Red Bull Home Ground 2024 World Final: Schedule, teams, and format

Red Bull is back with another VALORANT Home Ground event to end 2024, with its World Final. A few teams received instant invites, while others have to go through regional qualifiers.

The event happens near the end of 2024 and hosts teams from all over the world. We've got you covered with the dates, a refresher on the format, who is joining the party, and how to watch.

Three teams were invited automatically by Red Bull. The others, as previously mentioned, arrived through regional qualifying tournaments. A final International Play-In bracket took place just prior to the main event, and that rounded out the field:

The tournament takes place at the Arena Berlin in, you guessed it, Berlin Germany. The action kicks off on November 20 with the play-in bracket. Then the main event begins on November 21 and goes through November 23.

Qualifiers took place throughout the months leading up to the event. For example, the North American qualifier happened at the end of September in Seattle, Washington. The winning teams are in Berlin alongside the other qualifying rosters.

Red Bull Home Ground's 2024 World Final event takes on the format of past Home Ground contests. Teams will play in a quick Swiss system where teams look to make the playoff bracket, and the best of the best get a first round bye.

After that, it will be a single elimination tournament. Teams select their Home Ground map to play on in a best-of-three series. The Grand Final, of course, is a best-of-five to determine the winner of the entire tournament.

If you're interested in watching, you can check out the official Red Bull Twitch and YouTube channels. That is where the action will take place, or you can come back here as we have the stream embedded right below.

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