Both brackets are in playoff week. Valorant Champions is in Shanghai through October 18.
ESL Pro League Season 24 is on LAN at Spodek Arena in Katowice through October 11.
Valorant Champions 2026
This is the last Champions of the franchise era. Sixteen teams, a $2.25 million pool, and $1 million to the winner.
Groups and early playoffs are at Jing’an Sports Center.
The top four move to Mercedes-Benz Arena. Every Chinese team (TYLOO, JD Gaming, EDward Gaming, Xi Lai Gaming) is already out.
Upper quarterfinals are done:
- NRG 2-0 T1 (October 7)
- LOUD 2-0 Paper Rex (October 7), both maps after trailing at the half
- G2 Esports 2-0 100 Thieves (October 8), Abyss 13-5, Ascent 13-11
- Team Vitality 2-1 Nongshim RedForce (October 8), Split 13-8, Abyss 4-13, Haven 14-12
Lower round 1 today:
T1 beat Paper Rex 2-1 (Lotus 13-7, Ascent 6-13, Summit 13-11).
Paper Rex is eliminated.
100 Thieves vs Nongshim is the other lower-bracket match.
Upper semis are tomorrow, October 10: NRG vs LOUD at 5:00 a.m. EDT, then
G2 vs Vitality at 8:00 a.m. EDT.
The upper final is October 16.
The lower final is a best-of-five on October 17.
The grand final is a best-of-five on October 18.
NRG is the defending champion and the only team still alive that can go back-to-back.
CS2: ESL Pro League Season 24
Sixteen teams, $1 million, all on LAN. Swiss ran October 3–7.
Playoffs are single elimination: quarters and semis best-of-three, the final best-of-five.
Swiss qualifiers were
Vitality and MOUZ at 3-0,
Falcons, 1win, and Aurora at 3-1, and FURIA, PARIVISION, and Spirit at 3-2. NAVI, G2, M80, 9z, Legacy, BetBoom, TYLOO, and ShindeN are out.
Spirit only got in by sweeping M80 in the last decider.
Quarters today:
- Aurora 2-0 1win (Dust II 13-9, Anubis 13-8). 1win is out.
- Vitality 2-0 PARIVISION.
- FURIA vs MOUZ is the next quarter.
- Team Falcons vs Team Spirit closes the day. That is a rematch of the IEM Cologne Major 2026 semi.
Semis are October 10.
One half is already Aurora vs Vitality.
The other is the Falcons/Spirit winner against the FURIA/MOUZ winner.
The grand final is October 11.
