Tournaments

= Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) =

Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Is A Tournament For RL Money In Fortnite.

Competitive Prize Pool
Fortnite developer Epic says that, for 2021, the game’s competitive scene will have a prize pool of $20 million. That’s a step up from last year’s total of $17 million — though it’s not as massive as the 2019 World Cup, where $30 million was on the line.

The news comes as Epic provided details on the latest season of the Fortnite Champion Series, the game’s highest level of competition. The developer previously said that all competitions would take place online, and today, it revealed more details about the schedule: qualifiers will kick off on February 4th, with the finals starting on March 12th. In a nod to the global nature of the game, there will also be three new, separate broadcasts with commentary in French, German, and Spanish.

There are a number of other format and scoring changes; you can check Epic’s blog post for the full rundown. “Our overall goal is to create better consistency throughout the year and tie the 2021 seasons together for a more cohesive experience,” Epic says.

Details
Reach Champion League in Arena mode to unlock this event. This tournament occurs across three rounds - Round One (Opens), Round Two (Semi-Finals) and Round Three (Finals). The top teams from Round Three in each region will advance to the Season Finals at the end of Season X.

Teams will also accumulate Series Points based on each week's final placements tracked on the Series Leaderboard. Every week counts, as top performers on the Series Leaderboard will be invited to fill out the remaining slots for the Season Finals.

FNCS Season Finals
Advance from a previous Series Weekly or be top ranked on the Series Leaderboard to be invited to this event. This tournament occurs across two rounds - Group Stage (top 133 teams per region) and Grand Finals (top 32 teams per region). For Group Stage, all qualified teams are seeded into a single session based on their final standings on the Series Leaderboard. The top teams from each session will advance to the Grand Finals.

Details
Reach Champion League in Arena mode to unlock this event. The weekly stages occur across three rounds - Round One (Opens), Round Two (Semi-Finals) and Round Three (Finals). The top teams from Round Three in each region will advance to the Season Finals on December 6-8.

Teams will also accumulate Series Points based on each week's final placements tracked on the Series Leaderboard. Every week counts, as top performers on the Series Leaderboard will also qualify into the Season Finals.

FNCS Season Finals
Advance from a previous Series Weekly or be top ranked on the Series Leaderboard to be invited to this event. This tournament occurs across two rounds - Group Stages (top 100 teams from NAE, NAW, EU, and BR regions and top 50 teams from OCE, ASIA, and ME region) and Grand Finals (top 24 teams per region). For Group Stage, all qualified teams are seeded into a single session based on their final standings on the Series Leaderboard. The top teams from each session will advance to the Grand Finals.

Details
This season of FNCS will be split into two seperate tracks. All PC Duos will compete against one another in one track, while all Console and Mobile Duos will compete against one another within the other track.

Reach Champion League in Arena mode to unlock this event. The weekly stages occur across three rounds - Round One (Opens), Round Two (Semi-Finals) and Round Three (Finals). The top Duos from Round Three in each region will advance to the Season Finals on April 17-19.

Duos will also accumulate Series Points based on each week's final placements tracked on the Series Leaderboard. Every week counts, as top performers on the Series Leaderboard will also qualify into the Season Finals.

FNCS Season Finals
Advance from a previous Series Weekly or be top ranked on the Series Leaderboard to be invited to this event. This tournament occurs across two rounds - Group Stages (top 200 Duos from OCE, ASIA, and ME region) and Grand Finals (top 48 teams per region). For Group Stage, all qualified Duos are seeded into a single session based on their finals standings on the Series Leaderboard. The top Duos from each session will advance to the Grand Finals.

Format
This season of FNCS will be split into two separate tracks. All PC players will compete against one another in one track, while all Console and Mobile players will compete against one another within the other track.

Reach Champion League in Arena mode to unlock this event. The open Qualifiers occur across two rounds. The top players from the final round in each region will advance to the Season Finals on Aug 14 - 16.

Players will also accumulate Series Points based on each Qualifier’s final placements tracked on the Series Leaderboard. Every game counts, as top performers on the Series Leaderboard will also qualify into the Season Finals.

FNCS Season Finals
Advance from a previous Series Qualifier or be top ranked on the Series Leaderboard to be invited to this event. This tournament occurs across two rounds - Heats (top 400 players from EU, NAE, NAW, BR, top 200 players from OCE, Asia, ME) and Grand Finals (top 100 players per region). For Heats, all qualified players are seeded into a single session based on their finals standings on the Series Leaderboard. The top players from each session will advance to the Grand Finals.

Format
You and your teammates reach Champion League in Arena mode to unlock this event.

The FNCS is split into two separate tracks. All PC teams will compete against one another in one track, while all other teams on different platforms will compete within the other track.

Each open Qualifier occurs across three rounds, with the third split into two distinct sessions. The top players from the final round in each region will advance to the Season Finals on October 29 - 30.

Players will also accumulate Series Points based on each Qualifier’s final placements tracked on the Series Leaderboard. Every game counts, as top performers on the Series Leaderboard will also qualify into the Season Finals.

FNCS Season Finals
The Finals occur across four days - two days of heats and two days of Grand Finals. For teams that don’t make it out of heats, this season’s Grand Finals will open with the all-new Wildcard Match! A single match in which one winning team earns redemption, and their spot in the Grand Finals.

