VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 Group Stage: Teams, Results, Schedule, Format, More
Ready for the regional Valorant clash?
The first regional circuit of Valorant Champions Tour 2024 (VCT) has taken center stage around the world and partnered teams from the Americas region are ready to take on each other in VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1.
It is scheduled to take place from 6th April 2024, Saturday to 12th May 2024, Sunday, featuring all 11 partnered teams from North and South America, fighting for three valuable slots in Valorant Masters Shanghai 2024 and crucial Pacific Points.
Here is everything you need to know to stay updated with all that goes on in VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 Group Stage including complete schedule, match results, overall standings, and more.
VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 Group Stage: Complete Details
Since the Kickoff tournaments which took place for each region individually earlier this year, the local Valorant teams have not faced each other.
VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 will be the second time all partnered teams from North and South America will take on each other and the stakes are going to be high.
Sentinels is the current top team in the Americas, who also went on to win Valorant Masters Madrid 2024, but other teams are up for the challenge and will be raring to prove themselves against the current regional and world champion.
VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 Group Stage: Teams
A total of 11 partnered teams from Americas will be competing in this tournament which doubles up as the regional qualifier for VCT Masters Shanghai 2024.
These teams have been divided into two groups Alpha and Omega, the former containing five while the latter contains six participants.
Alpha Group
G2 Esports
NRG
KRU Esports
Sentinels
Cloud9
Omega Group
MIBR
Leviatan
100 Thieves
FURIA Esports
LOUD
Evil Geniuses
VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 Group Stage: Schedule and Results
This tournament will be running from 6th April 2024, Saturday to 12th May 2024, Sunday. It has been divided into two halves, starting with the Group Stage and concluding with the Playoffs.
VCT 2024 Pacific Stage 1 - Group Stage: 6th April to 5th May
VCT 2024 Pacific Stage 1 - Playoffs: 8th to 12th May
Group Alpha
Group Omega
Match Time
Every week a total of five matches will be played except for the third week, which is dubbed super week and will feature a total of 10 matches.
Match 1
14:00 PT | 17:00 ET | 23:00 CEST | 2:30 IST (+1 Day) | 5:00 SGT (+1 Day) | 6:00 KST (+1 Day) | 6:00 JST (+1 Day)
Match 2
17:00 PT | 20:00 ET | 2:00 CEST (+1 Day) | 5:30 IST (+1 Day) | 8:00 SGT (+1 Day) | 9:00 KST (+1 Day)| 9:00 JST (+1 Day)
Week 1 | 6th to 8th April 2024
Week 2 | 13th to 15th April 2024
Week 3 | 20th to 24th April 2024 (Super Week)
Week 4 | 27th to 29th April 2024
Week 5 | 3rd to 5th May 2024
VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 Group Stage: Format
The 11 partnered teams will be divided into two groups, Alpha consisting of five teams and Omega consisting of six teams.
Both groups will follow a cross-group, single round-robin format.
This means that members of Alpha and Omega will go against teams from the other group only.
Every match will be a best-of-three series.
The winners of both groups will directly qualify for the Upper Bracket Semifinals.
The remaining two teams, 2nd and 3rd, from both groups will qualify for the Knockout Round.
VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 Group Stage: How and Where to Watch
The tournament will be broadcast live across Twitch and YouTubein English via the primary stream and two other languages, Portuguese and Spanish, via the secondary stream.
Apart from the official streams, other co-streams will be run in multiple languages by various gaming creators and streamers.
VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 is going to deliver plenty of intense action with all participants stepping up to deliver their absolute best performance across six weeks of high-level Valorant action.
Sentinels is the current champion, regional and international, it will be interesting to see which teams can level up their performance to take on the challenge of dethroning them.