Esports World Cup 2026: Schedule, Standings, Results

Author: Hawk Live LLC

Last updated: 12:10, 05.07.2026

Esports World Cup 2026 for Dota 2 will take place from July 6 to 18, 2026, in Paris, France. The tournament is organized by the Esports World Cup Foundation with support from ESL FACEIT Group and is part of the annual Esports World Cup festival. Matches will be held offline and will feature some of the strongest teams in the professional Dota 2 scene.

Twenty-four teams are participating: 14 teams invited through the ESL Pro Tour rankings, and 10 winners of regional qualifiers. Participants are divided into four groups of six teams each, where matches are played in a round-robin format (Bo2).

After the group stage, the first-place teams from each group advance directly to the playoffs, while teams ranked 2nd to 4th move on to the Survival Stage. In this phase, 4th-place teams face 3rd-place teams, and the winners then play against 2nd-place teams for the remaining playoff spots. All Survival Stage matches are played in Bo3 format.

The playoffs use a single-elimination bracket with eight teams. All playoff matches are played in Bo3 format, while the grand final is played as a Bo5 series.

The tournament’s prize pool is $2,000,000. All participating teams will compete for a share of the prize money, while additional individual awards, including an MVP prize, are expected as part of the Esports World Cup ecosystem.

Esports World Cup 2026 Format

Stage 1: Group Stage (July 7 - July 12)
- Four groups of six teams each in round-robin
- All series consist of two games
- Top team from each group advance to playoff
- 2nd, 3rd and 4th place teams from each group qualify to survival
- Remaining teams are eliminated

Stage 2: Survival (July 14 - July 15)
- Single-elimination
- 4th vs 3rd from groups → winner vs 2nd
- All matches are Bo3
- Four teams advance to playoff

Stage 3: Playoffs (July 16 - July 19)
- Single-elimination bracket
- Grand Final is Bo5, all other matches are Bo3

Participants

Group Stage Seeds
PARIVISION	BetBoom Team
Team Spirit	Team Falcons
Team Liquid	LGD Gaming
1win Team	Aurora
MOUZ	Xtreme Gaming
PlayTime	Team Yandex
Virtus.pro	Rune Eaters
OG	Level Up
Poor Rangers	L1ga Team
IC x Insanity	Vici Gaming
REKONIX	GamerLegion
Team Nemesis	Nigma Galaxy

Esports World Cup 2026 Group Stage

Group Stage A Standings
Place	Team	W/L/D	Points
	BetBoom Team	0-0-0	0-0
	GamerLegion	0-0-0	0-0
	Poor Rangers	0-0-0	0-0
	Rune Eaters	0-0-0	0-0
	Team Falcons	0-0-0	0-0
	Xtreme Gaming	0-0-0	0-0

Group Stage B Standings
Place	Team	W/L/D	Points
	Aurora	0-0-0	0-0
	L1ga Team	0-0-0	0-0
	Level Up	0-0-0	0-0
	Nigma Galaxy	0-0-0	0-0
	PlayTime	0-0-0	0-0
	Team Liquid	0-0-0	0-0

Group Stage C Standings
Place	Team	W/L/D	Points
	MOUZ	0-0-0	0-0
	PARIVISION	0-0-0	0-0
	REKONIX	0-0-0	0-0
	Team Nemesis	0-0-0	0-0
	Team Spirit	0-0-0	0-0
	Vici Gaming	0-0-0	0-0

Group Stage D Standings
Place	Team	W/L/D	Points
	1win Team	0-0-0	0-0
	IC x Insanity	0-0-0	0-0
	LGD Gaming	0-0-0	0-0
	OG	0-0-0	0-0
	Team Yandex	0-0-0	0-0
	Virtus.pro	0-0-0	0-0

Esports World Cup 2026: Group Stage Schedule and Results

July 7, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	Team Falcons vs BetBoom Team	0-0
9:00 UTC	Poor Rangers vs GamerLegion	0-0
9:00 UTC	Rune Eaters vs Xtreme Gaming	0-0
11:30 UTC	Team Liquid vs PlayTime	0-0
11:30 UTC	L1ga Team vs Nigma Galaxy	0-0
11:30 UTC	Level Up vs Aurora	0-0
14:00 UTC	Team Spirit vs MOUZ	0-0
14:00 UTC	REKONIX vs Vici Gaming	0-0
14:00 UTC	Team Nemesis vs PARIVISION	0-0
16:30 UTC	Team Yandex vs OG	0-0
16:30 UTC	LGD Gaming vs Virtus.pro	0-0
16:30 UTC	IC x Insanity vs 1win Team	0-0

