More than 100 million live views: Kings League MENA triples its audience in Split 1

Kings League MENA Split 1 passed 100 million live streaming views in six weeks. The figure, from Kings League data partner Hatchet, triples the 33 million recorded by the 2025 Kings Cup MENA and comes with an average of 4.1 million unique viewers per matchday between 18 September and 30 October in Riyadh.

The competition grew across the board: from 8 to 10 teams and from 17 to 51 matches. It finished with 524 goals and with FWZ, the team of Kuwaiti streamer Fwaz, as champions after beating Ultra Chmicha 5-4 in the final on 30 October.

70 goals in one night and a historic 13-3

Matchday 8, with four comebacks in five games, produced 70 goals in a single night, a competition record. The previous best was 55, on Matchday 3. Eleven days earlier, on Matchday 6, FWZ had recorded the biggest win in Kings League MENA history: 13-3 against ABO FC.

The league stage went down to the final day. Before Matchday 9 only Bakhira F.C. had been eliminated, and six teams were fighting for the last four Quarter-Final places.

Ten teams from six countries

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar all had teams in Split 1, each one led by a content creator from the region as president. Saudi Arabia went from two teams to three: DR7, led by Drb7h; Rising Peaks, led by Abdulrahman Al-Shehri, and RA2 FC, led by RAED.

Carrasco, Al-Ghannam and the internationals who became presidents

Yannick Carrasco, a former Belgium international and Al Shabab player, joined Ultra Chmicha as vice-president and scored his President Penalty on his debut. The President Penalty is the rule that lets presidents step onto the pitch to take a penalty themselves.

Khalid Al-Ghannam, a Saudi Arabia international, was DR7 co-president for the knockout stage. Jordan internationals Yazan Al-Naimat and Ali Olwan held the same role at 3BS and Red Zone, the two Jordanian teams.

Every match free and live

Every match could be watched for free on the presidents’ channels and on the Kings League MENA channels on Kick, YouTube, TikTok and Twitch. MBC Action and Shahid, from official broadcast partner MBC Group, also showed them live.

The Split 1 numbers are still in play in the Kings League Golden Crown 2026: Fouad El Amrani and Sohaib Rektout, champions with FWZ, are among the 40 nominees and voting closes on 22 November.