NA VCT Challengers: The new season in Valorant’s competitive in the NA region is going to begin with the Challenger play-offs. A total of 256 teams are divided into two brackets of 128 each.
However, four teams who performed exceptionally well last season are invited directly into the main event of Challenger One. These teams will compete with the rest 8 teams to qualify for the first Masters 2022.
Invited Teams In NA VCT Challengers One
A total of four teams are invited to the Challenger One main event. These are the teams:
- Sentinels
- 100 Thieves
- Envy
- Cloud 9 Blue
All the four teams represented the NA region last season and played on the highest tier.
Sentinels won the Masters Reykjavík and were the only team from NA to qualify for both the Masters and Champions. The team won the Masters Reykjaví without losing a map.
In the same fashion, Envy continued their run in Masters Berlin. However, they lost the finals against Gambit Esports but were qualified for the Champions.
Looks like VCT NA has shifted to two qualifiers, with double elim after top 32.
Good. Definitely better than single qualifier, and better than last year's single elim. https://t.co/tUaUfKRSI5
— Ballatw (@Ballatw) January 18, 2022
100 Thieves also qualified for the Masters Berlin and made it into the play-offs. However, they lost in the play-offs and later were eliminated from NA LCQ which kicked them out of the race to qualify for the Champions.
Cloud 9 blue won the NA LCQ and made were the third team after Sentinels and Envy to represent NA in Champions. Furthermore, Cloud 9 Blue were the only team from NA region to qualify for the play-offs at Champions.
So, these are the four teams that are directly invited to the NA VCT Challengers one.
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Format And Schedule of Challengers Play-offs
A total of 256 teams are divided into two brackets. Moreover, the top 4 teams from each team will qualify for the Challenger one main event where they will face the four invited teams.
The challenger play-offs are both single round and double round elimination. The tournament starts with a single-round elimination whereas after being in the top 32, teams will have double-round elimination.
All the matches are the best of three and the team winning two maps will qualify for the next round.
So, these were the invited teams of NA VCT Challenger One and the schedule for the tournament. Drop your views on the teams and let us know which team you support.
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