Esports World Cup
The Esports World Cup (EWC) is a multi-game international esports tournament featuring competitions across titles like PUBG, League of Legends, chess, and sim racing.
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The Esports World Cup is an annual multi-title esports championship that hosts competitions across various game genres. The 2026 edition featured at least 24 teams in PUBG and a League of Legends event that drew a record 1.47 million concurrent viewers. The tournament also includes chess through partnerships with organizations like BASILISK Esports and sim racing titles such as RENNSPORT, positioning it as a cross-disciplinary esports festival.
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The world's richest mobile esports tournament lands in Riyadh with a $3 million purse and a Club Championship format that's finally forcing Tier-1 orgs to take MLBB seriously year-round.
The world's No. 4 chess player is now officially part of an esports org that calls itself 'Science's Esports Team'—and the move signals a deeper fusion of board games and competitive gaming.
PUBG Returns to the Esports World Cup With a Packed Paris Schedule PUBG: Battlegrounds is back at the Esports World Cup for 2026, and the tournament shape looks familiar in the best way. Twenty-four teams, six days of battle royale, and a two-stage format that rewards consistency over flash. The act
The Korean National Police Agency has appointed League of Legends player Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok as an honorary 'Senior Officer' to promote the 'Youth Cyber Gambling Voluntary Reporting System,' which allows young people to report gambling issues in exchange for support and leniency. Faker, a six-time Worlds winner, was chosen for his positive role model status to encourage more youth participation in the program, which has already seen over 1,000 self-reports.
The Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 League of Legends tournament set a new peak viewership record for the event, with 1.47 million viewers watching Karmine Corp defeat T1. The tournament accumulated over 23 million hours watched, a 5 million increase from the previous year, with co-streamers accounting for more than 60% of that total.
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The world's richest mobile esports tournament lands in Riyadh with a $3 million purse and a Club Championship format that's finally forcing Tier-1 orgs to take MLBB seriously year-round.
The world's No. 4 chess player is now officially part of an esports org that calls itself 'Science's Esports Team'—and the move signals a deeper fusion of board games and competitive gaming.
PUBG Returns to the Esports World Cup With a Packed Paris Schedule PUBG: Battlegrounds is back at the Esports World Cup for 2026, and the tournament shape looks familiar in the best way. Twenty-four teams, six days of battle royale, and a two-stage format that rewards consistency over flash. The act
The Korean National Police Agency has appointed League of Legends player Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok as an honorary 'Senior Officer' to promote the 'Youth Cyber Gambling Voluntary Reporting System,' which allows young people to report gambling issues in exchange for support and leniency. Faker, a six-time Worlds winner, was chosen for his positive role model status to encourage more youth participation in the program, which has already seen over 1,000 self-reports.
The Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 League of Legends tournament set a new peak viewership record for the event, with 1.47 million viewers watching Karmine Corp defeat T1. The tournament accumulated over 23 million hours watched, a 5 million increase from the previous year, with co-streamers accounting for more than 60% of that total.
Team Vitality has withdrawn from RENNSPORT sim racing, releasing its roster due to the lack of a sustainable foundation in the current esports ecosystem. This decision follows RENNSPORT's removal from the Esports World Cup lineup for 2026, which had previously provided crucial financial incentives for teams.