Sixty-four direct invites were announced for the EA Sports FC tournament at the Esports Nations Cup 2026 that will take place this November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The announcement was made by the Esports Foundation, and the EA Sports FC competition will feature a total of 128 players. The 64 direct invites include one player each from 64 countries and territories, determined “through official citizenship.”
One direct invited was allocated to the highest-ranked player from each country or territory.
DIRECT INVITES*
1. DENMARK – Vejrgang
2. ARGENTINA – nicolas99fc
3. THE NETHERLANDS – Emre Yilmaz
4. ROMANIA – RvPLegend
5. BRAZIL – Paulo Neto
6. ITALY – Bonnano
7. SAUDI ARABIA – AbuMakkah
8. MOROCCO – Nassada
9. GERMANY – Levyfinn
10. PORTUGAL – Jafonso
11. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – GuiBarros
12. BULGARIA – Alihanlion
13. GREAT BRITAIN – Tekkz
14. FRANCE – Brice
15. AUSTRALIA – Mark11
16. EGYPT – K1John
17. ISRAEL – Yuval
18. MEXICO – Happy
19. SOUTH AFRICA – Kaylan
20. ALGERIA – Ilian
21. SPAIN – Neat
22. CHILE – depeedcl
23. JAPAN – Web Nasri
24. CANADA – AgitPower
25. MALAYSIA – AkmalJHD
26. INDONESIA – Javiero
27. LITHUANIA – Domasas
28. TÜRKIYE – KTzn
29. INDIA – Charanjot
30. QATAR – RXSHIID
31. COLOMBIA – Gercrack30
32. IRELAND – JP Sleator
33. JORDAN – sabo
34. KUWAIT – aliKwtx
35. SENEGAL – KingCJ0
36. BELGIUM – Bradley
37. KAZAKHSTAN – Dan1k
38. REPUBLIC OF KOREA – Serry7
39. AZERBAIJAN – YuLite42
40. GEORGIA – Bero
41. PAKISTAN – SalmanAhmad19
42. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – iALAWE
43. SWITZERLAND – Gianluca
44. FINLAND – Kossu72
45. SOMALIA – NHaych
46. NEW ZEALAND – NoahJA
47. MALTA – brandsha
48. PERU – Dome
49. SWEDEN – Ollelito
50. LEBANON – YagoFawaz
51. VENEZUELA – Jorgezxa
52. YEMEN – Toobi
53. HONDURAS – ThiagoCapo
54. CZECHIA – Matejs
55. NORWAY – Cooler
56. SINGAPORE – Operation-Eses
57. OMAN – BBA_BILAL21
58. DJIBOUTI – Ama2zerr
59. IRAQ – hussienwaleed73
60. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – HekTic JukeZ
61. HONG KONG, CHINA – psycho__xx__
62. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – Griffeyfc
63. SYRIA – Momenx969
64. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE – MarcusGomes
*Invitations subject to change pending acceptance by each player.
Anders “Vejrgang” Vejrgang continues to lead the world rankings despite being eliminated in the quarterfinals at the FC Pro World Championship at EWC 2026. Romania’s Razvan “RvPLegend” Puiu went on to win the trophy, who advanced his way through from the play-ins.
Online qualifiers for the Esports Nations Cup tournament will be held through the in-game FC Pro Live Events mode and the Battlefy tournament platform.
Phase 1 will see players compete in a ladder-based format from Wednesday through Sunday, with matches available 24 hours a day. At the conclusion of the ladder stage, the top players from each region, based on their peak “Skill Rating” during the ladder period, will advance to the playoff stage hosted on Battlefy.
The Esports Nations Cup tournament in Riyadh will begin Nov. 22 and conclude with the Grand Final on Nov. 22.
–Field Level Media
