The VCT Challengers Playoffs event in North America will be underway in less than an hour and here is all you need to know about the teams and the format of the tournament.
The Stage 3 Challengers 2 is now in its final stage and would help determine the top three teams who would advance onto the Masters event in Berlin. A total of 8 teams will get in contention tonight in a bid to qualify for the LAN event, to be held in Berlin, Germany.
From the Challengers 2, TSM FTX maintained a flawless run in the Upper Bracket over Gen.G Esports, T1, LG, and secured the Grand Finals against FaZe Clan. The new-look T1 roster managed to break the Open Qualifier curse but were denied a spot further in the Challengers event by FaZe who jumped in the driver’s seat to secure a spot at the Playoffs, going past Pioneers and Rahul “Curry” Nemani led side. Rise led by Kevin “poised” Ngo made a name for themselves as they surprised the community with shocking progress towards the playoffs. While Sentinels, XSET, Team Envy, and 100 Thieves had already finished to the end from the Challengers 1.
Below is the final list of teams who will lock horns tonight at the Challengers Playoffs.
- Sentinels
- XSET
- Team Envy
- 100 Thieves
- TSM FTX
- Luminosity Gaming
- Rise
- FaZe Clan
The matchups had already been drawn by the tournament organizer and are as follows:
- Sentinels Vs Rise : August 12 / 00:30 AM IST
- Team Envy Vs TSM FTX : August 12 / 00:30 AM IST
- XSET Vs Luminosity : August 12 / 03:00 AM IST
- 100 Thieves Vs FaZe Clan : August 12 / 03:00 AM IST
Trivia:
- Team Envy will debut with Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker against TSM FTX.
- All eyes are set on XSET as they had pushed Sentinels down to the Lower Bracket in Challengers 1.
- Rise were able to defy the odds in Challengers 2, the only question arises is, will they be able to do it again?
You can catch the Challengers Playoffs’ live action on twitch.tv/valorant or twitch.tv/nerdstreet.
Alternate links have been set up for the B stream matchups which will be:
VCT Stage 3 – Challengers NA – Playoffs ALT: twitch.tv/valorantesports2, twitch.tv/valorantesports3, twitch.tv/valorantesports4 OR twitch.tv/nerdstreet2
Meet the Talent
Host
Casters
- Alan ‘IHOLDSHIFT’ Donofrio
- Daniel “ddk” Kapadia
- Doug “EsportsDoug” Cortez
- Dustin ‘Dust’ Mouret
- Ethan ‘Sully’ Tran
- Gustavo ‘Upmind’ Domingues
- Michael ‘Kixstar’ Stockley
- Parker ‘Interro’ Mackay
- Rivington ‘RivingtonThe3rd’ Bisland III
- Sean ‘sgares’ Gares
Analysts
Analysts/Casters
- Christy ‘Ender’ Frierson
- David ‘Simo’ Rabinovitch
- John ‘Blu’ Mullen
- Mimi ‘aEvilcat’ Wermcrantz
- Sam ‘Stoax’ Stewart
- Tanner Metro
Credits: Valorant’s official blog
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