- stc group, Founding and Elite Partner of the Esports World Cup for the third consecutive year, is supporting EWC 2026 as the tournament makes its international debut in Paris.
- As part of its partnership, stc group holds naming rights to the stc Contenders stage at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, home to both the Last Chance Qualifiers and the Warriors Cup throughout EWC 2026.
- The Last Chance Qualifiers give the remaining clubs and competitors across eight titles one final shot at a place on the EWC main stage.
- The Warriors Cup is EWC’s community tournament series, spanning more tournaments across 11 game titles and targeting more than 10,000 amateur players and fans over seven weeks.
- Through the stc Contenders stage, stc group is supporting competitive gaming talent at every level, from grassroots community play to the final step onto the main stage.
Paris, France, [27] July 2026 – stc group, a leading digital enabler, is bringing two distinct competitive experiences together under one stage at EWC 2026: the stc Contenders stage at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. As Founding and Elite Partner of the Esports World Cup, stc group holds naming rights to the stage, which hosts both the Last Chance Qualifiers and the Warriors Cup throughout the tournament’s run in Paris.
The Last Chance Qualifiers are the final step before the EWC main stage, where the remaining clubs and competitors get one last chance to earn their place among the professionals. Held across eight titles, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Chess, Counter-Strike 2, EA SPORTS FC 26, Fatal Fury, Rocket League, Street Fighter 6, and Tekken 8, the LCQ turns the stc Contenders stage into the last gate to the world’s biggest esports event.
Alongside it, the Warriors Cup takes a different path. Rather than a route to the pros, it is a stage built for the community itself, giving fans and amateur players of every skill level a place to compete, be rewarded, and grow.
Now in its third week, the Warriors Cup has drawn growing numbers of players including Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Call of Duty: Warzone, Dota 2, EA SPORTS FC 26, League of Legends, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Rainbow Six Siege, Rocket League, Street Fighter 6, and Team Fight Tactics, with more than 10,000 players targeted across the full seven weeks of EWC 2026. Meanwhile, the Last Chance Qualifiers continue to crown the final competitors headed to the EWC main stage. Together, the two formats make the stc Contenders stage one of the busiest venues at EWC 2026, community competition on one side, the road to the pros on the other.
As Founding and Elite Partner of EWC 2026, stc group holds naming rights to three venues across the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles footprint, including the stc Arena, the tournament’s flagship competition venue, and stc Contenders, home to the Warriors Cup and the Last Chance Qualifiers. The presence reflects stc group’s ambition to be at the heart of global esports, and to advance Saudi Arabia’s standing in the industry on and off the competitive stage.
EWC 2026 runs from 6 July to 23 August, bringing together more than 2,000 professional players and 200 clubs from over 100 countries, competing across 25 tournaments and 24 game titles for a prize pool exceeding $75 million.
