Competitive news & updates
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Global Championship moved up, heading to Antwerp
Epic moved the 2026 Fortnite Global Championship to September 26–27, aligning it with the end-of-summer Battle Royale season, and set the venue as Antwerp, Belgium. 50 duos will compete for a $2,000,000 prize pool.
See official scheduleMajor 2 Finals wrap up, Last Chance Qualifier fills the field
Major 2 Finals ran across regions around August 1–2, sending more duos to the Global Championship. A short online Last Chance Qualifier followed in early August to fill the remaining slots.
Read the full FNCS 2026 guideFNCS returns to Duos, adds a standalone Solos tournament
After 2025's Trios season, FNCS 2026 switched back to Duos and introduced an in-person Major 1 Summit earlier in the year. Epic also announced a new standalone online Solos tournament for October 2026, separate from the main season.
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