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 2–1 score.
04 · Before play
Match-specific pre-match condition
Paper Rex needed the deciding third map to beat G2 Esports 2–1. The official series score settles the result without supplying map scores, player statistics or bracket consequences.
05 · After play
Confirmed result and actual impact
Paper Rex is the confirmed series winner and G2 Esports 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 29 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 also won 2–1 on September 29, but against Karmine Corp. This page remains the Paper Rex–G2 Esports result and does not manufacture a distinction beyond the verified pairing and prior Paper Rex result.
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: Oct 1, 2026 · 23:34 CST. Predicted scores, unsupported bracket consequences, unconfirmed start times and third-party statistics are excluded.
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