In the first week of VCT China 2026 Stage 1, all the regional teams returned after Kickoff and Masters Santiago to compete for future events. TYLOO TYLOO China Rank #6 splash Moses Christophe Jonathan Scales Zhang Zhen (张震) Erv Shen Zhiwei sword9 Li Wei (李卫) slowly Kelun Sun (孙科伦) , EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #2 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Jieni7 Zhang Juntai (张君泰) , and Xi Lai Gaming Xi Lai Gaming China Rank #1 WsLeo Huang Pinwei (黄品维) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好) NoMan James Man Rarga Arthur Churyumov happywei Deng Minwei (邓闵维) returned to regional play with two victories, while Wolves Esports Wolves Esports China Rank #18 glacier Liang Zhekai (梁哲恺) SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) jowa Jordan Wang yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Spring Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆) , Nova Esports Nova Esports China Rank #19 qiutiaN Bijan Moeinzadeh (慕英毕强) OBONE Chen Yijie (陈怡洁) Ezeir Zhao Zejun (赵泽骏) GREEN Qiu Jianzhi (邱建智) GuanG Guang Honglin (光洪霖) swagzor Mikhail Vaniushin , and Titan Esports Club Titan Esports Club China Rank #15 Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东) lucas Yunkun Lu (路昀昆) Spitfires Xin Mingyan (辛明阳) Dynamite Zhao Zihao (赵梓浩) Coco Ding Dajian (丁达建) are still searching for their first wins in Stage 1.

Here is how the matches went for the first week of VCT China 2026 Stage 1:

With how quickly Stage 1 is going for China, with more matches continuing on Tuesday of week two, each team has already played two matches. The two groups for the start of Stage 1 are divided like so: Group Alpha consists of TYLOO, BLG, FPX, JDG, AG, and TEC, while Group Omega includes EDG, XLG, Trace, DRG, Wolves, and Nova.

The two strongest teams in the first week of Stage 1 both come from Group Omega: EDG and XLG. After making another active roster move, Jieni7 and EDG stomped over both Nova and Wolves. XLG also made waves after sweeping Ascension rivals DRG and defeating a retooled Trace team. TYLOO ended the first week as the only undefeated team in Group Alpha, but will need to keep the momentum going to face regional powerhouses like EDG and XLG.

In this first week of Stage 1, plenty of players stepped up. One of the most recent star performances was nephh , who near single-handedly earned BLG a sweep over JDG. After a loss in his first match against TYLOO, nephh turned around to finish game two with a 1.98 match rating, 45 kills, 304 ACS, and 92% KAST. As for the best player across both games and the player of the week in China, the regional consistency of ZmjjKK has yet to waver. He leads the region in ACS with 269.3, K:D with 1.64, ADR with 180.7, and KPR with 0.97.

Here are the upcoming matches for week two of VCT China 2026 Stage 1: