Start the 2024 VALORANT Champions Tour here, as we’ve got the full schedule and results for the VCT Americas Kickoff tournament.

The VALORANT Champions Tour is back. And in the Americas league, plenty of new-look teams hope to do some real damage. They'll begin 2024 with the VCT Americas Kickoff tournament. This is their first true chance to show what they're made of, with a trip to Masters Madrid at stake.

VCT Americas Kickoff teams

(Image via Riot Games)
(Image via Riot Games)

This year, the VCT leagues all have 11 teams. One from Ascension rose up into all four leagues to give them added competition going into the year. The VCT Americas teams that you'll see battle through the kickoff tournament are:

  • 100 Thieves
  • Cloud9
  • Evil Geniuses
  • FURIA
  • G2 Esports
  • KRÜ Esports
  • Leviatán
  • LOUD
  • MIBR
  • NRG
  • Sentinels

How to watch VCT Americas Kickoff

The VCT Americas Kickoff tournament will be live on a multitude of channels. There will be co-streams, official broadcasts on Twitch and YouTube, and alternate language broadcasts you can view. Or you can sit right here with us as we bring you the results.

VCT Americas Kickoff format, schedule, and results

With 11 teams in place, the format may come off as a bit strange. Announced earlier in the year, the VCT Americas Kickoff tournament for 2024 has three different stages.

The double elimination Group Stage involves three groups, two of four teams and one of three teams. The highest placement at Champions for the region guarantees a bye to the second round of the three team Group C.

(Image via Riot Games)
(Image via Riot Games)

Following the Group Stage is a Play-In Stage. The top teams from each group skip this portion of the VCT Americas Kickoff event. The second team to qualify from each group ends up here, in a Round Robin format to send just one team to the final stage.

The Playoff Stage is the culmination of the tournament. A single elimination bracket of the Play-In winner and the three group winners determines the two teams in VCT Americas heading to Masters Madrid. The winner of that Grand Final receives Championship Points towards Champions at the end of the season.

(Image via Riot Games)
(Image via Riot Games)

Group Stage

Times may be subject to change for each VCT Americas Kickoff match. We will, however, provide the date that each match is scheduled along with live updated results below.

Group A

Date
Round
Series
Map Count
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Feb. 16, 2024
Opener
NRG vs. FURIA
2:0
Breeze 13:10
Ascent 13:8
Split
Feb. 16, 2024
Opener
Cloud9 vs. MIBR
2:1
Bind 13:11
Split 8:13
Lotus 13:10
Feb. 19, 2024
Elimination
FURIA vs. MIBR
0:2
Split 9:13
Breeze 11:13
Lotus
Feb. 23, 2024
Winner
NRG vs. Cloud9
2:0
Sunset 13:7
Ascent 14:12
Lotus
Feb. 25, 2024
Decider
MIBR vs. Cloud9
2:0
Bind 14:12
Ascent 13:9
Sunset

Group B

Date
Round
Series
Map Count
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Feb. 17, 2024
Opener
LOUD vs. Sentinels
2:0
Split 13:11
Ascent 13:9
Sunset
Feb. 17, 2024
Opener
Leviatán vs. 100 Thieves
2:1
Bind 13:9
Split 3:13
Icebox 13:11
Feb. 19, 2024
Elimination
Sentinels vs. 100 Thieves
2:1
Lotus 13:5
Bind 6:13
Split 13:8
Feb. 23, 2024
Winner
LOUD vs. Leviatán
2:1
Bind 11:13
Split 13:10
Ascent 13:7
Feb. 25, 2024
Decider
Sentinels vs. Leviatán
1:1
Split 13:3
Breeze 6:13
Bind 13:9

Group C

Date
Round
Series
Map Count
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Feb. 18, 2024
Opener
KRÜ Esports vs. G2 Esports
1:2
Icebox 13:9
Sunset 9:13
Ascent 11:13
Feb. 24, 2024
Winner
Evil Geniuses vs. G2 Esports
2:0
Sunset 15:13
Icebox 13:11
Split
Feb. 25, 2024
Decider
KRÜ Esports vs. G2 Esports
0:2
Split 8:13
Sunset 8:13
Icebox

Play-In Stage

Date
Round
Series
Map Count
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Feb. 26, 2024
Play-In
MIBR vs. Sentinels
0:2
Split 7:13
Ascent 6:13
Sunset
Feb. 26, 2024
Play-In
MIBR vs. G2 Esports
2:1
Sunset 13:9
Split 13:15
Breeze 13:10
Feb. 26, 2024
Play-In
G2 Esports vs. Sentinels
2:1
Sunset 8:13
Breeze 13:9
Split 13:9

Playoff Stage

The Playoff Stage of the VCT Americas Kickoff, again, is a single elimination bracket. The Semifinal round sees two best-of-three contests. The Grand Final match up is a best-of-five to close things out between the two Masters Madrid representatives.

Semifinals

Date
Round
Series
Map Count
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Mar. 2, 2024
Semifinals
Evil Geniuses vs. LOUD
1:2
Ascent 13:7
Icebox 7:13
Sunset 5:13
Mar. 2, 2024
Semifinals
NRG vs. Sentinels
1:2
Sunset 14:16
Ascent 13:8
Split 3:13

Grand Finals

Date
Round
Series
Map Count
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Map 4
Map 5
Mar. 3, 2024
Grand Final
LOUD vs. Sentinels
2:3
Sunset 9:13
Split 3:13
Icebox 13:11
Bind 13:8
Lotus 4:13

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