EWC 2026 Week 5 Champions Recap

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 at EWC 26

Back-to-back EWC Championships

OpTic Gaming claimed their second consecutive EWC championship with a definitive 5-3 victory over Team Heretics in a thrilling Grand Final. The title comes just one month after OpTic fell short in the Call of Duty League Grand Final in Las Vegas, making their resilient run in Paris all the more impressive. Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro also earned his second consecutive EWC MVP award, adding another prestigious accolade to the résumé of one of OpTic’s longest-tenured stars.

Honor of Kings World Cup at EWC 26

A new chapter for China

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles set the stage for a regional showdown between two powerhouse rivals, with Kuaishou Gaming enduring a grueling seven-game series against AG.AL to be crowned KWC champions. Despite the stands being packed with AG.AL supporters, KSG held their nerve to defeat the reigning champions and claim the title. The series went the distance, with a final blind draft determining the winner in a nail-biting finish that kept fans on the edge of their seats until the very end.

TEKKEN 8 at EWC 26

An Underdog Story For The History Books

AG.AL’s Khawaja “M. Zubair” made history by claiming the TEKKEN 8 EWC championship trophy with a 5-0 sweep of accomplished South Korean competitor Yoon “LowHigh” Sun-woong in the Grand Final. A virtually unknown competitor in the TEKKEN 8 scene before the tournament, Zubair fought his way into the main event through the Last Chance Qualifier before embarking on a generational run that left the audience in awe.

His most notable opponent was EVO 26 Grand Champion Arslan Ash, who Zubair defeated not once, but twice during the tournament. The first victory stunned the TEKKEN community, while his semifinal rematch with Ash produced an incredible reverse sweep that sent Zubair into the Grand Final with all the momentum behind him. Along the way, he became one of the elite competitors to earn the Jafonso Award, given exclusively to champions who began their EWC run in the LCQ.