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Valorant Champions viewers guide: The teams, schedule, and where to watch

Valorant Champions will see the best teams from across the globe face off for the ultimate prize - here's everything you need to know.

The competitive elite of Valorant are prepared, and you should be too, because Valorant Champions commences today. The tournament will toss the best Jetts, Atras, and yes, even Brimstones into the competitive bag before giving it a big shake to see who comes out on top. By far the biggest tournament the fledgling esport has seen yet, Champions is the event Valorant fans need to set their scopes on. 

To help those new to the scene or anyone looking to check out the full run of the event, we’ve put together a Valorant Champions viewers guide . Below, we’ll break down the Valorant Champions teams , lay out the schedule , explain how to get drops, and let you know where to watch the action unfold.

What is Valorant Champions?

Valorant Champions is the culmination of the first ever Valorant Champions Tour. Over the course of 2021, teams from across the globe competed through the Challengers and Masters competitions. Depending on their final position at these tournaments, team earned points toward qualification for the Champions event. The only exception to this was Stage 3 Masters in Berlin. The victorious team there, Gambit Esports, gained automatic qualification for Valorant Champions.

As the closing event of Valorant’s first esports year, this is where all the real marbles lie. Valorant Champions will crown the first dominant team in the game’s esports arena. It also features the largest prize pool the game has seen yet, awarding $1m to the victorious side.

Like the Stage 3 Masters, Valorant Champions is being held in Berlin, and is sponsored by companies including HyperX, Aim Lab, Verizon, Prime Gaming, and Secretlab. Valorant Champions will take place over two weeks, running from December 1 - 12. Group stages will run until December 7, with the playoffs kicking into gear from December 8 - 12.

Where to watch Valorant Champions

You can watch Valorant Champions on the Valorant Twitch channel , which we’ve embedded below.

How to get drops during Valorant Champions

If you’ve linked your Riot account to Twitch, you’ll also be able to earn in-game rewards as drops by watching the official stream or any of the official watch party hosts . There are partners in a range of different language, meaning no one should feel left out.

Valorant Champions teams

Valorant Champions is the biggest event the game has held yet, with sixteen teams competing in a LAN tournament. Team qualified through Masters Berlin and circuit points within the following regions: North America; Latin America; Brazil; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; Korea; Japan; and South East Asia. The final four spaces in the event were secured vai Last Chance qualifiers in the NA, EMEA, SA, and APAC regions. Below are all the teams competing at Valorant Champions.

Ones to watch

Not sure who the hot teams in Valorant are? Here’s a quick run through the sides you should definitely be paying attention to. As the winners of the Stage 3 Masters, Gambit are arguably coming into Valorant Champions as the hottest team, so expect their performance to be analyzed closes. Similarly, North American leaders Sentinels have seen more success in the Champions Tour than any other team at the event. As winners of both the NA and Stage 2 Masters, they’ll be the team most sides are looking to overthrow. They might find stiff NA competition from Team Envy , however, who beat them 2-0 at the Stage 3 Masters.

If you’re looking for entertainment value coupled with high quality, keep a close eye on Boaster and the boys in Fnatic . The EMEA team made a name for themselves at the Stage 2 Masters thanks to silly antics in the arena. They were also one of the only teams to test Sentinels on their path to glory. Korean side Vision Strikers have also proven a serious threat on the world stage, and will be looking to convert their talents into a major victory for the first time at Champions. 

Valorant Champions schedule

The Valorant Champions schedule begins with group stages before progressing to knockout playoffs in which the top eight teams will compete through the quarter finals, semi finals, and grand final.

Group stages

The group stages, taking place from December 1 - 8, split teams into four groups of four. Each group plays as a miniature knockout tournament, starting with two opening matches. The two winners will then play to determine the top team of the group, while the two losers play in an elimination match. The loser of the former and winner of the latter then compete in a decider match to determine the second qualifier.

