ALGS Split 2 Playoffs in Las Vegas: format, teams, prizes

The essentials on the Split 2 playoffs

Forty Apex Legends teams meet at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas from October 29 to November 1, 2026, for the ALGS Split 2 playoffs, with $2,000,000 to share. It is the last LAN event before the Championship in Sapporo, and the last chance of Year 6 to earn Championship Points.

The results in Las Vegas decide which teams qualify directly for the Championship and which have to go through the Last Chance Qualifier. The event also brings the ALGS back to North America for the first time since 2024.

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The format: groups, brackets, Match Point finals

The 40 teams are seeded into four groups of 10, using Championship Points and Split 2 Pro League results. The Group Stage runs Thursday, October 29 and Friday, October 30: each group plays the three others in six-match series, which makes 18 matches per team. The top 20 in the combined standings go to the Winners Round; the other 20 start in Elimination Round 1.

On Saturday, October 31, three six-match series cut the field to 20. Elimination Round 1 sends 10 teams home, the Winners Round puts its top 10 straight into the finals, and Elimination Round 2 fills the remaining 10 spots. The finals on Sunday, November 1, use the Match Point format: a team must reach 50 points, then win a match afterwards to be crowned.

Four maps are in play: World's Edge, Storm Point, E-District and Olympus.

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The qualified teams

Out of 120 teams in the Split 2 Pro League and the regional finals, 40 qualified: 15 from the Americas, 7 from EMEA, 10 from APAC North and 8 from APAC South. Each region's Regional Finals winner got a spot automatically; the other 36 went to the best teams in the final Split 2 Pro League standings. The split reflects each region's results at the Split 1 playoffs.

The full list, which GameRiv copied from EA's official graphic, includes Sentinels, NRG, Team Liquid, ZETA DIVISION, Team Falcons and Alliance.

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Prize pool and Championship Points

The prize pool is $2,000,000, and all 40 teams earn money according to their final placement. The winner takes $600,000 and 1,000 Championship Points; second place gets $300,000 and 900 points, third $200,000 and 840 points. Even 40th place earns $2,500 and 100 points.

The points matter: of the 40 teams at the Championship, 32 get there through Championship Points and the other 8 through the Last Chance Qualifier, two per region.

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Where to watch, in Paris time

The official English broadcast streams on Twitch and YouTube, on the PlayApex channels. ALGS Multiview lets you follow any of the 20 teams in a match, with their comms, the stats and the map. Each day, watching for 60 minutes with an EA account linked to Twitch unlocks a cosmetic item, plus an Apex Pack after 15 minutes.

From Thursday to Saturday the broadcast starts at 18:00 Paris time, and the series start at 18:15, 22:30 and 02:45 the next morning. On Sunday, November 1, the Match Point finals begin at 00:30 in the night from Sunday to Monday, after the opening ceremony at midnight. Mind the clock change: the official schedule is in Pacific daylight time until October 31 and standard time on November 1, so the gap with Paris is 8 hours, then 9.

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What comes next

The Last Chance Qualifier runs from November 20 to 22, 2026. It is the final way into the ALGS Championship: eight spots are up for grabs, two per region. The Championship is played in Sapporo, Japan, from January 28 to 31, 2027.

Teams coming through that route have a good precedent. In January 2026, Oblivion, which had come through the Last Chance Qualifier, won the Year 5 Championship in Sapporo against the odds.

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