como ver Valorant at EWC 2026: transmisión, calendario, resultados, equipos

The Valorant side of the Esports World Cup is getting underway, with some big names looking to take home the $600,000 top prize. Here’s what you need to know.

Por qué esta historia importa ahora

After first getting underway in 2024, the Esports World Cup is back for its third installment this summer, but this time it won’t be taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Instead, players from 24 different esports titles will compete in Paris, France.

El contexto que mueve la conversación

From FGC to FPS, MOBAs to sports games, just about every major game out there is seeing some action - and that includes Valorant as one of the biggest games kicking things off in week one.

Qué puede pasar después

After the hotly contested London Masters Finals, which saw Leviathan come out on top, 16 of the world’s best teams will fight it out in France to try and take home the grand prize after Team Heretics claimed victory last year.

Lectura rápida para la comunidad

While plenty of focus has been on Heretics, seeing as they are defending champions, they were defeated in the play-offs by BBL Esports in a three-game series that was packed full of drama.

Heretics had much of the Paris crowd behind them, and that helped as they picked up the first match in a 16-14 nailbiter. However, they had little resistance against BBL Esports in match two, with the Turkish side romping to a 13-2 victory. The Turks then rolled that into a 13-10 map three victory, winning four rounds at the end of things to pull away and send Heretics home.

The home crowd may have hoped for a bounce-back in the second quarter-final, but that wasn't the case, with NRG defeating Gentle Mates 2-1.

Despite having The Gentle Suits roaring all series long, Gentle Mates let their early 1-0 series lead slip, with NRG defeating them 13-9 and then 13-10 in the other two games.

Both teams have ended up with 5th-8th finishes, taking home $90,000 each, meaning we will have a new name on the trophy this year.

French hopes of a champion were further dashed when Team Vitality were dumped out by NS RedForce in the first quarter-final on day eight. The South Korean squad went down in a close-fought first map, and rallied to dominate the final two games by scorelines of 13-7 and 13-2.

PlaceTeamPrize Money1stTBD$600,0002ndTBD$340,0003rdTBD$220,0004thTBD$140,0005th-8thTBD$90,0005th-8thTeam Vitality$90,0005th-8thGentle Mates$90,0005th-8thTeam Heretics$90,000

Just like last year, games from the Esports World Cup will be broadcast across YouTube and Twitch. And even though there will be multiple Valorant matches going on, you don’t have to worry about missing out, there are multiple streams.

The group stage for the Valorant portion of things got underway on July 2, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the playoffs.

You can find all of the results so far, and remaining games below.