 saw Teamfight Tactics kick off the weekend, before a double-header of PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and EA FC 26 closed out the...
The Esports World Cup 2026 Week 2 is done, and Paris has seen four more trophies lifted in an action-packed Championship Weekend. Free Fire and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang brought mobile esports to the global stage on Saturday, before Dota 2 and League of Legends crowned new winners to round off a rollercoaster of a...
Week 1 of The Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 is in the books and the first three trophies have been claimed. Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves kicked off the championship proceedings on Saturday, followed by an epic Apex Legends final before VALORANT closed out the week with an incredible all-American clash. The first trophy...
