Start the 2024 VALORANT Champions Tour here, as we've got the full schedule and results for the VCT Americas Kickoff tournament.
The VALORANT Champions Tour is back. And in the Americas league, plenty of new-look teams hope to do some real damage. They’ll begin 2024 with the VCT Americas Kickoff tournament. This is their first true chance to show what they’re made of, with a trip to Masters Madrid at stake.
VCT Americas Kickoff teams
This year, the VCT leagues all have 11 teams. One from Ascension rose up into all four leagues to give them added competition going into the year. The VCT Americas teams that you’ll see battle through the kickoff tournament are:
- 100 Thieves
- Cloud9
- Evil Geniuses
- FURIA
- G2 Esports
- KRÜ Esports
- Leviatán
- LOUD
- MIBR
- NRG
- Sentinels
How to watch VCT Americas Kickoff
The VCT Americas Kickoff tournament will be live on a multitude of channels. There will be co-streams, official broadcasts on Twitch and YouTube, and alternate language broadcasts you can view. Or you can sit right here with us as we bring you the results.
VCT Americas Kickoff format, schedule, and results
With 11 teams in place, the format may come off as a bit strange. Announced earlier in the year, the VCT Americas Kickoff tournament for 2024 has three different stages.
The double elimination Group Stage involves three groups, two of four teams and one of three teams. The highest placement at Champions for the region guarantees a bye to the second round of the three team Group C.
Following the Group Stage is a Play-In Stage. The top teams from each group skip this portion of the VCT Americas Kickoff event. The second team to qualify from each group ends up here, in a Round Robin format to send just one team to the final stage.
The Playoff Stage is the culmination of the tournament. A single elimination bracket of the Play-In winner and the three group winners determines the two teams in VCT Americas heading to Masters Madrid. The winner of that Grand Final receives Championship Points towards Champions at the end of the season.
Group Stage
Times may be subject to change for each VCT Americas Kickoff match. We will, however, provide the date that each match is scheduled along with live updated results below.
Group A
| Date | Round | Series | Map Count | Map 1 | Map 2 | Map 3 |
| Feb. 16, 2024 | Opener | NRG vs. | 2:0 | Breeze 13:10 | Ascent 13:8 | |
| Feb. 16, 2024 | Opener | Cloud9 vs. | 2:1 | Bind 13:11 | Split 8:13 | Lotus 13:10 |
| Feb. 19, 2024 | Elimination | 0:2 | Split 9:13 | Breeze 11:13 | ||
| Feb. 23, 2024 | Winner | NRG vs. | 2:0 | Sunset 13:7 | Ascent 14:12 | |
| Feb. 25, 2024 | Decider | MIBR vs. | 2:0 | Bind 14:12 | Ascent 13:9 |
Group B
| Date | Round | Series | Map Count | Map 1 | Map 2 | Map 3 |
| Feb. 17, 2024 | Opener | LOUD vs. | 2:0 | Split 13:11 | Ascent 13:9 | |
| Feb. 17, 2024 | Opener | Leviatán vs. | 2:1 | Bind 13:9 | Split 3:13 | Icebox 13:11 |
| Feb. 19, 2024 | Elimination | Sentinels vs. | 2:1 | Lotus 13:5 | Bind 6:13 | Split 13:8 |
| Feb. 23, 2024 | Winner | LOUD vs. | 2:1 | Bind 11:13 | Split 13:10 | Ascent 13:7 |
| Feb. 25, 2024 | Decider | Sentinels vs. | 1:1 | Split 13:3 | Breeze 6:13 | Bind 13:9 |
Group C
| Date | Round | Series | Map Count | Map 1 | Map 2 | Map 3 |
| Feb. 18, 2024 | Opener | 1:2 | Icebox 13:9 | Sunset 9:13 | Ascent 11:13 | |
| Feb. 24, 2024 | Winner | Evil Geniuses vs. | 2:0 | Sunset 15:13 | Icebox 13:11 | |
| Feb. 25, 2024 | Decider | 0:2 | Split 8:13 | Sunset 8:13 |
Play-In Stage
| Date | Round | Series | Map Count | Map 1 | Map 2 | Map 3 |
| Feb. 26, 2024 | Play-In | 0:2 | Split 7:13 | Ascent 6:13 | ||
| Feb. 26, 2024 | Play-In | MIBR vs. | 2:1 | Sunset 13:9 | Split 13:15 | Breeze 13:10 |
| Feb. 26, 2024 | Play-In | G2 Esports vs. | 2:1 | Sunset 8:13 | Breeze 13:9 | Split 13:9 |
Playoff Stage
The Playoff Stage of the VCT Americas Kickoff, again, is a single elimination bracket. The Semifinal round sees two best-of-three contests. The Grand Final match up is a best-of-five to close things out between the two Masters Madrid representatives.
Semifinals
| Date | Round | Series | Map Count | Map 1 | Map 2 | Map 3 |
| Mar. 2, 2024 | Semifinals | 1:2 | Ascent 13:7 | Icebox 7:13 | Sunset 5:13 | |
| Mar. 2, 2024 | Semifinals | 1:2 | Sunset 14:16 | Ascent 13:8 | Split 3:13 |
Grand Finals
| Date | Round | Series | Map Count | Map 1 | Map 2 | Map 3 | Map 4 | Map 5 |
| Mar. 3, 2024 | Grand Final | 2:3 | Sunset 9:13 | Split 3:13 | Icebox 13:11 | Bind 13:8 | Lotus 4:13 |
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