VCT EMEA Stage 2 finals location modified from Madrid to Barcelona

Riot Video games has revealed that the VCT EMEA Stage 2 finals will happen on the Olímpic Enviornment in Barcelona, Spain.

In January, the writer had initially introduced Madrid because the host metropolis for the area’s remaining competitors within the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT).

“We wanted to regulate our plans for the occasion, however we’re staying in Spain and bringing the total VALORANT expertise to followers throughout the nation and past,” acknowledged Riot Video games in a press launch.

Like in earlier years, the VCT 2026 calendar consists of three regional tournaments, Kickoff, Stage 1 and Stage 2, supplemented by three international occasions, two Masters and the season-ending VALORANT Champions competitors.

Nonetheless, Riot Video games has launched a greater diversity of host areas throughout the 4 VCT areas (EMEA, Americas, Pacific and China) to higher join with the sport’s audiences globally.

Most notably, all Stage 2 finals will happen in new areas: Barcelona, Spain, for VCT EMEA, São Paulo, Brazil, for VCT Americas and Busan, South Korea, for VCT Pacific. 

VCT China has acquired a roadshow with a number of host cities all through its VCT 2026 season, together with Chengdu for the Stage 2 Playoffs. Furthermore, VCT Pacific just lately unveiled Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, as the situation for its Stage 1 finals.

VCT EMEA Stage 2 might be held between Masters London in June and Champions Shanghai in September. In its newest press launch, Riot Video games has confirmed August twenty eighth to thirtieth because the Stage 2 finals dates.

The event will function 16 VCT EMEA groups competing throughout a Group Stage, Play-Ins and a double-elimination Playoffs bracket. 

Furthermore, for the primary time in VCT historical past, groups from the tier-two Challengers circuit could have the prospect to earn a slot within the Stage 2 Playoffs and qualify for VALORANT Champions 2026.