VCT 2023: LOCK//In São Paulo complete details
Valorant Champions Tour 2023 is all set for an offline event in Brazil this February. VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo is a part of the VCT series and Riot Games are the organisers, the tournament will use the 6.02 patch for the game. The location of tournament is set at São Paulo and the venue is Ginásio do Ibirapuera. It carries a total of $500,000 which will be split between the 32 teams that are participating in this tournament. From the 13th of February, the tournament is all set to begin and it will go on till the 4th of March. All the teams are put into a Single-Elimination Bracket and will compete with each other for the best of 3 games.
Let’s have a look at the teams
A total of 32 teams will be seen competing against each other. The teams are listed below –
- BBL Esports
- Fnatic
- FUT Esports
- Giants
- Karmine Corp
- KOI
- Natus Vincere
- Team Heretics
- Team Liquid
- Team Vitality
- 100 Thieves’
- Cloud9
- Evil Geniuses
- FURIA Esports
- KRU Esports
- Levitan
- LOUD
- MIBR
- NRG
- Sentinels
- DetonatioN FM
- DRX
- Gen.G
- Global Esports
- Paper Rex
- Rex Regum Qeon
- T1
- Talon Esports
- Team Secret
- ZETA DIVISION
- EDward Gaming
- FunPlus Phoenix
All these teams come from different regions as it is including EMEA, Americas, and Pacific partner teams, a total of two China Invited teams. All these teams will be seen competing with each other in the tournament. As of now, the rosters are out for the matches and these are not the final ones as there may be possibilities of a change.
The winner of this tournament will get an advantage to get their slot in the Masters 2023 as they will be provided with an extra slot. So, it will be a great chance for the team who will win the game.
Maps and Format
According to the latest updates, the map pool for the tournament will have Ascent, Fracture, Haven, Icebox, Pearl and Split. The tournament will also include the latest added map Lotus which will surely provide good competition among the teams.
As stated earlier, all 32 teams will be playing in the Single-elimination bracket with the best of 3 games. But the Semifinals and Grand Final will be the Best of 5 games.
Prize pool distribution is as followed
Position | Share of the Prize pool |
1st | $100,000 |
2nd | $60,000 |
3rd – 4th | $40,000 |
5th – 8h | $25,000 |
9th – 16th | $10,000 |
17th – 32nd | $5000 |
To witness the matches, fans can visit Twitch and the official YouTube channel of Valorant.
Match results
Day 1(Round of 32)
Bracket | Matches | Best of 3 score | Winner |
Alpha | KOI vs NRG | 0-2 | NRG |
Alpha | DetonatioN FM vs Giants Gaming | 0-2 | Giants Gaming |
Day 2 (Round of 32)
Bracket | Matches | Best of 3 score | Winner |
Alpha | FunPlus Phoenix vs Karmine Corp | 1-2 | Karmine Corp |
Alpha | BBL Esports vs DRX | 1-2 | DRX |
Alpha | Cloud9 vs Paper Rex | 2-0 | Cloud9 |
Day 3 (Round of 32)
Bracket | Matches | Best of 3 score | Winner |
Alpha | Evil Geniuses vs Team Heretics | 2-0 | Evil Geniuses |
Alpha | MIBR vs Talon Esports | 0-2 | Talon Esports |
Alpha | Gen.G Esports vs LOUD | 0-2 | LOUD |
Day 4 (Round of 16)
Bracket | Matches | Best of 3 score | Winner |
Alpha | NRG vs Giants Gaming | 2-1 | NRG |
Alpha | LOUD vs Karmine Corp | 2-0 | LOUD |
Day 5 (Round of 16)
Bracket | Matches | Best of 3 score | Winner |
Alpha | DRX vs Cloud9 | 2-1 | DRX |
Alpha | Evil Geniuses vs Talon Esports | 0-2 | Talon Esports |
Day 6 (Round of 16)
Bracket | Matches | Best of 3 score | Winner |
Alpha | NRG vs LOUD | 1-2 | LOUD |
Alpha | DRX vs Talon Esports | 2-1 | DRX |
Day 7 (Round of 32)
Bracket | Matches | Best of 3 score | Winner |
Omega | Team Liquid vs Team Secret | TBD | TBD |
Omega | Natus Vincere vs KRU Esports | TBD | TBD |
Day 8 (Round of 32)
Bracket | Matches | Best of 3 score | Winner |
Omega | Team Liquid vs Team Secret | TBD | TBD |
Omega | Natus Vincere vs KRU Esports | TBD | TBD |
Day 9 (Round of 32)
Bracket | Matches | Best of 3 score | Winner |
Omega | ZETA DIVISION vs Leviatan | TBD | TBD |
Omega | Team Vitality vs Global Esports | TBD | TBD |
Omega | FUT Esports vs Rex Regum Qeon | TBD | TBD |
Day 10 (Round 32)
Bracket | Matches | Best of 3 score | Winner |
Omega | 100 Thieves vs EDward Gaming | TBD | TBD |
Omega | Sentinels vs Fnatic | TBD | TBD |
Omega | T1 vs FURIA Esports | TBD | TBD |
For updated results of VCT 2023 LOCK//IN matches, keep following this space.