Kuaishou Gaming wins Honor of Kings World Cup at Esports World Cup 2026

Kuaishou Gaming (KSG) has won the Honor of Kings World Cup at the Esports World Cup 2026, closing out the event on August 10 with a 4–3 Grand Final win over AG.AL. The tournament featured a $3,000,000 prize pool, with KSG taking the largest share.

The final went to a deciding game, with KSG.JuHao named FMVP for the Grand Final. In the third-place match, Geekay Esports beat ROC Esports 3–0.

The event also marked the first time Honor of Kings and Arena of Valor teams competed on an international stage at the Esports World Cup. “With an increasingly diverse international tournament calendar, deeper cross-regional competition and the global reach of the Esports World Cup, Honor of Kings is evolving. It is becoming a catalyst for the growth of mobile esports worldwide, connecting players, regions and communities to shape the future of a truly global mobile esports ecosystem. “ said Jackie Huang, Head of Honor of Kings Global Esports, TiMi L1 Studio, Tencent Games.

Publisher-led competition continues through the second half of 2026, with the 2026 Honor of Kings International Championship (KIC2026) set for December and billed as a 16-team global event. The calendar also includes Honor of Kings as an official medal event at the Asian Games 2026 on September 27–28 in Nagoya, followed by Honor of Kings at the 2026 Esports Nations Cup from November 24–29 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, featuring 24 teams.

On the regional side, the Fall season spans Indonesia Kings Laga (IKL), Malaysia Honor of Kings League (MKL), Philippine Kings League (PKL), Honor of Kings Brazil Championship (CHOKBR), and Honor of Kings Major League (KML). Tencent also flagged continued grassroots and education pathways, including the Honor of Kings Open Series, the HOK Campus Series (KCS) (August–October across Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, with more than 30,000 participants expected), and KCS Future (July–November across more than 16 secondary schools in Indonesia, with more than 2,400 participants and a prize pool of over IDR 60 million).