WPC announces Phygital Contenders Astana 2026 rankings – and six new qualifiers for GOTF 2026

WPC announces Phygital Contenders Astana 2026 rankings – and six new qualifiers for GOTF 2026

Following the end of last week’s Phygital Contenders Astana 2026, WPC has revealed its latest rankings – and the complete Games of the Future 2026 lineup for Phygital Football, Phygital Basketball and Phygital Dancing.

After all results had been calculated, the ranking system identified two additional teams in each discipline that have earned the right to advance to the Games of the Future 2026 – on top of the eight who have already been confirmed.

Phygital Basketball

The two new qualifiers are:

  • Voždovac (Serbian Phygital Federation)
  • BOCA (Asociación de Deportes Electrónicos y Videojuegos de Argentina)

They will join the four teams who qualified at Phygital Contenders Astana 2026:

  • ZM NITUI (Croatian eSports Federation),
  • MINSK (Belarusian Federation of Phygital Sport),
  • Valencia Basket (Phygital Games Spain S.L)
  • Triada (ADCS)

Dangerous (Alliance of eletronic sports of Montenegro), Team Apex (Phygital South Africa), Pepesqueros A (Asociación de Deportes Electrónicos de Guatemala) and PBC Astana (Qazaq Cybersport Federation) all previously qualified directly through the ranking system.

Phygital Football

The new qualifiers are:

  • OESTE SP (Phygital Brasil)
  • Noname Club (Phygital Games Spain S.L)

They will join the four teams who qualified at Phygital Contenders Astana 2026:

  • ACF x Allur (Qazaq Cybersport Federation)
  • KMF Titograd (Alliance of Electronic Sports of Montenegro)
  • NS Team (Asociación de Deportes Electrónicos y Videojuegos de Argentina)
  • FC OLYMPIC PHYGITAL (Federation of Phygital Sports of Uzbekistan)

Rotor (ADCS), CD Holcattes (Asociación de Deportes Electrónicos de Guatemala), Orlando Pirates (Phygital South Africa) and Peñarol (Asociación Uruguaya de Deportes Virtuales) all previously qualified directly through the ranking system.

Phygital Dancing

The new qualifiers are:

  • Viagonce (Phygital Brasil)
  • Lala Gevorgyan (Phygital Sport LLC)

They will join the four athletes who qualified at Phygital Contenders Astana 2026:

  • Andres Guardo (BUENOS TIEMPOS S.A.S.)
  • Sagdi (Federation of Phygital Sports of Uzbekistan)
  • Susan Huertas (Asociación de Deportes Electrónicos de Guatemala)
  • Sergio Mayta (Esports Entertainment E.I.R.L)

Five athletes had already qualified through the ranking system:

  • Konstantin Fominykh (ADCS)
  • Dance Kingz1 (Phygital South Africa)
  • Vitaldancer (Asociación de Deportes Electrónicos y Videojuegos de Argentina)
  • Dion Visser (Alliance of electronic sports of Montenegro)
  • Donchess (Belarusian Federation of Phygital Sport)

The rankings were determined based on the following key metrics: tournament events scores, club event scores, Phygital Contenders Astana 2026 points, and the Tournament Quality Ranking.

Phygital Contenders Astana 2026 Points combine the Tournament Events Scores and Club Event Scores, while tournament events scores reflect the sporting performance of each team. Club event scores reflect the marketing strength of clubs and the Tournament Quality Ranking evaluates verified Phygital Origins and Phygital Rivals events hosted by WPC members.

The full Phygital Contenders Astana 2026 rankings results are available here.

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