The 2026 World Star Challengers Invitational (also known as WSCI 2026) is an expansion of the Asia Masters/Asia Star Challengers Invitational (ASCI) series. The tournament will be featuring 16 top-ranked teams from the across the tier 2 circuit from 5 regions — China, Korea, APAC, Americas and EMEA.

Tournament Format

The Group Stage features 16 teams divided into four groups playing under a Double Round-Robin format. All matches are best-of-one, and the top two teams in each group advance to the Knockout Stage whereas the bottom two teams in each group are eliminated.

The Knockout Stage is an eight-team Single Elimination bracket. All the matches are best-of-five.