Esports World Cup 2026 invites announced

Organizers of the upcoming Esports World Cup 2026, which will take place this August, have announced the full list of invitees.

Vitality, NAVI, Team Spirit, Falcons, FURIA, FaZe, and many others – 27 teams in total – have received invites to the tournament (based on Valve's official ranking). Lynn Vision earned a spot at the event by winning Hero Esports Asian Champions League. Additionally, four more squads will advance to EWC 2026 through open qualifiers, which will be held at a LAN event in Paris from August 7th to 9th.

Esports World Cup 2026 will take place from August 12th to 23rd, 2026, in Paris, France. The total prize pool of the event is $2 million, divided among 32 teams. The current list of participants looks as follows:

 Vitality
 NAVI
 Team Spirit
 Falcons
 FURIA
 Aurora
 Legacy
 MOUZ
 The MongolZ
 GamerLegion
 PARIVISION
 Astralis
 FUT
 G2
 FaZe
 B8
 magic
 paiN
 MIBR
 9z
 BetBoom Team
 3DMAX
 NIP
 Monte
 M80
 TYLOO
 Lynn Vision
 Wildcard