DarkAngel — Esports World Cup 2026 champion

NAVI Fatal Fury player Luis Guadalupe “DarkAngel” Castillo Gomez defeated mi2ha4 (Virtus.pro) 5 : 1 in the Grand Final of Esports World Cup 2026 to become the tournament champion!

The victory earned him $ 250,000 and brought the Born to Win 1,000 EWC Club Points, taking NAVI to the top of the overall standings. DarkAngel also secured a spot at the SNK World Championship 2026 Finals for Fatal Fury, which will feature a $ 2,500,000 prize pool. The World Championship will take place in Stockholm from November 27 to 29.

DarkAngel began his journey in Group CC. He lost to Vxbao 2 : 3 in the upper-bracket decider but confidently defeated Pida 3 : 0 and mok 3 : 0.

ROUND 1first to 3

DarkAngel 3

Pida 0

KojiKOG 1

Vxbao 3

Nemo 3

mok 0

ZJZ 3

AbuOmar 1

LOSERS’ ROUND 1first to 3

Pida3

KojiKOG0

mok3

AbuOmar1

ROUND 2first to 3

DarkAngel2

Vxbao3

Nemo3

ZJZ1

LOSERS’ ROUND 2first to 3

ZJZ3

Pida1

DarkAngel3

mok0

QUALIFIED

ZJZ

DarkAngel

QUALIFIED

Vxbao

Nemo

The second group stage proved less challenging for Luis, as he claimed two convincing victories over SCORE (Elite) — 3 : 1 and Kindevu (Falcons) — 3 : 2.

ROUND 1first to 3

K-TOP 3

ZJZ 0

mi2ha4 3

POONGKO 2

DarkAngel 3

SCORE 1

GO1 L

Kindevu W

LOSERS’ ROUND 1first to 3

ZJZ3

POONGKO2

SCOREW

GO1L

ROUND 2first to 3

K-TOP3

mi2ha42

DarkAngel3

Kindevu2

LOSERS’ ROUND 2first to 3

Kindevu1

ZJZ3

mi2ha43

SCORE0

QUALIFIED

ZJZ

mi2ha4

QUALIFIED

K-TOP

DarkAngel

DarkAngel’s first playoff opponent was Reynald (Elite). This was arguably the toughest match of the tournament for the NAVI player, with the outcome decided in the final game. Luis prevailed 5 : 4 to advance to the semifinals.

In the semifinal, DarkAngel overcame Nemo (SOL) 5 : 3 in another hard-fought match before defeating mi2ha4 (Virtus.pro) 5 : 2 in the Grand Final to claim the championship title. Congratulations to Luis on an incredible performance!

QUARTERFINALSfirst to 5

Laggia5

ZJZ2

NaiWang1

mi2ha45

DarkAngel5

Reynald4

K-TOP0

Nemo5

SEMIFINALSfirst to 5

Laggia4

mi2ha45

DarkAngel5

Nemo3

GRAND FINALfirst to 5

mi2ha41

DarkAngel5

WINNER

DarkAngel

The next Esports World Cup 2026 event featuring NAVI will be the MLBB Women’s International 2026. From July 14 to 18, sixteen of the world’s best women’s Mobile Legends teams will compete for $ 525,000 and 3,350 EWC Club Points.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Place	Player	Prize Money	EWC Club Points
1	DarkAngel	$ 250 000	1 000
2	mi2ha4	$ 130 000	750
3	Nemo	$ 70 000	500
4	Laggia	$ 50 000	300