The first international VALORANT Champions Tour event of the year is fast approaching, with Masters Madrid in March sure to be a treat for fans who have waited over six months since the hero shooter’s last major event.
All four VCT 2024 leagues have played through their own regional Kickoff tournaments, which each produced two teams that earned Masters Madrid spots from each region, for a total of eight teams heading to the event. The tournament will begin with a Swiss-style stage, with teams needing to secure two wins before securing two losses, before progressing into a double-elimination bracket. The Swiss format is new for 2024, with slight adjustments in the new VCT structure and points system.
With all the regional Kickoff tournaments beginning to wrap up, here are all the VALORANT teams that we know have officially qualified for Masters Madrid so far.
All teams qualified for VCT Masters Madrid
The two top-finishing teams from each region’s Kickoff tournament will qualify for Madrid. Each region has one higher and one lower-seeded team, the champion and runner-up of the Kickoff tournament, respectively.
In the first round of the Madrid Swiss Stage, first-place teams will face off against second-place teams, but teams from the same region will not face each other in the first round.
VCT Pacific
- First place: Gen.G Esports
- Second place: Paper Rex
VCT Americas
- First place: Sentinels
- Second place: LOUD
VCT EMEA
- First place: Karmine Corp
- Second place: Team Heretics
VCT China
- First place: EDward Gaming
- Second place: FunPlus Phoenix
By finishing first in their respective Kickoff events, Gen.G, Sentinels, Karmine Corp, and EDG have all earned three Championship points toward Champions qualification.
Karmine Corp has become the first team to qualify for an international event after finishing last place in their VCT league the year prior. Sentinels qualified for their first international event in over 900 days. This is the first international VALORANT event in which DRX and Fnatic are not attending.
The final teams will be locked by March 3, with the Americas last to finish.
