VCT Americas Stage 2 2026: Fixtures, Standings, Results & Viewing Guide

Photo via VALORANT Esports NA @valesportsna X / Riot Games Category: Valorant VCT Americas Stage 2 2026: Schedule, results, teams, and how to watch Find all VCT 2026 Americas Stage 2 details here. Sourav Banik | Published FR: Jul 25, 2026 12:52 pm 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. Table of Contents 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. Photo via VALORANT Esports NA @valesportsna X / Riot Games 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 vs Cloud9 Sentinels vs LOUD Sunday, July 26, 2026 ENVY vs LEVIATÁN FURIA vs MIBR Thursday, July 30, 2026 KRÜ Esports vs G2 Esports 100 Thieves vs Sentinels Friday, July 31, 2026 Cloud9 vs LOUD Evil Geniuses vs MIBR Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026 ENVY vs FURIA LEVIATÁN vs NRG Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026 Cloud9 vs KRÜ Esports G2 Esports vs Sentinels Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 Evil Geniuses vs FURIA ENVY vs NRG Friday, Aug. 7, 2026 100 Thieves vs Cloud9 G2 Esports vs LOUD 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 Screenshot by Dot Esports All VCT Americas Stage 2 2026 teams The tournament includes 12 teams from North and South America, including: Sentinels Cloud9 NRG LOUD Leviatán FURIA MIBR 100 Thieves G2 Esports KRU Esports Evil Geniuses ENVY The Challenger teams that’ll be competing in Play-Ins from Aug. are: M80 (qualified from Challengers N. America: Stage 3) TBD (to be qualified from Challengers Latin America) La Masia (qualified from Challengers Brazil: Stage 2) TBD (to be 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. 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