Additional Information
Dates: 17 to 28 February 2026
- Group Stage: 17 to 21 February 2026
- Main Event: 22 to 28 February 2026
Format:
- Open Qualifier: Single Elimination
- 64 Team Limit
- Best-Of-1 Format with Deciders Best-Of-3
- Schedule
- 31 January 2026
- 15:00 AEST – Played until Deciders (BO1)
- 01 February 2026
- 18:00 AEST – Deciders (BO3)
- 31 January 2026
- Number of Winners (Qualified Teams): 2
- Registration link here. Registration will be available from 17 January 2026, 15 AEST.
- Group Stage: GSL (2 Groups of 4 Teams)
- 8 Teams Total
- 6 Invited + 2 Qualified from Open Qualifiers
- 4 Teams advance to Group Stage
- 8 Teams Total
- Main Event: Double Elimination
- 8 Teams Total
- 4 Invited + 4 Qualified from Group Stage
- 8 Teams Total
10 Team Invites:
- 10 From Asia VRS, Sub-Filtered by Oceania – Start on Rank 1
- Distribution:
- 4 Teams to Main Event
- 6 Teams to Group Stage
Invite Date – 08 January 2026 // VRS Publication Date – January 2026
Initial Seed VRS – Same as Invite VRS
Location: Online, Oceania
Prize-Pool: AUD 10,000:
- 1st Place – AUD 5,500
- 2nd Place – AUD 2,750
- 3rd Place – AUD 1,250
- 4th Place – AUD 500
Tournament Organizer: CCT
Further information relevant to the additional information can be found in the official rulebook here.