NAVI at Esports World Cup 2026 finished fourth in the Club Championship with 2,950 points, securing a $3 million payout. It is the Ukrainian organization’s best overall result across its three appearances at EWC.
NAVI ended the Club Championship behind All Gamers Global, Team Falcons and Team Vitality. The overall winner received $7 million, followed by $5 million for second place and $4 million for third. NAVI earned $3 million in fourth, with Team Liquid collecting $2 million for fifth.
The result represents a significant improvement on NAVI’s previous EWC campaigns. The organization finished eighth in 2024 before dropping outside the top 30 in 2025. For the 2026 edition, NAVI entered competitors across seven disciplines, with six ultimately contributing points to the club’s total.
Luis Guadalupe «DarkAngel» Castillo Gomez provided the single biggest contribution. The NAVI Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves player won his tournament after beating Virtus.pro’s mi2ha4 5-1 in the Grand Final. The title was worth $250,000 in individual prize money and, crucially for the Club Championship, 1,000 points for NAVI. DarkAngel also qualified for the SNK World Championship 2026 Finals in Stockholm, scheduled for November 27-29.
NAVI’s women’s Mobile Legends: Bang Bang roster contributed another 750 points, while the PUBG lineup added 500. Chess grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov and NAVI’s CrossFire team earned 200 points each. Hubert «mime» Dziedzic completed the club’s scoring with 300 points after finishing fourth in Trackmania.
That distribution made NAVI at Esports World Cup 2026 a genuinely multi-title campaign. Fatal Fury and women’s MLBB accounted for more than half of the organization’s 2,950 points, but contributions across six disciplines were required to secure the final top-four position.
NAVI is owned by Ukrainian entrepreneur Maksym Krippa. Under his ownership, the organization has maintained its position as a major Counter-Strike brand while building a broader competitive portfolio. Its EWC 2026 campaign highlighted that approach, with club points coming from a fighting game, mobile esports, PUBG, chess, CrossFire and Trackmania rather than being dependent on its best-known CS division.
Fourth place sets a new benchmark for NAVI in the EWC Club Championship. After finishing eighth in 2024 and outside the top 30 a year later, the organization has now recorded its first top-four finish at the event.
