The 2026 Valorant Champions Tour: EMEA Stage 1 is an offline Valorant tournament featuring the best teams in the European Region. It is hosted by Riot Games and sponsored by ExpressVPN, KitKat, Razer, Movember and Red Bull.

Tournament Format

Group Stage is played in round-robin format and all matches are in a best-of-three series.

The Playoffs are played in a double-elimination format and matches are played in a best-of-three series except for the lower bracket final and grand final which are best-of-five series.