VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Masters Madrid saw an ‘Americas’ team, Sentinels, lifting the winners trophy. The 2024 circuit will now move towards the Regular Season, i.e., VCT Americas Stage 1 and 2, which will serve as qualifying tournaments for Masters Shanghai and Champions Seoul. The winners of Stage 1 and 2 will also get three VCT points, each.
VCT Americas Stage 1 And 2 – Format, Groups, & Schedule
11 teams in Americas League have been placed in two groups — Alpha and Omega — for the Regular Season. The Americas Regular Season Group Alpha features five teams and Omega has the remaining six squads, listed as follows:
Group Alpha
- Sentinels
- NRG
- G2 Esports
- Cloud9
- KRÜ Esports
Group Omega
- LOUD
- Evil Geniuses
- MIBR
- Leviatán
- FURIA Esports
- 100 Thieves
VALORANT Champions Tour Americas Stage 1 Schedule & Format
The Americas Stage 1 will commence commence on April 6 with the group stage, which will concluded on May 5. The initial stage will feature cross-group play, i.e., a team will compete against all squads from the other group. The complete schedule for VALORANT Champions Tour Americas Stage 1 is given as follows:
Week 1
April 6
- C9 VS LEV
- NRG VS LOUD
April 7
- G2 VS EG
- SEN VS 100T
April 8
- KRU VS FUR
Week 2
April 13
- G2 VS 100T
- SEN VS LEV
April 14
- KRU VS MIBR
- NRG CA FUR
April 15
- C9 VS EG
Week 3
April 20
- SEN VS MIBR
- C9 VS LOUD
April 21
- KRU VS EG
- NRG VS LEV
April 22
- G2 VS FUR
- C9 VS 100T
April 23
- SEN VS EG
- NRG VS MIBR
April 24
- G2 VS LEV
- KRU VS LOUD
Week 4
April 27
- G2 VS MIBR
- KRU VS LOUD
April 28
- C9 VS FUR
- NRG VS EG
April 29
- KRU VS 100T
Week 5
May 3
- SEN VS FUR
May 4
- NRG VS 100T
- KRU VS LEV
May 5
- C9 VS MIBR
- G2 VS LOUD
After the group matches, the Playoffs for Stage 1 will happen between May 8 and 12 in a double-elimination format, where top three teams from each group will fight. Ultimately, the top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the Masters Shanghai.
VALORANT Champions Tour Americas Stage 2 Schedule & Format
The group matches in VALORANT Champions Tour Americas Stage 2 will commence on June 22 and conclude on July 14. It will be followed by the Playoffs between July 17 and 21, after which the top three teams will get qualified for Champions Seoul. At the same time, the non-qualifying team with highest Championship points will also move ahead to the VALORANT Champions 2024.
VALORANT Champions Tour Americas Regular Season Venue
The VCT Americas Regular Season will take place in Riot Games Arena LA and fans can get their tickets from tixr.com.
