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VALORANT Champions Shanghai 2026
VALORANT Champions Shanghai 2026 is Riot Games' final global VALORANT Champions Tour event, scheduled in Shanghai from September 24 to October 18, 2026.
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Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Shanghai, China · Sep 24–Oct 18, 2026
Champion
Unknown
The event is upcoming as of 2026-09-10; Riot's official standings page has not recorded a winner.
Combined prize pool
$2.25M
VLR records the total prize pool; the official Riot tournament page and handbook reviewed for this audit do not publish the figure.
Games
Participant scale
16 teams
Riot lists 16 qualifying teams in four GSL groups.
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Riot GamesCommercial note
Organizer · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[1]
Reach & distribution
Audience
Distribution
Official broadcast
VALORANT Esports broadcast channels
The event page identifies the official VALORANT Esports destination; platform-level audience figures were not disclosed in the reviewed sources.
Editions
| Edition | Host | Dates | Prize pool | Games | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Current page | Shanghai, China | Sep 24, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 | — | — | —[1] |
PTG Database Analysis
VALORANT Champions Shanghai 2026 is the final global event of Riot Games’ 2026 VALORANT Champions Tour season. Riot’s official materials place the event in Shanghai from September 24 through October 18, with 16 teams entering four GSL groups; the top two teams from each group advance to an eight-team double-elimination playoff.
The competition is scheduled to use Jing’an Sports Center for the group and early-playoff stages before moving to Mercedes-Benz Arena Shanghai for finals weekend. The event remains upcoming as of September 10, 2026, so no champion is recorded. Riot’s official event materials do not publish a prize pool; the $2.25 million figure in the snapshot is retained from VLR’s tournament database record and is labeled accordingly.
Riot’s official standings page lists the qualified field as NRG, G2 Esports, LOUD, 100 Thieves, Team Vitality, FUT Esports, Team Liquid, Karmine Corp, Paper Rex, Nongshim RedForce, Global Esports, T1, JD Gaming, Xi Lai Gaming, TYLOO, and EDward Gaming. The competition relationship records resolve each club to its PTG Database page; no partnership is added because the reviewed official materials do not establish a competition-specific partner inventory.
References7
- [1]Champions Shanghai Standings — Riot Games
- [2]2026 VALORANT Esports League Handbook — Riot Games
- [3]Champions 2026 is Coming to Shanghai — Riot Games
- [4]VALORANT Esports Champions schedule — Riot Games
- [5]Champions Shanghai live audience and ticket information — Riot Games
- [6]Champions Shanghai finals weekend live audience and ticket information — Riot Games
- [7]VALORANT Champions 2026: brackets, groups, and standings — VLR.gg
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