The Esports World Cup 2026 is moving from Riyadh to Paris, bringing a record $75 million prize pool, 24 titles, and over 2,000 players across seven straight weeks of competition from July 6 to August 23, 2026. New additions Fortnite and Trackmania join a stacked lineup that already includes VALORANT, Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and League of Legends – building on the 750 million viewers the tournament drew in 2025.
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All Confirmed EWC 2026 Games
The EWC Foundation has confirmed 25 tournaments across 24 titles for 2026, with publishers including Riot, Valve, Epic Games, Activision, EA, Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, and Capcom all on board. The prize pool covers both individual game events and a separate Club Championship that rewards organisations performing across multiple titles – meaning the biggest orgs in esports have serious financial incentive to field rosters across the full slate.
- Apex Legends (ALGS Split 1 Playoffs)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Chess
- Counter-Strike 2
- Crossfire
- Dota 2
- EA Sports FC 26 (FC Pro World Championship)
- Fatal Fury: City of Wolves
- Fortnite (Reload Elite Series Championship)
- Free Fire
- Honor of Kings (World Cup)
- League of Legends
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MWI & MSC)
- Overwatch 2 (OWCS Midseason Championship)
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- PUBG Mobile (PMWC)
- Rocket League
- Street Fighter 6
- Teamfight Tactics
- TEKKEN 8
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X
- Trackmania
- VALORANT
Fortnite is back after sitting out the main EWC 2025 slate, competing in the Reload Elite Series Championship format. Trackmania makes its EWC debut. Rennsport and StarCraft II, which featured in prior editions, have not been included for 2026.
EWC 2026 Schedule
The tournament runs three to four games per week, with some events overlapping or carrying into the following week for grand finals. Here’s the confirmed schedule so far:
| Week | Dates | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | July 6–12 | VALORANT, Apex Legends, Dota 2, Fatal Fury: City of Wolves |
| Week 2 | July 13–19 | League of Legends, Free Fire, Dota 2 (continues), MLBB (MWI) |
| Week 3 | July 20–26 | EA Sports FC 26 |
| Weeks 4–7 | July 27 – August 23 | TBC |
The remaining weeks from late July through August 23 are yet to be officially detailed, but with 24 titles across the full seven weeks, expect the back half of the schedule to fill out quickly as publishers confirm their event formats and dates.
How to Watch EWC 2026
All the action will be broadcast live on the official Esports World Cup YouTube channel and across multiple dedicated Twitch channels – EWC runs separate streams per game, so check the official EWC Twitch page to find the right channel for your title. Tickets for on-site attendance in Paris are available via the official EWC website.
For context on just how big these numbers can get, IEM Cologne 2026 recently set a CS2 viewership record – and EWC consistently eclipses individual tournament peaks by virtue of stacking back-to-back events across weeks. The 2025 edition peaked at nearly 8 million concurrent viewers during League of Legends, with 350 million hours watched total across 97 broadcast partners.
Qualification paths and regional qualifier announcements from publishers and ESL FACEIT Group are expected across late 2025 and early 2026, so keep an eye on individual game circuits to track which clubs and players are heading to Paris.