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VALORANT Champions Tour 2021
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VALORANT Champions Tour 2021
Series Information
Organizer:
Riot Games
Location:
Global Sponsor(s):
Links
VALORANT Champions Tour 2021 is the first official tournament circuit by Riot Games. The circuit was announced on November 24th, 2020 with a blog post. [1]
Format[edit]
Challengers[edit]
- Organized by Riot Games in collaboration with third-party partners
- Teams qualify through open qualifiers
- Top four teams from previous Weekend Event bypass next Open Qualifier
- Stage 1 - 8 teams qualify for Masters 1 in respective regions.
- Stage 2 & 3 - Top teams in Challengers Finals events advance to the next upcoming Masters event.
Masters[edit]
- Three events along the circuit
- Events will take place in March, May, and September
Masters 1[edit]
- Masters 1 events are regional competitions.
- Regions
North America
Europe
CIS
Turkey
Korea
Japan
Southeast Asia
Brazil
Latin America [ South - North ]
- Regions
Masters 2 - Reykjavík[edit]
- Regional Distribution
- 10 Teams
- North America: 2 slots
- EMEA: 2 slots
- Brazil: 2 slots
- Korea: 1 slot
- Japan: 1 slot
- Southeast Asia: 1 slot
- Latin America: 1 slot
- 10 Teams
* Turkey and CIS teams will have qualifications through EMEA Challenger Finals.
* Oceania teams will not qualify for the Masters 2 LAN event.
Masters 3 - Berlin[edit]
- Regional Distribution
- 16 Teams
- North America: 3 slots
- EMEA: 4 slots
- Brazil: 2 slots
- Korea: 2 slots
- Japan: 2 slots
- Southeast Asia: 2 slots
- Latin America: 1 slot
- 16 Teams
* Turkey and CIS will have qualifications through EMEA Challengers Playoffs.
* Oceania teams will not qualify for the Masters 3 LAN event.
Champions[edit]
- Two week long event featuring 16 teams from multiple regions
Circuit Point Slots[edit]
- North America: 2 slots
- EMEA: 2 slots
- Brazil: 2 slots
- Latin America: 1 slot
- Japan: 1 slot
- Southeast Asia: 2 slots
- Korea: 1 slot
* Oceania teams will have a qualification through North American Last Chance Qualifier.
* Turkey and CIS will have qualifications through EMEA events.
MENA teams will have a qualification through EMEA Last Chance Qualifier.
* South Asia will have a qualification through APAC Last Chance Qualifier.
Last Chance Qualifier Slots[edit]
- North America: 1 slot
- EMEA: 1 slot
- South America: 1 slot
APAC: 1 slot
Masters Slots[edit]
- Masters 3 Winner : 1 slot