Esports Nations Cup 2026 Invites All Countries to Compete
The Esports Nations Cup 2026 is set to debut as the first global esports event, featuring 16 titles and a qualification path for each country.
The Esports Nations Cup 2026 is a groundbreaking event that marks the first global esports competition, shifting the spotlight from organizations to countries. This year, the ENC features 16 titles, each with its own qualification path and a chance for participating countries to reach the main stage.
The tournament will include a diverse range of games, including CS2, Dota 2, Chess, Rocket League, PUBG Mobile, VALORANT, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Fatal Fury, EA FC 2026, Rainbow Six Siege, Trackmania, Street Fighter 6, League of Legends, MLBB, Honor of Kings, and Apex Legends.
Here is a breakdown of the teams and rosters invited to each title:
CS2 Teams and Rosters
| Country | Team |
|---|---|
| United States | snav, nosraC, junior, Momo, mason |
| Canada | steel, FaNg, Walco, shiraz, Drop |
| Mexico | Marro, SecretAgent, MarKE, b1, AMC |
| Brazil | naitte, WOOD7, ksloks, Tuurtle, destiny |
| Argentina | tomaszin, buda, nacho, righi, atarax1a |
| Chile | dav1deuS, HUASOPEEK, icepeek, wait, gazz |
| France | Brooxsy, Djoko, Ex3rcice, drac, Tarkky |
| Great Britain | smooya, CYPHER, MMS, AZUWU, volt |
| Germany | tabseN, prosus, slaxz-, s1n, kyuubii |
| Denmark | Leakz, salazar, IceBerg, Lucky, Vster |
| Lithuania | jL, tAk, MAGILA, nukkye, Uzman |
| Romania | lauNX, XELLOW, s0und, fNk, HOLY |
| Poland | Prism, Demho, ultimate, Qlocuu, Ex1st |
| Bulgaria | SPELLAN, Skrimo, REDSTAR, shaiK, SHiPZ |
| Kazakhstan | Botpa1, def1zer, forkyz, demente, ICY |
| Türkiye | darendeli, Vej, cadnyx, zemix, souv |
| Uzbekistan | DSSj, Ryujin, wetfy, icyvlone, fr0k |
| Morocco | ScreaM, Nivera, hAdji, Yeneurs, hawk |
| South Africa | Doru, wilj, Triton, March, FROZ3N |
| China | SPine, rage, suki, tutu, L1haNg |
| Mongolia | ROUX, yAmi, hasteka, sergelen19k, sk0R |
| Indonesia | WasteOfAmmo, marsyy, neorah, SpicyWolfy, CIELLE |
| Vietnam | iCeyDal, nTK, sylvain, KJ, Tad |
| Australia | INS, Vexite, aliStair, Liazz, HaZR |
Dota 2 Teams and Rosters
| Country | Team |
|---|---|
| China | Ame, Xm, XXs, fy, y`, XinQ |
| Kazakhstan | watson, Malady, Malik, daze, Samat1, xsvampire, TA2000 |
| Malaysia | Ghost, NothingToSay, Ws, zeal, xNOva, MidOne, Chucky |
| Denmark | 1striker, Cy-, Ace, MISERY, N0tail, Cr1t-, Ivz |
| Sweden | miCKe, Insania, Boxi, Xibbe, charlie, Pablo, Gorgc |
| United States | SumaiL, Quinn, Fayde, Speeed, Sneyking, Yamsun, Gunnar |
| Indonesia | Jikroy, dalul, Fbz, Mikoto, Whitemon, Pota2, Jhocam |
| Germany | Yuma, Stormstormer, Qojqva, tOfu, rmN-, Copy, jmn |
| Jordan | ATF, Valyrian, islA, AfrOmoush, Nagato, Joeel, Kemps |
| Bulgaria | Nikobaby, bzm, lil pleb, Mastermind, FAILETZ, Evidence, CTOMAHEH1 |
| North Macedonia | Zipzap, Stojkov, GodKid-, Saksa, H8, Kralot_bulo |
| Ukraine | kreker, QBFY, pma, Niku, gotthejuice, Akamu, OnLiTaL |
| Netherlands | Crystallis, Shad, Seleri, Crayon, Boerenyoghurt, Myron, Wayne |
| Republic of Moldova | rubikon155, Chief_Keef, Tony_who, Save-, Spacewalker, Requiem, Shovel |
| Poland | Nisha, Steq, Exotic_Deer, Ekki, Eejit, Fey, Dave |
| Brazil | Costabile, 4analog, Lelis, Thiolicor, KJ, fcr, 4dr |
| Chechia | Muf, Supream^, Jenik, SabeRLight-, BOOM, Filminy |
| Greece | Focus, SsaSpartan, dEsire, ThuG, SkyLark, Locomonski, SemserrrR |
| Finland | Mumu, Topita, MTD, Nukkumatti, Wazza, Topson, Quiqa |
| Great Britain | Simon, Adzantick, symetricaL, RCE, TeaGuvnor |
| Kyrgyzstan | dream, Gudiny, icq, Sst, Max, Mercury, ImNotFromLondon |
| Lebanon | FREAKY, No!ob, ruustle, OmaR, GH, NaNz, Papatooty |
| Canada | Arteezy, Bryle, MoonMeander, Aui_2000, Fly, DuBu, Jenkins |
| Philippines | Akashi, Abed, Raven, Shanks, mavis, Mac, Rupido |
| Thailand | 23savage, Aomqu, Jabz, Q, Nine_Nz, KNP, Masaros |
| Peru | Wits, DarkMago, Scofield, TaiLung, MoOz, Pakazs, ILICH- |
