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Team Vitality maintains its podium position at the Esports World Cup 2026 in Paris, winning a $4 million cash prize.
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After seven intense weeks of competition, bringing together the world's best players, the club's rosters delivered top-level performances and racked up valuable points for the Club Standings.
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Team Vitality's campaign was notably marked by another victory for its MLBB women's team at the MLBB Women’s Invitational, retaining their title for the second consecutive year.
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By once again securing its place on the podium, Team Vitality establishes itself as one of the major and most competitive esports clubs on the international scene.
Team Vitality concludes an intense summer of competition in its hometown of Paris by securing, for the second consecutive year, third place in the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 Club Championship standings.
Throughout this competition, Team Vitality players competed in 17 out of the 22 disciplines on the program, vying with the most ambitious teams on the international scene, including Saudi Arabia's Team Falcons, Ukraine's NAVI, and China's All Gamers. The French organization's various rosters delivered memorable moments and once again demonstrated Team Vitality's ability to perform at the highest level across multiple disciplines.
A POSITIVE OUTCOME AND A GOAL ACHIEVED
Team Vitality achieved a total of 3,300 points in this new edition of the Esports World Cup. Of the 17 qualified teams (out of 22 games in total), 11 managed to bring valuable points to the organization with exceptional performances.
In detail:
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VALORANT: 200 points
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Fatal Fury: 200 points
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MLBB Women: 1000 points
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PUBG: 200 points
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MLBB: 200 points
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Honor of King: 200 points
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Tekken 8: 200 points
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Rocket League: 200 points
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Crossfire: 200 points
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CS2: 200 points
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Trackmania: 500 points
“To remain among the absolute elite of global esports year after year requires an extraordinary level of excellence, resilience, and passion. A huge congratulations to all our teams and players. A special mention to our MLBB women's team!” declares Fabien “Neo” Devide, co-founder and CEO of Team Vitality. “Even though we didn't manage to win all the titles we hoped for, other teams stepped up when we needed them most and allowed us to maintain our podium position. This is exactly where the notion of a club makes perfect sense: when one team needs it, another takes over. It's this collective strength that makes Team Vitality so rich.”
Another triumph for the MLBB champions
But it was above all the MLBB women's team that marked this edition by once again securing first place, winning the MLBB Women’s Invitational (MWI) for the second consecutive year. A victory that allowed Team Vitality to accumulate valuable points in the Club Championship and consolidate its position among the most successful clubs in the EWC.
An even more remarkable performance for Bigetron by Vitality, as the Grand Final recorded a record audience, with a peak of 565,483 viewers. With this new trophy in their cabinet, Team Vitality's MLBB women's team confirms its status as one of the most decorated teams in the history of women's esports!
Pac, the last hero of Team Vitality's campaign
Beyond the performances achieved by the club's other rosters, it was Thomas "Pac" Cole who allowed Team Vitality to maintain its podium position thanks to a superb performance on Trackmania. The Briton achieved the feat of finishing in the Top 3 of his discipline, thus earning the valuable points that allowed Team Vitality to retain its third place in the overall standings, ahead of Ukraine's NAVI.
The suspense remained until the very end, making Pac's performance one of the highlights of Team Vitality's campaign in Paris!
A COMPETITION EXPERIENCED OFF-STAGE
Among the highlights of this new edition of the Esports World Cup were also the many moments shared around the competition. Fans came in large numbers to meet, exchange, and enjoy the various activations offered at the Team Vitality booth.
A true meeting point between the club and its community, the booth was the scene of many highlights: the announcement of the renewal of two French Counter-Strike stars, apEX and ZywOo, several hundred hours of streaming hosted by our official caster Skite, but also activations from our partners. In total, Team Vitality alone was viewed for more than 25 million hours* throughout the 2026 EWC.
Beyond the competition, this Parisian edition thus created a true gathering place for the Team Vitality community and esports fans, making EWC 2026 a unique moment of sharing and celebration. On that note, here are the peak viewership figures for Team Vitality’s matches across the three most popular games*:
- MLBB: 1.8 million—a new all-time viewership record for the club during the MSC 2026
- Counter-Strike: 854,000K
- Free Fire: 783,000K
“We achieved this great Top 3: mission accomplished! This success holds particular importance, as we achieved this exceptional performance in Paris, in front of our home crowd. None of this would have been possible without the immense collective effort of all the club's teams, our fans and their legendary passion, as well as our loyal partners, who supported us throughout these seven weeks of competition. We continue to build together.” declares Nicolas Maurer, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Team Vitality.
ON THE ROAD TO 2027: EVER HIGHER
By once again securing third place in the Club Championship, Team Vitality achieved the objective set for this edition and confirms its ability to establish itself at the highest level despite ever-increasing competition. In a context where investments and ambitions of rival clubs have continuously grown, maintaining a podium position is a major achievement and demonstrates the solidity of the Team Vitality project.
But the ambition doesn't stop there: the goal is now clear, to aim for first place and assert itself as the best esports club in the world. Strengthened by this new experience in Paris and the lessons learned from these seven weeks of competition, Team Vitality is already looking towards 2027, with the desire to continue building, progressing, and getting closer to the top.
“Concluding the Esports World Cup here, in Paris, with a Top 3 for the second consecutive year is a source of satisfaction for Team Vitality. And this year, the challenge was even greater: the competition has never been so strong, with more and more organizations, Team Falcons and All Gamers in particular, investing heavily to aim for the Club Championship,” explains Danny Engels, Chief International Officer of Team Vitality. “This third place once again confirms that Team Vitality belongs to the world elite. We will now learn from this edition, raise our standards even higher, and get back to work with undiminished ambition.”
*All data is from Esports Charts