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After an exciting year of action-packed and eventful Valorant games, the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) is back in 2024 with its first official tournament. It is time to flag off the Valorant Champions Tour 2024 for all four regions including Americas, Pacific, EMEA [Europe, Middle-East & Africa], and China. Called VCT China Kickoff, this event will prove to be a gateway into the first VCT Masters of 2024 for just two teams.
The Kickoff tournament will be followed by two stages of inter-league competition and there will also be two Masters tournaments for qualifying for Valorant Champions 2024.
Here's all you need to know about VCT China 2024 Kickoff tournament, teams participating in it, scores, schedule, and more.
VCT China Kickoff 2024: Complete Details
The three-part tournament will start on 22nd February and continue to run for a couple of weeks, coming to an end on 2nd March. Two slots for VCT Masters Madrid 2024 will be up for grabs with an additional three points being awarded to the winning team.
Here is everything you need to know about the event and stay up-to-date with the match results.
VCT China Kickoff 2024: Teams
In VCT China 2024, there will be eleven teams in total. Apart from the usual ten partnered teams, the other team qualified for this main league via the Valorant China Ascension 2023 event. The 11 teams will be seeded and split into three groups. However, one group will feature only three teams.
Here are the teams participating in the VCT China Kickoff 2024 event:
VCT China Kickoff 2024: Stages
The tournament has been divided into three stages:
Group Stage: 22nd to 26th February
Play-In Stage: 27th February
Playoffs: 1st and 2nd March
VCT China Kickoff 2024 Tournament: Format Explainer
Group Stage
Three Double-Elimination format (GSL) groups
The highest-placing team from Valorant Champions 2023 will receive a bye in Group C (EDG)
Each group has four teams, except Group C, which has three teams
All matches are best-of-three (BO3)
Top team from each group will advance to the Playoffs
Second place team from each group advances to the Play-In
Play-In Stage
Three-team Round-Robin group
All matches are BO3
The winning team will advance to the Playoffs
Playoffs Stage
Four-team Single-Elimination bracket
Semifinals are BO3
Grand Final is BO5
Top 2 teams qualify to Masters Madrid 2024
VCT China Kickoff 2024 Group Stage Schedule
Day 1: 22nd Feb
Day 2: 23rd Feb
Day 3: 24th Feb
Day 4: 25th Feb
Day 5: 26th Feb
VCT China Kickoff: Play-In Stage Schedule
27th February
Playoffs
VCT China Kickoff 2024: How to Watch
The tournament will be livestreamed across popular streaming platforms YouTube and Twitch. Apart from fighting for a chance to qualify for global events, teams from China will also be fighting for the lion's share of the total prize pool. This will be divided between all the competing teams as per their overall standings. So, the stakes are higher than before!
It will be interesting to see which teams come out on top to secure the spots for VCT 2024 Masters Madrid and prove their worth.
