What to Know About Valorant Champions Istanbul Tournament!

 

Teams from around the world competed in seven regional Challengers events and three Last Chance Qualifiers to take part in VALORANT’s second world championship! The qualifying teams will compete between August 31 and September 18 for points and prizes, as well as a chance to make history for the sake of history.

 

EMEA
FPX
FNATIC
Team Liquid

North America
Optic Gaming
XSET
100Thieves

Brazil
LOUD
FURIA Esports

Latin America
Leviatán
KRU Esports
Korea – 1 team
DRX

 

Japan
ZETA DIVISION

Asia-Pacific
Paper Rex
XERXIA
BOOM Esports

East Asia
EDward Gaming

 

The tournament will continue with a double-elimination group of eight teams, following group matches in the GSL format. The teams were first divided into four draw bags based on their final ranking in the Challengers events and the strength of their region.

 

Group A – Paper Rex, Edward Gaming, Leviatán, Team Liquid

Group B – Optic Gaming, BOOM Esports, ZETA DIVISION, LOUD

Group C – FPX, KRU Esports, XSET, XERXIA

Group D – DRX, FURIA Esports, FNATIC, 100 Thieves

 

In the group stage, the teams will compete in four-team double-elimination groups, with two winners of each group. In the first round matches of each group, the teams in pot 1 will face the teams in pot 4 and the teams in pot 2 will face the teams in pot 3.

After the group stage, random draws will be drawn for the knockout stage. The four teams that rise from their groups to the first place will be randomly matched with the undetermined runners-up of the other groups. After that, the teams will play in an eight-team qualifying group, and the first place teams will compete in the first round with the second place teams. In a previous announcement, it was stated that Champions Istanbul would start on September 2. The start date has been brought forward to be August 31 so that the tournament format can be implemented.

 

Tournament Schedule:

Wednesday 31 August – 17.00 Group Matches
Thursday 1 September – 15.00 Group Matches
Friday 2 September – 15.00 Group Matches
Saturday 3 September – 15.00 Group Matches
Sunday 4 September – 15.00 Group Matches
Monday 5 September – 17.00 Group Matches
Tuesday 6 September – Break Day
Wednesday 7 September – 17.00 Group Matches
Thursday 8 September – 17.00 Group Matches
Friday 9 September – 17.00 Group Stage
Saturday 10 September – 17.00 Group Stage
Sunday 11 September – 17.00 Group Stage
Monday 12 September – 17.00 Group Stage
Tuesday 13 September – 17..