Riot Games has unveiled the schedule and details for the LOCK//IN tournament, which will be the biggest event in the VALORANT Champions Tour.

The tournament is set to take place from 13 February to 4 March and will feature 32 of the top teams from around the world. The competition will be held at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo and will last for three weeks.

The LOCK//IN tournament will feature teams from the Americas, Pacific, and EMEA leagues and two teams from China that have been invited to participate.

NOTE: All Times & Dates will be in (UTC+8)

Details

Date: 13 February – 4 March / 14 February – 5 March (UTC+8)
Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, R. Manuel da Nóbrega, 1361 – Ibirapuera, São Paulo – SP, 04001-909, Brazil

Schedule & Details

• Alpha Matches

  • Date: 14 – 20 February
  • Start Time: 1:00 AM (UTC+8)

• Omega Matches

  • Date: 7 – 15 January
  • Start Time: 1:00 AM (UTC+8)

RESULTS

Teams

Americas

• 100 Thieves
• Cloud9
• Evil Geniuses
• FURIA Esports
• KRÜ Esports
• Leviatán
• LOUD
• MIBR
• NRG
• Sentinels

Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)

• BBL Esports
• Fnatic
• FUT Esports
• Giants
• Karmine Corp
• KOI
• Natus Vincere
• Team Heretics
• Team Liquid
• Team Vitality

Pacific

• DetonatioN FocusMe
• DRX
• Gen.G
• Global Esports
• Paper Rex
• Rex Regum Qeon
• T1
• Talon Esports
• Team Secret
• ZETA DIVISION

China

• EDward Gaming
• FunPlus Phoenix

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

To accommodate the largest number of teams Riot Games has hosted at a single event, the tournament will use a single elimination format. Subsequent events will return to a double-elimination format.

To maximize the number of inter-regional matches at LOCK//IN, a random draw process was implemented that paired teams from different regions in the first round, while also maximizing the possibility of inter-regional matches for the second round. 

First, regions were paired into 16 first-round match-ups, with each match-up consisting of two team slots. 

• EMEA vs PACIFIC – 5 match-ups
• AMERICAS vs PACIFIC – 5 match-ups
• AMERICAS vs EMEA – 4 match-ups
• CHINA vs AMERICAS – 1 match-up
• CHINA vs EMEA – 1 match-up

Each team slot was assigned a random number from 1-10 to account for the 32 teams in attendance. (Americas 1-10, EMEA 1-10, PACIFIC 1-10, China 1-2). In line with our goal to maximize geographically diverse competition, teams from China were paired with team slots from the AMERICAS and EMEA.

Second, the 16 match-ups were distributed across two sides of the single elimination bracket to maximize inter-regional matches for the first two rounds. For this event, the two sides of the bracket will be referenced as Alpha & Omega: 

Finally, a random draw assigned each of the 32 teams a number from 1-10 that corresponded to their region and an already placed team slot, giving us our final bracket. 

Matches

14 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – KOI [0] vs [2] NRG (Alpha – Round 1)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – DetonatioN FocusMe [0] vs [2] Giants (Alpha – Round 1)

15 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – FunPlus Phoenix [1] vs [2] Karmine Corp (Alpha – Round 1)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – BBL Esports [1] vs [2] DRX (Alpha – Round 1)
7:00 AM (UTC+8) – Cloud9 [2] vs [0] Paper Rex (Alpha – Round 1)

16 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – Evil Geniuses [2] vs [0] Team Heretics (Alpha – Round 1)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – MIBR [0] vs [2] Talon Esports (Alpha – Round 1)
7:00 AM (UTC+8) – Gen.G [0] vs [2] LOUD (Alpha – Round 1)

18 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – NRG [2] vs [1] Giants (Alpha – Round 2)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – LOUD [2] vs [0] Karmine Corp (Alpha – Round 2)

19 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – DRX [2] vs [1] Cloud9 (Alpha – Round 2)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – Evil Genuises [0] vs [2] Talon Esports (Alpha – Round 2)

20 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – NRG [1] vs [2] LOUD (Alpha – Quaterfinal)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – DRX [2] vs [1] Talon Esports (Alpha – Quaterfinal)

23 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – Team Liquid [0] vs [2] Team Secret (Omega – Round 1)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – Natus Vincere [2] vs [0] KRÜ Esports (Omega – Round 1)
7:00 AM (UTC+8) – ZETA DIVISION [0] vs [2] Leviatán (Omega – Round 1)

24 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – Team Vitality [2] vs [1] Global Esports (Omega – Round 1)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – FUT Esports [2] vs [0] Rex Regum Qeon (Omega – Round 1)
7:00 AM (UTC+8) – 100 Thieves [2] vs [1] EDward Gaming (Omega – Round 1)

25 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – Sentinels [2] vs [0] Fnatic (Omega – Round 1)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – T1 [0] vs [2] FURIA Esports (Omega – Round 1)

26 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – Team Secret [0] vs [2] Natus Vincere (Omega – Round 2)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – Leviatán [2] vs [0] Team Vitality (Omega – Round 2)

27 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – FUT Esports [1] vs [2] 100 Thieves (Omega – Round 2)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – Fnatic [2] vs [0] FURIA Esports (Omega – Round 2)

28 February

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – Natus Vincere [2] vs [0] Leviatán (Omega – Quarterfinal)
4:00 AM (UTC+8) – 100 Thieves [0] vs [2] Fnatic (Omega – Quarterfinal)

March 3

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – LOUD [3] vs [2] DRX (Semifinal)

March 4

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – Natus Vincere [0] vs [0] Fnatic (Semifinal)

March 5

1:00 AM (UTC+8) – LOUD [2] vs [3] Fnatic (Grand Final)

Where To Watch?

YouTube / Twitch