Marvel Rivals Championship Season 6 schedule and format confirmed

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 19/01/2026

NetEase has revealed the schedule and format for Marvel Rivals Championship (MRC) Season 6: Night at the Museum.

This coincides with Marvel Rivals’ in-game Season 6, which has seen the release of Deadpool as a  Duelist, Vanguard, and Strategist.

Running from February 14th to March 15th, teams will compete in their respective regions in order to qualify for the 2026 Ignite Series.

Thanks to the new Marvel Rivals Ignite promotion and relegation system, the best MRC teams can qualify for Ignite Preseason and Stage 1.

Marvel Rivals Championship Season 6 Format

Due to the new promotion rules, a major chance for MRC Season 6 is that players competing in professional leagues cannot participate.

This year, for the first time ever, Marvel Rivals has partnered directly with esports teams and will receive shared revenue from in-game esports cosmetics.

Though various teams, including ENVY, have dropped out of Marvel Rivals esports for 2026.

Successful applicants from the Partner Teams Program will compete in Ignite with limited relegation protections.

Meanwhile, for MRC Season 6, registered teams will compete in best-of-one Open Qualifiers, of which the top 128 teams will automatically advance to Double-Eliminations.

Then, teams ranked 129th-512th will battle in further Closed Qualifiers, where another 128 teams will advance.

To claim Open and Closed Qualifiers rewards, each team will have to play at least six matches in each stage. 

The remaining 256 teams in the Double-Elimination Stage will compete in best-of-threes from Round 1 to Round 9, then best-of-fives through to the Lower Bracket Final.

The tournament will then finish with a best-of-seven Grand Final.

At least 25% of Open Qualifiers teams will then earn spots for Preseason and Stage 1 in each region.

Marvel Rivals Championship Season 6 Schedule

Here is the schedule for every stage of MRC Season 6, across the Americas, EMEA, and Pacific is as follows:

• Sign-ups: January 24th to February 14th 
• Open Qualifiers: February 14th and February 15th
• Closed Qualifiers: February 21st  and 22nd 
• Double Elimination: February 28th to March 15th

Marvel Rivals Championship Season 6 Prize Pool

Along with the in-game rewards, including in-game currency, MRC Season 6 has allocated $14,500 (£10.8k) prize pools for each region, distributed as follows:

• Champion: $7,000 (~£5,213)
• Runner-up: $3,500 (~£2,606)
• 3rd Place: $2,500 (~£1,861)
• 4th Place: $1,500 (~£1,117)

Though, of course, the major prize is qualifying for the Ignite Series and its circuit with over $3 million (£2.2m) in prizes to be given throughout the year.

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

In my seven years of esports writing, I've introduced esports coverage to newspapers, interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry, and driven viewers mad with the puns in my YouTube scripts. I'm most proud of the latter.

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