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V
alorant Challengers League: South Asia kicked off the league stage of its inaugural edition on March 18, 2023, featuring 10 of the most competent contenders from the region.
Teams will face each other on LAN in New Delhi, India, over the course of two months in an attempt to secure South Asia's VCT Ascension slot in Split 1 and claim the winner's cheque from a $40,000 prize pool.
The best team from the first split will proceed to the VCT Pacific Ascension tournament, whereas the remaining teams will prepare for Split 2, which is scheduled to commence on April 28, 2023.
Everything to know about Valorant Challengers League South Asia
Teams
Out of the 10 teams competing in the South Asian Valorant Challengers League, seven of them were invited based on their reputation as a Valorant organization. The remaining three teams made their way into the tournament after securing the top three spots in the tournament's Open Qualifiers.
Here are the 10 South Asian VCL contenders that Valorant enthusiasts can look forward to seeing in the first split of the 2023 Valorant Challengers League (VCL) South Asia:
Orangutan
- Sabyasachi "Antidote" Bose (IGL)
- Akram "Rawfiul" Virani
- Rishi "RvK" Vijayakumar
- Azis "azys" Nandang
- Jm "tesseract" Ignacio
- Rajiv "LeVi" Satpute (Substitute)
- Mathanraj "theDoctorr" Munisparan (Coach)
Reckoning Esports
- Harsh "Harshhh" Arora
- Saksham "Deadly10" Aurangabadkar
- Daniil "flabben" Merzlyakov
- Aleksandr "hvoya" Eremin
- Varun "Mast3r" Menon
- Evgenyi "esavgabiN" Savgabin (Coach)
Gods Reign
- Vibhor "Vibhor" Vaid
- Garvit "Ember" Nehra
- Aman "Hoax" Yadav
- Nick "tixx" Quinn
- Kale "autumn" Dunne
- Simar "psy" Sethi (Substitute)
- Abhisek "GodspeedxD" Bajaj (Coach)
Velocity Gaming
- Sagnik "Hellff" Roy
- Debanjan "DEATHMAKER" Das
- Karan "Excali" Mhaswadkar
- Domagoj "Doma" Fancev
- Adam "ec1s" Eccles
- Anuj "Amaterasu" Sharma (Substitute)
- David "Dav" Miljanić (Coach)
Lethal Esports
- Agneya "Marzil" Koushik (IGL)
- Shivam "sh1vy" Ajmani
- Shahul "khelthuzad" Hameed
- Kiran "Rossi" Rossi
- Anil "LuciA" Kumar
- Cybell (Substitute)
- Aaron "n0sh" Sankeshwar (Coach)
GodLike Esports
- Tejas "Rexy" Kotian
- Norbu "karam1l" Tsering
- Shakir "hikkA" Razak
- Franz "Astro" del Rosario
- Jude Patrick "Zey" Gunhuran
- Kasif "Paradox" Sayyed (Stand-in)
- Shailesh "blackhawk" Dalvi (Stand-in)
True Rippers
- Saaransh "Whimp" Dang
- Kaizen
- Aditya "Pixelzz" Gulhane
- Philip "Aryu" Vergara
- Nereus "d1srupt" Lico
- Shravana Kumar "Techno" Sahoo (Substitute)
- Francis "Rabbet" Buñag (Coach)
Aster Army
- Hrishikesh "DominiK" Khedkar
- Ngô "Kishi" Huy
- Pranav "Kohliii" Kohli
- Soumyadeep "DOXZ3R" Dey
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- Lakshya "Vandelak" Singh (Coach)
Medal Esports
- Rishabh "Ezzy" Gupta
- Tanmay "FOX" Verma
- Prish "Tricky" Valvani
- Oscar "Kakarot" Jr.
- Emmanuel "jEEE" Buenavidez
- Sameer "godvexy" Sharma (Substitute)
- Daivik "DcRulz" Chauhan (Substitute)
- Vikrant "Hacker" Pujari (Coach)
MLT Esports
- Saharyar "BadmaN" Shaikh
- Abhay "KnightRider" Mulchandani
- Atharv "Rio" Ahire
- Jay "BADlove" Patil
- Venkatesh "Venka" Sharma
- Malav "Rexdreams" Popat (Coach)
Format
Similar to the other Valorant Challengers Leagues, VCL South Asia will feature a regular season where all 10 teams will compete in the League Stage. Participating teams will initially be split into two groups of five. Both groups will fight through a single-round-robin bracket until all the teams have played against each of their fellow group members.
The top three teams from each of the groups in the League Stage will then proceed to the playoffs, which will feature a double-elimination bracket. Group winners from the League Stage will qualify directly for the Upper Bracket semis, whereas the remaining four teams will head into the Upper Bracket quarter-finals.
All matches in the Valorant Challengers League: South Asia will be held as series of best-of-threes, with the exception of the Grand Finals, which will be conducted as a best-of-five series.
Live Table
Group A
Group B
Schedule & Results
Week 1
Saturday, March 18
- Orangutan defeated Lethal Esports (2-0): Haven (13-1); Fracture (13-4)
Sunday, March 19
- Velocity Gaming defeated Gods Reign (2-0): Haven (13-11); Pearl (13-11)
Monday, March 20
- True Rippers defeated MLT Esports (2-0): Ascent (13-7); Haven (13-11)
Week 2
Wednesday, March 22
- Medal Esports defeated Aster Army (2-1): Ascent (7-13); Pearl (13-4); Haven (13-9)
Thursday, March 23
- MLT Esports defeated GodLike Esports (2-0): Ascent (13-11); Haven (22-20)
Friday, March 24
- Reckoning Esports defeated Lethal Esports (2-0): Pearl (13-6); Ascent (13-5)
Saturday, March 25
- Gods Reign defeated GodLike Esports: Haven (13-6); Pearl (13-6)
Sunday, March 26
- Orangutan defeated Aster Army (2-1): Haven (13-11); Ascent (5-13); Icebox (13-3)
Monday, March 27
- Velocity Gaming defeated True Rippers (2-0): Haven (13-2); Icebox (13-2)
Week 3
Wednesday, March 29
- Orangutan Medal Esports (2-1): Fracture (13-5); Icebox (9-13); Haven (13-4)
Thursday, March 30
- Gods Reign defeated MLT Esports (2-0): Haven (13-8); Pearl (13-2)
Friday, March 31
- Aster Army defeated Lethal Esports (2-0): Ascent (13-9); Pearl (13-7)
Saturday, April 1
- Velocity Gaming defeated GodLike Esports (2-0): Haven (13-3); Ascent (14-12)
Sunday, April 2
- Reckoning Esports defeated Medal Esports (2-0): Pearl (17-15); Lotus (13-7)
Monday, April 3
- Gods Reign defeated True Rippers (2-1): Haven (13-8); Pearl (8-13); Icebox (13-6)
Week 4
Wednesday, April 5
- Aster Army defeated Reckoning Esports (2-0): Split (13-6); Icebox (13-9)
Thursday, April 6
- Velocity Gaming vs MLT Esports (7 pm IST)
Friday, April 7
- Lethal Esports vs Medal Esports (7 pm IST)
Sunday, April 9
- True Rippers vs GodLike Esports (9 pm IST)
Monday, April 10
- Reckoning Esports vs Orangutan (9 pm IST)
Where to watch
Fans of South Asian Valorant can watch the English broadcast for the tournament on NODWIN Gaming's official channels across YouTube, Facebook, and Loco, as well as on Valorant South Asia's YouTube handle. Readers can also catch the event's Hindi broadcast on Loco.
