Esports World Cup 2026: AG.AL Dethrones Team Falcons to Win the Club Championship
Aug 24, 2026, 3:36 PM · 1 min read
Live schedule and standings: EWC CS2, EWC Rocket League
AG.AL have won the Esports World Cup 2026 Club Championship. On Saturday, August 22 in Paris, Gwendal "Gwen" Duparc triumphed in the tournament's first-ever Trackmania event, completely flipping the overall standings. AG.AL finished atop the leaderboard with 5,300 points to secure the $7 million grand prize, dethroning 
Team Falcons.
At a glance
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Champion | AG.AL (5,300 pts) |
| Podium | 2nd: Team Falcons (4,600 pts) · 3rd:  Team Vitality (3,300 pts) |
| Dates | July 6 – August 23, 2026 |
| Location | Paris (Paris Expo Porte de Versailles · CS2 Grand Final at the Accor Arena) |
| Format | 25 tournaments across 24 titles · Club Championship point scale (1,000 / 750 / 500 for top 3 in each title) |
| Prize pool | $30,000,000 awarded across the Top 24 ($7M / $5M / $4M for the podium) |
| What was at stake | The title of Best Esports Organization in the world, ending Team Falcons' two-year reign |
How the Club Championship worked
Across seven intense weeks of multi-title competition in Paris, clubs earned points based on their results in each official tournament. A championship in any title awarded 1,000 points, a runner-up finish gave 750 points, and bronze earned 500 points. The overall prize pool was distributed among the Top 24 organizations.
AG.AL built their championship tally through remarkable consistency: winning a title in Tekken 8 (with M. Zubair), taking silver in Chess, Free Fire, and Honor of Kings, securing bronze in TFT, and culminating in their decisive victory on Trackmania.
Final Top 10 leaderboard
| Rank | Club | Points | Club Championship Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AG.AL | 5,300 | $7,000,000 |
| 2 | Team Falcons | 4,600 | $5,000,000 |
| 3 | Team Vitality | 3,300 | $4,000,000 |
| 4 |  Natus Vincere | 2,950 | $3,000,000 |
| 5 |  Team Liquid | 2,700 | $2,000,000 |
| 6 |  Spirit | 2,200 | $1,275,000 |
| 6 | Virtus.pro | 2,200 | $1,275,000 |
| 8 |  Aurora Gaming | 2,150 | $950,000 |
| 9 |  Twisted Minds | 1,900 | $800,000 |
| 10 |  T1 | 1,800 | $650,000 |
A thrilling final weekend decided the crown
Two-time defending champions Team Falcons entered the final weekend holding the lead by 300 points over AG.AL. However, the early quarterfinal exit of their star driver Carl-Antoni "Carl Jr." Cloutier cracked the door wide open.
Gwen needed only a podium finish to lock up the title for AG.AL. Instead, he went all the way, taking first place to claim the full 1,000 points, pushing AG.AL to 5,300 points and shutting down the Falcons' quest for a three-peat.
On Sunday, August 23, at the Accor Arena, Spirit defeated FUT 3–1 in the CS2 Grand Final. While it did not change the champion, it propelled Spirit to 2,200 points, tying them with Virtus.pro for 6th place. AG.AL, Falcons, and Spirit each wrapped up the event with two discipline titles.
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