StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026

StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026 was held September 17-20 in Barcelona for a $500,000 prize pool split evenly between player and club shares ($100K each to the winner). Champions: Vitality (3-1 Aurora in the grand final on September 20 — Anubis 13-4, Inferno 11-13, Mirage 13-4, Cache to Vitality; ZywOo 71-44 K-D / 1.51; flameZ 1.28; Aurora: Wicadia 1.15, XANTARES 0.69). It is Vitality's first trophy since BLAST Rivals on May 3, 2026. MVP: ZywOo, HLTV x 1xBET — 1.50 tournament rating, 92.2 ADR / 0.89 KPR / 0.57 DPR / +6.13% round swing (all 1st) — 33rd career MVP, 26th at Big Events. Sep 19 results — Aurora 2-1 Vitality (upper bracket final; Vitality won only 6 T-rounds all series; Aurora reached their first grand final with the new roster after five events); FURIA 2-1 MOUZ (Cache 13-8, Mirage 19-16 2OT MOUZ, Nuke 13-6; KSCERATO 66 kills / 1.44; MOUZ eliminated); MIBR 2-0 NRG (Cache 13-7, Inferno 13-2; LNZ 1.50; MIBR won 18 of 20 T-rounds combined). Sep 18 — MOUZ 2-1 NAVI (w0nderful 58 kills / 1.41; NAVI drop outside VRS top-15; Aleksib: "we don't deserve to play at the Major"), Aurora 2-0 NRG (XANTARES 1.43 / 97.5 ADR), MIBR 2-1 magic (magic still without AW — coach stand-in). 8-team field: direct invites MOUZ, Vitality, FURIA, Natus Vincere plus qualifiers Aurora (EU), magic (EU), MIBR (SA), NRG (NA). Format: double-elimination BO3 bracket + BO5 grand final. Talent: BanKs, moses, Dinko, hawka, dusT, Ne0kai, Devilwalk. HLTV × Hellcase seasonal fantasy ran across the event.