Vitality defeat Nongshim RedForce to reach VALORANT Champions upper semifinals
Vitality defeat Nongshim RedForce to reach VALORANT Champions upper semifinals
Team Vitality 2:1 Nongshim RedForce
Team Vitality continued their VALORANT Champions 2026 campaign with a 2–1 victory over Nongshim RedForce in the upper-bracket quarterfinals.
The victory secured Vitality's place in the upper semifinals and kept EMEA's final remaining representative in the upper bracket.
Vitality take opening map
Vitality opened the series with a 13–8 victory on Split.
Nongshim kept the first half close, leading 7–5, but Vitality dominated after switching sides, winning eight of the next nine rounds.
Nikita "Derke" Sirmitev led Vitality on Split with 21 kills and 283 ACS, while Sayonara contributed 18 kills.
Nongshim force a decider
Nongshim recovered on Abyss, preventing Vitality from closing the series in two maps and forcing a third game on Haven.
Vitality regained control in the deciding map, completing the 2–1 series victory.
The result sets up an upper-semifinal meeting between Vitality and G2 Esports on October 10.
Nongshim, meanwhile, drop into the lower bracket and will face 100 Thieves in an elimination match.
