vic0 and Malibuca ended the first day of the Fortnite Global Championship 2026 at the top of the leaderboard on 304 points, Esports Insider reported, after six Battle Royale Duos games at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium.
The championship, run under the FNCS banner, is a two-day event of 12 games split evenly across the two sessions, and it runs on September 26 and 27. Fifty duos from seven regions are competing for a share of a $2 million prize pool, and only the pair at the top of the combined leaderboard after the twelfth game is crowned Fortnite Global Champions. Esports Insider said the field includes recognisable names such as Clix, Peterbot and Shxrk.
Day 1 game winners
Teams accumulated points from placement and eliminations rather than from wins alone.
- Game 1 — Higgs & Curve (NA Central)
- Game 2 — Koyota & Yuma (Asia)
- Game 3 — Randu & Grx (Brazil)
- Game 4 — Koyota & Yuma
- Game 5 — Higgs & Curve
- Game 6 — Shxrk & t3eny (Europe)
Koyota & Yuma won two of the six games and still finished the day third overall on 270 points. Esports Insider said the two duos ahead of them were European pairs that had accumulated their points through consistent placements rather than outright wins.
Day 2
The remaining six games were scheduled for September 27, with broadcasts starting at 7am PST, 10am EST, 4pm CEST and 12am AEST. Esports Insider reported that no champion had been confirmed as the field headed into the concluding session, and that those games would determine the final standings and the prize distribution.
