EWC 26 RULES & REGULATIONS

Notice: This is a preliminary version of the Esports World Cup 2026 Club Championship Ruleset. All regulations are subject to change or further revision. The final version will be released in Q1 2026.


1. Minimal Success and Contributing Competitions

To be eligible for the Club Championship, a club needs to reach top8 positions in at least two competitions.

To be eligible to win the first place of the Club Championship, a club needs to reach first place in at least one competition. Otherwise the highest ranked club with at least one first place result will be moved up to first place in the Club Championship.

The following competitions at Esports World Cup 2026 count towards the Club Championship ranking (game names only):

  • Apex Legends
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
  • Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Chess
  • Counter-Strike 2
  • CROSSFIRE
  • Dota 2
  • EA SPORTS FC 26
  • Fatal Fury
  • Fortnite
  • Free Fire
  • Honor of Kings
  • League of Legends
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women
  • Overwatch 2
  • PUBG MOBILE
  • PUBG: Battlegrounds
  • Rainbow Six Siege X
  • Rocket League
  • Street Fighter 6
  • Teamfight Tactics
  • TEKKEN 8
  • VALORANT
  • TBD

Additional competitions may be added at the discretion of the Esports World Cup Foundation once they have been publicly announced.


2. Eligibility for Points

A) Each Club has to settle on their game titles eligible for the EWC Club Championship by 30th April 2026. That means that an organization can only earn points for the Club Championship for participants that were (publicly and - if applicable - towards the tournament administration) part of that organization before the deadline at 23:59 AST on Thursday, 30th of April 2026.

This includes competitions where the qualification or invitation occurs after that date.

This affects signings and acquisitions of new squads or solo-tournament players, not minor roster changes in team games, which are regulated separately in each tournament's rulebook.

B) In team competitions, only complete teams that take part under the name(s) and brand(s) of their organization will be considered. In individual competitions, single players that represent their organization in name and brand (but playing under their individual name) will be considered.

C) To be eligible to collect Club Championship points in a competition, an organization is required to compete under the same exact name it is listed in the Club Championship. Using different established names or brands of the same organization in different competitions may be allowed on request, limited to historical or legal reasons or publisher requirements. Name sponsors (also known as title sponsors) need to fulfill general sponsorship requirements and be displayed in all games and the Club Championship.

D) For the avoidance of doubt, commercial partnerships with sports organizations that are not fielding any esports activity beyond that partnership are considered sponsorships and subject to the same rules and regulations. Partnerships with sports organizations that are fielding separate esports activities in games that are also hosted at EWC are subject to paragraph 4 of this document and are generally not eligible for point contribution to the Club Championship.


The official roster report will be relied on for all topics relating to Club-affiliation or roster, unless the tournament administration is officially informed of a change after the submission of the report but before the deadline.


3. Multiple Representatives in one Competition

If an organization is represented by several participants in the same competition, the organization will only receive the highest points obtained by one of their participants.


4. Collaborations between Organizations

A) To be eligible for earning points in the Club Championship, it is generally not allowed for teams and players to represent multiple legally distinct organizations. Teams are also not allowed to consist of players from multiple clubs.

B) Any collaborations between two or more Clubs participating in EWC may constitute a conflict of interest and may result in the exclusion of one or both organizations from the Club Championship or even from participation in the competitions. This includes any kind of Joint Ventures.

  • The exception from this rule can only be granted if game specific rules mandate a conflicting set of rules

C) Temporary loans of or other collaborations with 1on1 players or teams are not allowed. If the 1on1 player or team (majority) departs from and returns to the same previous club/organization within the same calendar year, EWC will consider this automatically a temporary loan.


5. Points Table

The following points are granted per rank in all competitions listed as eligible in rule 1:

  • 1 = 1000 points
  • 2 = 750 points
  • 3* = 500 points
  • 3-4* = 500 points
  • 4* = 300 points
  • 5** = 200 points
  • 5-8** = 200 points
  • 6** = 150 points
  • 7** = 100 points
  • 8** = 50 points

* Where applicable, some titles have a shared 3rd/4th place.
** Where applicable, some titles have individual ranks 5,6,7,8, some have shared ranks 5-8.

If other ties occur in a game, all tied participants will get the points of the highest shared rank.


6. Prize Money Distribution

The following prize money will be awarded to the Top24 ranks of the Club Championship ranking:

  1. $7,000,000
  2. $5,000,000
  3. $4,000,000
  4. $3,000,000
  5. $2,000,000
  6. $1,400,000
  7. $1,150,000
  8. $950,000
  9. $800,000
  10. $650,000
  11. $550,000
  12. $500,000
  13. $450,000
  14. $400,000
  15. $350,000
  16. $300,000
  17. $275,000
  18. $250,000
  19. $225,000
  20. $200,000
  21. $175,000
  22. $150,000
  23. $125,000
  24. $100,000

Ties for first place in the Club Championship will be broken no matter what. In case of identical points for the first place, the order of tiebreakers is:

  1. Higher number of better single results (e.g. two clubs have 3000 points, both clubs won one tournament but one of the clubs finished 2nd twice and the other only once, then the one with the two 2nd places is ahead) - “Olympic Medal Logic”.
    Only for the purpose of this tiebreaker, shared ranks count as “fractions” of the shared ranks, e.g. a shared 3/4 rank (lost in single elimination in semi final) counts as “½ 3rd place + ½ 4th place” and a shared 5-8 rank (lost in single elimination in quarter final) counts as “¼ 5th place + ¼ 6th place + ¼ 7th place + ¼ 8th place”.
  2. More points from direct matches between the clubs (win 3 points, tie 1 point, loss 0 points. “Multimatch” matches like racing or Battle Royale count as “won” if the team or the best solo player of one club is ahead of the team or best solo player of the other club)
  3. If there still remain ties for first place after the above, the administration may introduce other feasible methods to resolve it.

In case of two or more organizations being tied for other ranks, the money for all tied ranks will be split equally among all organizations tied for those ranks (including beyond 24, e.g. if 24-27 are tied, these four organizations will each receive a quarter of the 24th rank prize money)