Four Teams Qualify for 2022 NA VALORANT Champions Tour Stage One Challengers
Four teams have qualified for the group stage of the 2022 NA VALORANT Champions Tour Stage One Challengers event. However, there are still four slots up for grabs.
Teams like TSM, Akrew, Rise, and T1 were unable to qualify for the upcoming tournament through the open qualifier, which ended on January 31. But they will have another chance to earn a spot in Stage One Challengers One in the coming days.
The remaining teams will compete in the second open qualifier, which takes place from February 4 to February 7. This tournament represents the last opportunity for some of the most popular teams to qualify for Challengers; otherwise, they will be out of action for months.
The second open qualifier follows the same format as the first one, with two teams from the upper bracket and two from the lower bracket securing qualification.
Related: 2022 VCT NA Challengers One main event teams
The group stage of Stage One Challengers in North America will feature 12 teams from the region, and the first eight slots have already been decided. Cloud9, Sentinels, Envy, and 100 Thieves received automatic qualification for the event, while Version1, The Guard, XSET, and NRG Esports qualified through the first open qualifier, which concluded yesterday.
The group stage, starting on February 11 and ending on March 27, will have a slightly altered format compared to last year’s VCT circuit. It will follow a weekly circuit format, with teams playing each other multiple times. The teams will be divided into two groups of six, and the top four teams from each group by the end of March will qualify for the playoff bracket.
The playoffs will follow a double-elimination format, but the start date has not been revealed yet.
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