01 · Tournament route
Stage and upstream/downstream relationship
This series belongs to the four-group opening stage of Champions Shanghai. Riot’s tournament guide says eight teams advance from the groups into a double-elimination playoff; the captured match schedule does not identify this series’ exact upstream match or next opponent.
02 · Match stakes
Format, advancement and elimination impact
This is a best-of-three: the first team to two map wins takes the series. The match result is confirmed, while advancement, elimination and the next opponent remain unverified unless separately stated by the official source.
03 · Source state
Confirmed official status
Official status: Final. VALORANT Esports schedule records Paper Rex as the series winner with the displayed 1–2 score.
04 · Before play
Match-specific pre-match condition
Paper Rex needed the deciding third map to beat Team Liquid 2–1. This verified result is also the only prior Paper Rex match used as context on the later September 29 G2 listing.
05 · After play
Confirmed result and actual impact
Paper Rex is the confirmed series winner and Team Liquid the confirmed loser. The page does not convert that result into a specific advancement, elimination, seed or next opponent unless the official evidence states it.
06 · Change log
Update timeline
- Match or event date
Sep 24 is the official date or event window stored for this record.
- Record published
MonsterSnow first published this source-bounded record on the date shown.
- Latest verified update
Final was the latest supported state after the official source check shown in the evidence boundary.
07 · Same-day context
How this differed from other matches that day
This is the only September 24 match in the current desk. Its distinct role is chronological: it supplies a confirmed predecessor for Paper Rex’s next listed group-stage series.
Evidence boundary
What the source does—and does not—prove
The official schedule now exposes the completed best-of-three series score. This update does not infer map scores, player statistics or bracket consequences.
Official source checked: Sep 25, 2026 · 14:49 CST. Predicted scores, unsupported bracket consequences, unconfirmed start times and third-party statistics are excluded.
Open official source: VALORANT Esports schedule ↗