The Esports Foundation has unveiled the ENC Team Rankings and the interactive Team Builder platform, giving fans and players their first projected look at how nations stack up ahead of the inaugural Esports Nations Cup in Riyadh.

The system tracks player results from major tournaments and translates them into a global standing for each country and territory. For League of Legends, the top five highest-scoring players from each submitted roster will count toward the nation's ENC ranking, with a maximum of three players from the same club allowed in that count — a cap that prevents stacked club lineups from carrying entire nations. Points are earned across a tiered competition list, from Tier S events such as Worlds and First Stand down to Tier B regional leagues like the LFL, VCS, NACL, and LCK CL. The cut-off date for LoL is set for June 14.

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How the ENC point system rewards placements across Tier S, A and B competitions.

The current standings remain projected, based on the highest possible scoring lineups in each country. The Esports Foundation received the submitted rosters from participating nations nearly two weeks ago and is set to validate them internally on May 22. Public roster announcement dates, however, have not yet been confirmed. Rankings will then continue to evolve through qualifying competitions until the June cut-off, when standings are locked and direct invites are sent out.

Sixteen nations will earn direct invitations to the ENC through the ranking, with the top eight seeded straight into the Group Stage and teams ranked ninth to sixteenth starting in the Play-In stage. The remaining slots will be filled by fourteen teams emerging from regional online qualifiers, plus two final spots awarded via wildcards, bringing the total to thirty-two nations in Riyadh from November 21 to 29.

Park "Viper" Do-hyeon (Bilibili Gaming) leads the projected LoL standings with 2,050 points, the only player above the 2,000-point mark. His BLG teammates occupy the entire next tier after winning LPL and First Stand: Knight, Bin, and ON are tied at 1,883 points apiece, with XUN just behind on 1,800. G2 Esports follow as the highest-ranked Western lineup, with all five starters — Caps, Hans Sama, BrokenBlade, SkewMond and Labrov — tied at 1,650 points. Gen.G come in at 1,600 across their five Korean starters, ahead of four T1 players including Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok sitting on 1,400.

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Image Credit: ENC

"With the ENC Rankings and Team Builder, we're putting real structure behind how countries and territories qualify and compete," said Mike McCabe, Deputy CEO and COO of the Esports Foundation, in the announcement. "Performance drives selection, but we're also opening that process up, so players understand what it takes to qualify and fans can engage in a much more meaningful way."

The ENC 2026 will bring thirty-two nations to Riyadh from November 21 to 29 for the LoL competition — sixteen invited countries plus two qualifiers from each region.