VCT Stage 2 Masters: Results, schedule, format, teams, and prize pool
Mark your calendars.
VCT Stage 2 Masters is gearing up to be the biggest event since Valorant’s release. Before the intense competition starts, here’s everything you need to know about the tournament.
(These match results were updated on May 31)
The tournament will take place from May 24 to 31.
Here is the full schedule for VCT Stage 2 Masters, with times converted specifically for SEA viewers. Note that all times are in GMT+8.
May 31 (Sunday)
What is the VCT Stage 2 Masters?
The Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Stage 2 Masters held in Reykjavik, Iceland is the first international LAN tournament for Valorant.
Format of VCT Stage 2 Masters
The top-seeded teams from North America and Europe were seeded straight into the second round.
The remaining teams were then randomly seeded, as long as teams from the same region were placed on opposite sides of the bracket. This was done to avoid inter-regional matches.
VCT Stage 2 Masters follows a double-elimination bracket, with all matches played in a best-of-three format, except for the Grand Final, which will be a best-of-five series.
Bind, Haven, Split, Ascent, and Icebox will be eligible maps in the tournament.Breeze, the newly released map, has been removed from the pool.
VCT Stage 2 Masters patch
The tournament will be played onValorant’s 2.09 patch, where Viper’s Toxin instant decays was adjusted, along with two 60-second timeouts, per game, per team, in Tournament Mode Custom Games.
EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)
Southeast Asia (Thailand)
VCT Stage 2 Masters prize and circuit point pool
The tournament features 10 teams from seven different regions battling it out for a US$600,000 prize pool and 2,350VCT 2021 circuit points, which will help them qualify for the Valorant Champions at the end of the year.
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