VALORANT Champions Tour 2024 is right about to start. Here is a simplified version of everything you need to know about this year’s new additions and format changes.
The VALORANT Champions Tour, or VCT, is the competitive scenario of VALORANT, where teams from all over the world fight for the ultimate glory. This has been a regular event since 2021. So, it will be the fourth consecutive year of the VCT tournaments. However, VCT 2024 is coming with a lot of new changes in the format.
Every VCT year is fabricated with three Masters tournaments, following one final event, The Champions. Last year, in VCT 2023, the season ended with Evil Geniuses crowning the Champions title in Los Angeles. Since then, the international events of VALORANT have been going through the off-season period. Finally, the competitive actions of VALORANT are returning for the new season with a kick-off tournament.
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What is new in VCT 2024?
Riot keeps adding new changes and modifications to make the VCT seasons more enthralling every year. This year, they made even more schedule changes and added new teams and even whole new levels to the entire format.
From VCT 2024, China will be joining the official region list alongside EMEA, Pacific, and Americas. So, a total of four new teams from previous years’ Ascension tournaments will be added to the team list, bringing the number to 44. These teams will fight in their respective International Leagues and Masters events to qualify for the Champions.
VCT 2024 Format
To break the long breaking period of competitive VALORANT, the season will commence with a Kick-off tournament. After that, teams will fight each other in two Masters events and International Leagues. All of these will lead to the Champions 2024 event.
Riot Games has just released a video on their official website about all the functions of the VCT 2024 format.
Here is a breakdown of the VCT 2024 events:
- VCT 2024 will begin with a regional kick-off tournament in February.
- The top 2 teams from each region will qualify for the first international event, Masters Madrid.
- Following Masters Madrid, Stage 1 of the International League will run.
- The top 3 teams from each league will qualify for the next global event, Masters Shanghai.
- After that, Stage 2 of the International League will go on to make the path to the final event.
- Finally, 4 teams from each region will face off in the ultimate battle, VALORANT Champions 2024.
Another important addition to this year’s format is the Championship point. While three teams will qualify directly for the Champions event, the fourth one will be decided by the Championship points.
These are all the key points for the VCT 2024 format. To know the event schedules and details, follow the VCT 2024 Roadmap.
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