ONE MONTH TO GO: EIGHT TEAMS SET FOR LAST CHANCE FIGHT FOR BRAWL STARS WORLD FINALS

NAVI, Team Heretics and LOUD among the international contenders heading to Guangzhou, with just two tickets to Tokyo up for grabs.

24th September 2026 - With just one month to go until the Brawl Stars Championship Last Chance Qualifier, all eyes are turning to Guangzhou, China, where eight teams will battle on 17-18 October for the final two places at the Brawl Stars Championship World Finals in Tokyo.

Natus Vincere, Team Heretics and LOUD are among the major names whose World Finals hopes now come down to the LCQ, alongside contenders from North America, East Asia, South America and Mainland China.

For every team heading to Guangzhou, the stakes are simple. Finish in the top two and earn a ticket to Tokyo. Anything else means their 2026 Championship season ends in China.

ALL EYES ON GUANGZHOU

Europe sends two familiar names into the last-chance fight.

Team Heretics qualified through fifth place on the EMEA leaderboard and will field Marco, Subeme and iKaoss, while Natus Vincere claimed the region’s sixth LCQ spot with Nowy297, GeRo and Engraged.

LOUD will represent South America after finishing third on the regional leaderboard, with FireCrow, Edinho and KaioDog, while KDS Esports secured North America’s third-place berth with bobby, Sans and Patchy.

East Asia’s third-place spot belongs to SKCalalas EA, featuring Naipishu, Kuru and Ghost T.

They will be joined by two home-region contenders. TOC, featuring DiuQiang, DynaMike and XPR, qualified by winning the Chinese Mainland Finals, while runners-up Ace Xero, with Galaxy, David and Coldrink, get another opportunity to book their place in Tokyo.

The final LCQ position will go to the winner of the Challengers Finals, completing the eight-team field.

BRAWL STARS CHAMPIONSHIP LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER

KDS Esports | North America

LOUD | South America

SKCalalas EA | East Asia

Team Heretics | EMEA

Natus Vincere | EMEA

TOC | Chinese Mainland Finals

Ace Xero | Chinese Mainland Finals

FUT Vodafone FreeZone | Challenger Finals winner

The competition begins with two GSL groups before the remaining teams move into a double-elimination playoff. When the dust settles, only two teams will advance to the World Finals.

MOMENTUM BUILDING TOWARDS TOKYO

The LCQ arrives during a year of growing momentum for Brawl Esports, following the start of BLAST and Supercell’s collaboration in 2026.

May’s Brawl Cup in Berlin recorded 2,677,807 hours watched and a peak concurrent viewership of 276,696, as HMBLE lifted the trophy.

With Guangzhou next and the World Finals still to come, Brawl Esports is heading into the biggest stretch of its season.

First China. Then Tokyo.

TEN TEAMS ARE ALREADY WAITING

While eight teams prepare for one final fight, ten have already punched their ticket to Japan.

Defending World Champions Crazy Raccoon will have the chance to defend their crown in front of a home audience, with three-time World Champion Tensai looking to add another title on home soil.

Fellow Japanese powerhouse ZETA DIVISION will also have the Tokyo crowd behind them. After a group-stage exit in 2025, ZETA return looking for redemption, with two-time World Champion Sitetampo chasing another global title.

Europe’s HMBLE arrive firmly among the teams to beat after following up their runner-up finish at the 2025 World Finals by winning the Brawl Cup in Berlin this May.

They are joined by FUT Esports, Reply Totem, NOVO Esports, Team Elektros, Tribe Gaming, Bounty Hunters and Red Canids.

Kim Jensen, esports manager at Supercell:

“We’re so stoked about the upcoming LCQ and World Finals events, following the strongest season play for Brawl Stars Championship ever! It has been great to watch teams fight for World Finals qualification and now the last two spots will be on the line in Guangzhou; LCQ will make history as our first truly international Brawl Esports event in China!”

Anne Banschbach, Programme Director for Supercell at BLAST:

“Brawl Cup created incredible momentum earlier this year and we’re really excited to keep building on that as we get closer to our big season finale. Tokyo will bring together the very best teams from across the Brawl Stars Championship for a truly global showcase, but first, all eyes are on the Last Chance Qualifier. Two World Finals spots remain, and we can’t wait to see who steps up and earns their ticket to Tokyo.”

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