AG.AL just snatched the $7 million EWC Club Championship from Team Falcons' grasp in the most clutch way possible, letting the Saudi-backed giants watch their third straight title slip away on the final weekend in Paris. After seven weeks of chaos across 25 tournaments and a $75 million prize pool, the Chinese org locked in 5,300 points with a dominant Trackmania performance from Gwendal “Gwen” Duparc, who needed top-three and delivered first place for the $130k tournament win and the overall crown.

Falcons were leading heading into the Trackmania playoffs but Carl-Antoni “Carl Jr.” Cloutier bowed out in quarters, handing AG.AL the opening. The champs stacked first in Tekken 8, seconds in Chess, Free Fire, and Honor of Kings, plus third in Teamfight Tactics to build the cushion. Falcons settled for second at 4,600 points, with Vitality, NaVi, and Liquid rounding out the top five. Records fell too — 850 million viewers, 440 million hours watched, 175k tickets sold (up 94% YoY).

Eddy Chen, AG.AL’s COO, called it the payoff for their global expansion push since 2024. Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan al Saud and even President Macron were courtside for the close, but the story is the crown shifting beyond Riyadh for the first time. Paris hosted the whole thing after the last-minute relocation, and esports just proved it travels.