LOUD achieved an unprecedented feat in the competitive VALORANT scene. The Brazilian organization defeated Team Vitality 3-1 in the final of VALORANT Champions 2026, played on Sunday (18), in Shanghai, China, and became the two-time world champion in the tournament's history.
The result marks LOUD's return to the top of the game's main international competition, four years after the title won in 2022, when it beat OpTic Gaming by the same score in the final held in Istanbul.
The 2026 final was decided in four maps: Summit, Lotus, Sunset and Haven. Vitality managed to win one of the matches, but did not prevent the Brazilian title. LOUD finished the knockout stage without defeats, despite having lost precisely to the European team during the group stage.
The second title was won with a roster completely different from the one in 2022. The team received US$ 1 million in prize money, while Roberto "erde" Lobos, responsible for the in-game leadership, was voted the tournament's best player (MVP).
The final also drew a significant audience. Esports Charts preliminarily recorded 1.44 million concurrent viewers at the peak of the broadcasts. Esports Insider reported approximately 1.49 million. The numbers represent the maximum concurrent audience, not the total accumulated viewers, and the preliminary data may still be revised.
With the victory, LOUD now occupies an exclusive position in the history of VALORANT Champions, a competition held annually since 2021: it is the only organization to win the world title twice.
