VALORANT Game Changers Championship 2026 update, 26 October: Liquid and FENNEL survive, two lower-bracket series today

As of 26 October 2026. The lower bracket at the VALORANT Game Changers Championship in São Paulo is under way, and the first two teams are out. Defending champions Team Liquid Brazil are still alive, and today’s two lower-bracket series will send two more teams home. Anything not yet played is marked as such. For the teams and format, see our Game Changers Championship guide.

Sunday’s results (25 October), lower round 1

• FENNEL GC 2–1 Gen.G GC. Map scores: FENNEL took Ascent 13–3, Gen.G levelled on Sunset 13–4, and FENNEL won the decider on Abyss 13–8.
• Team Liquid Brazil 2–0 Nova Esports GC. The champions won Abyss 13–8 and Haven 13–4 in front of a home crowd.

Gen.G GC and Nova Esports GC are eliminated, both after losing two series.

Where every team stands

Status	Teams
Unbeaten, upper semi-finals	MIBR GC, Gentle Mates GC, Shopify Rebellion Gold, KRÜ Blaze
One loss, lower bracket	Team Liquid Brazil, FENNEL GC, SK Nebula, G2 Gozen
Eliminated	Gen.G GC, Nova Esports GC

All results so far: MIBR GC 2–0 FENNEL GC and SK Nebula 2–0 Nova Esports GC (upper round 1); Gentle Mates GC 2–0 Team Liquid Brazil, KRÜ Blaze 2–1 Gen.G GC, MIBR GC 2–0 G2 Gozen and Shopify Rebellion Gold 2–0 SK Nebula (upper quarter-finals).

Next matches (not yet played)

Riot lists the first match of each day at 15:00 in Brazil. The second match follows the first, so its start time is approximate: the bracket sites list it at 21:00 UK time. Europe’s clocks have gone back but the US doesn’t change until 1 November, so ET and PT below are daylight time. “+1” means the next day.

Date	Match	Format	UK (GMT)	CET	ET	PT	BRT	KST / JST	Sydney (AEDT)
Mon 26 Oct	SK Nebula vs FENNEL GC (lower round 2, loser out)	Bo3	18:00	19:00	14:00	11:00	15:00	03:00 +1	05:00 +1
Mon 26 Oct	G2 Gozen vs Team Liquid Brazil (lower round 2, loser out)	Bo3	~21:00	~22:00	~17:00	~14:00	~18:00	~06:00 +1	~08:00 +1
Tue 27 Oct	MIBR GC vs Gentle Mates GC (upper semi-final)	Bo3	18:00	19:00	14:00	11:00	15:00	03:00 +1	05:00 +1
Tue 27 Oct	Shopify Rebellion Gold vs KRÜ Blaze (upper semi-final)	Bo3	~21:00	~22:00	~17:00	~14:00	~18:00	~06:00 +1	~08:00 +1

Argentina, home of KRÜ Blaze, is on the same time as Brazil (BRT column).

What to watch for:

• G2 Gozen vs Team Liquid Brazil is the tie of the day. One of the pre-event favourites goes home on day five. G2 lost 2–0 to MIBR GC; Liquid lost 2–0 to Gentle Mates before beating Nova.
• SK Nebula vs FENNEL GC pits the EMEA side, who beat Nova in round 1, against a FENNEL team that just came through a three-map series.

What comes next

• Wed 28 October: lower round 3. Today’s two winners play the two upper semi-final losers. The exact pairings are unconfirmed until results are in.
• Thu 29 October: no matches.
• Fri 30 October: upper final (Bo3) from 18:00 UK, with a lower-bracket match listed afterwards.
• Sat 31 October: lower final (Bo5) from 18:00 UK (19:00 CET, 14:00 ET, 11:00 PT, 15:00 BRT, 03:00 KST +1).
• Sun 1 November: grand final (Bo5) from 18:00 UK. The US clocks change that morning, so that’s 19:00 CET, 13:00 ET, 10:00 PT, 15:00 BRT and 03:00 KST +1.

Exact start times for finals weekend and the order of later matches are unconfirmed until Riot publishes them; check valorantesports.com on the day.

How to watch

The official streams are on the VALORANT esports channels on Twitch and YouTube, linked from valorantesports.com, which also has the live bracket. Riot says Drops need your Riot account linked to Twitch or Kick. For all the official streams and a full time-zone guide, see how to watch LoL Worlds and VALORANT Game Changers 2026. More coverage is in our Esports section.