$5,000 WardiTV Spring Championship 2026

The WardiTV 2026 Series continues with our second major event of the year - the WardiTV Spring Championship 2026! Players have already been earning WardiTV Spring Points through Monday Cups & the recent Spring Cup and now it's time to see who will be the next champion, locking themselves into a high seed for the WardiTV 2026 Championship.

Players will also be able to earn a high amount of points toward the WardiTV 2026 Championship qualification.

For all of the point standings mentioned below, the final two events for points before the Championship are the Last Chance Points Qualifier & WardiTV Mondays 87.

Format

The tournament will have four separate stages :

Seeding Groups - 8 Players from the Spring Cup & 2026 Standings will play over 2 groups. The winner of each advances to R3 of the Playoffs, second place advances to R1 of the Playoffs and 3rd/4th place will play in Group Stage 2.

Seeding Group Players (Pending Invites Accepted) - Classic, MaxPax, herO, Clem, Solar, Zoun, SHIN, ByuN

Group Stage 1 - 12 players seeded into groups of 4 (round robin). 2 Players advance from each group ito Group Stage 2.

Players - TBD When Spring Points are finalized.

Group Stage 2 - 6 Players from Group Stage 1, 4 Players from the Seeding Groups and 2 Players invited from the Spring Points Standings will enter two groups of 6 player Round Robin. Top 3 of each group advance to the Playoffs.

Playoffs - 10 player double elimination bracket, with the winner of the Seeding Groups starting in Round 3. The other 8 players all begin in Round 1.

Schedule

Last Chance Points Qualifier

Top 2 from the Last Chance Points Qualifier will be guaranteed an invite (a chance for players with no points accrued so far to qualify). Others will receive points.

Seeding Groups

Group A - Saturday, May 23 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Group B - Sunday, May 24 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)

Group Stage 1

Group A - Thursday, May 21 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Group B- Friday, May 22 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Group C - Thursday, May 28 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)

Group Stage 2

Group A - Tuesday, Jun 02 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Group B - Thursday, Jun 04 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)

Additional Date for each group TBD.

Playoffs

Playoff Dates TBD

Prizing

1st - $1,200
2nd - $750
3rd - $500
4th - $350
5th/6th - $275
7th/8th - $225
9th/10th - $175
11th/12th - $125
13th/14th- $125
15th/16th - $100
17th-19th - $50
20th-22nd - $25

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