VCT: Team Envy vs M80
About Market
This market centers on the outcome of the Play-Ins Upper Round 1 best-of-3 series between Team Envy and M80 at VCT 2026: Americas Stage 2, scheduled for 14 August 2026, 00:00 UTC, with the result determining which side advances through the upper bracket and which drops into elimination territory. The Americas Stage 2 Play-Ins are a high-leverage juncture in the Americas VALORANT circuit, where a 12-team double-elimination bracket running from 13 to 23 August throws partnered-league sides and Challengers qualifiers into the same field, and one upper-bracket result shapes a team's route into the stage proper. Traders are assessing each team's map pool depth, agent compositions, and recent form to determine which side is more likely to take this high-stakes play-in encounter.
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Market Outcomes and Resolution Criteria: This market refers to the VALORANT Play-Ins Upper Round 1 match between Team Envy and M80 in VCT 2026: Americas Stage 2, initially scheduled for 14 August 2026, 00:00 UTC. It resolves to "Team Envy" if Team Envy win the match against M80, and to "M80" if M80 win the match against Team Envy. If the match is canceled (not played at all), ends in a tie, or is delayed beyond 7 days from the scheduled date without a winner determined, the market resolves to Tie with all positions settling at $0.50 per share.
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Definition of Winner and Series Format: The winner is the team recorded as winning this match in the official results published at https://vlr.gg. The match is played as a best-of-3 (BO3) as published in the official VCT 2026: Americas Stage 2 Play-Ins bracket; the first team to win 2 maps is the official series winner. If the tournament organizer publishes a different series format for this fixture, the published format governs and the team recorded as winning the series is the winner. Individual map or round results do not resolve this market — only the recorded match result does.
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Official Sources and Evidence: The resolution source for this market is official information from https://vlr.gg. However, if https://vlr.gg has not published final results within 2 hours after the event's conclusion, a consensus of credible reporting may be used instead, including video evidence. Secondary sources include the official VCT website (https://valorantesports.com), Liquipedia VALORANT (https://liquipedia.net/valorant), and thespike.gg; these may be used only for confirmation of timing and result details and cannot override clear or later-dated publications from the resolution source.
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Resolution Timing: The market resolves as soon as reasonably practical after the official result is published following the originally scheduled start time, with a resolution buffer of no sooner than 6 hours after the series concludes — or once it becomes clear that no qualifying result will be recorded within 7 days of the scheduled date.
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Handling Postponements and Cancellations: If the match is delayed but a winner is determined within 7 days of the scheduled date, that result determines the outcome. If the match is canceled (not played at all), ends in a tie, or no winner is determined within 7 days of the scheduled date, the market resolves to Tie at $0.50 per share. Technical issues and in-game pauses are handled per Riot Games' official VCT tournament rules.
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Forfeits, Disqualifications, and Walkovers: If the match begins but is not completed, and one team wins due to the opponent's forfeiture, disqualification, or walkover, the market resolves to the team who wins. If the match ends in a forfeit, disqualification, or walkover in which a team withdraws before the start and the other wins automatically, the market resolves to Tie at $0.50 per share.
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Team Name Discrepancies: Where a team's listed name in the resolution source differs in minor respects from the names used here, the market resolves on the underlying real-world match rather than exact name matching. Recognizable abbreviations, alternate spellings, and formatting differences — including "ENVY" and "Envy" for Team Envy — are treated as referring to the same team, provided the intended team is uniquely identifiable within this competition; if the intended team cannot be unambiguously determined, the market resolves to Tie at $0.50 per share.
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Ambiguities and Disputes: If conflicting information exists regarding the result of this match, the most recent official publication at https://vlr.gg takes precedence, or, where the 2-hour fallback in Rule 3 applies, the consensus of credible reporting. In any remaining ambiguous case not explicitly covered above, the resolver will rely on official records for this specific match to determine the outcome.
VCT: Team Envy vs M80
About Market
This market centers on the outcome of the Play-Ins Upper Round 1 best-of-3 series between Team Envy and M80 at VCT 2026: Americas Stage 2, scheduled for 14 August 2026, 00:00 UTC, with the result determining which side advances through the upper bracket and which drops into elimination territory. The Americas Stage 2 Play-Ins are a high-leverage juncture in the Americas VALORANT circuit, where a 12-team double-elimination bracket running from 13 to 23 August throws partnered-league sides and Challengers qualifiers into the same field, and one upper-bracket result shapes a team's route into the stage proper. Traders are assessing each team's map pool depth, agent compositions, and recent form to determine which side is more likely to take this high-stakes play-in encounter.
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Market Outcomes and Resolution Criteria: This market refers to the VALORANT Play-Ins Upper Round 1 match between Team Envy and M80 in VCT 2026: Americas Stage 2, initially scheduled for 14 August 2026, 00:00 UTC. It resolves to "Team Envy" if Team Envy win the match against M80, and to "M80" if M80 win the match against Team Envy. If the match is canceled (not played at all), ends in a tie, or is delayed beyond 7 days from the scheduled date without a winner determined, the market resolves to Tie with all positions settling at $0.50 per share.
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Definition of Winner and Series Format: The winner is the team recorded as winning this match in the official results published at https://vlr.gg. The match is played as a best-of-3 (BO3) as published in the official VCT 2026: Americas Stage 2 Play-Ins bracket; the first team to win 2 maps is the official series winner. If the tournament organizer publishes a different series format for this fixture, the published format governs and the team recorded as winning the series is the winner. Individual map or round results do not resolve this market — only the recorded match result does.
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Official Sources and Evidence: The resolution source for this market is official information from https://vlr.gg. However, if https://vlr.gg has not published final results within 2 hours after the event's conclusion, a consensus of credible reporting may be used instead, including video evidence. Secondary sources include the official VCT website (https://valorantesports.com), Liquipedia VALORANT (https://liquipedia.net/valorant), and thespike.gg; these may be used only for confirmation of timing and result details and cannot override clear or later-dated publications from the resolution source.
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Resolution Timing: The market resolves as soon as reasonably practical after the official result is published following the originally scheduled start time, with a resolution buffer of no sooner than 6 hours after the series concludes — or once it becomes clear that no qualifying result will be recorded within 7 days of the scheduled date.
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Handling Postponements and Cancellations: If the match is delayed but a winner is determined within 7 days of the scheduled date, that result determines the outcome. If the match is canceled (not played at all), ends in a tie, or no winner is determined within 7 days of the scheduled date, the market resolves to Tie at $0.50 per share. Technical issues and in-game pauses are handled per Riot Games' official VCT tournament rules.
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Forfeits, Disqualifications, and Walkovers: If the match begins but is not completed, and one team wins due to the opponent's forfeiture, disqualification, or walkover, the market resolves to the team who wins. If the match ends in a forfeit, disqualification, or walkover in which a team withdraws before the start and the other wins automatically, the market resolves to Tie at $0.50 per share.
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Team Name Discrepancies: Where a team's listed name in the resolution source differs in minor respects from the names used here, the market resolves on the underlying real-world match rather than exact name matching. Recognizable abbreviations, alternate spellings, and formatting differences — including "ENVY" and "Envy" for Team Envy — are treated as referring to the same team, provided the intended team is uniquely identifiable within this competition; if the intended team cannot be unambiguously determined, the market resolves to Tie at $0.50 per share.
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Ambiguities and Disputes: If conflicting information exists regarding the result of this match, the most recent official publication at https://vlr.gg takes precedence, or, where the 2-hour fallback in Rule 3 applies, the consensus of credible reporting. In any remaining ambiguous case not explicitly covered above, the resolver will rely on official records for this specific match to determine the outcome.
