diff --git a/app/models/__tests__/qualifying-bracket-scoring.test.ts b/app/models/__tests__/qualifying-bracket-scoring.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e479a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/__tests__/qualifying-bracket-scoring.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import {
+  deriveBracketQualifyingStates,
+  getRoundConfig,
+  getGuaranteedMinimumPosition,
+  type BracketMatchInput,
+} from "../scoring-calculator";
+import { BRACKET_TEMPLATES } from "../../lib/bracket-templates";
+import { calculateSplitQualifyingPoints, DEFAULT_QP_VALUES } from "../qualifying-points";
+
+// ── Test fixtures ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const SIMPLE_8 = BRACKET_TEMPLATES["simple_8"];
+const getConfig = (round: string) => getRoundConfig(round, "simple_8");
+const states = (matches: BracketMatchInput[]) =>
+  deriveBracketQualifyingStates(matches, SIMPLE_8.rounds, getConfig);
+
+const QP_MAP = new Map<number, number>(
+  DEFAULT_QP_VALUES.map((v) => [v.placement, v.points])
+);
+const qpFor = (placement: number, tieCount: number) =>
+  calculateSplitQualifyingPoints(placement, tieCount, QP_MAP);
+
+/** Helper to build a played match. */
+const played = (
+  round: string,
+  winnerId: string,
+  loserId: string
+): BracketMatchInput => ({
+  round,
+  winnerId,
+  loserId,
+  participant1Id: winnerId,
+  participant2Id: loserId,
+});
+
+/** Helper to build an as-yet-unplayed match (participants seeded, no result). */
+const pending = (
+  round: string,
+  p1: string,
+  p2: string
+): BracketMatchInput => ({
+  round,
+  winnerId: null,
+  loserId: null,
+  participant1Id: p1,
+  participant2Id: p2,
+});
+
+// Full simple_8 quarterfinal field: winners t1,t2,t3,t4 / losers t5,t6,t7,t8.
+const QF_ALL = [
+  played("Quarterfinals", "t1", "t8"),
+  played("Quarterfinals", "t2", "t7"),
+  played("Quarterfinals", "t3", "t6"),
+  played("Quarterfinals", "t4", "t5"),
+];
+// Semifinals: t1 & t3 advance.
+const SF_ALL = [
+  played("Semifinals", "t1", "t2"),
+  played("Semifinals", "t3", "t4"),
+];
+// Final: t1 champion.
+const FINAL = [played("Finals", "t1", "t3")];
+
+// ── deriveBracketQualifyingStates ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("deriveBracketQualifyingStates (simple_8)", () => {
+  it("returns an empty map for no matches", () => {
+    expect(states([]).size).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("QF entered: losers lock T5–8, winners floor at T3–4", () => {
+    const s = states(QF_ALL);
+    // Losers — final placement 5, tie span 4 (T5–8).
+    for (const id of ["t5", "t6", "t7", "t8"]) {
+      expect(s.get(id)).toEqual({ placement: 5, tieCount: 4 });
+    }
+    // Winners — guaranteed at least T3–4: floor placement 3, tie span 2.
+    for (const id of ["t1", "t2", "t3", "t4"]) {
+      expect(s.get(id)).toEqual({ placement: 3, tieCount: 2 });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("QF+SF entered: SF losers lock T3–4, SF winners floor at 2nd", () => {
+    const s = states([...QF_ALL, ...SF_ALL]);
+    // SF losers — final placement 3, tie span 2.
+    expect(s.get("t2")).toEqual({ placement: 3, tieCount: 2 });
+    expect(s.get("t4")).toEqual({ placement: 3, tieCount: 2 });
+    // SF winners (finalists-in-waiting) — floor placement 2, tie span 1.
+    expect(s.get("t1")).toEqual({ placement: 2, tieCount: 1 });
+    expect(s.get("t3")).toEqual({ placement: 2, tieCount: 1 });
+    // QF losers unchanged.
+    expect(s.get("t8")).toEqual({ placement: 5, tieCount: 4 });
+  });
+
+  it("full bracket: champion 1st, finalist 2nd, SF losers T3–4, QF losers T5–8", () => {
+    const s = states([...QF_ALL, ...SF_ALL, ...FINAL]);
+    expect(s.get("t1")).toEqual({ placement: 1, tieCount: 1 }); // champion
+    expect(s.get("t3")).toEqual({ placement: 2, tieCount: 1 }); // finalist
+    expect(s.get("t2")).toEqual({ placement: 3, tieCount: 2 }); // SF loser
+    expect(s.get("t4")).toEqual({ placement: 3, tieCount: 2 }); // SF loser
+    expect(s.get("t5")).toEqual({ placement: 5, tieCount: 4 }); // QF loser
+  });
+
+  it("partial QF (2 of 4 played): unplayed teams sit at the T5–8 entry floor", () => {
+    const matches = [
+      played("Quarterfinals", "t1", "t8"),
+      played("Quarterfinals", "t4", "t5"),
+      pending("Quarterfinals", "t3", "t6"),
+      pending("Quarterfinals", "t2", "t7"),
+    ];
+    const s = states(matches);
+    // Played winners floor at T3–4.
