VCT 2026 Location Predictions

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Masters Santiago
Masters Melbourne
Champions Beijing

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Blud we gonna be playing gta 6 at that point

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I am predicting a HOT 2026 calendar
Masters Tel Aviv
Masters Taiwan
Champions Moscow

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Conceit

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There is no universe where they host anything in Tel Aviv

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Nef0r0

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and Taiwan seems very fucking realistic knowing riot's ties to china?

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or moscow?? what are you smoking

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Nef0r0

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Ever heard of sarcasm?

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Cl4W

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they literally host LCP in Taiwan, wdym

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Warlordwibz

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Champions Pyongyang

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lock//in Pyongyang

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Masters Manila
Masters Copenhagen
Champions New York

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Masters Gaza
Masters Pyongyang
Champs Luhansk

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Someone cooked here

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Master Pyeonyang was the best phase of valorant when Kim Jong Un showed himself to the world. I dont care if that was his debut tournament or not, but that performance from him was beyond special. He took the valorant community by storm, the most hype phase of valorant.

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31Raven

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and then him and xi kissed

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tram2684

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Masters Guangzhou
Masters Istanbul
Champions New York

Or any combination of these three

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nihso

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Gotham
Albuquerque 3828 Piermont Dr NE
Krypton

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I can't think of the specific locations but i feel like one of the events will be in the eastern part of the us

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king_bob

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KING BOOOOOOB!!!!

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flames-leleo

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Masters Feira de Santana
Masters Darien
Champions Chernobyl

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Masters Feira de Santana é foda

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Warlordwibz

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Masters New York
Masters London
Champs Beijing (RIOT already confirm Champs 26 going to be in China).

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Aayan

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I think they go to LATAM next for Americas no?

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Warlordwibz

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LATAM Timezone (Argentina/Brazil) is worst case scenario for Asia (China/Pacific) viewers. Would be crazy for China to get 2 international events and US only gets one.

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Aayan

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I don't follow

You're saying LATAM is bad for APAC viewers, then you're saying it's effectively the same as giving CN two events?
The majority of LATAM is in the same timezone as the Eastern US (The main exceptions being Chile and Argentina, which are only an hour or two ahead anyway)

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Warlordwibz

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Timezone viewer from Asia. Lock IN is the only international tournament that I dozed off the most, due to being extremely super late.
I’m saying since China has masters Shanghai (24) and Champs (26), they have 2 international event whilst US has only 1 (23 Champs). So having a 2nd US event (masters) would be more likely.

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Aayan

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Oh, I think I get what you mean

But we're having Toronto this year so in total we'll have had (by the end of 2025, in franchising):

1 BR
1 CN
2 KR/JP
1 SEA/OCE
2 EU
2 NA
0 LATAM (didn't have an event pre-franchising either)
0 MENA

and with the way they're rotating it one of the major regions (CN, EMEA, APAC, AMER) has to miss out each year
If you follow the last few events we know that the region missing out is going to be either EMEA or APAC

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I remember seeing Leo Faria interview and he said Americas Ascension can't be held in US cause Brazilian ascension team would need 6 months of VISA process application to compete travel to US. Ascension 23 was in Brazil and Ascension 24 was in Mexico (LATAM North). LATAM/South America will always have ascension location over the US.

What I'm getting at, is that in order for RIOT to hast international events that are not in EU/North America/China/JP/KR they want to trial it with ascension first for production/logistics reason like Ascension 23 Bangkok/24 GC Asia Bangkok -> 25 Masters Bangkok.

MENA is being tested with EWC, so as for "LATAM" the only logistic/production approved location to be likely chosen for masters would be Mexico, unless there was a significant offseason in LATAM that I haven't heard about.

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Champs Dallas

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holy shit please let this happen

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mustafais

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I think RLCS or FNCS was hosted somewhere in that area a few years ago

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shesh_

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yeah rlcs worlds was there last year it was genuinely so fun

there's also a cs2 major in austin in like june but it sold out so fast

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Congo1

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Masters Santiago
Masters London
Champs Beijing

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king_bob

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Masters Mexicoooo

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Considering Leo himself confirmed Champs 2026 would be in China, I think it'll be Bejjing

For me, it would go
Masters London, Italy, LATAM region (really split on this one)
Masters Dubai or South Africa
Champions Beijing

I think Champs 2027 will be NYC so im keeping it off this list

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fiv5Mmmmm

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In 2026, most of the events will be in Latin America, as few events took place here, it is very likely that there will be something in Brazil, Argentina and/or Chile

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31Raven

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nah this is cope to a whole new different level. having 2+ events in sa in one year is crazy, they dont do events in the same vct region let alone 2 in latam

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cameran

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masters monterrey idk
masters katowice
champs beijing

just thought of random cities

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Hosting esports events in Beijing is challenging, so there may be Champions Shenzhen, Guangzhou, or Chengdu.
My hope is for a Masters Budapest or Boston
Masters Hong Kong, and ChampionsChengdu – the promotional videos for these three locations would be visually stunning.

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NerfMaxima

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Masters Melbourne

please, wanna see fpx or nova qualify with an aus please if this happens

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MrHyphon

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Masters Buenos Aires would be FIRE to start off
Then we move to the second Masters Berlin
Finally we go to champions located in Cairo, Egypt

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Quioca1

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I can bet ANYTHING u want, in 2026 we are gonna have some tournament in Brazil, I BET

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pugz

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Masters London
Masters Buenos Aires
Champions New York

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dreambasgod

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Masters Nigeria
Masters North Korea
Champions India

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Dee_752

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come to guangzhou

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Itsover

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Best locations for 2026:
Masters Saint-Petersburg
Masters Minsk
Champs Sevastopol

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SleepingSnorlax

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Master Manila
Master NY or Master Milan
Champs Macaw
How about this one

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Schneefeuer1

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Masters Cologne
Masters New Delhi
Champs Buenos Aires

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Obelisk

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Masters Swansea
Masters Cardiff
Champions Beijing