| Ecuador | Dynamo, Sebas, Sannoh, Slad1n, Sebs-, Zpp |
| Mongolia | 423, sanctity-, 11, Ace12, Se, Tsukimoto, Seimei |
| Pakistan | Cyber, Zelda., Hiel, Tennyson., Rage, Jay., Muhammad Anas |
| South Africa | Remedy, Castaway, MD, Frank, Mental, Soup, Depe |
| TBD | TBD |
Chess Teams and Rosters
| Country | Player |
|---|---|
| Norway | Magnus Carlsen |
| Neutral | Denis Lazavik |
| Poland | Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
| France | Alireza Firouzja |
| United States | Hikaru Nakamura |
| India | Nihal Sarin |
| Neutral | Ian Nepomniachtchi |
| Iran | Sina Movahed |
| Uzbekistan | Nodirbek Abdusattorov |
| Serbia | Alexey Sarana |
| Germany | Matthias Bluebaum |
| China | Yangyi Yu |
| Ukraine | Olexandr Bortnyk |
| Armenia | Haik M. Martirosyan |
| Vietnam | Tuan Minh Le |
| Moldova | Alexandr Baranciuc |
| Romania | Bogdan-Daniel Deac |
| Greece | Nikolas Theodorou |
| Peru | Renato Terry |
| Netherlands | Benjamin Bok |
| Argentina | Faustino Oro |
| Azerbaijan | Mahammad Muradli |
| Chile | Cristobal Henriquez Villagra |
| Sweden | Nils Grandelius |
| Kazakhstan | Rinat Jumabayev |
| Spain | David Anton Guijarro |
| Egypt | Bassem Amin |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bojan Maksimovic |
| Israel | Nitzan Steinberg |
| Indonesia | Yoseph Theolifus Taher |
| United Arab Emirates | Salem Saleh |
| Sri Lanka | Dishal Nimsara Weerasekara |
| Switzerland | Alexandra Kosteniuk |
| Brazil | Luis Paulo Supi |
| Italy | Luca Jr Moroni |
| Czech Republic | David Navara |
| Denmark | Jonas Buhl Bjerre |
| Turkey | Cem Kaan Gökerkan |
| Uruguay | Georg Meier |
| Ireland | Stephen Jessel |
| Hungary | Sanan Sjugirov |
| Belgium | Kobe Vandenhole |
| Georgia | Erekle Tabatadze |
| United Kingdom | Frederick Waldhausen Gordon |
| Lithuania | Gleb Pidluznij |
| Canada | Eric Hansen |
| Latvia | Georgijs Germanovs |
| Kyrgyzstan | Ruslan Momunaliev |
| Austria | Peter Balint |
| Sudan | Talab Rami |
| Finland | Mika Karttunen |
| Cuba | Lennis Martinez Ramirez |
| Pakistan | Junaid Sohail |
| Thailand | Prin Laohawirapap |
| Croatia | Erik Golubovic |
| Lebanon | Maroun Tomb |
| Malaysia | Jun Ying Tan |
| Bulgaria | Volen Dyulgerov |
| Bolivia | Maveric Mayta Aiza |
| Zambia | Rafael Sharon |
| Colombia | Jesus Marcial Torres Cueto |
| Luxembourg | Nicolas Bourg |
| Philippines | Deniel Causo |
| Hong Kong | Lut Yin Luke Lau |
| Algeria | Mohamed Haddouche |
| Tunisia | Amir Zaibi |
| Egypt | Abdelrahman Hesham |
| Morocco | Ilyass Msellek |
| South Africa | Caleb Levitan |
| Nigeria | Denyefa Callistus Eyetonghan |
| South Africa | Jan Karsten |
| Tunisia | Ahmed Bouzidi |
| Zambia | Joseph Handiya |
| Vietnam | Liem Le |
| China | Haowen Xue |
| New Zealand | Sravan Renjith |
| Singapore | Jagadeesh Siddharth |
| Philippines | Paulo Bersamina |
| Australia | Temur Kuybokarov |
| Malaysia | Yu Tian Poh |
| Indonesia | Novendra Priasmoro |
| China | Haowen Xue |
| Azerbaijan | Khagan Ahmad |
| Serbia | Aleksandar Indjic |
| Armenia | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan |
| Greece | Dimitris Alexakis |
| Ukraine | Martyn Kravtsiv |
| Poland | Patryk Cieslak |
| Neutral | Volodar Murzin |
| Hungary | Benjamin Gledura |
| Neutral | Maksim Tsaruk |
| Switzerland | Noah Fecker |
| Italy | Lorenzo Lodici |
| Finland | Tomi Nyback |
| Netherlands | Robby Kevlishvili |
| France | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
| Norway | Havard Haug |
| Denmark | Rasmus Svane |
| United Kingdom | Alex Golding |
| Germany | Alexander Donchenko |
| Uzbekistan | Nodirbek Yakubboev |
| Turkmenistan | Yusup Atabayev |
| Jordan | Khaled Seyam |
| Sri Lanka | Ranindu Liyanage |
| Turkmenistan | Saparmyrat Atabayev |
| India | Mitrabha Guha |
| Iran | Artin Ashraf |
| Tajikistan | Amin Kabilov |
| Tajikistan | Jaloliddin Ilkhomi |
| Honduras | Angel Godoy |
| United States | Christopher Woojin Yoo |
| Jamaica | Joshua Christie |
| Canada | Arthur Calugar |
| El Salvador | Carlos M |
Source: Dot Esports