VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 1 is coming soon to bring together all 12 league teams, including Nongshim RedForce and Paper Rex, who dominated at Masters Santiago, to secure spots at Masters London.
There will be a Group Stage and Playoffs. The top three teams at the end of Stage 1 will advance to Masters London, while the rest of the teams will begin preparing for Stage 2 of the league.
The Group Stage matches will be held on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. With that said, here’s everything you need to know about VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 1, including schedule, format, all teams, and more.
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VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 1 schedule
VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 1 will run from April 3 to May 17, 2026, in Seoul, where the Group Stages will run from April 3 to May 3, while the Playoffs run from May 7 to 17.
All 12 VCT Pacific partners and Ascension winners will compete for Masters London, the second international of 2026.
VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 1 matches
Here’s the full schedule:
Group Stage matches
Friday, April 3, 2026
- Gen.G vs Global Esports
- T1 vs VARREL
Saturday, April 4, 2026
- Nongshim RedForce vs Paper Rex
- FULL SENSE vs DetonatioN FocusMe
Sunday, April 5, 2026
- Team Secret vs DRX
- RRQ vs ZETA DIVISION
Friday, April 10, 2026
- DetonatioN FocusMe vs T1
- Nongshim RedForce vs DRX
Saturday, April 11, 2026
- Team Secret vs Global Esports
- RRQ vs VARREL
Sunday, April 12, 2026
- FULL SENSE vs ZETA DIVISION
- Gen.G vs Paper Rex
Friday, April 17, 2026
- FULL SENSE vs VARREL
- Team Secret vs Paper Rex
Saturday, April 18, 2026
- DRX vs Global Esports
- ZETA DIVISION vs DetonatioN FocusMe
Sunday, April 19, 2026
- RRQ vs T1
- Nongshim RedForce vs Gen. G
Friday, April 24, 2026
- RRQ vs FULL SENSE
- Paper Rex vs Global Esports
Saturday, April 25, 2026
- Gen. G vs DRX
- DetonatioN FocusMe vs VARREL
Sunday, April 26, 2026
- T1 vs ZETA DIVISION
- Nongshim RedForce vs Team Secret
Friday, May 1, 2026
- Gen. G vs Team Secret
- VARREL vs ZETA DIVISION
Saturday, May 2, 2026
- T1 vs FULL SENSE
- Nongshim RedForce vs Global Esports
Sunday, May 3, 2026
- Paper Rex vs DRX
- RRQ vs DetonatioN FocusMe
All qualified teams for VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 1
Here are all the 12 squads that are a part of VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 1:
- Nongshim RedForce
- Paper Rex
- Global Esports
- Gen.G
- DRX
- Team Secret
- DetonatioN FocusMe
- Rex Regum Qeon
- T1
- ZETA DIVISION
- VARREL (ex-SLT)
- FULL SENSE (filling TALON’s slot after their exit)
Teams got drawn into Alpha and Omega based on Kickoff seeds:
| Group Alpha | Group Omega |
|---|---|
| DRX (South Korea) | DetonatioN FocusMe (Japan) |
| Gen.G (South Korea) | FULL SENSE (Thailand) |
| Global Esports (India) | Rex Regum Qeon (Indonesia) |
| Paper Rex (Singapore) | T1 (South Korea) |
| Team Secret (Philippines) | ZETA DIVISION (Japan) |
| Nongshim RedForce (South Korea) | VARREL (Japan) |
Group Stage vs Playoffs
Group Stage will feature a single round-robin with best-of-three matches. The top four teams advance as group winners, where the first team goes to the upper semis, the second and third to the upper quarters, and the fourth to lower round 1.
The bottom two teams from each group get eliminated. Most Playoff matches will be best of three, but the lower finals and grand final will be best of five.
VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 1 Championship Points distribution
| Position | Team | Championship Points | Masters London Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | TBD | 6 | Masters London |
| 2nd | TBD | 4 | Masters London |
| 3rd | TBD | 3 | Masters London |
| 4th | TBD | 2 | – |
| 5th and 6th | TBD | – | |
| 5th and 6th | TBD | – | |
| 7th and 8th | TBD | – | |
| 7th and 8th | TBD | – | |
| 9th and 10th | TBD | – | |
| 9th and 10th | TBD | – | |
| 11th and 12th | TBD | – | |
| 11th and 12th | TBD | – |
How to watch VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 1
You can watch the entire Pacific Stage 1 action on VALORANT Pacific’s official channels on Twitch and YouTube for main broadcasts.
There’ll be separate streams for other languages, and you can find them all below:
| Broadcast Language | Broadcast Links |
|---|---|
| South Korea |
YouTube Sooplive CHZZK |
| Japan |
Twitch YouTube |
| Phillipines |
Twitch YouTube |
| Indonesia |
Twitch YouTube Sooplive TikTok |
| Thailand |
Twitch YouTube Sooplive TikTok |
| Vietnam |
YouTube Onlive TikTok |
| Taiwan |
Twitch YouTube Sooplive |
| India |
YouTube Link 1 YouTube Link 2 |
Americas, China, and EMEA teams also go back to their respective regions for a shot at VCT Masters London later this year.