+    expect(s.get("t1")).toEqual({ placement: 3, tieCount: 2 });
+    expect(s.get("t4")).toEqual({ placement: 3, tieCount: 2 });
+    // Played losers lock T5–8.
+    expect(s.get("t8")).toEqual({ placement: 5, tieCount: 4 });
+    expect(s.get("t5")).toEqual({ placement: 5, tieCount: 4 });
+    // Unplayed teams: entry floor T5–8 (no crash on incomplete round).
+    for (const id of ["t2", "t3", "t6", "t7"]) {
+      expect(s.get(id)).toEqual({ placement: 5, tieCount: 4 });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("un-setting the Finals winner reverts both finalists to the 2nd-place floor", () => {
+    const matches = [
+      ...QF_ALL,
+      ...SF_ALL,
+      pending("Finals", "t1", "t3"), // winner cleared
+    ];
+    const s = states(matches);
+    expect(s.get("t1")).toEqual({ placement: 2, tieCount: 1 });
+    expect(s.get("t3")).toEqual({ placement: 2, tieCount: 1 });
+  });
+
+  it("a team eliminated in the QF never gains a later-round floor", () => {
+    const s = states([...QF_ALL, ...SF_ALL, ...FINAL]);
+    // t8 lost in the QF and stays T5–8 through the rest of the bracket.
+    expect(s.get("t8")).toEqual({ placement: 5, tieCount: 4 });
+  });
+
+  it("is idempotent — same matches yield the same states", () => {
+    const a = states([...QF_ALL, ...SF_ALL]);
+    const b = states([...QF_ALL, ...SF_ALL]);
+    expect([...a.entries()].toSorted()).toEqual([...b.entries()].toSorted());
+  });
+});
+
+// ── QP values (the worked example) ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("guaranteed-minimum QP per outcome (default config)", () => {
+  it("matches the worked example: QF win → 9, SF win → 14, Final win → 20", () => {
+    expect(qpFor(3, 2)).toBeCloseTo(9); // QF winner, guaranteed T3–4
+    expect(qpFor(2, 1)).toBeCloseTo(14); // SF winner, guaranteed 2nd
+    expect(qpFor(1, 1)).toBeCloseTo(20); // champion
+  });
+
+  it("losers: QF loss → 4, SF loss → 9, Final loss → 14", () => {
+    expect(qpFor(5, 4)).toBeCloseTo(4); // (5+5+3+3)/4
+    expect(qpFor(3, 2)).toBeCloseTo(9); // (10+8)/2
+    expect(qpFor(2, 1)).toBeCloseTo(14);
+  });
+
+  it("end-to-end: a QF win immediately yields a 9 QP floor", () => {
+    const s = states(QF_ALL);
+    expect(s.get("t1")).toEqual({ placement: 3, tieCount: 2 });
+    expect(qpFor(3, 2)).toBeCloseTo(9);
+    expect(s.get("t8")).toEqual({ placement: 5, tieCount: 4 });
+    expect(qpFor(5, 4)).toBeCloseTo(4);
+  });
+});
+
+// ── Regression guard: structural tieCount, not live count (the #1 fix) ─────────
+
+describe("structural tie span vs. live-count regrouping", () => {
+  it("4 QF winners share placement 3 but each keeps the 2-slot (9 QP) floor", () => {
+    const s = states(QF_ALL);
+    // All four QF winners sit at placement 3, but with the STRUCTURAL tie span of 2.
+    for (const id of ["t1", "t2", "t3", "t4"]) {
+      expect(s.get(id)).toEqual({ placement: 3, tieCount: 2 });
+    }
+    expect(qpFor(3, 2)).toBeCloseTo(9);
+    // A naive regroup by LIVE count (4 rows at placement 3) would average over
+    // slots 3–6 and wrongly yield 7 QP — the bug processQualifyingEvent must avoid
+    // by delegating bracket events to the structural-tieCount path.
