GUANGZHOU: 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.
Europe will send 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.
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.
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.
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.
“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, said Kim Jensen, esports manager at Supercell.
Meanwhile, Anne Banschbach, Programme Director for Supercell at BLAST said: “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.”
For the record, Brawl Stars is a fast-paced, team-based mobile game from Supercell where players battle across a variety of maps and game modes, each designed for quick, action-packed play. Featuring a colorful cast of Brawlers with unique abilities, the game has surpassed one billion lifetime downloads since its global launch in 2018, building a passionate worldwide community. Constantly evolving with new characters, features, and ways to play, Brawl Stars continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible in mobile gaming.
