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The much-awaited grand finale to the Valorant Champions Tour 2021 is finally around the corner. Riot Games have released the draws for the group stage of the upcoming Valorant Champions, held in Berlin, Germany.
Valorant Champions Tour started in the first quarter of 2021 with their Stage 1 Challengers tournament. Each Challengers tournament leads to a Masters tournament, both of which are spread across 3 stages.
VCT's Last Chance Qualifiers was the final step leading to the Champions tournament. A total of 16 teams will make their way to Berlin to engage on LAN to determine Valorant's first ever world champion.
Valorant Champions Berlin: Qualification, group draws, schedule, and more
Qualification
A total of 16 teams will contest in Valorant's Champions tournament. 11 teams have qualified from seven different regions across the world, based on their circuit points.
The winner of the VCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin gets an automatic qualification to the Champions. The Last Chance Qualifiers held in October, 2021 determined the remaining four teams that progressed.
Group draws
The group draws for Valorant Champions Berlin are as follows-
Group A:
- Acend
- Vivo Keyd
- Team Envy
- X10 Esports
Group B:
- Sentinels
- Furia
- Kru Esports
- Team Liquid
Group C:
- Gambit
- Team Secret
- Team Vikings
- Crazy Raccoon
Group D:
- Vision Strikers
- Full Sense
- Fnatic
- Cloud 9
Format
All four groups will play a double-elimination bracket, with two teams qualifying from each one. For each group, the teams selected from Pool 1 will face sides from Pool 4, with Pool 2 outfits clashing against those from Pool 3.
A randomized draw will determine the seeding for the knockout stages. First-place holders will be randomly seeded against a second-place team from a different group.
Schedule
The Valorant Champions event in Berlin is scheduled to begin its first match on 1 December 2021 with the Grand Finals set for 12 December 2021.