+    expect(qpFor(3, 4)).toBeCloseTo(7);
+    expect(qpFor(3, 4)).not.toBeCloseTo(9);
+  });
+});
+
+// ── Regression guard: reused ROUND_CONFIG floors are intact ────────────────────
+
+describe("ROUND_CONFIG floors (regression guard)", () => {
+  it("simple_8 Quarterfinals still floors winners at 3rd", () => {
+    expect(getGuaranteedMinimumPosition("Quarterfinals", "simple_8", true)).toBe(3);
+    expect(getRoundConfig("Quarterfinals", "simple_8")?.loserPosition).toBe(5);
+    expect(getRoundConfig("Semifinals", "simple_8")?.winnerFloor).toBe(2);
+    expect(getRoundConfig("Finals", "simple_8")?.winnerFloor).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/models/cs2-major-stage.ts b/app/models/cs2-major-stage.ts
index 98fd409..5008079 100644
--- a/app/models/cs2-major-stage.ts
+++ b/app/models/cs2-major-stage.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
  */
 
 import { database } from "~/database/context";
-import { cs2MajorStageResults, seasonParticipants, eventResults } from "~/database/schema";
+import { cs2MajorStageResults, seasonParticipants } from "~/database/schema";
 import { eq, and, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
-import { getQPConfig, recalculateParticipantQP, calculateSplitQualifyingPoints } from "~/models/qualifying-points";
+import { getQPConfig, calculateSplitQualifyingPoints, writeEventResultsQP } from "~/models/qualifying-points";
 
 export interface Cs2StageResult {
   id: string;
@@ -394,34 +394,5 @@ export async function assignCs2EliminationQP(
     }
   }
 
-  const now = new Date();
-
-  await Promise.all(
-    [...resultsByParticipant.entries()].map(([seasonParticipantId, { qp, placement }]) =>
-      db
-        .insert(eventResults)
-        .values({
-          scoringEventId,
-          seasonParticipantId,
-          qualifyingPointsAwarded: qp.toString(),
-          placement,
-          createdAt: now,
-          updatedAt: now,
-        })
-        .onConflictDoUpdate({
-          target: [eventResults.scoringEventId, eventResults.seasonParticipantId],
-          set: {
-            qualifyingPointsAwarded: qp.toString(),
-            placement,
-            updatedAt: now,
-          },
-        })
-    )
-  );
-
-  await Promise.all(
-    [...resultsByParticipant.keys()].map((seasonParticipantId) =>
-      recalculateParticipantQP(seasonParticipantId, sportsSeasonId)
-    )
-  );
+  await writeEventResultsQP(scoringEventId, sportsSeasonId, resultsByParticipant, db);
 }
diff --git a/app/models/participant-result.ts b/app/models/participant-result.ts
index 8c76e04..4e36257 100644
--- a/app/models/participant-result.ts
+++ b/app/models/participant-result.ts
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ export async function deleteParticipantResult(id: string): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 export async function deleteParticipantResultsBySportsSeasonId(
-  sportsSeasonId: string
+  sportsSeasonId: string,
+  providedDb?: ReturnType<typeof database>
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const db = database();
+  const db = providedDb || database();
   await db
     .delete(schema.seasonParticipantResults)
     .where(eq(schema.seasonParticipantResults.sportsSeasonId, sportsSeasonId));
diff --git a/app/models/qualifying-points.ts b/app/models/qualifying-points.ts
index d069ac9..cde2d03 100644
--- a/app/models/qualifying-points.ts
+++ b/app/models/qualifying-points.ts
@@ -283,6 +283,57 @@ export async function recalculateParticipantQP(
   return { totalQP, eventsScored };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Upsert qualifying points + placement into event_results for a set of participants,
+ * then recalculate each participant's QP total.
+ *
+ * Shared by the QP writers (assignCs2EliminationQP for Swiss-stage exits,
+ * processQualifyingBracketEvent for Champions-Stage / knockout brackets) so the
+ * upsert + recalc loop lives in one place. Upserts on
+ * (scoringEventId, seasonParticipantId), so repeated calls overwrite cleanly.
+ *
+ * @param entries Map from seasonParticipantId → { qp, placement } to write.
+ */
+export async function writeEventResultsQP(
+  scoringEventId: string,
+  sportsSeasonId: string,
+  entries: Map<string, { qp: number; placement: number }>,
+  providedDb?: ReturnType<typeof database>
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (entries.size === 0) return;
+  const db = providedDb || database();
+  const now = new Date();
+
+  await Promise.all(
+    [...entries.entries()].map(([seasonParticipantId, { qp, placement }]) =>
+      db
+        .insert(schema.eventResults)
+        .values({
+          scoringEventId,
+          seasonParticipantId,
+          qualifyingPointsAwarded: qp.toFixed(2),
+          placement,
+          createdAt: now,
+          updatedAt: now,
+        })
+        .onConflictDoUpdate({
+          target: [schema.eventResults.scoringEventId, schema.eventResults.seasonParticipantId],
+          set: {
+            qualifyingPointsAwarded: qp.toFixed(2),
+            placement,
+            updatedAt: now,
+          },
+        })
+    )
+  );
+
+  await Promise.all(
+    [...entries.keys()].map((seasonParticipantId) =>
+      recalculateParticipantQP(seasonParticipantId, sportsSeasonId, db)
+    )
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Recalculate eventsScored for a participant by counting unique events with QP awarded
  * @deprecated Use recalculateParticipantQP instead for more accurate recalculation
diff --git a/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts b/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts
index 283b34b..4b28bf6 100644
--- a/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts
+++ b/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { getSeasonResults } from "./participant-season-result";
 import { updateProbabilitiesAfterResult } from "~/services/probability-updater";
 import { sendStandingsUpdateNotification, type ScoredMatch } from "~/services/discord";
-import { BRACKET_TEMPLATES } from "~/lib/bracket-templates";
+import { BRACKET_TEMPLATES, type BracketRound } from "~/lib/bracket-templates";
 import { doesLoserAdvance, findPlayoffMatchesByEventId } from "~/models/playoff-match";
 import { getUserDisplayName } from "~/models/user";
 import { findDiscordIdsByUserIds } from "~/models/account";
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   getQPConfig,
   hasProcessedQualifyingPlacement,
   recalculateParticipantQP,
+  writeEventResultsQP,
   getQPStandings,
   updateFinalRankings,
 } from "./qualifying-points";
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ function doesNonScoringRoundFeedIntoScoringRound(
  * overrides before falling back to the standard ROUND_CONFIG.
