Lenovo, Arctic Wolf Rally To Secure Semifinal Berths: Channel Cup Round 3 Results

Arctic Wolf and Lenovo orchestrated come-from-behind wins to claim spots in the semifinal round of the CRN Global Channel Cup Tournament.

The quarterfinal round of the 2026 CRN Global Channel Cup Tournament ended with two companies orchestrating second-half surges to claim victory and move into round 4.

With titles up for grabs in the Transformation, Acceleration, Innovation and Evolution regions, here’s a look at which companies are moving into the semifinals.

The match of the round took place in the Evolution region, where Arctic Wolf pulled off a stunner by overcoming a huge deficit to win with 71 percent of the vote to Nvidia’s 29 percent.

In the Acceleration region, where Ingram Micro and Lenovo were close to even throughout the entire match, it was Lenovo that captured the victory late in the game with 52 percent of the vote over Ingram Micro’s 48 percent.

In the Innovation region, TD Synnex maintained its edge to win with 63 percent of the vote to Microsoft’s 37 percent.

Meanwhile in the Transformation region, HPE held off a late push by Pax8. HPE won with 64 percent of the vote to Pax8’s 36 percent.

That means HPE will face Lenovo, while TD Synnex squares off against Arctic Wolf in the Semifinals.

Voting for round 4 opens today, Thursday, July 9, at 4 p.m. EDT (UTC -4) and will remain open until Monday, July 13 at noon EDT. Then get ready to cast your votes for the final round, which kicks off later Monday.

Visit CRN.com/channelcup to cast your votes and choose your champion!