NAVI Junior are the runners-up of VALORANT Challengers 2026 EMEA: Stage 2

The second stage of VALORANT Challengers 2026, the biggest online tournament for the best tier-2 teams in the EMEA region, has concluded.

In the grand final, the recently formed NAVI Junior roster, made up of NAVI Visa Academy graduates, lost to the Turkish mix REBORN 1 : 3 and finished as the tournament runners-up.

The Born to Win earned 8 EMEA points, as well as an invitation to the third stage of VALORANT Challengers 2026 EMEA, where three slots for VCT EMEA: Stage 2 Play-Ins will be at stake.

NAVI Junior finished the group stage of VALORANT Challengers 2026 EMEA: Stage 2 with a 1–1 record: they lost their opening match to Beşiktaş (1 : 2), but then managed to defeat CGN (2 : 1).

GROUP A

Place	Team	Matches	Rounds
1	NAVI Junior	1-1	73-68
2	CGN	1-1	73-70
3	Beşiktaş	1-1	68-76

In the playoffs, the Born to Win showed confident play from the very first round: after defeating REBORN (2 : 0), they took down UCAM (2 : 0) in the upper bracket final, then faced REBORN once again in the grand final, but this time fell short in a close series — 1 : 3.

ROUND 1BEST OF 3

REBORN0

NAVI Junior2

Joblife0

UCAM2

LOSERS’ ROUND 1BEST OF 3

REBORN2

Joblife0

WINNERS’ FINALBEST OF 3

NAVI Junior2

UCAM0

LOSERS’ FINALBEST OF 5

UCAM0

REBORN3

GRAND FINALBEST OF 5

NAVI Junior1

REBORN3

WINNER

REBORN

Congratulations to Javelin, Kolosha, Darxcio, avey, sizo, K9lyos, and coach Johnta on a strong debut under the NAVI tag. We wish them the best of luck in future tournaments!

Don’t forget to follow the NAVI Junior players on social media: we are sure they will make an even bigger name for themselves on the professional scene in the future!