NRG Academy vs Alliance Guardians – 2026 VALORANT Challengers North America: Stage 1 Valorant Match

NRG Academy vs Alliance Guardians Valorant match ended 2 - 0 in favour of NRG Academy and was played on Jan 19, 2026 at 9:00 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

• NRG Academy won Game 1 with 13 -  7 on Haven
• NRG Academy won Game 2 with 13 -  5 on Split

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was RYKER with 46 kills.

Head-to-head stats

This was the first time NRG Academy played against Alliance Guardians .

Match prediction

Strafe users had a clear favorite in this match, and predicted NRG Academy to win with 76.4% of the votes in their favor and 23.6% of the votes for Alliance Guardians .

Where to watch

The NRG Academy vs Alliance Guardians live match was streamed on strafe.com, Twitch and Youtube. To watch more matches like this, visit the Valorant match calendar .

Follow the rest of the action from 2026 VALORANT Challengers North America: Stage 1 , as well as VODs, highlights and livestreams, all on Strafe.