Format
You and your teammates reach Champion Division in Arena mode to unlock this event.

Each open Qualifier occurs across four rounds. The top players from the final round in each region will advance to the Semi-Finals on March 4 - 7.

Players will also accumulate Series Points based on each Qualifier’s final placements tracked on the Series Leaderboard. Every game counts, as top performers on the Series Leaderboard will also qualify into the Semi-Finals.

FNCS Season Finals
The Finals occur across 2 days, with each top 33 teams competing over two days in 12 games. For teams that didn’t make it out of Semi-Finals, this season’s Finals will open with the Reboot Round! A single match in which one winning team per region earns redemption, and their spot in the Finals.

Format
You and your teammates must reach Champion League in Arena mode to unlock this event.

Each open Qualifier occurs across four rounds. The top players from the final round in each region will advance directly to the Finals on May 28 - May 30. Players will accumulate Series Points based on each Qualifier’s final placements tracked on the Series Leaderboard. Every Qualifier counts, as top performers on the Series Leaderboard will advance normally into the Semi-Finals.

FNCS Semi-Finals
Players who advance from the open Qualifiers will be seeded into Heats for the Semi-Finals. Top performers in each Heat will advance to the Finals.

REBOOT ROUND
For teams that do not make it out of Semi-Finals, a special last chance event, the Reboot Round, awaits. These matches will combine the highest ranking unqualified teams across each Heat, and will advance each winning team per match for the last remaining spots in the Finals.

FNCS Season Finals
The Finals occur across two days, with the pinnacle competition of each region’s top 33 teams. These teams will be directly competing with each other over two days in 12 games.

At the conclusion of the 12th game of the Finals, regional champions will be crowned!

Format
You and your teammates must reach Champion League in Arena mode to unlock this event.

Each open Qualifier occurs across four rounds. The top players from the final round in each region will skip directly to the Finals on September 3rd - 5th. Players will accumulate Series Points based on each Qualifier’s final placements tracked on the Series Leaderboard. Every Qualifier counts, as top performers on the Series Leaderboard will advance into the Semi-Finals.

FNCS Semi-Finals
Players who advance from the open Qualifiers will be seeded into Heats for the Semi-Finals. Top performers in each Heat will advance to the Finals.

REBOOT ROUND
For teams that do not make it out of Semi-Finals, a special last chance event, the Reboot Round, awaits. These matches will combine the highest ranking unqualified teams across each Heat, and will advance each winning team per match for the last remaining spots in the Finals.

FNCS Season Finals
The Finals occur across two days, with the pinnacle competition of each region’s top 33 teams. These teams will be directly competing with each other over two days in 12 games.

At the conclusion of the 12th game of the Finals, regional champions will be crowned!

Format
You and your teammates must reach Champion League in Arena mode to unlock this event.

Each open Qualifier occurs across four rounds. The top players from the final round in each region will skip directly to the Finals on October 29 - 31. Players will accumulate Series Points based on each Qualifier’s final placements tracked on the Series Leaderboard. Every Qualifier counts, as top teams on the Series Leaderboard (who haven't already qualified for Finals) will advance into the Semi-Finals.

FNCS Semi-Finals
Players who advance from the open Qualifiers via Series Points will be seeded into the Day 1 Heats for the Semi-Finals. The top teams in each Heat after Day 1 concludes will advance to the Finals.

Teams that do not advance after the Day 1 Heats will instead be re-seeded into the Day 2 Heats, and participate in a special last chance format. These Day 2 matches will advance every team who obtains a Victory Royale in each match of their Heat to the Finals for the last remaining spots.

FNCS Season Finals
The Finals occur across two days, with the pinnacle competition of each region’s top 33 teams. These teams will be directly competing with each other over two days in 12 games.

At the conclusion of the 12th game of the Finals, regional champions will be crowned!

GRAND ROYALE QUALIFIERS
As a reminder, here’s a brief breakdown of the Qualifiers. Everyone will start in the same session, the top 33 teams will advance to the Victory Path, while the remaining teams will have three more opportunities to make it to the Victory Path. Once on the Victory Path, all you need to do is win a game and you’ve qualified for the Finals. Players who reach the Finals will have two days of competition to earn a share of the $5M prize pool.

We won’t be broadcasting the Qualifier sessions, so be sure to check out your favorite player or streamer who is covering all the action.

HYPE HOUR SHOW
Tune in on Friday, November 19 for the Hype Hour, our first broadcast show that will recap our entire year, run interviews with players, provide analysis from your favorite casters, and include a brief announcement regarding Fortnite Competitive in 2022. You are not going to want to miss this! Tune in Friday, November 19 at 3PM ET (9PM CET / 12PM PT). Won’t be able to watch it live? We’ll have a VOD available immediately following the broadcast for anyone who missed it.

GRAND ROYALE BROADCAST
We’ll be broadcasting both days of the Grand Royale Finals on November 20 and 21 across all our regular broadcast channels (see the full list below). You can catch the Hype Hour, the EU, NAE, and NAW, or the Brazil broadcast in Party Royale throughout November 19-21. See the full broadcast schedule below.

We’ve made some additional improvements to both the live broadcast and the player experience in-game for two-day events. For Grand Royale and all two-day events moving forward, scores on broadcast and in-game will reflect the team’s current points, and not just the points they have earned on the current day.

= Other Tournaments = COMING SOON!