2024 Valorant Champions

The 2024 Valorant Champions was the fourth edition of the Valorant Champions, the world championship esports tournament organized by Riot Games for the first-person shooter game Valorant. The tournament ran from August 1–25, 2024.^[1] Seoul, along with Incheon, South Korea hosted the crowning event of Valorant Champions Tour's 2024 competitive season in which the sixteen best teams competed to become the season's world champions.^[2]

2024 Valorant Champions

2024
Tournament information
Game	Valorant
Location	Seoul and Incheon, South Korea
Date	August 1–25, 2024
Administrator	Riot Games
Venue(s)	2 COEX Artium (Group Stage and Playoffs Stage) INSPIRE Arena (Top 4 Playoffs + Grand Finals)
Teams	16
Purse	$2,250,000 USD
Final positions
Champions	Edward Gaming
Runner-up	Team Heretics
MVP	Zheng "ZmjjKK" Yongkang (EDG)
← 2023 2025 →

Evil Geniuses were the defending champions, but failed to qualify after missing the Americas Playoffs and not having enough championship points.

"Superpower" (stylized in all caps), performed by Julie and Natty of Kiss of Life and Mark Tuan of Got7, was the official theme song for the tournament.^[3]

Before the start of the grand final, Valorant's 26th agent and sixth Sentinel, Vyse, was revealed. She would eventually be available for play three days after the conclusion of the tournament.

Edward Gaming won the championship after beating Team Heretics in the grand final 3–2, resulting in China's first international trophy.

Zheng "ZmjjKK" Yongkang from Edward Gaming was named the MVP of the tournament.

History

On February 17, 2024, Riot Games announced that Seoul will play host to the Valorant Champions, the crowning event of the VCT 2024 season.^[4][5]

Qualified teams

Sixteen teams, including twelve teams (seed 1/2/3) that finished in the top three of Stage 2, and four teams (seed 4) that were out of top three but had most Championship Points in season of all three International Leagues (Americas, EMEA, Pacific) and China League, qualified for the global crowning event of the circuit.

(*) Non-partner teams in franchise system

Region	Stage 2 Winner	Stage 2 Runners-up	Stage 2 Third-place	Championship Points
Americas	Leviatán	G2 Esports*	KRÜ Esports	Sentinels
EMEA	Fnatic	Team Vitality	Team Heretics	FUT Esports
Pacific	Gen.G	DRX	Paper Rex	Talon Esports
China	Edward Gaming	FunPlus Phoenix	Trace Esports	Bilibili Gaming

Venues

Seoul and Incheon were chosen to host the competition. The majority of the tournament is being held at the COEX Artium (home of VCT Pacific) in Seoul, and the final three days at the INSPIRE Arena in Incheon.

South Korea
Seoul	Incheon
COEX Artium	INSPIRE Arena
Seoul Incheon

Group stage

• Sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each. Teams from the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
• Seed 1 team play against seed 4, while seed 2 team play against seed 3 in the opening match.
• Double elimination; all matches are best-of-three.
• The eight teams consisting of the winners and runners-up of each group advance to the Playoff Stage. Remaining teams are eliminated.

Group A

Opening Match

Winners Match

Playoffs Qualified

Match 1 - 2 August

1

Fnatic

2

Match 3 - 6 August

4

Bilibili Gaming

0

W1

Fnatic

0

Match 2 - 2 August

A1

DRX

W2

DRX

2

2

DRX

2

3

KRÜ Esports

1

Elimination Match

Decider Match

Match 5 - 10 August

Match 4 - 8 August

L3

Fnatic

2

A2

Fnatic

L1

Bilibili Gaming

0

W4

KRÜ Esports

1

L2

KRÜ Esports

2

Opening Match	2 August	Fnatic	2	–	0	Bilibili Gaming	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Bind			9
		13	Lotus			4
			Ascent

Opening Match	2 August	DRX	2	–	1	KRÜ Esports	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		2	Haven			13
		13	Abyss			6
		13	Bind			6

Winners Match	6 August	Fnatic	0	–	2	DRX	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		11	Abyss			13
		6	Lotus			13
			Bind

Elimination Match	8 August	Bilibili Gaming	0	–	2	KRÜ Esports	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Lotus			9
		13	Icebox			4
			Sunset

Decider match	10 August	Fnatic	2	–	1	KRÜ Esports	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		11	Sunset			13
		13	Haven			9
		13	Lotus			5

Group B

Opening Match

Winners Match

Playoffs Qualified

Match 1 - 1 August

1

Gen.G

2

Match 3 - 6 August

4

Sentinels

0

W1

Gen.G

1

Match 2 - 1 August

B1

Team Heretics

W2

Team Heretics

2

2

FunPlus Phoenix

1

3

Team Heretics

2

Elimination Match

Decider Match

Match 5 - 10 August

Match 4 - 8 August

L3

Gen.G

0

B2

Sentinels

L1

Sentinels

2

W4

Sentinels

2

L2

FunPlus Phoenix

0

Opening Match	1 August	Gen.G	2	–	0	Sentinels	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Haven			8
		13	Ascent			7
			Abyss

