{"id":355761,"date":"2026-02-10T15:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=355761"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:12:51","slug":"esports-nations-cup-enc-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/esports-nations-cup-enc-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Esports Nations Cup (ENC) 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"163\"><strong>News:<\/strong> Chess has been added to the Esports Nations Cup (ENC) 2026, a global nation-based esports tournament to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"468\">About Esports Nations Cup (ENC) 2026<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_355774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355774\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-355774 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-152900.png?resize=417%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Esports Nations Cup 2026\" width=\"417\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-152900.png?w=417&amp;ssl=1 417w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-152900.png?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Times of India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"571\">It is an international, country-based esports competition in which players compete by representing their respective nations rather than private clubs or franchises.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"639\"><strong>Organiser-<\/strong> Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"743\"><strong>Location-<\/strong> The tournament will take place from 2 November to 29 November 2026 in <strong>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Games and Titles<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"999\">ENC 2026 will feature <strong data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"919\">16 competitive esports titles<\/strong> across multiple genres such as strategy, shooters, racing, and mobile gaming.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1082\"><strong data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1011\">Chess<\/strong> has been included as one of the competitive titles for the first time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize Structure<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Every participant will be assured of prize money.<\/li>\n<li>Uniform placement rewards will be offered across all games to maintain fairness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1107\"><strong>Chess at ENC 2026<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1107\">Players will first compete in a <strong data-start=\"1289\" data-end=\"1316\">round-robin group stage<\/strong> consisting of <strong data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1362\">16 groups of 8 players each<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1107\">The <strong data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1392\">top four players<\/strong> from each group will qualify for a <strong data-start=\"1428\" data-end=\"1456\">64-player knockout stage<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1527\">Matches will be played in <strong data-start=\"1488\" data-end=\"1517\">Rapid time control (10+0)<\/strong> format.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1580\"><strong data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1550\">Armageddon games<\/strong> will be used as tie-breakers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Chess has been added to the Esports Nations Cup (ENC) 2026, a global nation-based esports tournament to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. About Esports Nations Cup (ENC) 2026 It is an international, country-based esports competition in which players compete by representing their respective nations rather than private clubs or franchises. Organiser- Esports World&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/esports-nations-cup-enc-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Esports Nations Cup (ENC) 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10398,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12056,7965],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-355761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}