The Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) is around the corner! Riot has previously launched the World Championship tournament for the first time to lift the first-person shooter game into competitive esports. Their theme song for the Championship series is “Die For You” by Grabbitz. The tournament will be hosted in Germany, Berlin.
VALORANT Champions Tour Presents
The #Champions2021 anthem and music video“Die For You”@grabbitz
x #VCThttps://t.co/hiQir7va61— VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) November 22, 2021
For the first Valorant Champions Tour, Riot has accumulated a total prize pool of USD $1,000,000, which is not as high as CSGO’s PGL Major Stockholm 2021 with a prize pool of USD $2 million. However, top three winners get to take home a whopping $490,000!
Top 3 Prize Money
1st – $350,000
2nd – $150,000
3rd – $90,000
This competition will be Riot’s largest Valorant tournament with at least seven participating regions which will see many top tier players fighting for the qualifying spots. Over the past year, many inspiring teams were competing throughout the VCT Circuit. Since the start of this year, players have to participate in the Valorant Challengers before qualifying into the Valorant Masters. Remaining teams with sufficient circuit points are given additional opportunity to participate in the Last Chance Qualifier.
Valorant Challengers Regional Tournaments
- Jan – Mar 2021 Stage 1: 3 Open Qualifiers / 3 Main Events -> Valorant Regional Masters (8 team Double Elimination)
- Mar – May 2021 Stage 2: 2 Open Qualifiers / 2 Main Events / 1 Challenger Playoffs -> Valorant International Masters (10 team Double Elimination)
- Jun – Sep 2021 Stage 3: 2 Open Qualifiers / 2 Main Events / 1 Challenger Playoffs -> Valorant International Masters (16 team Double Elimination)
Last Chance Qualifier (October 2021)
- North America LCQ (NA[8], OCE[2]): 10 team Double Elimination
- South America LCQ (BR[4], LATAM[4]): 8 team Double Elimination
- EMEA LCQ (EU/TR/CIS[7], MENA[1]): 8 team Double Elimination
- APAC LCQ (KR[2], JP[2], SEA[2]): 6 team Double Elimination
Out of all the above competitions, 16 teams emerged victorious and these are the teams who will be vying for the VCT crown.
- North America
- Cloud9
- Sentinels
- Team Envy
- South America
- Vivo Keyd
- Furia
- Team Vikings
- EMEA
- Acend
- Fnatic
- Gambit Esports
- Team Liquid
- Korea
- Vision Strikers
- Japan
- Crazy Raccoon
- LATAM
- KRU Esports
- SEA
- X10 Esports
- Team Secret
- Full Sense
For this upcoming final tournament, the teams will be sorted into the Group Stage. The Group Stage consists of 4 groups and the 16 teams will be split into a group of 4. Each team will be drawn and allocated into a group. However, each group will ensure that there are no teams from the same Region. This is to ensure even distribution among the regions.
In the Group Stage, the teams will compete in a double elimination bracket to pick out two final winners from each Group. Finally, the top two winners of each group will be assigned into the Knockout Stage and battle it out in a single elimination bracket. The following teams in the Group Stages are as follows.
Group A
- Acend
- Vivo Keyd
- Team Envy
- X10 Esports
Group B
- Sentinels
- Furia
- Kru Esports
- Team Liquid
Group C
- Gambit
- Team Secret
- Team Vikings
- Crazy Racoon
Group D
- Vision Strikers
- Full Sense
- Fnatic
- Cloud9
To stay ahead and watch the exciting match, check out the following schedule!
