ValorantAUD 180,000
Southern Arc Invitational
Sydney opens the year. Agent pools are locked 48 hours out. Each series is first to two maps, and the lower bracket starts on Sunday morning so travel days stay honest.
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Tournaments with a city, a format, and a number.
Ten flagship LANs make the 2026 sphere. Online qualifiers feed them. Circuit points only move when the match is on the published board.
Counter-Strike 2AUD 150,000
Locksite Classic
Melbourne’s bomb-site classic. Groups are double round robin on the opening Saturday. Overtime is MR3. Utility damage is published with the vod, not as a rumour.
League of LegendsAUD 220,000
Rift Pacific Split
The longest event on the sphere. Weekly series in Brisbane, a fearless draft in week five, and a four-team final weekend with side selection earned, not gifted.
Dota 2AUD 120,000
Outback Crown
A two-day crown in Brisbane. Captains draft the hero pool the night before. Games are unpaused for technicals only, and the ancient race is allowed to be ugly.
Call of DutyAUD 100,000
Night Grid Open
Perth after dark. Hardpoint, search, and control on a published map order. Substitutes must be on the roster list by the Monday prior.
EA Sports FCAUD 80,000
Pitch Black Cup
Adelaide treats the controller final like a night match. Custom settings are frozen. Extra time is sudden, and the desk charts chance creation, not just the scoreline.
Rocket LeagueAUD 70,000
Boost Meridian
Canberra’s arena is small on purpose. Series are best of seven from the semis. Camera settings are player choice. The ball cam argument stays in the team room.
Apex LegendsAUD 60,000
Canyon Week
Hobart runs six games a day with a published drop map. Placement points mirror the international table so a third-party still has to be earned.
Rainbow Six SiegeAUD 90,000
Shield Quarter
Melbourne again, this time for executes and plant denial. Map bans are public. A technical pause longer than ten minutes restarts the round only by referee call.
Street Fighter 6 · Tekken 8AUD 75,000
Golden Gauntlet
Sydney closes 2026 with two brackets under one roof. Pools in the afternoon, top eight at night. Controllers and leverless are both legal if they pass the Saturday check.
How a club qualifies
Each flagship has an online cup four weeks prior. Points from the cup seed the LAN. Wildcards are invited only when a qualified side withdraws in writing.
What the referee owns
Pauses, roster checks, and stage calls. Coaches talk between maps. In-game coaching is off unless the title’s published ruleset for that weekend says otherwise.
What the broadcast owes
A clean observer, a delay long enough for tactical safety, and a vod the same night. Rankings update the next morning on EsportSphereAU.com.
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