  * Returns null for unrecognized rounds.
  */
-function getRoundConfig(
+export function getRoundConfig(
   round: string,
   bracketTemplateId?: string | null
 ): RoundScoringConfig | null {
@@ -623,6 +624,194 @@ export function getGuaranteedMinimumPosition(
   return config.winnerFloor;    // null for Finals; actual floor for all other rounds
 }
 
+// ── Qualifying-points bracket scoring ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** Minimal shape of a playoff match needed to derive qualifying-bracket states. */
+export interface BracketMatchInput {
+  round: string;
+  winnerId: string | null;
+  loserId: string | null;
+  participant1Id: string | null;
+  participant2Id: string | null;
+}
+
+/** The guaranteed-minimum placement (and its structural tie span) for one team. */
+export interface BracketQualifyingState {
+  /** Placement tier the team has locked in (1, 2, 3, 5, …). */
+  placement: number;
+  /**
+   * Number of bracket slots this placement tier spans (e.g. 4 for T5–8, 2 for
+   * T3–4, 1 for 1st/2nd). Used to tie-split QP across the tier. This is the
+   * *structural* span from the template — not the live count of teams currently
+   * sitting at this placement — so the floor value is stable and idempotent and
+   * agrees with processQualifyingEvent's finalization re-grouping.
+   */
+  tieCount: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Derive each bracket team's guaranteed-minimum (placement, tieCount) from the
+ * current set of playoff matches, reusing the standard ROUND_CONFIG floors.
+ *
+ * Rules per team (single-elimination ⇒ a team loses at most once):
+ *   - Lost in round R  → final placement = loserPosition(R), tier span = matchCount(R).
+ *                        (QF loss → 5/T5–8, SF loss → 3/T3–4, Finals loss → 2/finalist)
+ *   - Still alive, highest round won = R:
+ *       · R is the finalization round (winnerFloor null) → champion: winnerPosition ?? 1.
+ *       · otherwise → floor = winnerFloor(R), tier span = matchCount(R.feedsInto).
+ *         (QF win → 3/T3–4 = 9 QP, SF win → 2/finalist = 14 QP)
+ *   - Alive but no match resolved yet → entry floor of the first scoring round
+ *     (QF → 5/T5–8 = 4 QP), mirroring assignCs2EliminationQP's provisional floor.
+ *
+ * Pure and exported for unit testing. Teams eliminated in a non-scoring round
+ * (getConfig returns null) are omitted — they earn no QP from the bracket.
+ */
+export function deriveBracketQualifyingStates(
+  matches: BracketMatchInput[],
+  rounds: BracketRound[],
+  getConfig: (round: string) => RoundScoringConfig | null
+): Map<string, BracketQualifyingState> {
+  const roundIndex = new Map(rounds.map((r, i) => [r.name, i]));
+  const matchCountByRound = new Map(rounds.map((r) => [r.name, r.matchCount]));
+  const feedsIntoByRound = new Map(rounds.map((r) => [r.name, r.feedsInto]));
+  const firstScoringRound = rounds.find((r) => r.isScoring) ?? rounds[0];
+
+  const participants = new Set<string>();
+  const wonRounds = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
+  const lostRound = new Map<string, string>();
+
+  for (const m of matches) {
+    if (m.participant1Id) participants.add(m.participant1Id);
+    if (m.participant2Id) participants.add(m.participant2Id);
+    if (m.winnerId) {
+      participants.add(m.winnerId);
+      if (!wonRounds.has(m.winnerId)) wonRounds.set(m.winnerId, new Set());
+      wonRounds.get(m.winnerId)?.add(m.round);
+    }
+    if (m.loserId) {
+      participants.add(m.loserId);
+      lostRound.set(m.loserId, m.round);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const result = new Map<string, BracketQualifyingState>();
+
+  for (const id of participants) {
+    const lost = lostRound.get(id);
+    if (lost) {
+      const cfg = getConfig(lost);
+      if (!cfg) continue; // non-scoring elimination: no bracket QP
+      result.set(id, { placement: cfg.loserPosition, tieCount: matchCountByRound.get(lost) ?? 1 });
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Still alive: floor from the highest round they have won.
