Valorant Champions Tour 2022: Schedule, format, Masters spots, and more

2021 was an exhilarating time for competitive Valorant. Seeing the debut of the first international circuit, with offline competitions culminating in an incredible Worlds-like event, Valorant Champions.

After seeing Acend crown themselves as kings of Valorant, it's time to look forward to 2022, with Riot Games giving more details about what fans can expect from VCT this time around.

Let's not keep you waiting and break down everything you need to know about the 2022 Valorant Champions Tour.

VCT 2022 - Schedule and format

The Challenger events, which are qualification tournaments looking to determine teams that will represent the seven regions at international events, will kick off this February. 

The first regions to play will be LATAM and Southeast Asia, on 10th February, with the Korea Challengers event scheduled for 23rd February.

In case you missed the announcement made by Riot Games a few months ago, this time around, there won't be three Masters events, trimming that number to just two. 

This means Challenger events have also been streamlined, having two and the Last Chance Qualifier prior to Valorant Champions.

To sum things up, the VCT 2022 calendar looks like this:

• February-March: Challengers 1
• April: Masters 1
• May-June: Challengers 2
• July: Masters 2
• September: Champions

The LCQ does not have a date set in stone, but logic dictates it should happen during August or early September.

VCT 2022 - Masters and Champions spots

The spots given to different regions have been shifted compared to 2021, with the likes of Brazil and North America losing some. 

For Masters, 12 teams will compete for bragging rights, circuit points, and a juicy prize pool. The distribution is as follows: 

• Two for North America
• One for Brazil
• One for LATAM
• Three for EMEA
• One for Korea
• Two for Southeast Asia and Oceania
• One for Japan
• One more spot to be decided in a playoff between Brazil and LATAM

For Valorant Champions, the number of teams will be bumped to 16. This is how many spots each region will get:

• Three for North America (Two via points plus one LCQ)
• Three for EMEA (Two via points plus one LCQ)
• Two for Southeast Asia
• One for Korea
• One for Japan
• One for Brazil
• One for LATAM
• One APAC North LCQ (Japan and Korea)
• One APAC South LCQ (SEA, SA, OCE)
• Two for South America LCQ (Brazil and LATAM)

VCT 2022 - Where to watch

We'll have more details regarding the official streams and co-streamers invited to the events. Rest assured, the most important tournaments will be broadcasted on the main Valorant Twitch channel embedded down below.

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