VCT EMEA Challengers to play 10 matches in Week 5, Gambit’s match delayed
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Riot Games has a stacked weekend of competitive Valorant matches lined up for theVCT EMEA Stage 1 Challengers Group Stagefrom March 11 to 14.
Week 5 will now include four additional matches that were previously postponed due to theongoing Ukraine conflict with Russia.
However, Russian organizationGambit Esportsis notably missing from the schedule with three games still left to play. Riot did not provide an official reason for the team’s absence.
Riot Games adds four more matches to the VCT EMEA Stage 1 Challengers for Week 5
The competitive weekend begins on March 11 with a match between SuperMassive Blaze and Fnatic, followed by another series featuring G2 Esports and BBL Esports.
The next two days will feature four matches each, with the VCT EMEA Stage 1 Challengers broadcast split between two Twitch streams.
March 12’sA-Streammatches will see Team Liquid going up against FunPlus Phoenix, and Fnatic facing Valorant Champions 2021 winner Acend. Guild Esports will battle SuperMassive Blaze, while BIG will match up against Natus Vincere over in theB-Stream.
Week 5’s final day, March 13, will also feature four matches.G2 Esportswill first take on Guild Esports, followed by Team Liquid versus BIG on theA-Stream. LDN UTD will face FunPlus Phoneix, while BBL Esports goes up against Acend on theB-Stream.
All matches are scheduled to take place at 11:00 p.m. GMT+8 | 7:00 a.m. PT | 3:00 p.m. PT | 4:00 p.m. CET and 2:00 a.m. GMT+8 | 10:00 a.m. PT | 6:00 p.m. GMT | 7:00 p.m. CET.
Gambit Esportswas originally scheduled to kick off Week 5’s VCT EMEA Stage 1 Challengers’ matches with a game against LDN UTD. While Riot Games did not explain why theVCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin championswere left out of the schedule, it’s likely due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Week 5 was supposed to be the final week of theVCT EMEA Stage 1 Challengers Group Stage. However, after the delays in Week 3 and 4, there will still be five more games to play before teams can move on to the playoffs.
To make up for the lost time, Riot Games has announced that it is adding extra broadcast days from March 16 to 18 in order to conclude its group stage.
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