The Valorant Ascension VCT 2023 League is set to begin shortly for all three Major regions in the world. There is a lot of potential to be seen in the world of competitive Valorant. This piece will discuss the schedules, qualified teams, and more.
The Valorant Ascension League is simple. The teams who win will get a chance to qualify for the Major leagues next season i.e. VCT Americas, Pacific, and the EMEA. That is why, this tournament is really important for the participating teams since it gives them a chance to play in the big leagues.
Regional tournaments have been played since the beginning of the year to decide the qualifying teams for Ascension. Let us break down everything we know about the tournament.
Contents
- Valorant Ascension VCT 2023: Schedule, Format, Teams, and More
- Schedule
- Format
- Americas
- EMEA
- Pacific
- Prize Pool
- Qualified Teams
- Americas
- EMEA
- Pacific
Valorant Ascension VCT 2023: Schedule, Format, Teams, and More
As you can see above, the winner of the Ascension League can participate in the VCT International Leagues from next year. The Challengers teams competed against one another and the highest-ranking teams made it to Ascension.
Now the Ascension Teams will compete with one another in their own international league to determine the winners of the Ascension. The winning team of the Ascension League can stay in the VCT International League for two years. Now, the format for competing in each league is different. That is why, we will need to break down the format for each league separately.
Schedule
We know about the duration of the tournaments. However, the fixtures have been undecided so far. We will update this piece when they will be unveiled. That being said, let us take a look at the schedule for each individual tournament.
- Americas: The Americas follows a unique format, we will discuss that a little later. This tournament will begin on June 30th and end on July 9th.
- The venues are the Riot Games Brazil Studio for the Group Stages and Play-offs and the Pavilhão Pacaembu for the Lower Final and Grand Final.
- EMEA: The Group Stages for the EMEA Ascension League will begin on June 30th and will last till July 4th. The playoffs are scheduled for July 14th-July 16th.
- The venue for the playoffs is the Messe Berlin Charlottenburg. There are no venues for the Group Stages and the Finals yet.
- Pacific: The Group Stages for the Pacific Ascension League will begin on June 28th and end on July 4th. The playoffs will start on July 7th and end on July 9th.
- The Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre is going to be the venue for the playoffs. There is no news about the venue for the Group Stages and Finals yet.
Format
The format for every tournament is different due to the number of participating teams. The EMEA and Pacific Leagues have the same number of teams while the Americas have lesser. We will look at the qualified teams in a while. Before that, let us look at the format for each Ascension League.
Americas
All the matches will be a single round-robin. The six teams will be divided into two groups. All matches will follow a Best of Three format except the Grand Final. No teams will face elimination in the Group Stages.
The Group Stages will be played for Seeding only. Now, the team on top of Group A and B will directly advance to the Upper Bracket Semi-Finals while the 2nd and 3rd teams will go to the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals.
The playoffs will be a double-elimination bracket. This means that if any team loses twice in a row, they are out of the tournament. The Grand Finals will be a Best of Five match.
EMEA
The Group Stages of this tournament will have a two-round robin format. All matches will be in a Best of Three format. The Top Two teams from the two Groups will go into the playoff stages while the remaining teams will be eliminated. So in essence, out of the 10 teams that will participate in the tournament, 4 will remain by the end of Groups.
The playoffs will be a double-elimination format. All matches will be Best of Three while the Lower and Grand Final will be Best of Five.
Pacific
The Group Stages will have two groups consisting of five teams each. The stage will be a single round-robin format and all matches will be Best of Three. The Top Three teams will advance to the playoffs. However, the No 1 team in each group will directly go to the Semi-Finals. The 2nd and 3rd teams will go to the Quarter-Finals.
The playoffs will be a single elimination bracket. You lose once and you are out of the tournament. The Grand Finals will be a Best of Five and the rest will be Bo3s as usual.
Prize Pool
The Prize Pools for the EMEA and Americas Leagues haven’t been announced yet. However, the Pacific League will have a Prize Pool of $100,000 USD. As for how it will be divided among teams, we have no information yet. We will update this section when we find out the prize pool for each league.
Qualified Teams
In total, we have seen 26 teams step up their game this year and be worthy of transitioning into the Ascension Leagues worldwide. Now, let us divide them into regions and see what we are working with.
Americas
Six teams will play the Ascension League from the Americas. There will be two teams from North America, One from Latin America North, One from Latin America South, and two teams from Brazil. Here are the qualified teams at the time of writing. We will update the section as soon as the winners are decided.
- M80/Moist Moguls (NA)
- TBD (NA)
- FUSION/ Six Karma(LAN)
- 9z Team (LAS)
- The Union (Brazil)
- 00 Nation (Brazil)
EMEA
Ten teams are going to participate in the EMEA Ascension League. One team from each region. Those regions are Northern Europe, Spain, France, DACH, Turkey, East, MENA, Italy, Portugal, and a Play-In winner from EMEA.
- APEKS (Northern Europe)
- Case/Team Queso (Spain)
- TBD (France)
- CGN Esports (DACH)
- S2G/DA (Turkey)
- TBD (East)
- TBD (MENA)
- GMT Esports/Dsyre (Italy)
- SAW/GTZ Esports (Portugal)
- VCT EMEA Ascension Play-In (EMEA)
Pacific
Ten teams will play in the Pacific Ascension League. There will be one team from the following regions. South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia & Singapore, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong & Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, and Oceania.
- TBD (South Asia)
- XERXIA (Thailand)
- Fancy United Esports (Vietnam)
- Bleed Esports (Malaysia & Singapore)
- Dplus (Korea)
- SCARZ (Japan)
- ONE Team (Hong Kong & Taiwan)
- NAOS (Philippines)
- BOOM Esports (Indonesia)
- TBD (Oceania)
That is every detail you need to know about the VCT Ascension League so far. We will update this piece with the fixtures when they are announced. Till then, click on this link for more Valorant content.
