The full schedule for the VCT 2023 season is out and no team from the same region will be competing against each other. The tournament will start on February 13 and will continue till the finals in March. 30 franchised teams and two teams from China will be competing for the title and a chunk of the prize pool. These 30 teams will include ten teams from each region: Pacific, EMEA, and Americas.
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VCT 2023 schedule officially announced by Riot Games
32 teams. 1 Masters 2023 slot on the line. Which region claims it at #VCT LOCK//IN? pic.twitter.com/HHGeJl85P3
— VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) January 18, 2023
All 32 teams taking part in VCT 2023 will be divided into two groups with 16 teams each. The groups, Alpha and Omega will have teams from the three regions, but at no point will two teams from the same region compete against each other.
Alpha will play from February 13 – 19, in single-elimination matches. Group Omega will fight it out from February 22 – 27, 2023.
The Round 1 Matchups of the Single Elim LOCK//IN event pic.twitter.com/DE9GsOBNaa
— willminder (@willminder) January 17, 2023
Group Alpha
Monday, February 13
- KOI vs NRG Esports: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- DetonatioN FocusMe vs Giants Gaming: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
- Gen.G vs LOUD: 3 pm PST/ 4.30 am IST (next day)
Tuesday, February 14
- FunPlus Phoenix vs Karmine Corp: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- BBL Esports vs DRX: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
- Cloud9 vs Paper Rex: 3 pm PST/ 4.30 am IST (next day)
Wednesday, February 15
- Team Heretics vs Evil Geniuses: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- MIBR vs Talon Esports: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
Friday, February 17
- Alpha QF#1: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- Alpha QF #2: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
Saturday, February 18
- Alpha QF #3: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- Alpha QF #4: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
Sunday, February 19
- Alpha Semis #1: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- Alpha Semis #2: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
Group Omega
Wednesday, February 22
- Team Liquid vs Team Secret: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- Natus Vincere vs KRU Esports: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
- ZETA DIVISION vs Leviatan: 3 pm PST/ 4.30 am IST (next day)
Thursday, February 23
- Team Vitality vs Global Esports: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- FUT Esports vs Rex Regum Qeon: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
- 100 Thieves vs EDward Gaming: 3 pm PST/ 4.30 am IST (next day)
Friday, February 24
- Sentinels vs Fnatic:9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- T1 vs FURIA: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
Saturday, February 25
- Omega QF #1: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- Omega QF #2: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
Sunday, February 26
- Omega QF #3: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- Omega QF #4: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
Monday, February 27
- Omega Semis #1: 9 am PST/ 10.30 pm IST
- Omega Semis #2: 12 pm PST/ 1.30 am IST (next day)
VCT 2023 Teams
The 32 selected teams will be divided into two 16-member groups. These groups will compete with each other. Here are the names of all the teams that are a part of Alpha and Omega.
Group Alpha
- KOI (EMEA)
- NRG (Americas)
- DetonatioN FocusMe (Pacific)
- Giants Gaming (EMEA)
- Gen.G (Pacific)
- LOUD (Americas)
- FunPlus Phoenix (China)
- Karmine Corp (EMEA)
- BBL Esports (EMEA)
- DRX (Pacific)
- Cloud9 (Americas)
- Paper Rex (Pacific)
- Team Heretics (EMEA)
- Evil Geniuses (Americas)
- MIBR (Americas)
- Talon Esports (Pacific)
Group Omega
- Team Liquid (EMEA)
- Team Secret (Pacific)
- Natus Vincere (EMEA)
- KRU Esports (Americas)
- ZETA DIVISION (Pacific)
- Leviatan (Americas)
- Team Vitality (EMEA)
- Global Esports (Pacific)
- FUT Esports (EMEA)
- Rex Regum Qeon (Pacific)
- 100 Thieves (Americas)
- EDward Gaming
- Sentinels (Americas)
- Fnatic (EMEA)
- T1 (Pacific)
- FURIA (Americas)
VCT LOCK//IN Sao Paulo 2023 Format
It’s time to lock in for the first international event of the #VCT 2023 season! 🔒
Here’s everything you need to know about LOCK//IN Brazil. pic.twitter.com/11hMbHMYFr
— VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) January 17, 2023
The format of the Champions Tour 2023 is rather simple. 30 franchised teams will take part in single-elimination matches. These 30 teams will be from the three selected regions. In addition to these, two teams from China will also compete in the VCT.
A total of 32 teams will be divided into two groups and teams from the same region will not compete against each other. The matches will be best of threes till the semi-finals and in the finals, teams will play a best of five.
Where and where to watch VCT 2023 live stream?
The matches will be streamed live on Valorant Champions Tour 2023’s official YouTube and Twitch channels. Fans can watch their favorite teams compete against each other from February 13 onwards.
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