Valorant Champions Tour 2023 is set to kick off in a few weeks and the first event of the year will be the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) LOCK/IN which will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 13th February to 4th March. 32 of the best teams in the world will compete at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo. Tickets for the LAN event are now available .
VCT LOCK/IN Sao Paulo: Teams
Every team from the international leagues will compete in the event along with two invited representatives from China. The team that secures a victory at the upcoming event will earn their region an extra slot at Masters 2023.
Here are all of the teams participating in the upcoming event:
Americas
100 Thieves
Cloud9
Evil Geniuses
FURIA
KRÜ Esports
Leviatán
LOUD
MiBR
NRG
Sentinels
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
BBL Esports
Fnatic
FUT Esports
Giants
Karmine Corp
Koi
Team Heretics
NAVI
Team Liquid
Team Vitality
Pacific
DetonatioN FocusMe
DRX
Gen.G
Global Esports
Paper Rex
Rex Regum Qeon
T1
Talon Esports
Team Secret
ZETA Division
China
VCT LOCK/IN Sao Paulo: Format
The event will feature a single-elimination format but future LAN events will have double-elimination brackets. Regions will be paired into 16 first round match-ups, with each match-up consisting of two team slots.
EMEA vs PACIFIC – 5 match-ups
AMERICAS vs PACIFIC – 5 match-ups
AMERICAS vs EMEA – 4 match-ups
CHINA vs AMERICAS – 1 match-up
CHINA vs EMEA – 1 match-up
Each team slot was assigned a random number from 1-10 to account for the 32 teams in attendance. (Americas 1-10, EMEA 1-10, PACIFIC 1-10, China 1-2). In line with the goal to maximize geographically diverse competition, teams from China were paired with team slots from the AMERICAS and EMEA.
The 16 match-ups were distributed across two sides of the single elimination bracket to maximize inter-regional matches for the first two rounds.
VCT LOCK/IN Sao Paulo: Where to Watch
Twitch
YouTube
Details of streams in other languages will be available at a later date.