The first matches have already been lined up, and they’ll see Vision Strikers v Full Sense, Crazy Raccoon v Team Secret, and Cloud9 Blue v Fnatic on Wednesday, December 1. Thursday will see Team Vikings v Gambit, KRÜ v Sentinels, and Furia v Team Liquid. Finally, Friday will see Envy v Acend, Keyd v X10, and one final group stage match.

Each day of the group stages will see matches take place at the following times:

• Group stage match 1:  6a m PT / 9am ET / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET
• Group stage match 2:  9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET
• Group stage match 3: 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm GMT / 9pm CET

The playoffs will take place from December 8 - 12, starting with quarter finals, then semi finals, and finally culminating in the grand finals. 

The Valorant Champions semi finals will take place on Saturday, December 11 at the following times:

• Semi final 1: 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET
• Semi final 2: 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm GMT / 9pm CET

The Valorant Champions grand final will take place on Sunday, December 12 at the following time:

• Grand final: 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET

That’s everything you’ll need to enjoy the Valorant Champions tournament, but if you have any further questions, drop them in the comments below and we’ll do our best to answer them.

Henry Stenhouse serves an eternal punishment as the Associate Editor of AllGamers. He spent his younger life studying the laws of physics, even going so far as to complete a PhD in the subject before video games stole his soul. Confess your love of Super Smash Bros. via email at  [email protected] ,  or catch him on Twitter .

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2021 VALORANT Champions Tour Kicks Off in NA On January 27

Last November, we previewed the 2021 VALORANT Champions Tour, a global competitive ecosystem that will enable VALORANT to become the next great, multi-generational esport. Today, we’re thrilled to provide more details on Stage 01 of the VCT in North America, and unveil our long-time partner, Nerd Street Gamers, as the official tournament operator and producer for this first stage.

Beginning January 27 and running through March 21, Stage 01 will provide a mix of open and closed qualifiers to ensure opportunities for both amateur and established orgs to qualify into the Masters. The first stage will consist of three Challenger Weekends, which function as closed qualifiers to determine who moves on to the concluding Masters event. A weekly open qualifier will determine which teams compete in the Challenger Weekend.

To ensure the safety of all participants as the global COVID-19 situation evolves, all competitions, including Masters tournaments, will remain intraregional and fully remote in Stage 01.

The full Stage 01 schedule is below:

CHALLENGERS WEEKEND 1

• Open Qualifiers: January 27 - 31
• Closed Qualifiers: February 4 - 7

CHALLENGERS WEEKEND 2

• Open Qualifiers: February 11 - 14
• Closed Qualifiers: February 18 - 21

CHALLENGERS WEEKEND 3

• Open Qualifiers: February 25 - 28
• Closed Qualifiers: March 4 - 7

MASTERS STAGE 01

• March 13 - 14
• March 19 - 21

We’re proud to continue our partnership with Nerd Street Gamers , who have been key to the success of VALORANT’s inaugural year as an esport in NA. Nerd Street Gamers will lead registration, operations and production of the Challengers events from January through March, as well as the Master tournaments in March.

Visit nerdstgamers.com/vct to see the full Stage 01 schedule and register to compete in the qualifiers

2021 promises to be a groundbreaking year for VALORANT esports, and we’re tremendously excited to kickoff global play. Our commitment to the grassroots scene through the use of open qualifiers will ensure that new stars and engaging stories will continue to populate VALORANT esports.

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How to claim Valorant Champions Twitch drops and player card

Valorant esports is gearing up for its biggest event yet. The Valorant Champions is the culmination of a year-long Valorant Champions Tour circuit , bringing together teams from all corners of the globe to be crowned Valorant Champions 2021 .

Riot Games has always gone big when it comes to esports; their MOBA, League of Legends, is a high-water mark for the industry; with top production values, record-breaking audiences, and the ability to enjoy the action on many different platforms and in many different languages.

Riot Games also goes all-out with in-game content tied to events, and with Valorant, they are not changing it up.

We already have got the Valorant Champions Tour song (verifiable banger), as well as the Valorant Champions Tour skin collection , with 50% of the proceeds going to the teams involved.

