2026 Kings World Cup Clubs
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | July 26–August 1 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue(s) | Fonzies Arena Cologno Monzese, Milan |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
← 2025 2027 → | |
The 2026 Kings World Cup Clubs is an international seven-a-side football tournament. It is the third edition of the Kings World Cup Clubs, a competition based in the Kings League format created by Gerard Piqué and Ibai Llanos, and features the top clubs from the international versions of the Kings League. Spain's Los Troncos FC are automatically qualified as the defending world champions, having won the 2025 tournament.[1] On 21 May, it was announced that the tournament will take place in Italy from 26 July to 1 August.[2]
Slot allocation
A revised slot allocation was announced on 5 March 2026, with the tournament scaling down from 32 to 16 teams, and not featuring any wildcards for the first time. On 27 March, it was announced that Kings League MENA wouldn't run their Split 1 until October, due to the 2026 Iran war.[3] The two vacant spots left by the split's suspension were given to Kings Cup MENA runners-up FWZ and Kings League Italy Split 2 third-place finishers Stallions, as revealed alongside the host nation announcement on 21 May 2026.[4]
Format
The 2026 Kings World Cup Clubs employs a downsized, 16-team version of the previous years' format, which includes features of a Swiss-system tournament.
- First stage
- In the first round, the 16 teams each play one match, with the pairings decided by a random draw, with no restrictions based on nation coincidence.
- All teams advance to the second round, with the teams that won their first-round match going to a 'winner bracket' and the teams that lost going to a 'loser bracket'.
- The teams of the 'winner bracket' that win their second round match will immediately qualify for the knockout stage, while the losing teams will face the winning teams from the 'loser bracket' in a last-chance round. The winners of the last-chance round will join the 'winner bracket' second-round winners in the knockout stage.
- Knockout stage
- The knockout stage consists of quarterfinals, semifinals and a final.
Qualified teams
Europe
- Spain
| Team | Qualification | Qualified date | Chairperson(s) | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Troncos FC | 2025 Kings World Cup Clubs champions[1] | June 14, 2025 | 3rd (Previous: 2024, 2025) | |
| Porcinos FC | 2025 Kings Cup Europe Finals champions[5] | November 24, 2025 | 3rd (Previous: 2024, 2025) | |
| Ultimate Móstoles | Kings League Spain Split 6 regular phase winners | May 3, 2026 | 3rd (Previous: 2024, 2025) | |
| La Capital CF | Kings League Spain Split 6 regular phase standings | May 17, 2026 | 2nd (Previous: 2025) |
- Los Troncos FC won Split 6, having already qualified; La Capital CF advances to the World Cup as the best team on regular phase standings.
- Italy
| Team | Qualification | Qualified date | Chairperson(s) | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underdogs FC | Kings League Italy Split 2 regular phase winners | May 4, 2026 | 1st | |
| Alpak FC | Kings League Italy Split 2 champions | May 18, 2026 | 1st | |
| Stallions | Kings League Italy Split 2 regular phase 3rd place | May 21, 2026 | 2nd (Previous: 2024) |
- France
| Team | Qualification | Qualified date | Chairperson(s) | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karasu | Kings League France Split 2 champions | May 17, 2026 | 2nd (Previous: 2025) |
- Germany
| Team | Qualification | Qualified date | Chairperson(s) | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Rules FC | Kings League Germany Split 2 champions | April 26, 2026 | 1st |
Americas
- Mexico
| Team | Qualification | Qualified date | Chairperson(s) | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings League Mexico Split 4 regular phase winners | May 3, 2026 | 1st | ||
| Kings League Mexico Split 4 champions | May 17, 2026 | 2nd (Previous: 2024) |
- Brazil
| Team | Qualification | Qualified date | Chairperson(s) | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furia FC | 2025 Kings Cup America Finals champions[6] | November 21, 2025 | 3rd (Previous: 2024, 2025) | |
| DesimpaiN | Kings League Brazil Split 2 regular phase winners | May 4, 2026 | 2nd (Previous: 2025A) | |
| G3X FC | Kings League Brazil Split 2 regular phase runners-up | May 15, 2026 | 2nd (Previous: 2024) |
- G3X FC advanced to the playoff final after finishing as runners-up in the regular phase; since their opponents, DesimpaiN, had already qualified, they were awarded the spot before the match was played.
MENA
| Team | Qualification | Qualified date | Chairperson(s) | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Kings Cup MENA champions[7] | November 14, 2025 | 1st | ||
| 2025 Kings Cup MENA runners-up | May 21, 2026 | 1st |
Schedule
Dates for each round have been announced on 18 June 2026.
| Stage | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|
| First Stage | Round 1 | 26–27 July |
| Round 2 | 28–29 July | |
| Last Chance round | 30 July | |
| Knockout stage | ||
| Quarterfinals | 31 July | |
| Semifinals and Final | 1 August |
Squads
Teams field a regular roster of 13 players. A system of international loans allows teams to sign up to 2 players on a temporary loan from teams that had not qualified for the World Cup.
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Broadcast
The entire tournament will be livestreamed on Twitch, YouTube and Kick, both from the official Kings League channels and individual feeds from the teams' chairpersons.
