Valorant Champions Tour 2022: Valorant has emerged as one of the best PvP titles in recent years. The title from Riot Games offers competitive gameplay with a series of challenges available at every instance. The global competitive sector of Valorant is also quite popular. With that being said, it has been recently revealed that Valorant Champions Tour Masters is returning for the second time this year. The event will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. This article will reveal the necessary details pertaining to the coveted event. For more news regarding Valorant, follow InsideSport.IN.
The Valorant Champions Tour 2022 Stage 2 Masters is extremely special for the teams that will be participating. The teams will be vying for the coveted title in front of a live audience for the first time in Valorant’s history. The presence of an audience will surely pump up the atmosphere and everyone will be willing to give their best. Therefore, fans can be sure that the upcoming Stage 2 Masters will be thrilling, to say the least.
Valorant Champions Tour 2022: All you need to know
#VALORANTMasters Copenhagen is right around the corner!
Need a refresher on the Masters format? We’ve got you covered. Here is all you need to know ⬇ pic.twitter.com/q1w9pJpqCa
— VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) July 1, 2022
The roster for the upcoming VCT Stage 2 Masters will have twelve teams competing for the trophy. The top teams from the four major regions, NA, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM, will directly go through to the playoffs.
The rest of the eight teams will be vying with each other in the group stages to earn a place along with the top seed qualifiers.
The twelve teams that will be in Copenhagen for the VCT Stage 2 Masters are listed below:
- Fnatic (Winners, EMEA Challengers)
- FunPlus Phoenix (Runners-up, EMEA Challengers)
- Guild Esports (Second runners-up, EMEA Challengers)
- XSET (Champions, NA Challengers)
- OpTic Gaming (Runners-up, NA Challengers)
- Paper Rex (Champions, APAC Challengers)
- XERXIA (Runners-up, APAC Challengers)
- LOUD (Champions, BR Challengers)
- Leviatán (Champions, LATAM Challengers)
- KRÜ Esports (Champions, SA Last Chance Qualifier)
- DRX (Champions, KR Challengers)
- NORTHEPTION (Champions, Japan Challengers)
VCT Stage 2 Masters 2022: Group Stage layout
The first matches for #VALORANTMasters Copenhagen have been set!
Find out who will be facing who in the second international competition of 2022 ➡️https://t.co/ILp1ZhMB9x pic.twitter.com/kashxhfdPg
— VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) July 1, 2022
The eight teams have been drawn up in two groups. They have been segregated as per the regional competition and also their final seeding during the regional events.
After the draw, the groups look like this:
Group A
- OpTic Gaming (NA)
- Guild Esports (EMEA)
- LOUD (BR)
- KRÜ Esports (LATAM)
Group B
- FunPlus Phoenix (EMEA)
- XERXIA (APAC)
- DRX (KR)
- NORTHEPTION (JP)
Riot Games has also revealed the matches for the respective groups.
Groups A
- OpTic Gaming (NA) vs Guild Esports (EMEA)
- LOUD (BR) vs KRÜ Esports (LATAM)
Group B
- FunPlus Phoenix (EMEA) vs XERXIA (APAC)
- DRX (KR) vs NORTHEPTION (JP)
The top two teams from each group will qualify and join the rest of the teams for the playoffs.
Valorant Champions Tour 2022: Possible schedule of the event
Wondering where @XSET, @FNATIC, @pprxteam, and @LeviatanGG are?
The four teams that advance from the Group Stage will continue on to the Playoff Bracket, where these teams are already waiting for them.
The Playoff Bracket will begin on Day 5! pic.twitter.com/Jz0Ito9oog
— VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) July 1, 2022
The probable schedule for the upcoming VCT Stage 2 Masters has been revealed by Riot Games. The event will kick off on July 10 and will run until July 24, 2022. The complete schedule is given below:
- Sunday, July 10 – 3.00 pm CEST (Group Play)
- Monday, July 11 – 5.00 pm CEST (Group Play)
- Tuesday, July 12 – 3.00 pm CEST (Group Play)
- Wednesday, July 13 – 5.00 pm CEST (Group Play)
- Thursday, July 14 – 5.00 pm CEST (Bracket Stage)
- Friday, July 15 – 5.00 pm CEST (Bracket Stage)
- Saturday, July 16 – 5.00 pm CEST (Bracket Stage)
- Sunday, July 17 – 5.00 pm CEST (Bracket Stage)
- Monday, July 18 – 5.00 pm CEST (Bracket Stage)
- Friday, July 22 – 5.00 pm CEST (Upper Bracket Final/ Lower Bracket Semifinal)
- Saturday, July 23 – 5.00 pm CEST (Lower Bracket Final)
- Sunday, July 24 – 5.00 pm CEST (Finals)
For more than two weeks, the most popular Valorant teams will fight for the title. The event will be telecasted on Valorant’s official Twitch and YouTube channels.
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