Stage 2 of the Valorant Champions Tour is well underway, and the playoff pictures are emerging across all regions. Insider Gaming has all the VCT Stage 2 results across the globe, and explains what they mean for teams’ chances of making Valorant Champions Shanghai. Valorant Masters London winners crush VCT Americas Stage 2 opposition Leviatán 2-0 EG MIBR 2-0 ENVY NRG 2-0 FURIA 100T 2-0 KRÜ G2 2-0 Cloud9 Sentinels 2-0 LOUD Leviatán 2-0 ENVY MIBR 2-0 FURIA Week 2 of VCT Americas Stage 2 saw Leviatán drop an average of only 5.5 rounds per map as they swept both EG and ENVY to claim a 3-0 record in groups. Frontrunners NRG and 100 Thieves also retain a 100% record, at 2-0 in groups, after clean victories in a week where every contest went 2-0. Polymarket currently has 100T as favourites for VCT Americas Stage 2 with a 30% chance of winning the competition after their EWC 2026 victory; do you agree? In contrast, ENVY sit 0-3 as they await their inevitable Tier 1 death, with FURIA, KRÜ, and Cloud9 also without wins so far in Stage 2. C9’s defeat against Sentinels in Week 1 saw Jordan ‘Zellsis’ Montemurro express exasperation with his teammates’ communication, calling for more control in the server, stating, “We play my way. My fcking way.” That did not lead to immediate success in Week 2, falling to G2, who recovered from their Week 1 defeat to 100 Thieves to sit 1-1 in Groups. “We play my way. My f**ing way” Post-game from @Zellsis after SEN pic.twitter.com/U5zKeYZGdC — Cloud9 VALORANT (@C9VAL) July 25, 2026 VCT EMEA takes shape after Week 1 chaos FUT 2-1 PCIFIC Fnatic 2-1 Karmine Corp Team Heretics 2-0 Eternal Fire Gentle Mates 2-0 NAVI FUT 2-1 BBL Team Liquid 2-0 Fnatic Vitality 2-0 PCIFIC GIANTX 2-0 Eternal Fire BBL 2-1 NAVI Karmine Corp 2-0 Team Heretics Following the first week of VCT EMEA Stage 2, the picture was as clear as mud with almost no discernible pattern across the board. That changed in Week 2, as the groups slowly shifted into shape. After a Week 1 victory over FUT and defeat to Vitality, NAVI’s season decisively fell on the negative side after defeats to Gentle Mates and BBL in Week 2. Now holding a 1-3 record, NAVI’s Champions chances will rely on a vanishingly thin path through Play-Ins, drawing an apology from CS and Valorant legend, and now NAVI coach Kyrylo ‘ANGE1’ Karasov, who took the blame for the lack of individual play in their matches. Hello NAVI fans and everyone who believes in us. I want to apologize for how you’re seeing the team play right now. I’m new to the coaching role, but I’m experienced enough to know we could do better and avoid the mistakes we’ve been making. My biggest mistake was expecting the… — NAVI ANGE1 (@OfficialANGE1) July 27, 2026 On the positive side, FUT’s third win on the bounce put them where they expected to be, on top of the group and looking to top the group in their final contest against Vitality in Week 3. Vitality, BBL, Gentle Mates, and FUT all remain in contention for Group Alpha’s top 2 that will see a direct playoff berth. By contrast, PCIFIC’s 0-3 record seems unlikely to be recovered with NAVI and BBL in their way. As for Group Omega, the picture is still largely unclear going into the final week of groups. The majority of rosters won one of their two contests and fell in the other, leaving a huge middle group of 2-1 and 1-2 teams. Only Karmine Corp at 3-1 and Eternal Fire at 1-3 sit outside of those bounds. A huge week will follow for Fnatic as they hope to reach their first international of the year. Favorites recover from Week 1 losses in VCT Pacific Global Esports 2-0 Full Sense Varrel 2-0 T1 Zeta Division 2-0 RRQ Paper Rex 2-0 DFM Nongshim RedForce 2-1 Global Esports T1 2-0 Team Secret Paper Rex 2-0 DRX Gen.G 2-1 RRQ VCT Pacific Stage 2 saw Nongshim RedForce and Paper Rex secure wins after Week 1 defeats. Paper Rex narrowly beat a spirited DetonatioN FM over two maps before demolishing DRX 13-1, 13-6 to sit at 2-1 in Groups. Nongshim’s first victory of the split came against an in-form Global Esports, fresh off wins against RRQ and Full Sense, but that momentum was stopped by the Valorant Masters Santiago winners, who now have it all to play for with a 1-2 record after a bruising Week 1 which saw them slip to 0-2. T1 faltered to surprise package VARREL in their opening contest of the week, but did manage to recover against Team Secret to back up their Week 1 victory against PRX. Elsewhere, Gen.G continued their strong start to the split by defeating a now 0-3 RRQ 2-1 to comfortably sit at 3-0 atop Group Alpha. A dominant showing from @pprxteam was followed by a full-series turnaround from @geng_gold 😮💨 That’s how you close out Week 2 of #VCTPacific Stage 2! pic.twitter.com/QNh6l4kjPu — VCT Pacific (@vctpacific) July 26, 2026 VCT China Stage 2 prepares for Play-Ins stage Group Stage: All Gamers 2-0 Titan BLG 2-1 XLG JDG 2-0 Trace Nova 2-0 EDG XLG 2-1 Wolves All Gamers 2-1 DRG NOVA 2-0 TYLOO FPX 2-1 EDG Seed deciding matches – Top 4: Nova 2-0 BLG XLG 2-0 TYLOO 5th-12th: EDG 2-0 All Gamers FPX 2-0 Wolves DRG 2-1 JDG Trace 2-0 Titan VCT China Stage 2 saw the conclusion of its Group Stage and its seeding matches for play-ins/playoffs take place. NOVA, TYLOO, BLG, and XLG made up the top 4, moving directly to the playoffs, followed by seeding matches that saw NOVA and XLG take the top seedings for the playoffs. For everyone else, the question was where they would end up in the Play-In tournament. In the end, All Gamers, FPX, JDG, EDG, Wolves, and DRG will start in the Upper Bracket Quarter-Finals, while group losers Trace and Titan will start in Upper Bracket Round 1. The Play-Ins now await the winners of the VALORANT China National Tournament 2026: Pro Qualifier. The Tier 2 competition will feed in its winner and runner-up into the Tier 1 Play-Ins UB Round 1. The Play-Ins will begin on August 5, with those Tier 2 teams playing Trace and Titan respectively, giving Valorant its first taste of competition between the tiers in VCT before the huge reforms set for the scene in 2027. The 4 Challengers teams participating in the VCT Pacific Stage 2 Play-Ins are confirmed: – 🇹🇭 Sharper Esports – 🇹🇭 Xipto Esports (ex-555) – 🇰🇷 ONSIDE GAMING – 🇯🇵 QT DIG∞ They will battle it out with the bottom 8 Pacific teams from Groups for a chance to make Champions… pic.twitter.com/BirdEpvK92 — VALO2ASIA (@VALO2ASIA) July 26, 2026 Is NAVI’s season all but finished? Let us know on the Insider Gaming Discord . Additionally, see Week 1 global round up for all those results , and don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter ! Written by Darragh Harbinson Darragh is an Esports Journalist for Insider Gaming specialising in Counter-Strike. He loves to explore how esports teams work, or why they very often do not. More from Darragh Harbinson MOBILE APP Level Up Your Gaming News Real-time news, exclusive podcasts, push alerts, and a better reading experience. 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“We play my way. My f***ing way”
Post-game from @Zellsis after SEN
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