VALORANT Champions Tour 2022

Series Information

Organizer:

Riot Games

Sponsor(s):

Red Bull
Secretlab
Verizon
HyperX
Prime Gaming

Location:

Global

Links

Chronology

VCT 2021

VCT 2023

VALORANT Champions Tour 2022 is the second official tournament circuit by Riot Games. The circuit was announced on December 10th, 2021 with a blog post. ^[1]

Format[edit]

Challengers[edit]

Organized by Riot Games
Teams qualify through open qualifiers
Top teams in Playoffs advance to the next upcoming Masters event.

Masters[edit]

Two events along the circuit
- Events will take place in April and July

Masters 1 - Reykjavík[edit]

Regional Distribution
- 12 Teams
  - North America: 2 slots
  - EMEA: 3 slots
  - Korea: 1 slot
  - Japan: 1 slot
  - APAC: 2 slots
  - South America
    - Brazil: 1/2 slots
    - Latin America: 1/2 slots

* Turkey, CIS and MENA teams will have qualifications through EMEA Challengers.
* SEA, South Asia and Oceania teams will have qualifications through APAC Challengers.
* LATAM and Brazil will compete for a second slot.

Masters 2 - Copenhagen[edit]

Regional Distribution
- 12 Teams
  - North America: 2 slots
  - EMEA: 3 slots
  - Korea: 1 slot
  - Japan: 1 slot
  - APAC: 2 slots
  - South America
    - Brazil: 1/2 slots
    - Latin America: 1/2 slots

* Turkey, CIS and MENA teams will have qualifications through EMEA Challengers.
* SEA, South Asia and Oceania teams will have qualifications through APAC Challengers.
* LATAM and Brazil will compete for a second slot.

Champions[edit]

Event featuring 16 teams from multiple regions

Circuit Point Slots[edit]

North America: 2 slots
EMEA: 2 slots
Brazil: 1 slots
Latin America: 1 slot
Japan: 1 slot
APAC: 2 slots
Korea: 1 slot

Last Chance Qualifier Slots[edit]

North America: 1 slot
EMEA: 1 slot
South America: 2 slots
East Asia: 1 slot
APAC: 1 slot

* Latin America and Brazil teams will have a qualification through South American Last Chance Qualifier.
* SEA, Oceania and South Asia will have a qualification through APAC Last Chance Qualifier.
* Japan, Korea and China will have a qualification through East Asia Last Chance Qualifier.