Global Esports pulls off historic 3-2 reverse sweep to win VCT Pacific Stage 2 Grand Final

Global Esports just did something no Indian organization has ever done before. On September 6, GE completed a 3-2 reverse sweep against Nongshim RedForce in the VCT Pacific Stage 2 2026 Grand Final at Busan’s Sajik Indoor Gymnasium, claiming the region’s top seed heading into VALORANT Champions Shanghai 2026. Down 0-2 and staring at elimination, GE rattled off three consecutive map wins to lift the trophy. A Grand Final that earned its name NS came out firing. They took Sunset 13-11 in a tight opener, then blew the doors off on Split with a dominant 13-2 performance. GE steadied themselves on Abyss, taking it 13-10. Then they flipped the momentum entirely on Lotus with a 13-5 demolition that forced a decisive fifth map. Haven, the decider, went 13-10 in GE’s favor. Go “UdoTan” Kyung-won was named MVP of the Grand Final. The match drew over 305,000 peak concurrent viewers. Total hours watched for Pacific Stage 2 climbed 10% year-over-year. The long road through lower bracket GE’s path to the final was anything but clean. They lost to NS in the upper bracket final on September 4, dropping into the lower bracket where a single loss meant going home. GE beat T1 in a convincing 3-1 lowe...