The 2026 Kings World Cup Clubs is an upcoming 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]
A revised slot allocation was announced on 5 March 2026, with the tournament scaling down from 32 to 16 eams, 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]
The 2026 Kings World Cup Clubs retains the previous formats but only with 16 teams, 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.
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.
Teams field a regular roster of 13 players. A system of international loans gives teams to sign up to 2 players on a temporary loan from teams that had not qualified for the World Cup.
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.
Jaume Cremades (Perxitaa)
Lautaro del Campo (La Cobra)
Mirko Cisco
Kamel Kebir (Kameto) and Hamza Kerdali (Hamza)
Hasan and Nick Salihamidžić (Die Brazzos) & 
Bilal Kamarieh
Atlético Parceros
Neymar and Cris Guedes
DR7
FWZ
