Resolution criteria

• This is an independent multiple-choice market. Each option (representing a professional VALORANT team) will resolve to YES if that team officially qualifies for VALORANT Champions 2026 as announced by Riot Games' official VCT social channels, and NO otherwise.

• The primary source of truth for qualification is the official VCT social channels (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, YouTube), and the Liquipedia VALORANT Champions 2026 page.

• Qualification is determined by the final results of each VCT region's Stage 2 Playoffs and the final International League (IL) Championship Points Standings.

• A team is resolved as YES the moment the team is confirmed to have qualified for VALORANT Champions 2026 by the official VALORANT Champions Tour social channels. All other teams in an IL is resolved as NO the moment the fourth and final team of that IL is qualified for the event. This will not take into account disputes that would lead to a qualified team getting un-invited from VALORANT Champions 2026.

  • If a team gets un-invited from VALORANT Champions 2026 while the remaining options of its IL did not get resolved, and this directly leads to another team qualifying, the newly qualified team will resolve to YES.

• If a team rebrands, changes names, or is acquired by another organization, the option representing that team/core will be renamed accordingly, with no adjustments to their current state in this market.

• You may add more teams to this list if you wish, provided they are valid teams. Valid teams include all current Partner and Ascension teams across all leagues, as well as all teams qualified for the Stage 2 Play-ins through the Path to Champions (4 for Americas, EMEA and Pacific, and 2 for CN). This list will begin with the top 4 teams in Championship Points as of the start of the July 21, 2026 match day across all leagues.

Background

• VALORANT Champions 2026 is the world championship event of the 2026 VCT season, hosted in Shanghai, China from September 24 to October 18, 2026.

• A total of 16 teams will compete, with 4 teams representing each of the four ILs: Americas, EMEA, Pacific, and CN.

• For each IL, the top 2 finishers in the Stage 2 regional playoffs qualify directly. The remaining 2 slots are filled by the top 2 teams in IL Championship Points who did not qualify via playoffs.

• IL Stage 2 tournaments run through late August and early September 2026, which will finalize the entire 16-team list.

• New to the VCT? Check out these resources to start:

  • VLR.gg (directory of VALORANT VCT and Challengers matches, among others)

  • Liquipedia VALORANT (the wiki for VALORANT Esports)

  • vods.space (directory of VALORANT VCT and Challengers VODs with filters)

  • Official VCT Global Power Rankings (for when you really need quick numbers to start with)