+    const won = wonRounds.get(id);
+    let highest: string | null = null;
+    if (won) {
+      for (const r of won) {
+        if (highest === null || (roundIndex.get(r) ?? -1) > (roundIndex.get(highest) ?? -1)) {
+          highest = r;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!highest) {
+      // In the bracket but no match resolved yet → entry floor.
+      const cfg = firstScoringRound ? getConfig(firstScoringRound.name) : null;
+      if (!cfg) continue;
+      result.set(id, { placement: cfg.loserPosition, tieCount: firstScoringRound.matchCount });
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const cfg = getConfig(highest);
+    if (!cfg) continue;
+    if (cfg.winnerFloor === null) {
+      // Won the finalization round → champion (or 3rd-place-game winner).
+      result.set(id, { placement: cfg.winnerPosition ?? 1, tieCount: 1 });
+    } else {
+      const next = feedsIntoByRound.get(highest) ?? null;
+      const tieCount = next ? (matchCountByRound.get(next) ?? 1) : 1;
+      result.set(id, { placement: cfg.winnerFloor, tieCount });
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Score a qualifying event whose Champions-Stage / knockout bracket lives in
+ * playoffMatches (e.g. a CS2 Major). Derives each bracket team's guaranteed
+ * minimum QP from the matches and upserts it into event_results, then refreshes
+ * each participant's QP total.
+ *
+ * Unlike processPlayoffEvent (which writes the fantasy-points table
+ * seasonParticipantResults), this writes ONLY the QP path. For a
+ * qualifying_points sport the per-major fantasy placement is meaningless — final
+ * fantasy placements come solely from finalizeQualifyingPoints across all majors.
+ *
+ * QP is written directly with the placement tier's STRUCTURAL tie span (QF tier
+ * spans 4 slots, SF tier 2, finalist/champion 1) — not the live count of teams
+ * currently at a placement. This is what makes a QF-winner floor 9 QP (avg of
+ * 3rd+4th) even while all four QF winners transiently share placement 3.
+ * processQualifyingEvent delegates to this function for bracket events precisely
+ * so it does NOT re-group those rows by live count (which would average four
+ * placement-3 rows down to 7).
+ *
+ * Idempotent: re-running on the same match state recomputes identical values.
+ */
+export async function processQualifyingBracketEvent(
+  eventId: string,
+  providedDb?: ReturnType<typeof database>
+): Promise<void> {
+  const db = providedDb || database();
+
+  const event = await db.query.scoringEvents.findFirst({
+    where: eq(schema.scoringEvents.id, eventId),
+  });
+  if (!event) throw new Error(`Event ${eventId} not found`);
+  if (!event.isQualifyingEvent) {
+    throw new Error(`Event ${eventId} is not a qualifying event`);
+  }
+
+  const template = event.bracketTemplateId ? BRACKET_TEMPLATES[event.bracketTemplateId] : undefined;
+  if (!template) {
+    throw new Error(`Event ${eventId} has no bracket template; cannot derive qualifying bracket QP`);
+  }
+
+  const matches = await db.query.playoffMatches.findMany({
+    where: eq(schema.playoffMatches.scoringEventId, eventId),
+  });
+
+  const states = deriveBracketQualifyingStates(
+    matches.map((m) => ({
+      round: m.round,
+      winnerId: m.winnerId,
+      loserId: m.loserId,
+      participant1Id: m.participant1Id,
+      participant2Id: m.participant2Id,
+    })),
+    template.rounds,
+    (round) => getRoundConfig(round, event.bracketTemplateId)
+  );
+
+  if (states.size === 0) return;
+
+  const qpConfigArray = await getQPConfig(event.sportsSeasonId, db);
+  const qpMap = new Map<number, number>(
+    qpConfigArray.map((c) => [c.placement, parseFloat(c.points)])
+  );
+
+  const entries = new Map<string, { qp: number; placement: number }>(
+    [...states.entries()].map(([id, { placement, tieCount }]) => [
+      id,
+      { qp: calculateSplitQualifyingPoints(placement, tieCount, qpMap), placement },
+    ])
+  );
+
+  await writeEventResultsQP(eventId, event.sportsSeasonId, entries, db);
+}
+
 /**
  * Process a qualifying event completion and update QP totals.
  * Ties in QP are handled by sharing placements (averaged points).
@@ -655,52 +844,62 @@ export async function processQualifyingEvent(
   // Check if this was already processed (for majorsCompleted counter)
   const wasAlreadyProcessed = hasProcessedQualifyingPlacement(results);
 
-  // Clear stale QP before reprocessing so removed/null placements do not keep old awards.
