It’s a crucial time for teams in the EMEA region as they battle it out in the VCT Stage Three Challengers Playoffs. This tournament will determine which four teams will earn a spot in Masters Berlin in September. The competition will feature six teams from Europe, three from Turkey, and three from CIS. The teams will be seeded based on their performance in the regional Challengers qualifiers.
The tournament will follow a double-elimination bracket format, with the first and second-seeded teams from Europe facing off against the top teams from Turkey and CIS in round two of the upper bracket. The lower seeds will compete in the opening round of the tournament. Except for the lower bracket final and grand final, all matches will be best-of-three, with the exception of the final two matches which will be best-of-five.
Here are the teams competing in the playoffs:
Europe:
– Acend
– FunPlus Phoenix
– G2 Esports
– Giants Gaming
– Guild Esports
– Team Liquid
Turkey:
– FIRE FLUX ESPORTS
– Oxygen Esports
– SuperMassive Blaze
CIS:
– ForZe
– Gambit Esports
– Natus Vincere
The playoffs will be played on Patch 3.02, and the newest agent, KAY/O, will be available. However, the patch changes will have minimal impact on the tournament, as the main changes to the game came in Patch 3.0 on June 22, and players should be familiar with these changes by now.
The tournament schedule and scores are as follows:
Aug. 12:
– Upper bracket round one:
– Natus Vincere 2-1 Team Liquid
– Guild Esports 2-0 forZe
– FunPlus Phoenix 2-0 Fire Flux Esports
– Oxygen Esports 2-1 Giants Gaming
Aug. 13:
– Upper bracket round two:
– Acend 2-0 Na’Vi
– Gambit Esports 2-0 Guild Esports
– SuperMassive Blaze 2-0 FPX
– G2 Esports 2-0 Oxygen
Aug. 14:
– Lower bracket round one:
– Team Liquid 2-0 Oxygen
– forZe 2-1 FunPlus Phoenix
Aug. 15:
– Lower bracket round one:
– Guild 2-0 Fire Flux
– Giants 2-1 Na’Vi
Aug. 16:
– Upper bracket semifinals (Masters Three Berlin qualifying match):
– Acend 2-1 Gambit
– SuperMassive Blaze 2-0 G2
Aug. 18:
– Lower bracket round two:
– Team Liquid 2-0 forZe
– Giants 2-1 Guild
Aug. 19:
– Lower bracket round three (Masters Three Berlin qualifying match):
– Gambit 2-1 Liquid
– G2 2-1 Giants
Aug. 20:
– Lower bracket round four:
– Gambit 2-1 G2
– Upper bracket final:
– SuperMassive Blaze 2-1 Acend
Aug. 21:
– Lower bracket final (best-of-five):
– Gambit 3-1 Acend
Aug. 22:
– Grand finals (best-of-five):
– Gambit 3-1 SuperMassive Blaze
The tournament will be live-streamed on VALORANT’s official Twitch channel. It will be available in English and other languages including Turkish, Russian, German, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, and Czech. In addition to the main channel, there will be three other channels available throughout the tournament. Each channel will have live commentary and analysis.
That’s all the information you need to follow the EMEA VCT Stage Three Challengers Playoffs. Stay tuned to see which four teams will secure their spot in Masters Berlin.
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