Paris, July (پاکستان پوائنٹ نیوز 27 يوليو 2026ء) 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 several 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 July 6 to August 23, 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.
