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. On 21 May, it was announced that the tournament will take place in Italy from 26 July to 1 August.
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. 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.
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 3rd Porcinos FC 2025 Kings Cup Europe Finals champions 3rd Ultimate Móstoles Kings League Spain Split 6 regular phase winners 3rd La Capital CF Kings League Spain Split 6 regular phase standings 2nd 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 1st Alpak FC Kings League Italy Split 2 champions 1st Stallions Kings League Italy Split 2 regular phase 3rd place 2nd
France Team Qualification Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation Karasu Kings League France Split 2 champions 2nd
Germany Team Qualification Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation No Rules FC Kings League Germany Split 2 champions 1st
Americas Mexico Team Qualification Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation Kings League Mexico Split 4 regular phase winners 1st Kings League Mexico Split 4 champions 2nd
Brazil Team Qualification Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation Furia FC 2025 Kings Cup America Finals champions 3rd DesimpaiN Kings League Brazil Split 2 regular phase winners 2nd G3X FC Kings League Brazil Split 2 regular phase runners-up 2nd 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 1st 2025 Kings Cup MENA runners-up 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.
Alpak FC
Aniquiladores FC
Atlético Parceros
DesimpaiN
DR7
Furia FC
FWZ
G3X FC
Karasu
La Capital CF
Los Troncos FC
No Rules FC
Porcinos FC
Stallions
Ultimate Móstoles
Underdogs FC
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.
Second round Winners' bracket
Losers' bracket
Last Chance round
Knockout stage Qualified teams Team Qualified via G3X FC Winners' bracket Underdogs FC Ultimate Móstoles Furia FC Alpak FC Last-chance round DesimpaiN Los Troncos FC Atlético Parceros
The knockout stage bracket was drawn on 30 July, before the start of the last-chance round.
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Final
ChampionG3X FC1st title
Notes A DesimpaiN competed in the 2025 Kings World Cup Clubs under the name Desimpedidos Goti.
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