FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Everyone is welcome!

Children under 3 do not need tickets, while those aged 3 and above do require a ticket for entry. All children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult with a valid ticket.

Your tournament pass gives you access to one game (one stage) and general hall access.

All ticket holders will automatically receive a full refund for tickets purchased for EWC26 in Riyadh. Refunds will be processed to the same payment method or bank card you used to make the ticket purchase. At most, this will take 21 working days, but in most cases it's a lot faster.

Tickets for EWC26 in Paris will go on sale in the coming weeks. As an original ticket holder, you will receive a special promo code when the platform reopens.

The Esports World Cup was created with a long-term vision to become a global platform for esports, bringing the event to major cities around the world over time, and the decision to host the 2026 edition in Paris reflects that vision.

Uniting the world’s top players, Clubs, publishers, and fans across seven weeks of elite competition and delivering an event at that scale requires the right host environment every year.

After close coordination with stakeholders across the ecosystem, and in light of the current regional situation, Paris was selected for EWC 2026 because it provides the international accessibility, infrastructure, and competitive conditions needed to deliver the event at full global scale, while also providing incredible local support and a passionate community of fans.

While Paris will host the 2026 edition, Riyadh remains central to the event’s long-term future with the intention to return in 2027.

You are free to re-enter an unlimited number of times with a valid ticket.

Please park in nearby parking lots (there is one right in front, next to the Vélib' station). You can also park on the street near Paris Expo, but keep in mind that it is paid parking.

Paris Expo is accessible by both car and public transport. If you want to take public transport, you have the following options:

Tram: T2 and T3a, Porte de Versailles - Parc des Expositions station.
Metro: Line 12, Porte de Versailles station.
Bus: Line 80, Porte de Versailles - Parc des Expositions station, or line 39, Desnouettes station.

Please contact customer service on the respective ticketing platform that you're purchasing from. Our partners will be able to assist you.

The Club Partner Program, launched in 2023, is an industry-leading program which includes top tier esports clubs from around the world. It focuses on uniting esports fans across all game ecosystems through its partnered clubs, with the goal of growing the global fanbase of esports.

Each successful Club that joins our program will be eligible for a performance-based six-figure payout directly tied to the Club's ability to grow their following and engagement with their fans leading up to and during the Esports World Cup 2026.

We will accept a total of 40 Clubs into the Program: up to eight top Clubs from the EWC 2025 Championship ranking will receive direct invitations, while the remaining spots will be filled through the open application process.

EWC Club Program applicants will need to be existing private entities with a history of competition in multiple esports games, with a tenure of success in domestic and international tournaments. Clubs should apply as individual entities; consortiums or partnered applications are not allowed.

No, The program does not provide any competitive advantages in the tournament. All partnered clubs will follow the same rules and regulations as non-partnered clubs and have to run through the game-specific qualification systems for each title.

Please contact clubprogram@esportsworldcup.com. Please note that due to the high number of applications we cannot answer general inquiries about the current status of the application and the process.

EWC PLAY is a free digital product running alongside Esports World Cup 2026 (Paris, July 6 to August 23). Play Quests, Pick'em and Fantasy, earn XP, climb the leaderboards and compete for prizes across all seven weeks.

Yes, it's free. There's no entry fee and no wager or stake of any kind. Everything is free to play and built for fun while you follow EWC.

A registered EWC account, signed in. You'll be prompted to register or log in through EWC single sign-on (SSO) at the right moment, so you can start from wherever you are on the site.

Play from anywhere. EWC Play runs in any mobile or desktop browser. Only the on-site Quests need you physically at the venue (see Question: What are on-site Quests - do I need to be in Paris?); everything else is fully online.

Three ways to play, all earning XP. Quests are bite-size challenges, online or on-site. Pick'em is predicting tournament and match results. Fantasy is building a roster of real players who earn you points from their real matches.

XP (experience points) is the single currency across EWC Play - it sets your leaderboard rank and your Tier. You earn it from all three activities (Quests, Pick'em and Fantasy), and the amount on offer is always shown before you play.

As your total XP grows, you climb through Tiers. Each Tier you reach adds a percentage XP boost on top of what you earn, so the more you play, the faster your XP stacks up.

Each Quest is a small challenge that pays a set amount of XP, shown before you start. Some refresh daily, some weekly, and some are one-off challenges for the whole event - and there's no limit to how many you can take on.

Yes. On-site Quests are completed by scanning QR codes placed around the EWC venue in Paris, using your phone camera from inside the experience. Each code works once per person, and some Quests need you to scan several codes, sometimes in a set order. Everything else in EWC Play can be played online.

Pick'em is your prediction game: predict the overall tournament winners and the outcomes of individual matches to earn XP for every correct call. You can change your picks freely up to the lock time shown by the countdown; once it locks, your pick is final. The XP on offer varies by title and match, and it's always shown up front.

Build a squad of five real players within a $5 million budget, pick a captain to score double points, and earn XP from how your players perform in real EWC matches. Your roster locks when the tournament starts, and you can make changes when transfer windows open during the event. We'll let you know when a window opens, including by email.

Five titles: League of Legends, Dota 2, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Counter-Strike 2 and VALORANT. Each has its own Fantasy leaderboard.

Over $300,000 in cash prize pools, plus physical prizes. It breaks down as $100,000 on the Overall leaderboard (top 130), $100,000 across the seven Weekly leaderboards (top 35 each week), and $100,000 across the five per-title Fantasy leaderboards ($20,000 each, top 35 per title).

On-site Quests have their own weekly leaderboard with physical prizes you collect at the venue. Weekly Quests conclude by 9PM on Sundays, and physical prizes are claimed onsite at the Quest Hub. Visitors have 2 hours to claim their prizes that evening. If they cannot claim their prizes within that time frame, they can claim them next week without issue. If two players tie on XP, whoever reached that score first ranks higher. Cash prizes are limited to players aged 18 and over and are subject to eligibility checks when you claim.

During the event we may run a Creator Faction vs Faction challenge: two creators go head-to-head and you pick one to back. From the moment you join, your XP also counts toward your creator's faction, and if your faction wins the week you get an extra 5% XP boost on everything you've earned since joining, lasting until the challenge ends. Choose carefully: once you pick a creator, you can't switch for the rest of the challenge.

It's one account per person. Using multiple accounts, bots or automated tools, exploiting bugs, or otherwise trying to game results can lead to disqualification and removal from the leaderboards and prizes. Lock times and deadlines are shown in the interface, and late entries aren't accepted.