Craime becomes youngest EWC champion as four titles decided in Week 4
Team Spirit’s Mobile Legends win is the first by an EECA club, adding regional significance to a week already defined by a 15-year-old’s age record.
The Esports World Cup has grown into the largest cross-title event in competitive gaming, with club standings decided across a multi-week programme rather than a single tournament. Four titles were settled during Week 4 of the 2026 edition in Paris on 1 and 2 August, in Street Fighter 6, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Overwatch.
Street Fighter 6: Craime takes the title at 15
Team Falcons’ Jaime ‘Craime’ Bustos won the Street Fighter 6 title at 15 years, two months and 25 days old, which the Esports World Cup says makes him the youngest champion in the event’s history. The Chilean player, who made his competitive debut in 2024, beat Japanese finalist Hibiki 5-2 in the Grand Final, losing the opening round before recovering to take the series.
Craime received $250,000, qualification for Capcom Cup 13, and 1,000 Club Championship points for Team Falcons.
Having secured the biggest win of his life so far, Craime said:
‘I’m very, very happy for my win, and I can’t wait to go back to Chile. This isn’t just me, this is everyone who comes in and helps me. I can’t wait to share this with them.’
Mobile Legends: Team Spirit deliver a first for EECA
Team Spirit became the first club from the EECA region to win the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup, a tournament historically dominated by South-east Asian sides. Spirit led Yangon Galacticos 3-1 in the Grand Final before their opponents levelled at 3-3, and took the deciding game to close out a 4-3 win.
The title carried $1 million and 1,000 Club Championship points. Mathaios ‘Kid Bomba’ Chatzilakos was named Sony Finals MVP.
Kid Bomba said after being given the award:
‘I don’t think I did more than them, if anything, they did more than me, so I’m so grateful for this award. I don’t know how I can win it after I play 0/7 on Phoveus, but thank you.’
Overwatch: ZETA DIVISION claim a first major trophy
ZETA DIVISION won the OWCS Midseason Championship 4-2 against Twisted Minds, the organisation’s first major title. Both sides took their own map picks before ZETA secured a map flip on Twisted Minds’ choice of Eichenwalde in Game 6 to decide the series.
Kim ‘Proper’ Dong-hyun, who won the same title at EWC 2025 with Team Falcons, took a second EWC Overwatch championship with his new club. ZETA received $400,000 and 1,000 Club Championship points, with Kim ‘shu’ Jin-seo named Sony MVP for an additional $25,000.
After receiving his MVP award, shu said:
‘Honestly, I just want to thank our CEO, our manager PangTong for believing in me, and [coach] Crusty for supporting our team. It’s thanks to all of them that I could stand here now.’
Call of Duty: Warzone: G2 Esports hold together
G2 Esports won the Warzone Resurgence Series Championship in an 11-game final that had five teams on match point entering the last game, with G2 and T1 both in contention as the final circles formed.
The roster of Anthony ‘Anziety’ Moran, Ashton ‘Bigman’ Ezard, and Aarondeep ‘Cythe’ Dhami competed at EWC 2025 under a different organisation name and placed 17th, missing the final. They stayed together through the off-season and took the title, $250,000, and 1,000 Club Championship points.
Anziety was named Sony MVP, earning a further $25,000.
Anziety said after winning:
‘I’ve got no words right now, none. I’m just shocked that we won that game. There are just no words. It feels amazing. I lost my voice screaming. This is amazing.’
Club Championship standings and what follows
Team Falcons moved to the top of the Club Championship standings on the back of Craime’s win, adding a further 300 points in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang but failing to score in Warzone or Overwatch, two titles the club has won before. Their lead stands at 150 points, with eight other clubs within a single championship win of them.
T1, in sixth, took 750 points in Warzone and 500 in Overwatch, but has only Fortnite left to contest. Twisted Minds added 300 points in Warzone and 750 in Overwatch, with five titles still to play.
In Honor of Kings, the Play-in Stage concluded with AG.AL, ROC Esports, Kuaishou Gaming, and Geekay Esports topping their groups to reach the Playoffs. Week 5 lower bracket play decides the final four qualifiers, with the Playoffs starting on 5 August and the Grand Final on 8 August.
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