But what if you're not into music or not quite the cash to plump for a skin line, don't worry, as there are at least two other rewards you can bag that won't cost you a penny. These include a Valorant Champions player card, spray, and gun buddy. Interested? Keep reading to find out how you can grab these.

How to claim the Valorant Champions player card

Good news for those that don't like to mess around linking Twitch accounts to game accounts and so on, as, if you already have a Valorant account, you will have the Valorant Champions player card!

To adorn it, follow these instructions:

• Fire up Valorant.
• Head to the "Collection" menu
• Click on the player card at the far left of the screen.
• Scroll along until you find the Valorant Champions card and then click "Equip Card".
• You're done!

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The player card isn't the only free reward on offer, as there will also be a Valorant Champions spray and gunbuddy.

The VCT spray will be available between 1st-11th December, with the VCT gunbuddy up for grabs during the final on the 12th December.

To get these rewards, you will need to link your Riot account to one of the chosen streaming platforms, including Twitch, YouTube, Afreeca and Trova and tune in to watch the event.

You can link your Twitch account by following the steps mentioned below:

• Head to your user profile on Twitch and scroll down to “Settings."
• Then, click on the “Connections” tab.
• Scroll down to “Riot Games” and click “Connect."
• Log in with your Riot Games account to successfully link it to Twitch.
• Read more: Valorant Champions gets crowdfunded prize pool with exclusive skin bundle

Enjoy Valorant Champions, and remember to check back with us for all the latest Valorant news and guides !

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VCT Pacific Kickoff 2024: Schedule, results, format, where to watch

The tournament begins February 17.

Updated on February 25, 7:10 p.m. (GMT+8):  Updated results.

The VCT Pacific Kickoff 2024 marks the return of Valorant esports, featuring the 11 partnered teams battling to qualify for Masters Madrid, the first international LAN event of the Valorant Champions Tour season.

Returning to defend their crown is last year’s Pacific League champion Paper Rex. The Singaporean-based team will have to make their run without their star Raze player Wang “Jing” Jing Jie, who stepped away from competitive play this year to complete his National Service. The compulsory duration of service is two years.

Another top Pacific team returning with new faces is Korean powerhouse squad DRX. The team has parted ways with Kim “Zest” Gi-seok and Goo “Rb” Sang-min, to make way for rising stars Jung “Foxy9” Jae-sung and Cho “Flashback” Min-hyuk.

The Pacific Kickoff tournament features a new format, with teams competing in three stages for the two spots to advance to Masters Madrid.

What is VCT Pacific Kickoff 2024

The VCT Pacific Kickoff 2024 is the first split of the year in the Pacific region’s Valorant Champions Tour season.

VCT Pacific Kickoff 2024 format

The tournament begins with the Group Stage from February 17 to 21, featuring three double-elimination groups. The highest-placing team (Paper Rex) from Champions 2023 earns a bye in Group C, which has three teams, while the other groups have four. 

All matches in the Group Stage are best-of-three. The top team from each group advances directly to the Playoffs, while the second-place team moves to the Play-In stage.

The Play-In stage occurs on February 22, with a three-team Round-Robin group. All matches in the Play-In stage are best-of-three, and the winning team advances to the Playoffs.

The Playoffs occur on February 24 and 25, featuring a four-team Single-Elimination bracket. Semifinal matches are best-of-three, while the grand final is a best-of-five. The top two teams from the Playoffs qualify for Masters Madrid.

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How a Global Esport Comes Together at VALORANT Champs 2023

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VAMOS. LET’S GO. For LOUD, Brazil’s best VALORANT team and defending VALORANT Champions, vamos is a rallying cry, a celebration, and a moment of team unity. But, over the last few years, vamos has also become the centerpiece of a rather unlikely rivalry. It began when Stax, the in-game leader of Korea’s top team in DRX, decided to adopt vamos as his own. This rivalry between the best of Brazil and the best of Korea has deepened match after match, vamos after vamos, on stages around the world. 

