The organizers of Esports Nations Cup 2026 have presented the list of teams that received direct invitations to the Dota 2 tournament. The invites were issued through the ENC ranking system, and the announcement was made on the championship's social media.
The teams that received direct invites to Esports Nations Cup 2026:
- China – 7533.3 points (Ame / Xm / Xxs / fy / y` / XinQ)
- Kazakhstan – 7225.0 (Watson / Malady / Malik / daze / Salamat1 / xsvampire / TA2000)
- Malaysia – 6591.7 (Ghost / NothingToSay / Ws / zeal / xNova / MidOne / Chucky)
- Denmark – 6291.7 (1striker / Cy- / Ace / MISERY / N0tail / Cr1t- / Ivz)
- Sweden – 5620.0 (MiCKe / Insania / Boxi / Xibbe / charlie / Pablo / Gorgc)
- USA – 5261.7 (SumaiL / Quinn / Fayde / Speeed / Sneyking / Yamsun / Gunnar)
- Indonesia – 5025.0 (Jikroy / dalul / Fbz / Mikoto / Whitemon / Pota2 / Jhocam)
- Germany – 4191.7 (Yuma / Stormstormer / Qojqva / tOfu / rmN- / Copy / jmn)
- Jordan – 3666.7 (ATF / Valyrian / islA / AfrOmoush / Nagato / Joeel / Kemps)
- Bulgaria – 3625.0 (Nikobaby / bzm / lil pleb / Mastermind / FAILETZ / Evidence / CTOMAHEH1)
- North Macedonia – 3600.0 (Zipzap / Stojkov / GodKid- / Saksa / H8 / Kralot_bulo)
- Ukraine – 2975.0 (Kreker / QBFY / pma / Niku / gotthejuice / Akamu / OnLiTaL)
- Netherlands – 2966.7 (Crystallis / Shad / Seleri / Crayon / Boerenyoghurt / Myron / Wayne)
- Moldova – 2925.0 (Rubikon155 / Chief_Keef / Tony_who / Save- / Spacewalker / Requiem / Shovel)
- Poland – 2840.0 (Nisha / Steq / Exotic_Deer / Ekki / Eejit / Fey / Dave)
- Brazil – 2425.0 (Costabile / 4nalog / Lelis / Thiolicor / KJ / fcr / 4dr)
The overall score of a country is calculated as the sum of points from the five best players of the registered roster. In addition to the invited teams, another 14 teams will compete in regional qualifiers, and the last two slots will be allocated through the Wildcard system.
Esports Nations Cup 2026 for Dota 2 will take place from November 2 to 8, 2026. 32 teams will compete for a total prize pool of 1,864,000; the winner will receive 300,000 and $20,000 club contribution for each player.
