In the debut week for VCT Pacific 2026, Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #1 Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) and FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #8 Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Killua Tanate Teerasawad thyy Anupong Preamsak primmie Papaphat Sriprapha JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam earned sweeps over Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #174 kellyS Kelly Sedillo JessieVash Jessie Cuyco TenTen Kim Tae-young (김태영) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma and ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #10 Absol Kazuki Fujinoki SyouTa Shota Aoki SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori to move on in the upper bracket. Both matches were one-sided, as Team Secret only won thirteen rounds on both maps, and ZETA struggled its way to only six total round wins in the series.

Nongshim Redforce sweeps Team Secret to start Pacific

The series started with Team Secret's pick of Haven, as Nongshim opted for double-Duelist while Team Secret ran double-Controller. Nongshim started hot with a pistol round win, and despite a failed bonus round conversion, the lead ballooned to 7-1. Dambi , moving back to his signature Neon, was frying his opponents early on in the series.

Reaching the half up 9-3, Nongshim were clinical in the second half too. After winning the second pistol and converting the bonus round, Team Secret needed a big comeback on map one, but the hopes were dashed. After reaching map point up 12-3, it only took three rounds for Nongshim to finish Haven 13-5.

Now, Team Secret needed to fight back on Nongshim's map pick of Split. Both teams opted for double-Duelist here, with Secret running Waylay while Nongshim stuck with Neon and Yoru. Secret started strong on the attack side, winning the first pistol and converting the bonus. TenTen and BeserX were stepping up, and despite some fight from Nongshim toward the end of the half, Secret had the 7-5 lead.

However, double-Duelist always shines on the attack side. Moving to the attack side, Nongshim won the second pistol and converted its own bonus round, shifting the momentum heavily. One of the biggest signs of life from Nongshim was new acquisition Xross nailing key shots to take the team's first map lead.

That lead stretched to 12-7, and even after Secret got its first defense round win, it was followed up by a Nongshim series win, ending Split 13-8.

Dambi was the player of the series, with his move back to Neon doing wonders, ending with a 1.56 match rating and 41 kills. With the win, Nongshim will face T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) next in the upper bracket, while Team Secret moves to the middle bracket of the triple-elimination Kickoff format.

FULL SENSE dominates ZETA DIVISION in a quick series

FULL SENSE, which primarily consists of the former TALON TALON Inactive Killua Tanate Teerasawad thyy Anupong Preamsak Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha roster, started its VCT 2026 campaign with its map pick of Corrode. Both teams ran double-Duelist, but ZETA ran Neon while FULL SENSE chose Waylay. ZETA won the first pistol, but could not convert the bonus round. Just as FS tied the map early, the signs of a two-man star performance started to show. Both primmie and Killua were great defensively, going on a run to take a 5-2 lead and eventually end the half up 8-4. Then, when FS won the second pistol, it was only a matter of time. After some more great shots from primmie, FS won the map 13-4.

Then, it was ZETA's map pick of Split, which needed to be an improvement from the mainly Japanese squad. Both teams ran more double-Duelist, with some slight variation. FS ran Raze, which seems to be a rarer pick by the day, while ZETA stuck to Neon and Yoru. FS won the first pistol, and despite losing the bonus round, never looked back. ZETA looked demoralized as FS reached a 10-1 lead, entering the half up 10-2.

If ZETA had any hope for a comeback, it needed a pistol win, but it wasn't meant to be. FULL SENSE won Split 13-2, with Leviathan performing amazingly on Omen to secure the series sweep.

Both teams ran double-Duelist, but it was primmie on Yoru who stood out in the series win, ending with a 1.83 match rating and 41 kills.

With this win, FULL SENSE will move on in the upper bracket and will face off against DRX DRX Korea Rank #3 Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) , while ZETA will move to the middle bracket.