Cover-Credits:
Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Game Changers is a program that was created by Riot Games to provide new opportunities and exposure for women and other marginalized genders within Valorant esports. The competitive Valorant community is both diverse and incredibly global, and Game Changers is representative of the inclusivity of the community. After a year of intense regional competition, the world’s best Game Changers squads are, for the first time ever, convening in person where one team will be crowned the international champion. Between 15th and 20th November, the best teams from North America, Brazil, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific (APAC), Latin America (LATAM), and East Asia will gather in Berlin, Germany for the inaugural Valorant Game Changers Championship 2022.
Back in June, Riot Games announced the championship and said, “This event will see qualified Game Changers teams play through a double elimination bracket within a LAN setting. Each region was provided with slots based on the competitiveness of their region and their respective player population.”
Here’s everything you need to know about it.
A Guide to Valorant Game Changers Championship 2022
The Valorant Game Changers Championship 2022 is the first global event of the Valorant Game Changers series and hundreds of teams have competed through regional competitions for a slot at the championship. A total of eight teams will compete in a double elimination, best-of-three (BO3) bracket until the best-of-five (BO5) Grand Final on 20th November.
Format
Eight teams will start in the upper bracket quarter-finals
The championship will feature a double-elimination bracket
All matches are BO3
Grand Final will alone be a BO5
Teams
The eight teams that are playing in the tournament are:
Cloud9 White - North America
Shopify Rebellion GC - North America
Team Liquid Brazil - Brazil
KRÜ Esports Female - Latin America
Guild X - EMEA
G2 Gozen - EMEA
FENNEL Female - East Asia
X10 Sapphire - APAC Elite
Schedule
Valorant Game Changers Championship 2022 kicks off on 15th November and will conclude on 20th November with two teams battling it out for glory. The times mentioned in the tables below are in CET and are subject to change.
15th November
16th November
17th November
18th November
19th November
20th November
Prize Pool
The $500,000 USD prize pool of this first international women’s Valorant LAN event will be split according to their tournament standings:
How & Where to watch
The tournament will be broadcast in many languages and the full list of channels can be found below:
Twitch
YouTube
