Eight teams advance to the VALORANT Champions Shanghai playoffs

VALORANT Champions Shanghai enters its playoff phase on October 7, with eight teams advancing to a double-elimination bracket after a group stage held from September 24 to October 4 at Jing'an Sports Center in Shanghai. According to Inven Global, all four Americas teams and three Pacific teams survived the group stage, while Team Vitality was the only EMEA side to progress and all four CN region teams were eliminated. T1 faces NRG and Paper Rex meets LOUD on October 7, with Nongshim RedForce against Team Vitality on October 8.