Game Changers NA Stage 2: Location, teams, schedule, and more

For the first time in VALORANT Game Changers 2026 - North America Stage 2 history, the season will conclude with a LAN at the Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles. The competition runs from September 1 to September 17, with teams battling to determine which squads will represent the region at the Game Changers Championship 2026 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Stage 2 Teams and Seeds

FlyQuest RED enters the tournament as the first seed after going undefeated throughout the Swiss Stage. As for the Game Changers Championship 2024 winners, Shopify Rebellion Gold, they qualified as the third seed, aiming to claim their eighth title in the region and secure a spot at the most important tournament of the year.

SwimTrek Blue has been one of the biggest surprises of the year, as the team joined the circuit at the beginning of 2026 and has already secured a victory at the VALORANT Game Changers 2026 - North America Stage 1 and is now entering the Stage 2 as the second seed.

• (1) FlyQuest RED
• (2) SwimTrek Blue
• (3) Shopify Rebellion Gold
• (4) The Spiders
• (5) Axolotl Esports
• (6) HIMMERS
• (7) Cloud9 GC
• (8) MVSK Secret

All matches will be best-of-three (Bo3), except for the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final, which will be played as best-of-five (Bo5) series. The tournament runs from September 1 to September 17, with all matches starting at 2 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. CEST.

Where to watch

If you plan to attend the event at the Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles, the tickets will go on sale on August 25 at 12 p.m. PT. If you can't attend the event in person, you can watch all the matches from home.

• Valorant Americas (Twitch)
• Valorant Americas (YouTube)
• RaidiantGG

Only on September 1 and 2, some matches will be streamed on the RaidiantGG channel as observer-only broadcasts.

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