July 8, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	GamerLegion vs Xtreme Gaming	0-0
9:00 UTC	Poor Rangers vs BetBoom Team	0-0
9:00 UTC	Team Falcons vs Rune Eaters	0-0
11:30 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs Aurora	0-0
11:30 UTC	L1ga Team vs PlayTime	0-0
11:30 UTC	Team Liquid vs Level Up	0-0
14:00 UTC	Vici Gaming vs PARIVISION	0-0
14:00 UTC	REKONIX vs MOUZ	0-0
14:00 UTC	Team Spirit vs Team Nemesis	0-0
16:30 UTC	Virtus.pro vs 1win Team	0-0
16:30 UTC	LGD Gaming vs OG	0-0
16:30 UTC	Team Yandex vs IC x Insanity	0-0

July 9, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	GamerLegion vs Team Falcons	0-0
9:00 UTC	Poor Rangers vs Xtreme Gaming	0-0
9:00 UTC	BetBoom Team vs Rune Eaters	0-0
11:30 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs Team Liquid	0-0
11:30 UTC	L1ga Team vs Aurora	0-0
11:30 UTC	PlayTime vs Level Up	0-0
14:00 UTC	Vici Gaming vs Team Spirit	0-0
14:00 UTC	MOUZ vs Team Nemesis	0-0
14:00 UTC	REKONIX vs PARIVISION	0-0
16:30 UTC	LGD Gaming vs 1win Team	0-0
16:30 UTC	Virtus.pro vs Team Yandex	0-0
16:30 UTC	OG vs IC x Insanity	0-0

July 10, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	Xtreme Gaming vs BetBoom Team	0-0
9:00 UTC	Poor Rangers vs Team Falcons	0-0
9:00 UTC	Rune Eaters vs GamerLegion	0-0
11:30 UTC	Aurora vs PlayTime	0-0
11:30 UTC	L1ga Team vs Team Liquid	0-0
11:30 UTC	Level Up vs Nigma Galaxy	0-0
14:00 UTC	PARIVISION vs MOUZ	0-0
14:00 UTC	Team Nemesis vs Vici Gaming	0-0
14:00 UTC	REKONIX vs Team Spirit	0-0
16:30 UTC	LGD Gaming vs Team Yandex	0-0
16:30 UTC	1win Team vs OG	0-0
16:30 UTC	IC x Insanity vs Virtus.pro	0-0

July 11, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	Xtreme Gaming vs Team Falcons	0-0
9:00 UTC	BetBoom Team vs GamerLegion	0-0
9:00 UTC	Poor Rangers vs Rune Eaters	0-0
11:30 UTC	Aurora vs Team Liquid	0-0
11:30 UTC	PlayTime vs Nigma Galaxy	0-0
11:30 UTC	L1ga Team vs Level Up	0-0

July 12, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	PARIVISION vs Team Spirit	0-0
9:00 UTC	MOUZ vs Vici Gaming	0-0
9:00 UTC	REKONIX vs Team Nemesis	0-0
11:30 UTC	1win Team vs Team Yandex	0-0
11:30 UTC	OG vs Virtus.pro	0-0
11:30 UTC	LGD Gaming vs IC x Insanity	0-0

Esports World Cup 2026: Elimination Phase bracket

Esports World Cup 2026: Elimination Phase Schedule and Results

July 14, 2026

Time	Series	Results
11:00 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0
11:30 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0
14:30 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0
14:30 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0

July 15, 2026

Time	Series	Results
11:00 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0
11:30 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0
14:30 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0
14:30 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0

Esports World Cup 2026: Playoffs bracket

Esports World Cup 2026: Playoffs Schedule and Results

July 16, 2026

Time	Series				Results
11:00 UTC	TBD vs TBD				0-0
14:30 UTC	TBD vs TBD				0-0

July 17, 2026

Time	Series	Results
11:00 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0
14:30 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0
14:30 UTC	TBD vs TBD	0-0

July 18, 2026

Time	Series				Results
11:00 UTC	TBD vs TBD				0-0

July 19, 2026

Time	Series				Results
10:00 UTC	TBD vs TBD				0-0
13:30 UTC	TBD vs TBD				0-0

Esports World Cup 2026 Prize Pool

$2,000,000 USD and 3,550 Club Points are spread among the participants as seen below.

Place	Prize Money		Team
1st	$750000
2nd	$340000
3rd	$200000
4th	$120000
5th-8th	$70000



9th-12th	$40000



13th-16th	$20000



17th-20th	$10000



21th-24th	$7500

Esports World Cup 2026 Streams

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