With the penultimate matchweek of VCT Pacific Stage 1 set to begin, here's a recap of last week's action, which saw three teams claim playoff spots and three teams slip from playoff contention. Here's a look at how the matches played out:

In Group Alpha, play began with Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov maintaining the status quo, downing Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #141 kellyS Kelly Sedillo JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Zeus Jhian Vega Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma in two maps. After blowing out Secret's pick of Breeze, PRX narrowly closed out its pick of Split 18-16 thanks to both teams displaying strength on defense.

Jinggg doing Jinggg thingggs.

In one of the most anticipated matches of the week, Kiwoom DRX Kiwoom DRX Korea Rank #3 Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) yong Kim Ho-yong (김호용) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) defeated Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #5 PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne 2-0, handing the multinational squad its first loss of the stage and claiming Group Alpha's first playoff spot. KRX retooled its fracture, taking on a double-Duelist comp to overwhelm GE, and then fielded a tweaked Haven comp, showing off its flexibility midway through the stage. In Alpha's last match of the week, 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) made quick work of Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #5 Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) ZynX Kim Dong-ha (김동하) Ash Ha Hyun-cheol (하현철) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) , picking its former perma ban of Pearl and winning 13-8 before also stealing Gen.G's Breeze 13-3. The most eye-catching detail from the match was the shift of Dambi onto Phoenix, with Francis moving into the team's Neon role.

Francis looking comfy in his new shoes.

In Group Omega, FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #3 Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Killua Tanate Teerasawad primmie Papaphat Sriprapha JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut claimed a Group Omega playoff spot with a 2-0 win over VARREL VARREL Japan Rank #4 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) C1ndeR Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) Klaus Kim Min-hyuk (김민혁) XuNa Kim Tae-geon (김태건) oonzmlp Shin Sang-beom (신상범) Zexy Jang Suk-hyun (장석현) . After a dominant 13-5 win on FS's pick of Haven, both teams traded punches on VARREL's pick of Lotus. FS opened with a 10-2 attacking half, only to be met with the same level of lethality, forcing overtime. JitBoyS , two weeks into his role as Neon, was strong in complementing primmie , as the pair combined for 43 kills on the map.

In a clash between two Japanese squads, DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #2 Meiy Ibuki Seki SSeeS Tomonori Okimura yatsuka Kazuya Ikeda Caedye Amon Mateus Okakura Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) had the upper hand over ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #15 Absol Kazuki Fujinoki SyouTa Shota Aoki SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori , bouncing back after losing the first map to win 2-1. DFM could to little to slow down ZETA's attack on Bind, but failed to regain that spark on Lotus, where DFM won 13-7. The same could be said of Pearl, the very map where DFM enjoyed success on in the early parts of 2025. DFM used a second-straight 10-2 halftime lead to its advantage, winning 13-5.

Caedye finds the ace in a dominant win for DFM.

In a match that saw the winner claim a Group Omega playoff spot, 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) downed Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #4 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh 2-0 by first stealing RRQ's map pick of Pearl 13-8 and then standing firm on its pick of Bind 13-10.

iZu looking clean on the Chamber role.

Standings

Below are the standings for Group Alpha and Group Omega. An asterisk denotes a team that has already claimed its spot in the playoffs.

Group Alpha

Group Omega

The coming week of matches will settle tiebreakers and begin to narrow down the playoff field for both groups. Here are the matches for next week: