Esports World Cup: $30M
The Esports World Cup Club Championship just announced a massive $30 million prize pool — plus new limits on solo competitions and a formal protest system aimed at fair play and transparency. These rule and prize changes are expected to reshape team strategies and transfers across Rocket League ahead of the Spring Major and Worlds. (hotspawn.com) (insider-gaming.com)
The Club Championship payout is front-loaded: the winning club will receive $7 million and the runner-up $5 million, with prize money allocated down the leaderboard and lower-tier payouts included in the published split. (esportsworldcup.com; jaxon.gg) EWC’s 2026 main event runs in Riyadh from July 6 through August 23 and will stage 25 tournaments across 24 games with more than 2,000 players and roughly 200 clubs expected to compete. (esportsworldcup.com) New roster rules require clubs to register which players count toward Club Championship scoring: organizations may register up to four players for solo titles, team titles are limited to one team per game (ML:BB excepted), and only a club’s single highest placement in a given title will count toward its Club Championship total. (esportsworldcup.com) All participating clubs must finalize and announce their Club Championship lineups by April 30, 2026 at 23:59 KSA; players or rosters announced after that deadline can still compete at EWC events but will not be eligible to earn Club Championship points. (esportsworldcup.com) EWC is introducing a standardized protest channel: general protests must be submitted through the official EWC protest platform by a designated club representative, successful protests don’t count against limits, clubs are allowed up to three unsuccessful general protests per season, and exceeding that can trigger fines up to $100,000. (esportsworldcup.com) Rocket League is listed among the games that contribute to Club Championship standings, and the RLCS calendar puts Major 2 in Paris on May 22–24 and the World Championship in September, meaning the April 30 Club deadline falls before the Paris Major and will constrain which newly signed players or late transfers can earn Club points. (esportsworldcup.com; rocketleague.com; blast.tv)
