The top VALORANT teams from around the world will gather to compete at VCT Masters Madrid in March 2024, and although the Kickoffs for the regional leagues are not all over yet, we already have the first two teams who are qualified for the game's first official international tournament this year.
After the intense matches in the VCT Kickoff stages, eight best teams from the Pacific, EMEA, Americas, and China will compete in Riot Games' international LAN for the VALORANT Champions Tour 2024 season in Spain from March 14 to 24. The top two teams from each of the four region will be facing off in a Double-Elimination bracket. The matches will be Best of 3, excluding the Lower Final and Grand Final, which will be Best of 5.
You can check out the complete list of VALORANT Masters Madrid below as well as updated reports about how each team got qualified. Note that we will update this page with the latest details as more matches from the Kickoffs are completed.
VCT Masters Madrid Teams List
The first region to finish its Kickoff event is Pacific, and the Singapore-based Pacific powerhouse Paper Rex was the first to qualify. The runner-up at VALORANT Champions 2023 only needed to win one group stage match to advance to the playoffs, which they accomplished by beating Gen.G 2-1.
In the semifinals of the playoffs, Paper Rex defeated T1, securing their spot in VCT Masters Madrid.
The second team to qualify from the VCT Pacific Kickoff is Gen.G Esports. Despite losing to Paper Rex in the group stage, the Korean team defeated Rex Regum Qeon 2-1 to advance to the Play-In stage, where they beat Team Secret (2-1) and ZETA Division (2-0).
They went on to beat the fellow Korean team, DRX, with a 2-0 victory, earning the second spot at the international event in Spain.
Feb. 29 Update: Team Heretics eliminates NAVI from the VCT EMEA Kickoffs (2-0) during the Playoffs, winning in a multi-overtime game in Sunset, and dominating the second map: Breeze. The victory qualifies them for VALORANT Masters Madrid. Karmine Corp. defeated Fnatic in the Playoffs, making them the second EMEA team to qualify for Masters Madrid.
March 1 Update: Team Heretics and Karmine Corp. are currently facing off in the Grand Finals of the VCT EMEA Kickoff, and the winner will get the higher seed at Masters Madrid this month.
March 3 Update: Sentinels and LOUD become the last two teams to join VALORANT Masters Madrid after qualifying as first and second of VCT Americas Kickoff. LOUD took down Evil Geniuses in the semifinals while Sentinels defeated NRG. LOUD and Sentinels played in a BO5, and Sentinels defeated the Brazilian team 3-2 to become the VCT Americas Kickoff champions.
VALORANT TEAM | REGION | QUALIFICATION |
Paper Rex | Pacific | 1st in VCT Pacific Kickoff |
Gen.G | Pacific | 2nd in VCT Pacific Kickoff |
Karmine Corp | EMEA | 1st in VCT Americas Kickoff |
Team Heretics | EMEA | 2nd in VCT Americas Kickoff |
Sentinels | Americas | 1st in VCT EMEA Kickoff |
LOUD | Americas | 2nd in VCT EMEA Kickoff |
Edward Gaming | China | 1st in VCT China Kickoff |
Funplus Phoenix | China | 2nd in VCT China Kickoff |
The teams who are qualified for VCT Masters Madrid will be competing for championship points that Riot Games reintroduced for this year's season. These points will determine who will join the biggest VCT event of this year, the VALORANT Champions 2024, which will be held in Seoul, South Korea.
