Fortnite Championship Series
| Founded | 2019 |
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| First season | Season X |
| Most recent champions |
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The Fortnite Championship Series (FNCS), previously formally and still informally referred to as the Fortnite Champion Series, is the premier seasonal Fortnite Battle Royale tournament since 2019. FNCS is divided across seven regions, and generally takes place once every full length in-game season. Since 2024, the first three FNCS tournaments of each Chapter – known as "Majors" – have taken place during Seasons 1–3. These have served as qualifiers for the fourth season's FNCS Global Championship, an annual LAN tournament.
Players earn FNCS leaderboard points through outlasting other players, or eliminating them. Although formats, squad sizes and points systems have changed over the years, the tournaments have always consisted of a set of qualification rounds and a grand final, whose victors are crowned "FNCS winners". Since 2025, Epic Games have also hosted annual in-person FNCS Pro-Am tournaments. Besides large prize money, winners are awarded an in-game harvesting tool known as the "Blade of Champions".
In total, 29 FNCS events have been held—24 online, 4 global LAN tournaments and one FNCS Pro-Am.