Section · Individual
Esports — FPS
Everything the paper holds for Esports — FPS: game reports built from the signed-off box score, the schools that field the sport, the athletes who have chosen to be public, and the season calendar.
From the Scorebook
Esports — FPS Game Reports
No Esports — FPS reports published yet
A report lands in this section as soon as both teams' books agree, the box score is signed off, and the recap is published from the game page.
The Season
Season Calendar
Season Calendar · 2026
Esports — FPS · Riot Games / VALORANT Esports (publisher-run circuit; no separate international governing-body name is stated in the sources)
| Phase | Starts | Ends | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| VCT Kickoff | Jan 15, 2026 | Feb 15, 2026 | Regional variants exist within this window. |
| Masters Santiago | Feb 28, 2026 | Mar 15, 2026 | — |
| Stage 1 | May 8, 2026 | May 24, 2026 | — |
| Masters London | Jun 6, 2026 | Jun 21, 2026 | — |
| Stage 2 | Jun 30, 2026 | Aug 16, 2026 | — |
| Season Finals | Aug 5, 2026 | Sep 6, 2026 | Game Changers World Championship is noted for November. Riot says the 2027 model adds Masters, Champions, Kickoff and Cups, with Cups held twice a year per region. |
| Valorant Champions Shanghai | Sep 24, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 | Shanghai |
VALORANT Esports schedule · checked Jul 31, 2026
Not Yet Confirmed
One part of the Esports — FPS year is still unsourced
These are gaps, not blanks. Each names what is missing and who would confirm it. Nothing is estimated to fill the shape of the table above.
- College season
- Whether VALORANT/Esports FPS is an NCAA championship sport, and if so the NCAA championship season plus first-practice, first-contest and championship months; the supplied sources only show a college VALORANT competition schedule from a secondary esports page and do not establish NCAA championship status — the NCAA championship pages would confirm. The New VALORANT Champions Tour · NCAA Championships: Events, Schedules & Resources · Championship Central
Around The Season
- High school
- Esports is an officially sanctioned high school sport according to the NFHS esports parent guide, and NFHS says each school year is divided into Fall and Spring regular seasons with their own playoff seasons. VALORANT appears on a state esports schedule, but that is a secondary state source and not NFHS-specific to VALORANT. NFHS esports
- College
- Not established in the supplied sources; see the college placeholder. NCAA Championships: Events, Schedules & Resources
- Olympic and major games
- Not on the LA 2028 Olympic programme and not listed among LA28 Olympic or Paralympic sports; the supplied programme lists include no esports or FPS title. Official Games Plan for the LA28 Olympics and Paralympics
- Club, youth and academy
- The notes do not give a clear club or youth academy season. Riot's 2027 VCT model mentions community tournaments, partner events, collegiate events and Premier, while a separate camp listing shows a VALORANT Rising Stars summer camp with registration due May 27, 2024 and a June 3-7, 2024 schedule.
- Busiest months
- January, February, June, July, September, October
Results data · Published but human-readable only. The notes describe schedules, standings and match-result tables on official and tracker sites, but do not state a machine-readable export or central data feed.
Programs
Schools Fielding Esports — FPS
No Esports — FPS programs in the directory yet
This list is built from the school directory the roster work already produced. Schools appear as soon as a program for this sport is sourced.
Athletes
Public Esports — FPS Pages
Athlete records are private by default. Only athletes who have claimed their record and chosen to make it public appear here.
No public athlete pages in this section yet
An athlete appears here only after they have claimed their record and set it public. Nothing is listed on their behalf.
Bylines
Reporting on Esports — FPS
No filed stories on Esports — FPS yet
Stories from named reporters covering this sport appear here, each carrying that reporter's page and their podcast, channel and social links.