2024 VCT Americas League Stage 1: Format, Schedule and More
The first stage of the 2024 VALORANT Champions Tour Americas League will kick off April 6th. The first leg of the two stage league will feature the 11 partnered teams playing for VCT Masters Shanghai qualification, championship points and a prize pool.
Let’s go over the format, groups, and schedule of the upcoming tournament.
2024 VCT Americas League Stage 1: Format
As previously mentioned the Americas league will be divided into two stages. The eleven competing teams will be divided into two groups.
The groups for 2024 VCT Americas League are as follows:
Group Alpha:
Group Omega
In the first stage, the teams will play with the teams from other group i.e. cross-group games. The second stage following Masters Shanghai will feature inter-group games where the teams will play inside their own group.
Each team from Group Alpha will play every team from Group Omega. The five week action featuring 30 fixtures will be spread across five weeks featuring a single Super Week.
Top three teams in each group will qualify for the Mid-season Playoffs. The playoffs will thus feature six teams similar to the last season. The top teams from each group will be directly seeded in the Upper Semifinals, whilst the bottom two seeds fight to face the higher seeds.
All the games will be Bo3 with the exception of Lower Finals and the Grand Finals which will be Bo5. Top three teams from the playoffs will then qualify for the second Global VALORANT event in VCT Masters Shanghai.
2024 VCT Americas League Stage 1: Fixtures and Schedule
The overall schedule for 2024 VCT Americas Regular Season is as follows:
April 6 - May 5: Regular Season Split 1
May 8 - May 12: Mid Season Playoffs
June 22 - July 14: Regular Season Split 2
July 17 - July 21: Season Playoffs.
The complete list of fixtures and schedules for Regular Season stage 1 is as follows:
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 - Super Week | Week 4 | Week 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 6 14:00 PT: C9 vs LEV | April 13 14:00 PT: G2 vs 100T | April 20 14:00 PT: SEN vs MIBR | April 27 14:00 PT: G2 vs MIBR | May 3 14:00 PT: SEN vs FUR |
| April 6 17:00 PT: NRG vs LOUD | April 13 17:00 PT: SEN vs LEV | April 20 17:00 PT: C9 vs LOUD | April 27 17:00 PT: SEN vs LOUD | May 4 14:00 PT: NRG vs 100T |
| April 7 14:00 PT: G2 vs EG | April 14 14:00 PT: KRU vs MIBR | April 21 14:00 PT: KRU vs EG | April 28 14:00 PT: C9 vs FUR | May 4 17:00 PT: KRU vs LEV |
| April 7 17:00 PT: SEN vs 100T | April 14 17:00 PT: NRG vs FUR | April 21 17:00 PT: NRG vs LEV | April 28 17:00 PT: NRG vs EG | April 7 17:00 PT: C9 vs MIBR |
| April 8 14:00 PT: KRU vs FUR | April 15 14:00 PT: C9 vs EG | April 22 14:00 PT: G2 vs FUR | April 29 14:00 PT: KRU vs 100T | April 8 14:00 PT: G2 vs LOUD |
| April 22 17:00 PT: C9 vs 100T | ||||
| April 23 14:00 PT: SEN vs EG | ||||
| April 23 17:00 PT: NRG vs MIBR | ||||
| April 13 14:00 PT: G2 vs LEV | ||||
| April 13 17:00 PT: KRU vs LOUD |
You can check the complete results and overall standings here.
Note: All the timestamps are standardized to Los Angeles.
Where to watch?
VCT Americas will broadcast the games in English, Spanish and Portuguese on Twitch and YouTube. The list of broadcast channels is as follows:
You can also Watch Party VCT Americas with your favorite NA/BR/LATAM streamers.
Follow VCT Americas X/Twitter for latest updates on the league. You can also follow the league on Strafe.
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Featured Image Credits: VCT Americas / Riot Games
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