So, when groups were announced for VALORANT Champions 2023, eyes quickly turned to the Day 1 matchup between LOUD and DRX. On paper, it’s the methodical Korean squad with lineups upon lineups vs. the aggressive Brazilian team led by Aspas, one of the best aimers in the world. A rematch of the LOCK//IN semifinals, LOUD vs. DRX featured the talent, the history, the drama, and the shared culture that makes VALORANT Esports special.

“Regional rivalries just make esports more interesting,” said Leo Faria, the Global Head of VALORANT Esports. “That’s the beautiful thing about VALORANT, it’s a global game. In VALORANT Esports, we’ve seen a lot of balance between both regions on the international stage and between different countries in the leagues. As we began to ideate on the esports scene, we knew that the shooter genre was popular around the world and we wanted to lean into that global player base and make sure players everywhere had the chance to compete in VALORANT esports.”

Since the VALORANT Champions Tour officially launched in 2021, there have been nine global tournaments. Over that time, players from 32 different countries have finished top four in at least one of those tournaments. We’ve seen incredible players from Indonesia, Ukraine, Chile, Canada, Belgium, Japan, Croatia, Korea, Cambodia, Turkey, and Finland, just to name a few.  At Champs 2023, the pattern continues as the quarterfinals feature exactly two teams each from the Americas, EMEA, APAC, and China. 

The Americas League is represented by North America’s Evil Geniuses and Brazil’s Loud; EMEA has Fnatic, with a roster of players spanning the entirety of Europe, and FUT Esports with their entirely Turkish roster; Pacific sees Paper Rex representing three countries in Southeast Asia and the aforementioned Korean giants in DRX; and finally, China sends EDward Gaming and Bilibili Gaming, who have quickly become fan favorites in Los Angeles. From Brazil to Finland to Malaysia, odds are good that viewers tuning in to VALORANT Champions will have someone close to home to root for. 

“Esports, especially at the level of international leagues and global events, are about inspiration,” Leo said. “You want someone at home playing VALORANT with their friends to have someone to look up to and think, ‘That’s amazing, I want to do that, too.’ But if you’re not represented, if you can’t see yourself in that league, in that competition, it’s hard to feel inspired. So when you’re watching a tournament with teams from around the world, with players close to you, and they’re playing well and winning matches, that’s the magic of esports.”  

Building a Global Game 

We’ve always placed a big emphasis on building games for global audiences, which was a big reason why League of Legends grew into one of the largest games and esports in the world. With VALORANT, the team had the benefit of all the knowledge gained from League and leveraged that early on in its development to foster a global mindset.

“We think about building an authentically global game from a few different angles,” said Arnar Gylfason, VALORANT’s Director of Game Production. “It needs to be globally accessible, globally resonant, and have global representation. With accessibility, we need low latency and access to 128-tick servers that level the playing field globally. To make VALORANT globally resonant, we wanted a game that’s a bit lighter in tone and style than other tac shooters but we knew that we couldn’t compromise the core focus and feeling of the genre. Global representation is equally as important to us, which in some cases can be viewed as culture or nationality but in other cases also represents music tastes or character relationships. All of these factors come together to make a game that people around the world enjoy playing.” 

While the esports team has placed a focus on building events and leagues that foster this global mindset, having talented esports players begins with having passionate players. 

“VALORANT’s popularity is pretty evenly distributed around the world,” Arnar continued. “So many regions have a talented pool of players to pull from which we’ve seen play out in esports. With that representation comes the inspiration for more players from that region. Being able to resonate with someone you can root for on the global stage is very powerful for both fandom and motivation to engage deeper with the game and push that passion further. There are some regions that are known for having top contending teams in FPS games, but in VALORANT, anything is possible.” 

VALORANT has it all. There are amazing teams from historic breeding grounds of FPS talent like Brazil, the Nordics, and Eastern Europe, as well as countries seeing themselves on the global esports stage in tac shooters for the first time.

