VALORANT Has Been Announced Challengers Ascension!

Riot Video games revealed final yr that the Challengers will finish with the three Ascension tournaments, which is able to assist three groups get promoted for the 2024 season.

Challengers Ascension: PACIFIC

Group Stage: June 28 – July 4
Playoffs: July 7-9
Playoff Location: Bangkok, Thailand

By way of this occasion, VALORANT Esports might be in Bangkok, Thailand, the place all 10 days of competitors might be broadcast stay to a studio viewers. Every of the ten Challenger leagues within the PACIFIC space will ship one group to the Ascension Event. There might be a Single Spherical Robin competitors with BO3 matches amongst the ten groups divided into 2 teams.

Challengers Ascension: EMEA

Group Stage: June 30 – July 4
Playoffs: July 13-16
Playoff Location: Berlin, Germany

There might be ten groups in Ascension EMEA, 9 of which is able to qualify by profitable their respective EMEA Challengers Leagues and one via the Play-In Event. On-line Group Stage will begin the competitors and cut back the sector to 4 groups. The highest two groups from every group will proceed to the playoff spherical through the group spherical of a Single Spherical Robin match. The Playoffs will characteristic a Single Elimination Bracket that includes a Finest-of-5 finals will happen on the VCT EMEA Coliseum in Berlin.

Challengers Ascension: AMERICAS

Dates: June thirtieth – July ninth
Location: São Paulo, Brazil

Ascension will characteristic six groups within the Americas, together with two every from the Challenger Leagues of North America and Brazil, one from LATAM South, and one from LATAM North. In two distinct venues, all competing groups will face off in São Paulo, Brazil. The competitors will begin within the VALORANT Brazil studio.

Groups who qualify might be divided into two teams of three groups. The Single Spherical Robin format used within the Group Stage will seed every group into the Double Elimination Playoff match. The highest 2 groups will obtain byes and begin within the second spherical, whereas the opposite 4 groups will begin within the first spherical. All groups will begin within the Higher Bracket. The Grand Finals might be Finest-of-5, whereas all matches within the Playoffs might be Finest-of-Three.

VALORANT printed an announcement about new match system:

“This yr greater than twenty Challenger Leagues offered organized competitions that helped develop the following era of VALORANT expertise. A strong Challenger ecosystem is crucial to making sure essentially the most gifted groups and professionals in esports choose VALORANT as the sport the place they dedicate their effort and time. Ascension represents the end result of our first ever Challengers Season and we expect this match sequence has the potential to grow to be one of the crucial thrilling occasions on our calendar. We’re excited to share these particulars with all of you and we’ll be listening carefully to listen to your ideas on the match.”