Opening Match	1 August	FunPlus Phoenix	1	–	2	Team Heretics	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		12	Abyss			14
		13	Bind			9
		13	Lotus			15

Winners Match	6 August	Gen.G	1	–	2	Team Heretics	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Abyss			11
		11	Lotus			13
		10	Bind			13

Elimination Match	8 August	Sentinels	2	–	0	FunPlus Phoenix	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Bind			8
		13	Lotus			5
			Abyss

Decider match	10 August	Gen.G	0	–	2	Sentinels	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		9	Lotus			13
		6	Icebox			13
			Haven

Group C

Opening Match

Winners Match

Playoffs Qualified

Match 1 - 3 August

1

Leviatán

2

Match 3 - 7 August

4

Talon Esports

0

W1

Leviatán

1

Match 2 - 3 August

C1

Trace Esports

W2

Trace Esports

2

2

Team Vitality

1

3

Trace Esports

2

Elimination Match

Decider Match

Match 5 - 11 August

Match 4 - 9 August

L3

Leviatán

2

C2

Leviatán

L1

Talon Esports

0

W4

Team Vitality

0

L2

Team Vitality

2

Opening Match	3 August	Leviatán	2	–	0	Talon Esports	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Bind			11
		13	Ascent			8
			Sunset

Opening Match	3 August	Team Vitality	1	–	2	Trace Esports	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Ascent			15
		13	Sunset			7
		7	Bind			13

Winners Match	7 August	Leviatán	1	–	2	Trace Esports	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		10	Bind			13
		13	Sunset			9
		5	Ascent			13

Elimination Match	9 August	Talon Esports	0	–	2	Team Vitality	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		6	Lotus			13
		8	Sunset			13
			Bind

Decider match	11 August	Leviatán	2	–	0	Team Vitality	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		14	Icebox			12
		13	Sunset			4
			Ascent

Group D

Opening Match

Winners Match

Playoffs Qualified

Match 1 - 4 August

1

Edward Gaming

2

Match 3 - 7 August

4

FUT Esports

0

W1

Edward Gaming

1

Match 2 - 4 August

D1

G2 Esports

W2

G2 Esports

2

2

G2 Esports

2

3

Paper Rex

0

Elimination Match

Decider Match

Match 5 - 11 August

Match 4 - 9 August

L3

Edward Gaming

2

D2

Edward Gaming

L1

FUT Esports

0

W4

Paper Rex

1

L2

Paper Rex

2

Opening Match	4 August	Edward Gaming	2	–	0	FUT Esports	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Lotus			9
		13	Bind			10
			Sunset

Opening Match	4 August	G2 Esports	2	–	0	Paper Rex	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Icebox			8
		13	Lotus			9
			Bind

Winners Match	7 August	Edward Gaming	1	–	2	G2 Esports	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Icebox			8
		11	Haven			13
		11	Bind			13

Elimination Match	9 August	FUT Esports	0	–	2	Paper Rex	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		11	Sunset			13
		6	Bind			13
			Lotus

Decider match	11 August	Edward Gaming	2	–	1	Paper Rex	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		3	Icebox			13
		13	Sunset			8
		13	Lotus			4

Playoffs

• Eight teams were drawn into a double-elimination bracket.
• The seed 1 team of each group was drawn against the seed 2 team of a different group in Upper Quarterfinals. Teams from same group were not drawn in same bracket until the Upper Final.
• All matches were best-of-three, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final, which were best-of-five.

Upper Quarterfinals

Upper Semifinals

Upper Final

Grand Final

Match 1 – 14 August

A1

DRX

0

Match 7 – 17 August

B2

Sentinels

2

W1

Sentinels

1

Match 2 – 14 August

W2

Edward Gaming

2

C1

Trace Esports

0

Match 11 – 23 August

D2

Edward Gaming

2

W7

Edward Gaming

2

Match 3 – 15 August

W8

Leviatán

1

D1

G2 Esports

0

Match 8 – 17 August

C2

Leviatán

2

W3

Leviatán

2

Match 4 – 15 August

W4

Team Heretics

0

B1

Team Heretics

2

Match 14 – 25 August

A2

Fnatic

0

W11

Edward Gaming

3

W13

Team Heretics

2

Lower Round 1

Lower Quarterfinals

Lower Semifinals

Lower Final

Match 9 – 18 August

Match 5 – 16 August

L8

Team Heretics

2

Match 13 – 24 August

L1

DRX

2

W5

DRX

1

Match 12 – 23 August

L11

Leviatán

1

L2

Trace Esports

0

W9

Team Heretics

2

W12

Team Heretics

3

Match 10 – 18 August

W10

Sentinels

1

Match 6 – 16 August

L7

Sentinels

2

L3

G2 Esports

0

W6

Fnatic

1

L4

Fnatic

2

Upper Bracket

Quarterfinals

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals	14 August	DRX	0	–	2	Sentinels	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Sunset			15
		8	Haven			13
			Icebox

