Team Falcons’ 15-year-old prodigy Jaime ‘Craime’ Bustos claims Street Fighter 6 at Esports World Cup

PARIS: Saudi Arabia’s Team Falcons have surged to the top of the Esports World Cup 2026 Club Championship standings after Chilean pro Jaime “Craime” Bustos claimed the Street Fighter 6 title.

The win makes him the youngest player ever to take an EWC championship, at the age of 15 years, two months and 25 days old.

Craime’s win marks Team Falcons’ first tournament victory of EWC 2026 and comes at a pivotal moment for the two-time defending club championship winners. The result underlines Team Falcons’ continued dominance on the global esports stage, as well as Saudi Arabia’s role in competitive gaming.

The rising star has already made an impression on the fighting games world. His competitive debut came in 2024 when he was just 12 years old, but he has now taken the next step and lifted his first major trophy for the Kingdom’s leading club.

Taking on much more experienced rivals, His path to victory at the EWC has been especially impressive at his young age, as he took on his more experienced rivals to etch his name into the history books — and there is still plenty of room for the young champion to grow.

Craime faced off against Hibiki in the grand final, the oldest fighter in the top eight at 30 years old. Hibiki claimed his spot after an epic LCQ run, where he was one of just five Street Fighter 6 players out of 269 to make it through to the main event.

Craime dominated the final 5-2, leaving his opponent barely any space to breathe. Despite losing the first game, he then racked up win after win in the battle between youth and experience, becoming the first to hit five games with just two losses to Hibiki, ending the Japanese veteran’s magical run.

The Team Falcons fighting game prodigy swept through one of the