-  for (const result of results) {
-    await db
-      .update(schema.eventResults)
-      .set({
-        qualifyingPointsAwarded: "0",
-        updatedAt: new Date(),
-      })
-      .where(eq(schema.eventResults.id, result.id));
-  }
-
-  const qpConfig = await getQPConfig(event.sportsSeasonId, db);
-  const pointsByPlacement = new Map(
-    qpConfig.map((config) => [config.placement, parseFloat(config.points)])
-  );
-
-  // Group results by placement to handle ties
-  const placementGroups = new Map<number, typeof results>();
-  for (const result of results) {
-    if (result.placement) {
-      const group = placementGroups.get(result.placement) || [];
-      group.push(result);
-      placementGroups.set(result.placement, group);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Process each placement group and update event_results with QP awarded
-  for (const [placement, group] of placementGroups) {
-    const tieCount = group.length;
-
-    const qpPerParticipant = calculateSplitQualifyingPoints(
-      placement,
-      tieCount,
-      pointsByPlacement
-    );
-
-    // Update the event result with the QP awarded
-    for (const result of group) {
+  if (event.bracketTemplateId) {
+    // Bracket-based qualifying event (e.g. CS2 Champions Stage): QP is owned by the
+    // bracket/stage writers, which assign each placement its STRUCTURAL tie span.
+    // Re-derive via processQualifyingBracketEvent and leave the Swiss-exit rows
+    // (written by assignCs2EliminationQP) untouched. This deliberately skips the
+    // placement-regroup below — re-grouping provisional floors by their LIVE count
+    // would average four placement-3 QF winners down to 7 QP instead of their 9 floor.
+    await processQualifyingBracketEvent(eventId, db);
+  } else {
+    // Clear stale QP before reprocessing so removed/null placements do not keep old awards.
+    for (const result of results) {
       await db
         .update(schema.eventResults)
         .set({
-          qualifyingPointsAwarded: qpPerParticipant.toFixed(2),
+          qualifyingPointsAwarded: "0",
           updatedAt: new Date(),
         })
         .where(eq(schema.eventResults.id, result.id));
     }
+
+    const qpConfig = await getQPConfig(event.sportsSeasonId, db);
+    const pointsByPlacement = new Map(
+      qpConfig.map((config) => [config.placement, parseFloat(config.points)])
+    );
+
+    // Group results by placement to handle ties
+    const placementGroups = new Map<number, typeof results>();
+    for (const result of results) {
+      if (result.placement) {
+        const group = placementGroups.get(result.placement) || [];
+        group.push(result);
+        placementGroups.set(result.placement, group);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Process each placement group and update event_results with QP awarded
+    for (const [placement, group] of placementGroups) {
+      const tieCount = group.length;
+
+      const qpPerParticipant = calculateSplitQualifyingPoints(
+        placement,
+        tieCount,
+        pointsByPlacement
+      );
+
+      // Update the event result with the QP awarded
+      for (const result of group) {
+        await db
+          .update(schema.eventResults)
+          .set({
+            qualifyingPointsAwarded: qpPerParticipant.toFixed(2),
+            updatedAt: new Date(),
+          })
+          .where(eq(schema.eventResults.id, result.id));
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   // Recalculate totals for all participants from scratch
diff --git a/app/routes/admin.sports-seasons.$id.events.$eventId.bracket.server.ts b/app/routes/admin.sports-seasons.$id.events.$eventId.bracket.server.ts
index 1134eb4..ee227ab 100644
--- a/app/routes/admin.sports-seasons.$id.events.$eventId.bracket.server.ts
+++ b/app/routes/admin.sports-seasons.$id.events.$eventId.bracket.server.ts
@@ -25,13 +25,20 @@ import {
 import {
   processPlayoffEvent,
   processMatchResult,
+  processQualifyingBracketEvent,
+  processQualifyingEvent,
+  finalizeQualifyingPoints,
   recalculateAffectedLeagues,
   recalculateStandings,
   autoCompleteRoundIfDone,
 } from "~/models/scoring-calculator";
 import { updateProbabilitiesAfterResult } from "~/services/probability-updater";
 import { getBracketTemplate, ALL_16_SEEDS, type BracketRegion } from "~/lib/bracket-templates";
-import { setParticipantResult, findParticipantResultsBySportsSeasonId } from "~/models/participant-result";
+import {
+  setParticipantResult,
+  findParticipantResultsBySportsSeasonId,
+  deleteParticipantResultsBySportsSeasonId,
+} from "~/models/participant-result";
 import { findSeasonSportsBySportsSeasonId } from "~/models/season-sport";
 import { createDailySnapshot } from "~/models/standings";
 import {
@@ -103,6 +110,28 @@ export async function loader({ params }: Route.LoaderArgs) {
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Score a qualifying-event bracket (e.g. CS2 Champions Stage): derive each team's
+ * guaranteed-minimum QP from the bracket and refresh affected league standings.
+ *
+ * Qualifying brackets award QUALIFYING POINTS, not fantasy points, so this never
+ * writes seasonParticipantResults and never records team_score_events — match
+ * results surface via the QP Standings and the Discord standings update. Final
+ * fantasy placements come from finalizeQualifyingPoints across all majors.