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals	14 August	Trace Esports	0	–	2	Edward Gaming	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		7	Bind			13
		10	Sunset			13
			Lotus

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals	15 August	G2 Esports	0	–	2	Leviatán	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		14	Icebox			16
		5	Abyss			13
			Haven

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals	15 August	Team Heretics	2	–	0	Fnatic	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Lotus			3
		14	Abyss			12
			Haven

Semifinals

Upper Bracket Semifinals	17 August	Sentinels	1	–	2	Edward Gaming	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Haven			9
		9	Lotus			13
		6	Sunset			13

Upper Bracket Semifinals	17 August	Leviatán	2	–	0	Team Heretics	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		15	Icebox			13
		13	Lotus			10
			Haven

Final

Upper Bracket Final	23 August	Edward Gaming	2	–	1	Leviatán	Incheon, South Korea
	16:00 (UTC+9)						INSPIRE Arena
		14	Icebox			16
		13	Lotus			4
		13	Abyss			11

Lower Bracket

Round 1

Lower Bracket - Round 1	16 August	DRX	2	–	0	Trace Esports	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Lotus			3
		13	Abyss			5
			Sunset

Lower Bracket - Round 1	16 August	G2 Esports	0	–	2	Fnatic	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		3	Haven			13
		11	Bind			13
			Lotus

Quarterfinals

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals	18 August	DRX	1	–	2	Team Heretics	Seoul, South Korea
	17:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		13	Abyss			5
		5	Sunset			13
		10	Icebox			13

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals	18 August	Fnatic	1	–	2	Sentinels	Seoul, South Korea
	20:00 (UTC+9)						COEX Artium
		11	Sunset			13
		13	Bind			9
		6	Lotus			13

Semifinal

Lower Bracket Semifinals	23 August	Team Heretics	2	–	1	Sentinels	Incheon, South Korea
	19:00 (UTC+9)						INSPIRE Arena
		8	Haven			13
		13	Icebox			9
		13	Abyss			7

Final

Lower Bracket Final	24 August	Leviatán	1	–	3	Team Heretics	Incheon, South Korea
	16:00 (UTC+9)						INSPIRE Arena
		7	Icebox			13
		13	Sunset			15
		13	Abyss			9
		3	Lotus			13
			Haven

Grand Final

The winning team from the Upper Bracket Final had the two-map ban advantage in map veto as the lower bracket team.

Grand Final	25 August	Edward Gaming	3	–	2	Team Heretics	Incheon, South Korea
	16:00 (UTC+9)						INSPIRE Arena
		6	Haven			13
		13	Sunset			4
		13	Lotus			9
		11	Bind			13
		13	Abyss			9

Prize pool

Riot Games announced that the prize pool for Champions 2024 would remain the same as 2023. The total prize pool was US$2.25 million, and the winner of Champions received US$1 million.^[6]

Place	Team	Prize (USD)
1st	Edward Gaming	$1,000,000
2nd	Team Heretics	$400,000
3rd	Leviatán	$250,000
4th	Sentinels	$130,000
5th–6th	DRX	$85,000
	Fnatic
7th–8th	G2 Esports	$50,000
	Trace Esports
9th–12th	Gen.G	$30,000
	KRÜ Esports
	Paper Rex
	Team Vitality
13th–16th	Bilibili Gaming	$20,000
	FunPlus Phoenix
	FUT Esports
	Talon Esports

References

1. Bernardo, Anna (17 February 2024). "VALORANT Champions 2024 will be hosted in Seoul, South Korea". Yahoo Esports Southeast Asia. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Lojo, Michelle (20 February 2024). "Valorant Champions heads to Seoul to kick off year". Philippine Star. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
3. "Every Valorant pro & iconic play reference in SUPERPOWER". Dexerto. 2024-07-23. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
4. Kang, Joanne (17 February 2024). "Valorant Champions 2024 heads to Seoul". Valorant Esports (Official Website). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
5. "Valorant Champions 2024 Heads to Seoul!" (YouTube video). Valorant Esports (Official YouTube). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
6. Mclaughlin, Declan (August 18, 2023). "Valorant Champions 2024: Schedule, bracket, stream, more". Dexerto. Retrieved August 18, 2023.

External links

Official website