eSports Insider · Feb 3
Riot Games reveals VCT EMEA Clash 2026 format
Image credit: Riot GamesRiot Games has unveiled the format for the VCT EMEA Clash 2026, a mid-season tournament featuring VCT and Challengers teams.
The first-of-its-kind format will see 12 teams compete across two simultaneous, yet intertwined double-elimination brackets inspired by VALORANT’s Alpha and Omega challenge.
Its inaugural edition will take place during the break between VCT EMEA Kickoff and Masters Santiago, the first global VCT event of the year. From February 19th to 25th, six VCT teams will face off against six Challengers squads, each representing one of the six Challengers EMEA sub-regions.