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<\/p>\nBaiSha Gaming finally secured the one major CrossFire trophy missing from their collection after surviving a difficult lower-bracket run to win the Esports World Cup 2026 CrossFire championship.<\/p>\n
The Chinese first seed overcame an early group-stage setback before eliminating reigning champions AG AL and KINGZERO-eSports in the playoffs. BaiSha then completed the run with a dominant 3-0 sweep of Team Liquid in the grand final.<\/p>\n
The result adds the EWC trophy to an already decorated r\u00e9sum\u00e9 for BaiSha, who previously won the CrossFire Stars championship in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n
BaiSha entered EWC 2026 as China’s first seed but immediately faced pressure after suffering a loss in the group stage. The team recovered in time to reach the playoffs, where it faced AG AL, the defending EWC champion. BaiSha took the series 2-1 to eliminate the 2025 winners and continue its run through the lower bracket.<\/p>\n
KINGZERO-eSports awaited in the next round. This time, BaiSha controlled the series more comfortably, winning 3-1 to book a place in the grand final.<\/p>\n
BaiSha met Team Liquid in the championship match, but the grand final proved to be its most decisive series of the tournament.<\/p>\n
The Chinese squad swept Team Liquid 3-0 to claim the EWC CrossFire title and cap a comeback campaign that began with an early group-stage loss.<\/p>\n
For Wang \u201cN9\u201d Hao, the championship also carried personal significance. The veteran had previously described the EWC trophy as the only major piece of silverware missing from his collection. Now, it is finally part of his r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n
N9 has competed at the highest level of CrossFire since 2015, winning his first CrossFire Stars championship in 2016 at just 17 years old. Further CrossFire Stars titles followed in 2017, 2022, and 2023, establishing the BaiSha captain as one of the most accomplished players in the game’s history.<\/p>\n
His performance in Paris earned him the Sony MVP award and an additional $25,000 prize.<\/p>\n
N9, however, credited the entire BaiSha roster for the championship and MVP award, emphasizing the team’s collective performance throughout its difficult playoff run.<\/p>\n
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BaiSha Gaming was not the only team making headlines in Paris, as Team Stallions once again reached the top four of the CrossFire tournament.<\/p>\n
The Filipino roster matched its fourth-place finish from EWC 2025 after defeating ROC Esports and Evolution Power on its way to the semifinals.<\/p>\n
There, Team Stallions pushed eventual runner-up Team Liquid to the limit, taking the series to a deciding overtime before ultimately falling short of a grand-final berth.<\/p>\n
Team Stallions then faced KINGZERO-eSports in the third-place match, but the Chinese side closed out the series with a 3-0 sweep. The result confirmed another fourth-place finish for Team Stallions at the Esports World Cup and earned the Filipino roster $130,000, roughly \u20b18 million.<\/p>\n
While the team missed out on the podium, its back-to-back top-four finishes reinforce Team Stallions’ position among the strongest CrossFire teams competing on the global stage.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, BaiSha Gaming’s championship marks a major return to the top for a roster that had endured a difficult 2025 campaign. After losing the EWC final to AG AL last year and struggling at CrossFire Stars 2025, BaiSha has now answered those setbacks with the EWC trophy it had been chasing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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