Preview of the Americas Closed Qualifiers for the Esports Nations Cup 2026: Format, Rosters, Day 1 Schedule
Regional closed qualifiers for the 2026 Esports Nations Cup kick off on June 29. Read on for details on the qualifier format and participating teams in South and North America.
South America
Format
In South America, the qualifiers will take place from June 30 to July 2, with two spots in the main tournament allocated to eight teams. Teams are placed in a two-tier bracket with best-of-three series.
Team Rosters
Argentina
- Gorca
- Nicolás Mariano “Hermit” Flores
- Fantassy
- Mauricio “Runaway” Avendaño
- Nicolás “wij” Moreno
- Shifu
- Un Gato
- Worlock (coach)
Bolivia
- Miguel Ángel “Michael-” Choke Gómez
- Fyoung-
- Oscar “Oscar” Jiménez
- Josué Ronald “BlackSoul” Tikona Alendre
- Juan Carlos “Mingatte” Mamaní Hachakata
- Design
- Quidproquo
Chile
- Sie7e
- DarkMen II
- Diego Luciano “555” Ortiz Saldivia
- Kezia
- Cokuu
- Rangris
- Junseba
- Ghost (coach)
Colombia
- Arbolito
- Kastell
- yisus
- Aldana
- mapu
- Juan David “Liangy” Quintero Miranda
- pahk00 (coach)
Ecuador
- Dynamo
- Josué Sebastián “Sebas” Taipicanya Estévez
- Sannoh
- Slad1n
- Sebs-
- Zpp
- Songz (coach)
Paraguay
- Verli
- Kuru-
- Remy
- Alu-
- StYY
- DunKan
- Powerslave
- Dxnt- (coach)
Peru
- Maximo “Wits” Orosco Als
- Gonzalo “DarkMago” Herrera
- Elvis “Scofield” Peña
- Santiago Agüero “TaiLung” Gustavo
- Joel Eduardo “MoOz” Mori Osambela
- Christian “Pakazs” Savina
- Mario Ulyanov “ILICH-” Ilich Romero Valdivia
- Juan David “Vintage” Angulo Nijo (coach)
Venezuela
- Ryoma
- Arrakiz
- Arkana
- Eduardo “Raykill” Núñez
- Shy
- Thomas “Valqui” Romero (coach)
Schedule for the first day of competition
June 30, Moscow time.
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12:00 a.m.
- Peru vs. Paraguay;
- Chile vs. Argentina;
- Bolivia vs. Colombia;
- Ecuador vs. Venezuela.
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3:00 a.m.
- Winners of the Peru vs. Paraguay and Chile vs. Argentina matches;
- the winners of the Bolivia vs. Colombia and Ecuador vs. Venezuela matches.
North America
Format
In North America, the qualifiers will take place from June 30 to July 2. One team will be selected from among the seven participants to compete in the ENC. Teams will begin in a double-elimination bracket, with all matches played to two wins.
Team Rosters
Canada
- Artur “Arteezy” Babaev
- Jonathan “Bryle” De Guia
- David “MoonMeander” Tan
- Curtis “Aui_2000” Ling
- Tal “Fly” Isaac
- Kim “DuBu” Do-yeon
- Andrew “Jenkins” Jenkins
- Curtis “Curtis” Coffin (coach)
Costa Rica
- Patience
- Dezko
- Yeya
- Shiri
- Zblank
- Qwerty
- ZlYomii
- Guinsoo (coach)
Cuba
- shaddai
- Senku
- Lie
- xxg
- KiYoSh1
- Ruben “RubenM009” Martinez
- BLAC-K
- D3troiT (coach)
Guatemala
- Sazoo
- Marit0x
- Yogi
- Jodalepe
- Kalev
- Reinor
- Lancelot
- Ashlom (coach)
Honduras
- Yorekin
- LYON
- Catra
- Shadow
- Edgar “Melody” Sturov
- zahnyn
- zoom
- Milo (coach)
Mexico
- Jesús Ángel “ifrit” Valencia Bonales
- Francisco Esteban “lundd” Martínez López
- José Carlos “N1ne” Suárez Martínez
- Yeipi
- José Esaú “esK” Pérez Coronel
- José Iván “Hiruko” Reyes Carrillo
- Blade
- Arroyito (coach)
Panama
- Neo
- Alee-
- Killer
- Luzbel³³³
- LM
- dEB (coach)
Photo — EWC Foundation.
