The North American region is set to begin the second phase of its Valorant Champions Tour with the VCT NA Stage 3 Challengers 1 Main Event.
The competition includes the top eight teams that survived the first Open Qualifier.
What is the VCT NA Stage 3 Challengers 1 Main Event?
The tournament will decide the first four teams that will advance to the VCT NA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs.
The top three finishers from the Challengers Playoffs advance to VCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin.
VCT NA Stage 3 Challengers 1 Main Event schedule and results
The Main Event starts on July 9 and ends with the Grand Final on July 12. All times and days are in GMT+8.
(Last updated July 9)
July 9 (Friday)
- Upper Bracket — Version1 0 — 2 100 Thieves
- Upper Bracket — Team Envy 2 — 0 Pioneers
- Upper Bracket — XSET 2 — 1 Rise
- Upper Bracket — Sentinels 2 — 1 Gen.G Esports
- Lower Bracket — Version1 1 — 2 Pioneers
- Lower Bracket — Rise 1 — 2 Gen.G Esports
July 10 (Saturday)
- Upper Bracket — 100 Thieves 2 — 0 Team Envy
- Upper Bracket — XSET 2 — 1 Sentinels
- Lower Bracket — Sentinels 2 — 0 Pioneer
- Lower Bracket — Team Envy 2 — 0 Gen.G Esports
July 11 (Sunday)
- Lower Bracket — Sentinels 2 — 0 Team Envy
- Upper Bracket Final — XSET 2 — 1 100 Thieves
- Lower Bracket Final — 100 Thieves 0 — 2 Sentinels
- Grand Final — XSET 1 — 3 Sentinels
Format of the Challengers Main Event
The Main Event follows a double-elimination bracket with all teams competing in best-of-three matches, except for the grand final, which will be a best-of-five.
Breeze will be added into the map pool for VCT Stage 3 and will be available during the NA Challengers Main Event.
Valorant’s newly released agent KAY/O will not be available for VCT Challengers Week 1. The agent will debut in competitive play during Challengers Week 2 Open Qualifiers.
- Vision Strikers’ Valorant roster adds Lakia before VCT Stage 3 Korea
- G2’s Mixwell dominated the VCT EU Closed Qualifier with a sick Viper Ace
VCT NA Stage 3 Challengers 1 Main Event prize pool
The tournament has a US$50,000 prize pool that will be shared among the teams according to their placing.
- 1st: US$20,000
- 2nd: US$10,000
- 3rd: US$7,000
- 4th: US$5,000
- 5th: US$3,000
- 6th: US$3,000
- 7th: US$1,000
- 8th: US$1,000
The top four teams advance to the VCT NA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs, while the bottom four teams will continue to the next VCT NA Stage 3 Challengers 2 Main Event on July 29.
Teams competing in the VCT NA Stage 3 Challengers 1 Main Event
- Sentinels
- XSET
- Team Envy
- 100 Thieves
- Version1
- Gen.G Esports
- Rise
- Pioneers
Where to watch the VCT NA Stage 3 Challengers 1 Main Event?
Catch the matches live on Valorant’s Twitch channel and YouTube page.
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