The second week of VCT Americas Stage 2 has concluded, with the gap widening between each group's leaders and their remaining winless teams after every match finished 2-0.
Week 2 ended with the following results:
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2Game Esports
2Game Esports
Brazil
Rank #3
Brinks
João Victor
gobera
Vitor Gobo
qck
Gabriel Lima
xenom
Eduardo Soeiro
frz
Leandro Gomes
0-2
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
North America
Rank #1
jawgemo
Alexander Mor
BABYBAY
Andrej Francisty
trent
Trent Cairns
valyn
Jacob Batio
leaf
Nathan Orf
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FURIA
FURIA
Brazil
Rank #5
nerve
Michael Yerrow
artzin
Arthur Araujo
eeiu
Daniel Vucenovic
koalanoob
Gianfranco Potestio
alym
Torogul Baidyldaev
0-2
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #4
Reduxx
Yassin Aboulalazm
Jerrwin
Gurjiwan Gill
Victor
Victor Wong
stand-in
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
cortezia
Gabriel Cortez
JonahP
Jonah Pulice
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100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Rank #3
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
vora
Jordan Pulwer
Timotino
Timothée Lavigne Dupont
bang
Sean Bezerra
2-0
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports
Latin America South
Rank #1
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
mwzera
Leonardo Serrati
silentzz
Caio Morita
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
Dantedeu5
Jesús Federico Larrosa
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NRG
NRG
North America
Rank #2
keiko
Georgio Sanassy
brawk
Brock Somerhalder
mada
Adam Pampuch
skuba
Logan Jenkins
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
2-0
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Rank #9
lukxo
Lucca Travaioli
Darker
Sebastián Castro Cicuamia
Virtyy
Leandro Moreno
erde
Roberto Lobos
cauanzin
Cauan Pereira
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Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #13
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
Notexxd
Jaden Anderson
Jackk
Jack Foote
OXY
Francis Hoang
2-0
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
North America
Rank #22
supamen
Phat Le
bao
Bao Nguyen
dgzin
Douglas Silva
Paincakes
Jake Hass
zerona
Javan Varela
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MIBR
MIBR
Brazil
Rank #7
zekken
Zachary Patrone
tex
Ian Botsch
Mazino
Roberto Rivas
Verno
Andrew Maust
aspas
Erick Santos
0-2
LEVIATÁN
LEVIATÁN
North America
Rank #5
spike
Rodrigo Lombardi
blowz
Guilherme Oliviera
Neon
Bruno Rodríguez
Sato
Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato
kiNgg
Francisco Aravena
The first day pit the region's two Ascension teams against each other, as
2Game Esports
2Game Esports
Brazil
Rank #3
Brinks
João Victor
gobera
Vitor Gobo
qck
Gabriel Lima
xenom
Eduardo Soeiro
frz
Leandro Gomes
took on
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
North America
Rank #1
jawgemo
Alexander Mor
BABYBAY
Andrej Francisty
trent
Trent Cairns
valyn
Jacob Batio
leaf
Nathan Orf
, still playing with substitute
BABYBAY
. The North American team took the win in just under 40 rounds overall, with
JonahP
stepping up to top the scoreboard with a 1.44 rating and 38 eliminations total.
This regular season match was quietly important for both teams, as 2G needs all the help they can get to qualify to playoffs, and Champions, with hopes of retaining their VCT slot. Should 2Game accomplish the feat and join G2 in Paris, whichever team out of the two Ascension Americas rosters places highest at the marquee event will retain their spot in VCT, while the other descends to Ascension. Otherwise, G2 guarantees a return to VCT 2026, while 2G still needs to finish in the top eight of either Stage 2 or the Championship points table in order to make Ascension and potentially return to VCT next year.
Closing out the day,
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #4
Reduxx
Yassin Aboulalazm
Jerrwin
Gurjiwan Gill
Victor
Victor Wong
stand-in
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
cortezia
Gabriel Cortez
JonahP
Jonah Pulice
defeated
FURIA
FURIA
Brazil
Rank #5
nerve
Michael Yerrow
artzin
Arthur Araujo
eeiu
Daniel Vucenovic
koalanoob
Gianfranco Potestio
alym
Torogul Baidyldaev
with a resounding 2-0. They opened the series with a 13-4 victory on Sunset, and capped off the day with the region's second-ever 13-0. Unfortunately for FURIA, the team was missing head coach shaW and initiator player basic, and will look to the new acquisitions' arrivals to turn their luck around and end the year with more favorable results.
Group Omega continued in similar fashion, with their North American teams taking 2-0 wins against
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports
Latin America South
Rank #1
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
mwzera
Leonardo Serrati
silentzz
Caio Morita
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
Dantedeu5
Jesús Federico Larrosa
and
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Rank #9
lukxo
Lucca Travaioli
Darker
Sebastián Castro Cicuamia
Virtyy
Leandro Moreno
erde
Roberto Lobos
cauanzin
Cauan Pereira
.
100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Rank #3
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
vora
Jordan Pulwer
Timotino
Timothée Lavigne Dupont
bang
Sean Bezerra
continues its honeymoon phase with new acquisition,
Kess
, while
NRG
NRG
North America
Rank #2
keiko
Georgio Sanassy
brawk
Brock Somerhalder
mada
Adam Pampuch
skuba
Logan Jenkins
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
found their first win of the Stage after making quick work of LOUD on Haven and defeating the Brazilian squad on both teams' first Corrode appearance.
100 Thieves is now the top Group Omega team, being the only lineup in the group without a loss so far. In the overall Championship points table, the victories let 100T gain ground on fourth-place KRÜ, while NRG's win prevented LOUD from closing the gap between the rival organizations.
Finally,
Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #13
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
Notexxd
Jaden Anderson
Jackk
Jack Foote
OXY
Francis Hoang
and
LEVIATÁN
LEVIATÁN
North America
Rank #5
spike
Rodrigo Lombardi
blowz
Guilherme Oliviera
Neon
Bruno Rodríguez
Sato
Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato
kiNgg
Francisco Aravena
rounded off the week with 2-0 wins of their own, propelling Cloud9 to the top of Group Alpha and granting LEVIATÁN their first win of the Stage. Both teams also earned their first victories of the year against their respective opponents, as
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
North America
Rank #22
supamen
Phat Le
bao
Bao Nguyen
dgzin
Douglas Silva
Paincakes
Jake Hass
zerona
Javan Varela
had previously knocked Cloud9 out of the Stage 1 playoffs and LEV had lost both of their previous encounters against
MIBR
MIBR
Brazil
Rank #7
zekken
Zachary Patrone
tex
Ian Botsch
Mazino
Roberto Rivas
Verno
Andrew Maust
aspas
Erick Santos
earlier in the year.
In terms of statistics, LEVIATÁN's in-game leader, kiNgg , finished at the top of the week's leaderboard, with a 1.83 rating and 2.75 KDR placing him just over Sentinels' N4RRATE . With the hurdle against former teammate aspas cleared, LEVIATÁN will look for similar heroics in the future in order to qualify to Champions: Paris.
The loss means MIBR is currently winless, a dark cloud hanging over the team since Masters: Toronto. They can still qualify to Champions, but the team faces a narrowing margin of error as four different teams are within a couple of points of the Stage 1 bronze medalists.
Americas Stage 2 will continue with the following matches:





