VCT Americas Stage 2 2026: Schedule, results, teams, and how to watch

VCT Americas Stage 2 2026 is the final league stop for North and South America’s top VALORANT teams before Champions Shanghai.

Running from mid-July to early September, Stage 2 packs weeks of group play and playoffs into one long run at the Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles.

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VCT Americas Stage 2 2026 schedule

The entire VCT Americas Stage 2 is scheduled from July 16 to Sept. 5, 2026. The Group stage runs from July 16 to Aug. 9.

Matches in this stage are single-round robin, with each being a BO3. The Play-ins take place from Aug. 13 to 23, featuring a 12-team double-elimination bracket, with eight teams from the Group Stage and four teams from the Americas Regional Challengers.

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Playoffs follow right after, from Aug. 27 to Sept. 5. The top four teams from each group move on to this phase. The stronger group finishers get better starting positions, and the winner and runner-up qualify for Champions Shanghai.

VCT 2026 Americas Stage 2 results and standings

Group Stage

Thursday, July 16, 2026

• LEVIATÁN 2 – 1 FURIA
  • 13-8 Haven
  • 1-13 Sunset
  • 13-8 Split
• Sentinels 2 – 1 Cloud9
  • 13-4 Summit
  • 11-13 Haven
  • 16-14 Lotus

Friday, July 17, 2026

• ENVY 0 – 2 Evil Geniuses
  • 4-13 Ascent
  • 9-13 Breeze
• KRÜ Esports 1 – 2 LOUD
  • 13-9 Lotus
  • 15-17 Breeze
  • 3-13 Sunset

Saturday, July 18, 2026

• G2 Esports 1 – 2 100 Thieves
  • 4-13 Breeze
  • 16-14 Sunset
  • 10-13 Haven
• NRG vs MIBR
  • 9-13 Sunset
  • 13-11 Breeze
  • 13-4 Summit

Thursday, July 23, 2026

• Evil Geniuses 0 – 2 LEVIATÁN
  • 5-13 Split
  • 5-13 Sunset
• ENVY 0 – 2 MIBR
  • 4-13 Haven
  • 3-13 Sunset

Friday, July 24, 2026

• FURIA 0 – 2 NRG
  • 12-14 Breeze
  • 7-13 Summit
• 100 Thieves 2 – 0 KRÜ Esports
  • 13-0 Split
  • 13-10 Ascent

Saturday, July 25, 2026

• G2 Esports 2 – 0 Cloud9
  • 13-1 Breeze
  • 13-6 Sunset
• Sentinels 2 – 0 LOUD
  • 13-6 Lotus
  • 13-7 Breeze

Sunday, July 26, 2026

• ENVY 0 – 2 LEVIATÁN
  • 4-13 Split
  • 8-13 Summit
• FURIA 0 – 2 MIBR
  • 12-14 Haven
  • 9-13 Breeze

Thursday, July 30, 2026

• KRÜ Esports 0 – 2 G2 Esports
  • 8-13 Breeze
  • 10-13 Lotus
• 100 Thieves 2 – 1 Sentinels
  • 13-15 Sunset
  • 13-8 Ascent
  • 13-5 Breeze

Friday, July 31, 2026

• Cloud9 1 – 2 LOUD
  • 13-8 Haven
  • 8-13 Sunset
  • 8-13 Summit
• Evil Geniuses 0 – 2 MIBR
  • 12-14 Haven
  • 2-13 Ascent

Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026

• ENVY 2 – 1 FURIA
  • 15-17 Haven
  • 13-9 Sunset
  • 13-6 Ascent
• LEVIATÁN 1 – 2 NRG
  • 10-13 Summit
  • 13-6 Sunset
  • 14-16 Haven

Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026

• Cloud9 2 – 0 KRÜ Esports
  • 13-7 Breeze
  • 13-5 Split
• G2 Esports 2 – 1 Sentinels
  • 11-13 Breeze
  • 13-10 Lotus
  • 13-8 Split

Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026

• Evil Geniuses 2 – 0 FURIA
  • 13-11 Summit
  • 13-3 Breeze
• ENVY 0 – 2 NRG
  • 6-13 Breeze
  • 9-13 Haven

Friday, Aug. 7, 2026

• 100 Thieves 0 – 2 Cloud9
  • 13-15 Split
  • 11-13 Breeze
• G2 Esports 0 – 2 LOUD
  • 13-15 Sunset
  • 1-13 Lotus

Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026

• KRÜ Esports vs Sentinels
• LEVIATÁN vs MIBR

Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026

• Evil Geniuses vs NRG
• LOUD vs 100 Thieves

Play-Ins

To be updated later

Play-offs

To be updated later

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All VCT Americas Stage 2 2026 teams

The tournament includes 12 teams from North and South America, including:

1. Sentinels
2. Cloud9
3. NRG
4. LOUD
5. Leviatán
6. FURIA
7. MIBR
8. 100 Thieves
9. G2 Esports
10. KRU Esports
11. Evil Geniuses
12. ENVY

The Challenger teams that’ll be competing in Play-Ins from Aug. are:

• M80 (qualified from Challengers N. America: Stage 3)
• BESTIA (qualified from Challengers Latin America)
• La Masia (qualified from Challengers Brazil: Stage 2)
• 2Game Esports (qualified from Americas: Last Chance Qualifier)

VCT Americas Stage 2 2026 format and prize pool

Stage 2 uses a structure where teams earn 1 Championship Point per regular-season match win, and Playoff placement adds even more points. The point payouts are 8 for first, 6 for second, 5 for third, and 4 for fourth.

The Playoff bracket is a double-elimination format, with best-of-three matches across most of the bracket and best-of-five series for the lower final and grand final.

Here’s the full prize pool distribution:

Place	Prize	Team	Points	Note
1st	$100,000	TBD	+8	Champions Shanghai
2nd	$65,000	TBD	+6	Champions Shanghai
3rd	$40,000	TBD	+5
4th	$25,000	TBD	+4
5th–6th	$10,000	TBD
5th–6th	$10,000	TBD
7th–8th	–	TBD
7th–8th	–	TBD

How to watch VCT Americas Stage 2

You can catch all Americas Stage 2 action live from their official Twitch and YouTube channels.

Also, make sure to bookmark our page for live score updates. You can also check our VCT Pacific Stage 2 and VCT EMEA Stage 2 hubs to know which other teams will make their way to Champions Shanghai.

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