Riot Games have just revealed their plans for the future of VALORANT esports. They have announced that the VALORANT Champions Tour which will be their main esports system heading into 2021. In this article we’ll be going over everything you need to know about the VALORANT Champions Tour.
What is the VALORANT Champions Tour?
The Champions Tour is the next system for VALORANT esports as its goal is to expand the competition calendar. This means that there will be more opportunities for current established teams, as well as underdog teams that haven’t had their proper shot just yet.
How does it work?
With regards to the VALORANT Champions Tour structure, it will feature 3 different stages, Challengers, Masters, and Champions.
Format
The Challengers stage will feature regional-based events, as we’ve previously seen with the Ignition Series. All of these regional events will feature and contribute to a qualification path for the next stage which is the VALORANT Masters Stage.
The Masters Stage will happen only 3 times per year, and it will feature teams that best represent their region. This will be based on the points they gather throughout the open qualifiers of the challenger events. As mentioned in their announcement, the Masters and Challengers stages will be restricted to regional competition due to travel restrictions of the pandemic.
Lastly, we have the Champions stage, is going to be the end-of-year major event. The Champions stage consists of a 2-week long tournament with the best 16 teams from around the world.
Teams
Unfortunately, very few teams from each region will be heading to the VALORANT Champions stage. As only 12 teams will be qualifying through Masters. Whereas the other 4 teams that qualify will go through the last chance qualifier. This is how the teams will be distributed:
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