‘Best team, best players, best coaches’: Kuaishou Gaming defy odds to win Honor of Kings at Esports World Cup 2026

PARIS: Kuaishou Gaming of China have won the Honor of Kings World Cup at the Esports World Cup 2026, becoming first-time EWC champions following a thrilling 4-3 grand final finish against compatriots AG.AL.

The newly crowned champions had fought their way through the tournament and to the final without dropping a single game. But it was in the grand final when they finally faced a squad who would test them: the reigning champions, AG.AL. Both teams traded games back and forth, before the entire series went to a thrilling final game seven to determine the ultimate winner.

Kuaishou Gaming, who qualified for the event as the KPL’s number one seed outside of the reigning champions, got ahead of AG.AL by taking the first game, but as each team took a game after the other, it was not until game five where AG.AL were first to win two-in-a-row in the series, and gain match point. In game six, AG.AL had their sights set on closing out the series, but a robust KSG were determined to keep the reigning champions at bay, and won the game to tie up the series, and force a final game seven. That final game got off to a close start, but it was KSG who were able to get ahead following a major team fight, and as quickly as it got going, they finished their rivals to take the title, leaving AG.AL simply stunned.

Kuaishou Gaming’s win also denies Xu “YiNuo” Bicheng from becoming a three-time EWC champion, following his win with AG.AL last year, and with the KPL Dream Team the year before. Instead, a new champion has risen, and a new opportunity for competitive Honor of Kings at the top.

“I have so much inside of me I want to say, because back in the time when we were in China, in the KPL, we were facing so many obstacles and ups and