Valorant Champions Tour APAC Challengers Playoffs Stage 1 Kicks Off Next Week

The first regional Playoffs for VCT APAC 2022 is here! The VCT APAC Challengers Stage 1 Playoffs brings together 20 of the best teams in the APAC region to compete for a chance to represent the region at VCT’s first global event of the year, Masters 1 Iceland, in April 2022.  

VCT APAC Challengers Playoffs Stage 1 QUALIFIED TEAMS

The following 20 teams have proven their skills and successfully fought through their local qualifiers to compete in Playoffs! These teams’ local performances in the various national Challengers events have seeded them into Playoffs and determined their starting point in this event.

Thailand: XERXIA, Made in Thailand, FULL SENSE 

Philippines: South Built Esports,NAOS Esports, Action PH 

Indonesia: BOOM Esports, BOY WITH LOVE, ONIC Esports 

Vietnam: CERBERUS Esports, Fancy United Esports, Team Big BAAM Singapore/Malaysia: Paper Rex, Bleed eSports,NN 

Taiwan/Hong Kong: Oblivion Force Griffin E-Sports 

South Asia: Velocity Gaming, Global Esports 

Oceania: Bonkers 

VCT APAC Challengers Playoffs Stage 1 TOURNAMENT FORMAT & DATES

Challenger Stage 1 Playoffs is structured with 3 stages of the competition. Apart from fighting for one of 2 seats in Masters 1, teams will also be competing for a prize pool of USD 150,000. 

VCT Challengers Stage 1 – APAC Finals Playins:  

• Date: March 10 – 13 
• Format: 8 teams will play in GSL format. 4 successful teams will proceed to the next stage. 

VCT Challengers Stage 1 – APAC Finals Groups:  

• Date: March 16 – 21 
• Format: 16 teams will play in GSL format. 8 successful teams will proceed to the knockout stage. 

VCT Challengers Stage 1 – APAC Finals Knockouts:  

• Date: March 24 – 27 
• Format: 8 teams will go through a series of double elimination brackets. The final 2 teams will be invited to Masters 1 in Iceland. 

BROADCAST DETAILS 

Playoffs broadcasts will run from 11 am to 10 pm GMT+8 and will be streamed at the following  links: 

VeraEsports the official Esports platform and content hub for all VCT Challengers APAC streams – website 

VCT Philippines 

• Twitch – Valorantesports3
• YouTube – VALORANT Esports
• Facebook – VALORANT Esports PH

VCT Indonesia 

• Twitch – Valorant ID
• YouTube – VALORANT Esports ID
• Facebook – VALORANT Esports ID

VCT Malaysia & Singapore 

• Facebook – VALORANT Esports MYSG

VCT Thailand 

• Twitch – VALORANT TH
• YouTube – VALORANT Thailand
• Facebook – VALORANT Esports TH

VCT Taiwan, Hong Kong 

• Twitch – VALORANT TW
• YouTube – VALORANT TW
• Facebook – VALORANT Esports TWHK

VCT Vietnam 

• YouTube – VALORANT Vietnam
• Facebook – VALORANT Esports VN