VALORANT Game Changers 2026 results & final standings
The crowning female VALORANT esports tournament of the year, entitled Game Changers 2026, has come to a thrilling conclusion. The 10 best teams in the scene competed for their share of the $500,000 prize pool. At the current Dollar to Rand exchange rate, that’s approximately R8.2 million.
VALORANT Game Changers 2026 was held on LAN at the awesome Riot Games Arena venue in São Paulo, Brazil. The tournament featured a double-elimination bracket, where Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final matches were best-of-five, and the rest were best-of-three.
Gentle Mates GC went on a rampage in the Upper Bracket, beating Team Liquid Brazil 2-0, MIBR GC 2-0, and SR Gold with a reverse-sweep comeback to earn a spot in the Grand Final.
On the other side of the bracket, South American squad KRÜ Blaze defeated Gen.G GC with a 2-1 reverse-sweep comeback before falling to SR Gold. In the Lower Bracket, KRÜ Blaze dug deep to beat Team Liquid Brazil 2-0, MIBR GC 2-0, and took revenge on SR Gold with a 3-1 win to earn a spot in the Grand Final.
In the VALORANT Game Changers 2026 Grand Final, Gentle Mates GC drew first blood, winning Haven 13-5. KRÜ Blaze responded with a 13-5 win on Abyss, and narrowly won Sunset 14-12 in overtime to go up 2-1 in the series.
Gentle Mates fought back on Split, winning 13-8 to push the Grand Final to a fifth map. On Ascent, KRÜ Blaze pulled off a 13-8 win to close out the series 3-2, thereby becoming the VALORANT Game Changers 2026 champions.
| Placement | Team(s) | Region / Seed | Prize Money (USD) |
| 1st | KRÜ Blaze | Latin America | $180,000 |
| 2nd | Gentle Mates GC | EMEA | $100,000 |
| 3rd | Shopify Rebellion Gold | North America | $70,000 |
| 4th | MIBR GC | Brazil | $50,000 |
| 5th–6th | Team Liquid Brazil, SK Gaming Nebula | Brazil / EMEA | $25,000 each |
| 7th–8th | G2 Gozen, FENNEL GC | EMEA / Pacific | $15,000 each |
| 9th–10th | Nova Esports GC, Gen.G GC | China / Pacific | $10,000 each |
The tournament MVP award goes to KRÜ Blaze’s Amaro “tok1o” Miranda. Congratulations!
Header image via Riot Games.
