PEGT WESCO 2026
PEGT WESCO, the national league of WESCO and Poly Group, tours 25 Chinese cities this year. Changsha, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing and Guangzhou have already been announced as stops, in a season that started in 2024.
Everything a journalist needs about WESCO in one place: figures, angles, people to call and how to quote us. Ask for anything that is not here.
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WESCO in numbers
- US$ 2.85 billionraised
- 1,122+active members
- 15 million+people at our events in ten years (2016–2026)
- 75+events held
- 54countries with presence or work
Figures provided by WESCO. Last confirmed: 6 November 2026.
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What WESCO does, in one minute
- Rules
- WESCO works on standards, regulation and legislation for Esports and digital sports, and helps bodies in the Americas, Africa and Asia organize themselves.
- Network
- A consortium of 1,122 active members in 54 countries: federations, companies, governments and institutions, led from Beijing with communications from Brazil.
- Events
- Summits, expos and championships that put governments, brands and athletes in the same room, in China and other regions.
- Education
- A master’s degree in Esports business, the CEIES education centers and the program Changing the People, Changing the World.
- Technology
- ZEUS 3.0, the administration and management platform for federations, leagues, clubs and event organizers.
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Happening now
What WESCO is running at this moment, from its own announcements.
ZEUS 3.0
The official administration and management platform, built by WESCO with Grupo Comercial y Tecnológico after more than four years of development. It already supports esports, basketball, volleyball, triathlon, football and athletics.
New members and leadership
WESCO announced new members and new leaders in its official channels this year.
Source: official announcements on instagram.com/wescoesport, July 2026.
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Milestones, 2016 to 2026
A short record of what WESCO built, year by year.
- 2016WESCO is founded by partners in Brazil, China and the Netherlands.
- 2015–2019World Cyber Arena, five editions in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Zhuhai. Each lasted nine days and brought 430 (2015), 510 (2016), 640 (2017), 750 (2018) and 880 (2019) athletes and speakers, with more than 3,000 authorities, stakeholders and guests in the forums held at the same time, plus local audiences in the thousands and online audiences in the millions. WESCO endorsed and took part from 2016.
- From 2016WESCO writes standards for federations in Africa, such as AESA, the African Electronic Sports Association, and in the Americas while they are being formed.
- 2018First Esports entity to endorse and help operate the Esports activity of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, with the IOC.
- 2018–2019WESCO events in China. The 2019 edition received the Brazilian football champion Cafu.
- 2019Master’s degree in Esports business with the EUNCET Business School, and the first Advisory Board in Africa.
- 2023The African Confederation of Electronic Sports (ACES) is founded in Casablanca by 41 countries, all WESCO members.
- 2024PEGT is presented to partners on 23 August, at the Poly World Trade Expo in Guangzhou.
- 2026PEGT runs a 25-city season in China and ZEUS 3.0 is launched.
Figures are the organizers’ own counts. The full record by edition is being compiled for the press kit.
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Story angles
Six stories that WESCO can back with people and documents.
Africa organizes itself
The African Confederation of Electronic Sports (ACES) was founded in Casablanca in 2023 by the union of 41 countries, all WESCO members. WESCO now builds regional Vice Presidents for North, West, Central, East and Southern Africa.
Daniel CossiA private Olympic-style movement
World Cyber Arena: five editions from 2015 to 2019, each with nine days of events, from 430 to 880 athletes and speakers, forums with more than 3,000 participants, and WESCO as endorser and participant from 2016 to 2019.
Daniel CossiEsports at a Youth Olympic Games
In 2018 WESCO endorsed and helped operate the Esports activity of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires with the IOC, the first Esports entity to do so.
Daniel CossiA national league in China
PEGT, the national esports league built with the Poly Group, runs 25 championships a year since 2024.
Daniel CossiThe first master’s degree in Esports business
Created in 2019 with the EUNCET Business School in Barcelona.
Daniel CossiRules before games
WESCO works on standards, regulation and legislation for Esports and digital sports, and on the business that grows on top of them.
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Spokespeople
Pietro Sinclair and Brenno Lopes are executive assistants. They are the first filter for anyone who wants to reach Daniel Cossi, Chairman and CEO and senior spokesperson.
Daniel CossiChairman and CEO, senior spokespersoncontact@wescoesport.com
Pietro SinclairExecutive Assistantpietro@danielcossi.com
Brenno LopesExecutive Assistantbrenno@danielcossi.comRequests reach him through the two executive assistants.
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How to cite WESCO
- Write the name as WESCO (World Esports Consortium). The two parts are WESCO The Company and WESCO The Institute.
- Write Esports, with a capital E, or Esportes Digitais in Portuguese. Never eSports.
- Quote the figures with the date “last confirmed 6 November 2026”.
- Use the logo only as the Trademark terms allow. Credit photographs “Courtesy of WESCO”.
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Corrections and right of reply
If something published about WESCO is wrong, tell us. Write to contact@wescoesport.com with the link and what should change.
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Hashtags and credit
Use these tags when you post about WESCO. They are always in lowercase.
#wescosport#wescodigitalsport
- Use #wescosport for Esports and #wescodigitalsport for digital sports.
- Do not capitalize the tags, and do not add letters to them.
- Credit photographs “Courtesy of WESCO”.
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Press kit
These documents are being prepared as PDF. Ask the press office for any of them now.
- Institutional presentation
- One-page fact sheet
- Executive biographies
- Logo pack and trademark terms
- PEGT briefing
- ZEUS 3.0 briefing
- Photo library
- Project dossier for each member program
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Press accreditation
Journalists and media outlets can ask for accreditation to receive material and interview access.
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