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 Karmine Corp as the series winner with the displayed 0–2 score.
04 · Before play
Match-specific pre-match condition
The verified value is Karmine Corp’s 2–0 result before its separately listed September 29 match with NRG. The captured source does not show the exact group table created by this win.
05 · After play
Confirmed result and actual impact
Karmine Corp is the confirmed series winner and Xi Lai Gaming 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 25 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
NRG produced the other 2–0 Champions Shanghai result on September 25. This page supplies Karmine Corp’s half of the two verified paths that meet again on September 29.
Evidence boundary
What the source does—and does not—prove
The official schedule exposes the completed best-of-three series score. This record does not add map scores, player statistics, standings effects or bracket consequences.
Official source checked: Sep 26, 2026 · 14:39 CST. Predicted scores, unsupported bracket consequences, unconfirmed start times and third-party statistics are excluded.
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