Wednesday · 19 Aug
Group Stage · A
20 duos play 8 games. Top 7 advance, 8–17 go to Survival, bottom 3 are eliminated.
STARTS 15:00 CEST EWC 2026 · Fortnite Reload
Reload Elite Series
Championship
The inaugural global Reload championship brings 40 elite duos together for four days of competition at the Esports World Cup in Paris.
--Days
--Hours
--Minutes
--Seconds
40
Qualified duos
7
Global regions
3
Tournament stages
$1M
Championship prize pool
When to watch
Schedule
Times shown in CEST (UTC+2), the local time used for this overview.
Thursday · 20 Aug
Group Stage · B
The second group of 20 duos plays its 8-game session under the same progression rules.
8 GAMESFriday · 21 Aug
Survival
20 duos compete across 10 games. Only the top 6 qualify for the Finals.
STARTS 15:00 CESTGame 115:00
Game 516:50
Game 1019:35
Saturday · 22 Aug
Grand Finals
20 duos — 14 from Groups and 6 from Survival — fight for the championship.
STARTS 12:00 CESTGame 112:00
Game 513:50
Game 1016:10
Game 1519:20
How it works
Three-stage format
40 duos enter. 20 make the Finals. One duo becomes the first global Reload champion.
01 · GROUP STAGE
40 → 20
Two groups of 20 duos. Each group plays 8 games.
🥇–7th → Direct to Finals
8th–17th → Survival
18th–20th → Eliminated
02 · SURVIVAL
20 → 6
The 20 teams placed 8th–17th in Groups play 10 games.
Top 6 → Finals
Bottom 14 → Eliminated
Every elimination matters.
03 · FINALS
20 → 🏆
14 direct qualifiers + 6 Survival qualifiers compete for the title.
20 duos in the championship lobby
15 scheduled games
First team to hit 350 points and then win a subsequent game takes the title.
The field
Qualified duos
All 40 qualification spots are filled across seven regions. Click a region to explore.
EU · 12
NA Central · 8
NA West · 4
Brazil · 4
Asia · 4
Middle East · 4
Oceania · 4
Every point counts
Scoring
The championship stages use the same placement and elimination scoring shown below.
| Placement | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 60 |
| 2nd | 50 |
| 3rd | 45 |
| 4th | 40 |
| 5th | 35 |
| 6th | 30 |
| 7th | 27 |
| 8th | 24 |
| 9th | 21 |
| 10th | 18 |
| 11th | 15 |
| 12th | 12 |
| 13th | 9 |
| 14th | 6 |
| 15th | 3 |
| 16th–20th | 0 |
| Each elimination grants +3 points to any placement | |
What's at stake
Prize pool
$1,000,000
Championship prize pool for the Reload Elite Series at EWC 2026.
1st$260,000
2nd$150,000
3rd$90,000
4th$60,000
5th$45,000
6th$35,000
7th–10thAdditional payouts
11th–40thAdditional payouts
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