- Fortnite Global Championship 2026 took place on September 26-27, 2026.
- The top 50 Duos across the world competed for a $2 million prize pool.
- Swizzy and Pixie won the grand prize and were crowned FNCS 2026 champions.
The Fortnite FNCS Global Championship 2026 has concluded, and some of the best players from around the world faced off to win a share of the $2,000,000 prize pool. What began in April earlier this year saw thousands of players go through the gauntlet, which included two Majors and a LAN event. Out of that, only 100 of the very best made it to the finals.
As compared to FNCS Global Championship 2025, which was Trios, the format was reworked into a Duos setting. The 50 teams from Europe, NA Central, NA West, Brazil, Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania battled it out for a chance to be crowned FNCS Champions for 2026. Now that the FNCS Globals 2026 is finally over, find out who took the big prize and the final scoreboard and prize pool.
FNCS Globals 2026 Results and Final Scoreboard
Swizzy and Pixie were crowned the champions for the Fortnite Global Championship 2026. The winning duo took home the FNCS 2026 Trophy, The Axe of Champions, and $400,000 cash.
Swizzy became the first Fortnite player in the world to be a back-to-back FNCS champion as he also grabbed the trophy in the FNCS 2025 season with Merstach and Queasy in trios format.
The duo of Swizzy and Pixie put up an impressive performance against other regional champs, and across the 2-day LAN they recorded the following stats to boast about:
- Victory Royales: 1
- Eliminations: 39
- Damage Dealt: 18,455
- Damage Ratio: 1.02
- Avg. Place: 13.42
- Avg. Elims: 3.25
Furthermore, the race for the top three was so close, by a narrow margin of four points, but it was Swizzy and Pixie who got the FNCS 2026 crown.
Here’s how the final scoreboard looked for FNCS Globals 2026:
Place Team/player Points VRs Matches Elims 1 HavoK pixie, HavoK SwizzY 525 1 12 39 2 AURA t3eny, AURA shxrk 523 1 12 45 3 BIG Malibuca 7, BIG Vico 521 1 12 42 4 twis rapid, XSET Clix 443 1 12 28 5 AG Scroll 10!, AG Sky. 425 1 12 31 6 XP42 Twi 27, XP42 Cr1nge 424 0 12 33 7 Havok Tjino, HavoK PabloWingu 422 0 12 42 8 ZETA Koyota, ZETA yuma 392 2 12 37 9 T1 demuś 10!, T1 darm 370 0 12 39 10 XSET CURVE, XSET Higgs 362 2 12 30 11 GENG Ritual, twis cold 356 0 12 30 12 twis boltz, twis acorn 345 1 12 29 13 M8 Rax, CGN JannisZ 332 0 12 32 14 LEV RomeroFDP, LEV Lewa 332 0 12 32 15 X6 Nxthan, ORA nebs 314 0 12 29 16 ORC izzi, orc nociff 314 0 12 24 17 TRKF Golden, force ozone 306 0 12 20 18 K13 Firen, HavoK Pixx 288 0 12 19 19 DETECT TIDI, 1P julle 274 0 12 31 20 DVS Crusades, Chrome phazma 274 0 12 18 21 GodL Flickzy, GodL Chap 272 0 12 26 22 Th0masHD, KoS Focus yhyh 270 0 12 31 23 falcon peterbot, falcon pollo 254 0 12 29 24 solary ghonzoǃ, Havok IDropY281 246 0 12 23 25 force wagers 99!, 1TR slepzi17 240 0 12 23 26 QTD Fuukun, ZETA Minipiyo 240 0 12 21 27 MGA Re Syaaz, el scaryshawn 232 0 12 22 28 ROC Kami, ROC charyy 23 230 0 12 20 29 T6 Grx, ISG Randu 227 1 12 20 30 X6 fantxbublic, NStar Volko 205 1 12 14 31 Rise, XSET Muz 200 0 12 18 32 Elite Eomzo, elite josh 198 0 12 12 33 dig cooper, XSET Reet 190 0 12 16 34 FLC Huty, GLORE F1SHYX 188 0 12 22 35 chrome solveyǃ, chrome sazers 186 0 12 12 36 GEN Kraez, GEN Kingaling 182 0 12 20 37 XSET veno, GEN Ajerss 176 0 12 29 38 NTO Zynox, xp42 velofps 176 0 12 15 39 prs encrypted, hcube 174 0 12 15 40 LOUD diguera, LOUD mack 160 0 12 12 41 VSN Mshary, VSN Salvatore 156 0 12 19 42 XP42 EpikWhale, elite pxmp 144 0 12 14 43 ONIC phoenix, ONIC retro! 132 0 12 17 44 7VEN Cringe, Void 1lusha 132 0 12 15 45 DIG Khanada, DIG ark 128 0 12 13 46 5aald Q8, 27Q8! 106 0 12 12 47 PWR resignz4x, PWR Tinka 78 0 12 7 48 orc seyyto, Lyost Momsy 74 0 12 9 49 orz Rura, KoS Pinq 46 0 12 5 50 M8 Vergo, NTX shadow1x 20 0 12 5
Fortnite Global Championship 2026 Venue, Format, and Schedule
The Fortnite Global Championship 2026 was hosted at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, from September 26 to September 27. The Globals took place from 10 AM to 3:30 PM ET (4 PM to 9:30 PM CET) each day.
