◆ Stories of Champions Shanghai◆
Title Defense NRG are the reigning world champions. No team has ever repeated. Ethan is the first player to win Champions twice.
Pin story Photo · Colin Young-Wolff / Riot Games Flickr ↗ 6 1 Building Next · NS vs NRG
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0 o f 5 Reigning champions who repeated Acend, LOUD, EG, EDG, NRG: nobody has gone back-to-back source ↗ The cast The arc Oldest first Newest first
Next · 2026-09-25T09:00:00Z Nongshim RedForce vs NRG · Group D · Opening · Bo3– d – h – m
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Sep 24 · Episode 1
Next up Nongshim RedForce vs NRG, then Karmine Corp vs Xi Lai Gaming Photo ▾ Nongshim RedForce vs NRG, then Karmine Corp vs Xi Lai Gaming Nongshim RedForce against the champions NRG, then Karmine Corp against Xi Lai Gaming. Four teams, one group, the one nobody wanted.
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2026-09-25T09:00:00Z Bo3 · Group D Opening
Watch ▸ Sep 23 · The story so far
Rewind Only 3.9% of Pick'em entries chose NRG in Paris. They won it 3–2 after Fnatic led 11–1 on Abyss vlr.gg · Match report ▾ Only 3.9% of Pick'em entries chose NRG in Paris. They won it 3–2 after Fnatic led 11–1 on Abyss brawk was MVP. Ethan became the first player to win Champions twice. Since then: 3rd in Santiago, reverse-swept out of London, and beaten by 100 Thieves and LOUD in the same week.
Photo · Colin Young-Wolff / Riot Games Flickr ↗ Clip The draw show: sixteen teams into four groups, on stage in São Paulo VALORANT Champions Tour Americas · YouTube ▾ The draw show: sixteen teams into four groups, on stage in São Paulo Karmine Corp, Nongshim, NRG and Xi Lai land together. Watch the full draw from the VCT Americas channel.
2026-09-07 Drawn into Group D with Karmine Corp, Nongshim and Xi Lai. The community calls it the group of doom. ↗ 2026-09-06 Americas Stage 2: 3rd. Lost 0–2 to 100T and 2–3 to LOUD. Qualified on points. ↗ 2026-08-15 Esports World Cup: runner-up, 1–3 to 100 Thieves. ↗ 2026-06-21 Masters London: 9–10th. Reverse-swept by FUT in the Swiss stage. ↗ 2026-03-15 Masters Santiago: 3rd. Swept 0–2 by Nongshim in the upper final.
2025-11-12 s0m retires. keiko joins from Team Liquid. ↗ 2025-10-05 Win Champions Paris 3–2 over Fnatic after an 11–1 to 15–13 comeback on Abyss. brawk MVP. Only 3.9% of Pick'em entries chose them. ↗ Connected stories if this one ends, you land here 
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