“In the FPS genre especially, you don’t usually have games that are popular in both the East and the West,” said Jake Sin, head of VALORANT Esports, APAC. “One thing that has really helped VALORANT be played around the world is that there are a lot of different ways you can play it. All the variables mean that regions develop their own playstyles and they find success using different formulas. That’s a big part of why VALORANT has had this globally balanced game with teams popping off from all these different regions.”  

Tripling Down with International Leagues

The next chapter for VALORANT Esports revolves around these expansive international leagues that ladder up into a consistent schedule of global events. The decision to create these three leagues–Americas, EMEA, and Pacific–was aimed at reinforcing this global parity at the top level. 

“For VALORANT, we started with a global structure for the esport and then divided that into regional ecosystems,” Jake continued. “The goal is consistency across the leagues and the regions when it comes to rules, structure, calendars, and format.”

Each league features partner teams that span the wide range of cultures, countries, and play styles that make up these broad international leagues. 

“The goal of the international leagues is to have a tier-one competition that’s polished for players in every corner of the globe,” Leo said. “We wanted the league to feel truly connected to players across the entire region, so, for example, we didn’t want the Americas league to feel like a North American league that happens to have a Brazilian team and a Latin American team. It starts with having multiple teams representing countries and then it's solidified by casting in English, Portuguese, and Spanish on site. That same model is replicated in the EMEA and Pacific leagues. Our goal is to have Brazilian fans, Japanese fans, and all other fans who feel the league is for them, even if it isn’t being played in their country.” 

While the international league formats are still in their rookie year, some of the impacts are already being seen from roster construction to play style. In the Americas League, Sentinels have added two Brazilian players to their roster of North American standouts. In Champs, the historically methodical DRX squad seems to have taken a few cues from the aggressive style of their Pacific rivals in PRX.

“Having international competition, not just in major tournaments but also week-to-week, exposes teams to better gameplay,” Leo continued. “We’ve seen that play out in traditional sports as well. While all the teams in the NBA play in North America, the rosters have become more and more global over the past few decades and the result is a new generation of international superstars like Luka, Jokic, Giannis, Embiid, and more. That’s our goal with VALORANT Esports, we want a global game where players are exposed to international competition as much as possible. That way the whole world improves together, the next generation sees that representation, and we keep seeing this global parity at the top level year over year.” 

No one knows how Champs will wrap up. Will Fnatic finish off the triple crown? Will a team from the Pacific League finally break through and raise their first global trophy? Will one of the Chinese squads celebrate the game’s official release in their country with a win? Or will one of the Americas teams capitalize on the home-field advantage? You’ll just have to watch to find out for yourself–along with the rest of the world. 

Watch VALORANT Champs 2023 on valorantesports.com , Twitch , YouTube , or wherever you like to watch esports. And make sure to follow VALORANT Esports on social media to never miss a clutch, a thrifty, or an Rb 3K .  

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VALORANT Champions Tour 2023 is the third official tournament circuit by Riot Games. The circuit was announced on September 14th, 2022 with a blog post. [1]

• 1.1.1 LOCK//IN São Paulo
• 1.1.2 International Leagues
• 1.1.3 Masters Tokyo
• 1.1.4 Last Chance Qualifiers
• 1.1.5 Champions
• 1.2.1 Challengers Leagues
• 1.2.2 Ascension
• 1.3.1 Game Changers
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Pro system [ edit ], lock//in são paulo [ edit ].

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• Three on-LAN leagues, one in each international territory.
• Each league consists of 10 partner teams selected by Riot.

Masters Tokyo [ edit ]

Last Chance Qualifiers [ edit ]

Champions [ edit ], semi-pro system [ edit ], challengers leagues [ edit ].

Ascension [ edit ]

• Four tournaments, one in each international territory

Women's and Marginalized Gender's Pro System [ edit ]

Game changers [ edit ].

• Women's and other marginalized genders circuit taking place throughout the year in different regions
• The best teams from each region compete in an international event at the end of the year

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