Participants played six Battle Royale Duos matches each day, totalling 12 matches over both days. Teams earned points based on placement and eliminations in every match. The cumulative points across both days determined the final leaderboard placement, which decided the winner of the FNCS Globals 2026.
That said, “Game 1” started at 11 AM ET (5 PM CEST) on both days, and after three Games there is an intermission of 20 minutes. The last three Games were played thereafter, following which Day 1 comes to an end. To know more about the schedule and timing, you can check out our Fortnite FNCS Global Championship 2026 countdown timer.
It’s highly unlikely that there are going to be changes to this schedule, as it has been planned months in advance. Besides, with Fortnitemares 2026 release on October 1, Epic Games can’t have any delays, as events are going to overlap.
Full Fortnite Global Championship 2026 Roster and Prize Pool
Participating Teams in FNCS Globals 2026
As mentioned, there were a total of 50 Duos that competed at Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, with the majority of them being from Europe and NA Central. Here is the list of all of the teams who participated in Fortnite FNCS Global Championship 2026:
Europe (21)
- vic0, Malibuca
- Shxrk, t3eny
- Sky, Scroll
- SwizzY, Pixie
- Darm, demus
- Syaaz, Scaryy
- Focus, Th0masHD
- Tjino, PabloWingu
- Chap, Flickzy
- Charyy, Kami
- Cr1nge, Twi
- IDrop, Ghonzo
- Velo, Zynox
- Rax, JannisZ
- Tidi, Julle
- Fant, Hlechis
- Nebs, Nxthan
- Pixx, Firen
- Momsy, Seyyto
- Huty, F1shy
- Izzi, Nociff
NA Central (14)
- Peterbot, Pollo
- Acorn, Boltz
- Kingaling, Kraez
- Reet, Cooper
- Shadow, Vergo
- Golden, Ozone
- Ritual, Cold
- Muz, Rise
- Higgs, Curve
- Ajers, Veno
- Josh, Eomzo
- Clix, Rapid
- Hcube, Encrypted
- Slepzi, Wagers
NA West (3)
- EpikWhale, PXMP
- Phoenix, Retro
- Ark, Khanada
Brazil (3)
- Diguera, Mack
- Lewa, Romero
- Randu, Grx
Asia (3)
- Yuma, Koyota
- Minipiyo, FuuKun
- Rura, Pinq
Middle East (3)
- Howly, 1Lusha
- 5AALD, 27Q8
- Mshary, SaLva
Oceania (3)
- Resignz, Tinka
- Solvey, Sazerz
- Phazma, Crusades
Prize Pool Distribution FNCS Globals 2026
Epic Games revealed how the $2,000,000 prize pool was going to be distributed for teams based on their placement. The top five teams walked away with a very generous amount, while the rest had to make do with their winnings. Here’s a look at the prize pool distribution for the Fortnite FNCS Global Championship 2026.
- 1st: $400,000
- 2nd: $240,000
- 3rd: $160,000
- 4th: $120,000
- 5th: $100,000
- 6th: $80,000
- 7th: $70,000
- 8th: $60,000
- 9th: $50,000
- 10th: $40,000
- 11th: $38,000
- 12th: $36,000
- 13th: $34,000
- 14th: $32,000
- 15th: $30,000
- 16th: $28,000
- 17th: $26,000
- 18th: $24,000
- 19th: $22,000
- 20th: $20,000
- 21st – 25th: $18,000
- 26th – 30th: $16,000
- 31st – 35th: $14,000
- 36th – 40th: $12,000
- 41st – 45th: $10,000
- 46th – 50th: $8,000
The winners also got the glorious FNCS trophy and the Axe of Champions in their Fortnite locker. This pickaxe is exclusive to them and is impossible to obtain until Epic decides to release it in the Fortnite Item Shop.
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