
Teams who don’t earn enough circuit points to qualify in their region will have one more chance to make it to Champions, through Last Chance Qualifiers. (Note: In regions where 2nd/3rd place in Challengers Playoffs qualify for Masters, those places will not grant Circuit points) Regional breakdown below:Īmount of circuit points awarded for each event can be found below: 11 teams will qualify for Champions in this way, while teams below that threshold may still qualify for a Last Chance Qualifier event based on their circuit point ranking.

At the end of the year, teams earn a spot at Champions based on their qualification point ranking in their region. Teams who compete in Challengers Playoffs and Masters events, will earn circuit points based on their performance. Here’s how the VALORANT Champions Tour plays out over the course of the year, and how teams qualify from one event to the next: If you’re looking for more detail, we’ve got you covered.

It’s an event which will see 16 of the top teams from around the world compete for the title of the best VALORANT team in the world. Teams who have accrued the most circuit points in each region, will qualify to compete in the biggest event in competitive VALORANT: VALORANT Champions.Ĭhampions is the culmination of each year of the VALORANT Champions Tour. These are global competitions which see the best teams from around the world compete for circuit points. Note: Some regions may see slight variations on this format, based on total number of teams or sub-regions competing in Challengers MastersĮach of the three stages of the VCT are capped off with a global Masters tournament (Note: 2021 Stage 1 Masters was a regional tournament, due to Covid-19 travel restrictions). For more info on how exactly that works, see ‘The Details’ below. Teams who make it and win at Challengers Playoffs qualify for global competition at Masters events. In Main Events teams compete for a spot at Challengers Playoffs. Each stage has 2 Challengers Main Events, which any team in the region can qualify for through Open Qualifiers. Regions from all around the world will compete in Challengers events across three stages of the year. Wow, why would you do that? Again, even though it looked bad for Team Liquid on paper, they have won this map with a 13-5 score.Here’s an in-depth look at the format of the 2021 VALORANT Champions Tour, and how it all ladders up to Champions. One interesting thing about this match is that Jammpi picked Sage instead of Chamber for the first time in 18 official games. THE ACE FOR #VALORANTChampions /F1cO279Nyq- VALORANT Champions Tour September 4, 2022 He brought a knife to a gunfight and won | #VALORANTChampions /XkurAk9Hyg- VALORANT Champions Tour September 4, 2022 Not much to talk about it was Team Liquid's show. It looked like the EMEA team just showed off with clutches, aces and knife kills. And with that, BOOM Esports got eliminated out of Valorant Champions Istanbul.Ĭhampions 2022 Istanbul Day 5: EDward Gaming vs Team Liquid (0:2) ScreaM's squad sent EDward Gaming home! | © Riot Games Bindīind is known to be Team Liquid's worst map, yet they absolutely crushed EDward Gaming on it. This was probably the most one-sided game we've seen so far at this tournament. ZETA Division ended the first half in 10-2, and then won a pistol round to quickly end the series. HE IS ON FIRE | #VALORANTChampions /KIK9YYxMAp- VALORANT Champions Tour TR September 4, 2022 Then we also had Laz, who abused Chamber just like on the first map. Dap went ham with his Neon – he was running around like a real Duelist and scoring frag after frag.

LAZ GETS THE ACE TO END MAP 2 | #VALORANTChampions /DmZMMqSmtR- VALORANT Champions Tour SeptemFractureĪnd this was just brutal from ZETA Division. Still, the game got to 13-11, so it was a really close match regardless. But again, BOOM Esports qualified for Champions through the Last Chance Qualifier, so they had less time to prepare properly for Pearl. We could clearly see in this match that ZETA Division had more strategies and lineups for the map.
