VALORANT Game Changers 2026 - North America Stage 2

Name: VALORANT Game Changers 2026 - North America Stage 2
Start: 2026-07-13
End: 2026-09-17
Location: United States

A VALORANT tournament organized by Riot Games and Raidiant, and sponsored by Red Bull, Secretlab and Verizon. Where 16 teams are competing for a prize pool of $60,000 USD and a spot at the VCT 2026 Game Changers Championship.

Dates13th Jul, 2026 - 17th Sep, 2026

Prize Pool$60,000

Teams16

LocationRiot Games ArenaLos Angeles

Swiss Stage

Team

FlyQuest RED

8-1

SwimTrek Blue

7-2

Shopify Rebellion Gold

6-2

6-3

6-4

5-5

5-6

4-4

4-5

4-5

3-6

3-6

3-7

2-7

0-0

Eternal Focus Amethyst

1-8

View all matches (39)

Main Event

Upper Bracket Q/F

Upper Bracket S/F

Upper Bracket Final

Grand Final

Lower Bracket 1/4

Lower Bracket 2/4

Lower Bracket 3/4

Lower Bracket Final

Prize Distribution

1st$24,000Qualifies To Championship

2nd$12,0008 NA Points

3rd$8,4007 NA Points

4th$6,0005 NA Points

5th-6th$3,6003 NA Points

7th-8th$1,2002 NA Points

9th-10th

11th-12th

14th-15th

16th

format

Groups

16-team Swiss System format
All matches are Bo3
Teams that reach 4 wins advance to the Main Event
Teams that reach 4 losses are eliminated

Playoffs

8-team Double-Elimination bracket
Teams are seeded based on the Swiss Stage results
All matches (excl. Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final) are Bo3
Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are Bo5

Map Pool

Ascent

Breeze

Haven

Lotus

Split

Sunset

Summit