Nightblood Gaming vs Evil Geniuses Academy – 2026 VALORANT Challengers North America: Stage 1 Valorant Match

Nightblood Gaming vs Evil Geniuses Academy Valorant match ended 1 - 2 in favour of Evil Geniuses Academy and was played on Jan 19, 2026 at 10:50 PM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2026 VALORANT Challengers North America: Stage 1 Swiss - Swiss.

Breakdown of the match

• Nightblood Gaming won Game 1 with 14 -  12 on Corrode
• Evil Geniuses Academy won Game 2 with 13 -  10 on Abyss
• Evil Geniuses Academy won Game 3 with 13 -  7 on Split

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was mitch with 44 kills.

Head-to-head stats

This was the first time Nightblood Gaming played against Evil Geniuses Academy .

Match prediction

Strafe users had an overwhelming favorite in this match, and predicted Nightblood Gaming to win with 80.8% of the votes in their favor and 19.2% of the votes for Evil Geniuses Academy .

Where to watch

The Nightblood Gaming vs Evil Geniuses Academy live match was streamed on strafe.com, Twitch and Youtube. To watch more matches like this, visit the Valorant match calendar .

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