+ */
+async function scoreQualifyingBracket(
+  event: { id: string; sportsSeasonId: string; name: string | null },
+  db: ReturnType<typeof database>,
+  recalcOptions?: Parameters<typeof recalculateAffectedLeagues>[2]
+): Promise<void> {
+  await processQualifyingBracketEvent(event.id, db);
+  await recalculateAffectedLeagues(
+    event.sportsSeasonId,
+    db,
+    recalcOptions ?? { eventId: event.id, eventName: event.name ?? undefined }
+  );
+}
+
 export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
   const formData = await request.formData();
   const intent = formData.get("intent");
@@ -267,26 +296,37 @@ export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
         }
       }
 
-      // Immediately score this match: loser gets their final placement,
-      // winner gets provisional floor points (isPartialScore=true).
-      // Prefer the template-defined isScoring over the DB field: the DB column
-      // defaults to true, so legacy play-in rows may be incorrectly marked as scoring.
-      const setWinnerRoundIsScoring = setWinnerTemplate?.rounds.find((r) => r.name === match.round)?.isScoring;
-      await processMatchResult({
-        round: match.round,
-        winnerId,
-        loserId,
-        isScoring: setWinnerRoundIsScoring !== undefined ? setWinnerRoundIsScoring : (match.isScoring ?? true),
-        sportsSeasonId: event.sportsSeasonId,
-        bracketTemplateId: event.bracketTemplateId,
-        eventId: event.id,
-        eventName: event.name ?? undefined,
-        matchId,
-        loserAdvances: doesLoserAdvance(match.round, match.matchNumber, event.bracketTemplateId ?? ""),
-      });
-
       const db = database();
-      await autoCompleteRoundIfDone(event.id, match.round, event.sportsSeasonId, db);
+
+      if (event.isQualifyingEvent) {
+        // Qualifying major (e.g. CS2): bracket results award QUALIFYING POINTS, not
+        // fantasy points. matchIds scopes the Discord notification to just this match.
+        await scoreQualifyingBracket(event, db, {
+          eventId: event.id,
+          eventName: event.name ?? undefined,
+          matchIds: [matchId],
+        });
+      } else {
+        // Immediately score this match: loser gets their final placement,
+        // winner gets provisional floor points (isPartialScore=true).
+        // Prefer the template-defined isScoring over the DB field: the DB column
+        // defaults to true, so legacy play-in rows may be incorrectly marked as scoring.
+        const setWinnerRoundIsScoring = setWinnerTemplate?.rounds.find((r) => r.name === match.round)?.isScoring;
+        await processMatchResult({
+          round: match.round,
+          winnerId,
+          loserId,
+          isScoring: setWinnerRoundIsScoring !== undefined ? setWinnerRoundIsScoring : (match.isScoring ?? true),
+          sportsSeasonId: event.sportsSeasonId,
+          bracketTemplateId: event.bracketTemplateId,
+          eventId: event.id,
+          eventName: event.name ?? undefined,
+          matchId,
+          loserAdvances: doesLoserAdvance(match.round, match.matchNumber, event.bracketTemplateId ?? ""),
+        });
+
+        await autoCompleteRoundIfDone(event.id, match.round, event.sportsSeasonId, db);
+      }
 
       return { success: "Winner set successfully" };
     } catch (error) {
@@ -385,19 +425,23 @@ export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
 
           // Score this match without triggering standings/probability recalc yet —
           // we batch those side effects into a single call after the loop.
-          await processMatchResult({
-            round: match.round,
-            winnerId,
-            loserId,
-            isScoring: roundIsScoring.get(match.round) ?? (match.isScoring ?? true),
-            sportsSeasonId: event.sportsSeasonId,
-            bracketTemplateId: event.bracketTemplateId,
-            eventId: event.id,
-            eventName: event.name ?? undefined,
-            matchId,
-            skipSideEffects: true,
-            loserAdvances: doesLoserAdvance(match.round, match.matchNumber, event.bracketTemplateId ?? ""),
-          });
+          // Qualifying majors derive QP from the whole bracket once after the loop
+          // (processQualifyingBracketEvent), so skip the per-match fantasy scoring here.
+          if (!event.isQualifyingEvent) {
+            await processMatchResult({
+              round: match.round,
+              winnerId,
+              loserId,
+              isScoring: roundIsScoring.get(match.round) ?? (match.isScoring ?? true),
+              sportsSeasonId: event.sportsSeasonId,
+              bracketTemplateId: event.bracketTemplateId,
+              eventId: event.id,
+              eventName: event.name ?? undefined,
+              matchId,
+              skipSideEffects: true,
+              loserAdvances: doesLoserAdvance(match.round, match.matchNumber, event.bracketTemplateId ?? ""),
+            });
+          }
 
           successCount++;
           processedMatchIds.push(matchId);
@@ -414,6 +458,10 @@ export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
       // previously completed matches in the event.
       if (successCount > 0) {
         const db = database();
+        // Qualifying majors: derive QP from the full bracket once for the batch.