First stage
First round
The first-round pairings were drawn on 6 June 2026.[8]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpak FC |
7–5 | |
| Karasu |
1–5 | |
| Los Troncos FC |
1–6 | |
| Underdogs FC |
8–2 | |
| Stallions |
6–5 | |
| Ultimate Móstoles |
6–3 | |
| Porcinos FC |
3–5 | |
| Atlético Parceros |
6–3 |
| Alpak FC | 7–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gilli Martín Frenezy Ronchi Marin Benedetti |
Report | Günay Costa Imsak Skrijelj |
| Los Troncos FC | 1–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Escoto Gómez |
Report | Diop Alaqeeli Chaveirinho Almaleh Brinquinho |
| Ultimate Móstoles | 6–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vidal Torres Martí DjMaRiiO |
Report | Velandia Gutiérrez Quintero Morales |
| Stallions | 6–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Guddo Stojkovic Blur Di Dio Colombo |
Report | Gigante José Oliveira Santos Bueno |
| Underdogs FC | 8–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chironi Oliveira Fernandes Perrotti Rossi Caldera |
Report | Dambelleh Rektout |
| Atlético Parceros | 6–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Palacios M. Hernández Loaiza Caro C. Hernández Ramírez |
Report | Recasens Chiclete Lucas Al Fawzan Léo Gol |
| Karasu | 1–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lesec |
Report | Brito Andrade Oliveira Vaz |
Second round
Winners' bracket
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpak FC |
2–5 | |
| DR7 |
4–5 | |
| Stallions |
7–9 | |
| Furia FC |
11–2 |
| Alpak FC | 2–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gelsi Frenezy Cutrignelli |
Report | Oliveira Spider Massa |
| DR7 | 4–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Arwan Chaveirinho |
Report | Chironi Oliveira Canhoto Perroti D'errico |
| Stallions | 7–9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Stojkovic Colombo Lo Faso Blur |
Report | García Martí DjMaRiiO Torres |
Losers' bracket
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| No Rules FC |
6–5 | |
| Los Troncos FC |
7–4 | |
| DesimpaiN |
5–0 | |
| Porcinos FC |
(1) 4–4 (4) |
| DesimpaiN | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Souza Gigante Alves Vicente José |
Report |
| No Rules FC | 6–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jelisic Costa Imsak Kone Vidal |
Report | Khalid Henry Gacem Boumhand Diarra Baptista |
Last Chance round
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpak FC |
5–3 | |
| DR7 |
1–3 | |
| Stallions |
5–8 | |
| Atlético Parceros |
6–5 |
| Alpak FC | 5–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Frenezy Ronchi Scienza |
Report | Gaviria Baton Léo Gol |
| Atlético Parceros | 6–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Duque M. Hernández Caro Pelicanger Loaiza |
Report | Vidal de la Mata Costa Günay |
| DR7 | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Alaqeeli Helber Júnior |
Report | Souza Oliveira Bolt |
Knockout stage
- Qualified teams
| Team | Qualified via |
|---|---|
| Winners' bracket | |
| Last-chance round | |
The knockout stage bracket was drawn on 30 July, before the start of the last-chance round.
| Quarter-finals (31 July) | Semi-finals (1 August) | Final (1 August) | |||||||||
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| 6 | |||||||||||
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| 5 (3) | |||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||
| 9 | |||||||||||
| 5 (1) | |||||||||||
| 5 (0) | |||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||
| 8 | |||||||||||
| 6 | |||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||
Quarter finals
| Ultimate Móstoles | 5–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Martí Liñares García DjMaRiiO |
Report | M. Hernández C. Hernández Loaiza Osorno |
| Penalties | ||
| García Liñares Granero Martí |
1–0 | |
| Underdogs FC | 5–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chironi Perrotti Prezioso Rossi Oliveira Massa |
Report | Gilli Veneroso Marin Frenezy |
| Penalties | ||
| Canhoto D'errico Perrotti Fernandes |
1–3 | |
Semi finals
Final
| Alpak FC | 5–9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gilli Ronchi Scienza Gelsi Cutrignelli |
Report | Oliveira Vaz Andrade |
| Champion G3X FC 1st title |
Notes
- A DesimpaiN competed in the 2025 Kings World Cup Clubs under the name Desimpedidos Goti.
References
- 1 2 Nava, Alex (14 June 2025). "Troncos se proclama campeón en la Kings World Cup Clubs". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ↑ Blázquez Gil, Mario (21 May 2026). "El mundial de clubes de la Kings League aterriza en Italia: la Kings World Cup Clubs 2026 se celebrará en Milán". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ Kings League World [@_KingsWorld] (27 March 2026). ".@KingsLeagueMENA postponed until October" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ "The final roster is here. The last two slots go to: ✅ Stallions: Finished 3rd at the Split 2 in the Kings League italy ✅ FWZ: Runner-up from Kings Cup MENA 2025". Instagram. 21 May 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ Blázquez Gil, Mario (24 November 2025). "Porcinos se proclama campeón de la primera Kings Cup Europe de la historia". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ↑ "De la ilusión al silencio; Peluche cae en casa y Furia FC levanta el título con una remontada épica". El Universal (in Spanish). 21 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ↑ "DR7 Crowned Champions of Kings Cup MENA at Riyadh Season". General Entertainment Authority. 15 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ↑ "Round 1". Instagram. Kings League. 6 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.