VALORANT Champions 2024: Everything you need to know

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16 of the best VALORANT teams from all across the world will be fighting to be crowned as the new world champions.

A new VALORANT world champion is set to be crowned at VALORANT Champions 2024, which will be hosted from August 1 to 25 across two venues in Seoul and Incheon, South Korea. 16 of the best teams from the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) regional leagues in the Pacific, China, EMEA, and the Americas will be fighting for the right to be claim the title of 2024 world champions as well as the lion's share of a $2.25 million prize pool.

Here's everything you need to know about VALORANT Champions 2024:

Teams

The 16 teams competing in this year's VALORANT Champions feature the best-performing teams from Stage 2 for each of the VCT regional leagues in the Pacific, China, EMEA, and the Americas.

Pacific

• Gen.G Esports: Meteor, t3xture, Lakia, Munchkin, Karon
• DRX: BuZz, MaKo, Foxy9, BeYN, Flashback
• Paper Rex: mindfreak, f0rsakeN, d4v41, something, Jinggg
• Talon Esports: Crws, JitboyS, ban, Governor, Primmie

China

• EDward Gaming: CHICHOO, nobody, ZmjjKK, Smoggy, S1Mon
• FunPlus Phoenix: AAAAY, BerLIN, Lysoar, Autumn, Life
• Trace Esports: FengF, HeiB, Kai, LuoK1ng, Biank
• Bilibili Gaming: whzy, Knight, yosemite, nephh, Flex1n

EMEA

• Fnatic: Boaster, Derke, Alfajer, Chronicle, hiro
• Team Vitality: ceNder, runneR, Kicks, Sayf, trexx
• Team Heretics: Boo, benjyfishy, MiniBoo, Riens, Wo0t
• FUT Esports: MrFaliN, qRaxs, ATA KAPTAN, yetujey, cNed

Americas

• Leviatán: kiNgg, Mazino, aspas, tex, C0M
• G2 Esports: JonahP, trent, valyn, leaf, icy
• KRÜ Esports: Melser, keznit, Shyy, heat, mta
• Sentinels: zekken, Sacy, TenZ, johnqt, Zellsis

Format, venue, and schedule

VALORANT Champions 2024 will be split into two phases: the Group Stage and the Playoffs.

The VALORANT Champions 2024 Group Stage will take place from August 1 to 11 and will split the 16 teams into four groups of four teams. They will then compete in a double-elimination GSL format with best-of-three matches for placement in the Playoffs, with the Top 2 teams from each group advancing to the tournament's next phase.

Here are the groupings for the VALORANT Champions 2024 Group Stage:

• Group A: Fnatic, DRX, KRÜ Esports, Bilibili Gaming
• Group B: Gen.G Esports, FunPlus Phoenix, Team Heretics, Sentinels
• Group C: Leviatán, Team Vitality, Trace Esports, Talon Esports
• Group D: EDward Gaming, G2 Esports, Paper Rex, FUT Esports

The VALORANT Champions 2024 Playoffs will follow a double-elimination bracket with all matches being a best-of-three except for the lower bracket finals and the grand finals. Both the lower bracket finals and the grand finals will instead be full best-of-five series.

The Group Stage and the first two rounds of the Playoff upper and lower brackets will be hosted in the COEX Artium in Seoul. The lower bracket semifinals, upper bracket finals, lower bracket finals, and grand finals will then be held in the INSPIRE Arena in Incheon.

For the full schedule for VALORANT Champions 2024, check here. 

Prize pool

VALORANT Champions 2024 will feature a $2.25 million prize pool, with the victors claiming the grand prize of $1 million and the 2024 VALORANT world championship title.

Here's the full prize pool breakdown for VALORANT Champions 2024:

• 1st: $1,000,000
• 2nd: $400,000
• 3rd: $250,000
• 4th: $130,000
• 5th-6th: $85,000
• 7th-8th: $50,000
• 9th-12th: $30,000
• 13th-16th: $20,000

Where to watch

VALORANT Champions 2024 will be broadcast live in English on the official VALORANT Twitch channel and VALORANT Esports YouTube channel.