+        if (event.isQualifyingEvent) {
+          await processQualifyingBracketEvent(event.id, db);
+        }
         // Update probabilities first so recalculateAffectedLeagues reads fresh EVs
         // when computing projected points.
         try {
@@ -422,7 +470,11 @@ export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
           logger.error(`Error updating probabilities after batch round winners:`, error);
         }
         await recalculateAffectedLeagues(event.sportsSeasonId, db, { eventId: event.id, eventName: event.name ?? undefined, matchIds: processedMatchIds });
-        await autoCompleteRoundIfDone(event.id, round, event.sportsSeasonId, db);
+        // autoCompleteRoundIfDone runs processPlayoffEvent (fantasy path); skip for
+        // qualifying majors, which are scored via processQualifyingBracketEvent above.
+        if (!event.isQualifyingEvent) {
+          await autoCompleteRoundIfDone(event.id, round, event.sportsSeasonId, db);
+        }
       }
 
       if (errors.length > 0 && successCount === 0) {
@@ -474,6 +526,14 @@ export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
         return { error: `Not all matches in ${round} are complete` };
       }
 
+      // Qualifying majors (e.g. CS2): QP is derived directly from the bracket via
+      // processQualifyingBracketEvent — there are no seasonParticipantResults rows to
+      // validate against, and final fantasy placements come from finalizeQualifyingPoints.
+      if (event.isQualifyingEvent) {
+        await scoreQualifyingBracket(event, database());
+        return { success: `${round} completed and qualifying points updated` };
+      }
+
       // Validate round order: ensure previous rounds are complete
       const existingResults = await findParticipantResultsBySportsSeasonId(
         params.id
@@ -559,6 +619,29 @@ export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
       const matches = await findPlayoffMatchesByEventId(params.eventId);
       const completed = matches.filter((m) => m.isComplete && m.winnerId && m.loserId);
 
+      // Qualifying majors: this is also the cleanup tool for majors that wrongly banked
+      // fantasy points under the old path. Delete the stale seasonParticipantResults rows
+      // (erasing those points), then rebuild correct QP from the bracket. Qualifying sports
+      // have no legitimate per-major fantasy placements — those come from
+      // finalizeQualifyingPoints across all majors.
+      if (event.isQualifyingEvent) {
+        const db = database();
+        await deleteParticipantResultsBySportsSeasonId(event.sportsSeasonId, db);
+        await processQualifyingBracketEvent(params.eventId, db);
+        // If the season's QP was already finalized, the delete above wiped the final
+        // placements — recompute them from QP totals so standings aren't left blank.
+        const sportsSeason = await findSportsSeasonById(params.id);
+        if (sportsSeason?.qualifyingPointsFinalized) {
+          await finalizeQualifyingPoints(event.sportsSeasonId, db); // recalcs leagues itself
+        } else {
+          // skipDiscord: reprocess is a data-correction tool, not a result announcement.
+          await recalculateAffectedLeagues(event.sportsSeasonId, db, { skipDiscord: true });
+        }
+        return {
+          success: `Reprocessed qualifying bracket: cleared stale fantasy points and recomputed QP (${completed.length} completed match(es)).`,
+        };
+      }
+
       if (completed.length === 0) {
         return { error: "No completed matches to reprocess" };
       }
@@ -567,11 +650,7 @@ export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
       // Only deleting partial rows leaves stale finalized rows that block
       // the "never un-finalize" guard in upsertParticipantResult.
       const db = database();
-      await db
-        .delete(schema.seasonParticipantResults)
-        .where(
-          eq(schema.seasonParticipantResults.sportsSeasonId, event.sportsSeasonId)
-        );
+      await deleteParticipantResultsBySportsSeasonId(event.sportsSeasonId, db);
 
       // Replay each completed match in bracket order (earlier rounds first).
       const template = event.bracketTemplateId ? getBracketTemplate(event.bracketTemplateId) : null;
@@ -669,6 +748,27 @@ export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
         };
       }
 
+      // Qualifying majors (e.g. CS2): lock in final bracket placements/QP, then run the
+      // standard qualifying finalizer for THIS event. Do not mark the whole sports season
+      // completed or recalc fantasy standings — a season spans multiple majors and final
+      // fantasy placements come from finalizeQualifyingPoints across all of them.
+      if (event.isQualifyingEvent) {
+        const db = database();
+        // processQualifyingEvent derives the bracket QP (via processQualifyingBracketEvent),
+        // increments majorsCompleted, and recalcs participant QP totals. Season-wide
+        // fantasy finalization stays with finalizeQualifyingPoints across all majors.
+        await processQualifyingEvent(params.eventId, db);
+        await db
+          .update(schema.scoringEvents)
+          .set({ isComplete: true, completedAt: new Date(), updatedAt: new Date() })
+          .where(eq(schema.scoringEvents.id, params.eventId));
+        await recalculateAffectedLeagues(event.sportsSeasonId, db, {
+          eventId: params.eventId,
+          eventName: event.name ?? undefined,
+        });
+        return { success: "Major bracket finalized — qualifying points awarded." };
+      }
+
       // Get all participants in this sports season
       const allParticipants = await findParticipantsBySportsSeasonId(params.id);