The VCT EMEA groups were redrawn shortly after the conclusion of the Stage 1 grand final, in which Team Heretics finally lifted the EMEA trophy with a back-and-forth 3-2 victory over Team Vitality.

The new groups for Stage 2 are listed below:

Group Alpha:

Group Omega:

The teams were seeded for the draw according to their playoffs placements, meaning that Heretics and Vitality were the first seeds for their respective groups.

From there, one seed number was drawn between seeds five six to be swapped. Seed six was drawn, causing Karmine Corp and PCIFIC to switch groups while NAVI and GIANTX stayed in place. This process was repeated for seeds three and four and seeds one and two. The fourth and first seeds were drawn, meaning that Liquid and BBL swapped and Heretics and Vitality swapped to produce the final groups.

The EMEA Stage 2 groups The groups for the next stage of VCT EMEA.

EMEA Stage 2 begins on July 15 in Berlin, with the finals weekend set to take place in Barcelona as the twelve EMEA squads race to represent the region at Champions Shanghai.