May 10, 2022
Welcome back to VCT EMEA! Stage 2 picks up where Stage 1 left off — 12 of EMEA’s best VALORANT teams battling for regional supremacy, Circuit Points and a handful of coveted international invitations.
In Stage 1, few teams could keep up with Fnatic and FunPlus Phoenix, group winners who soon found themselves pitted against each other in the Playoffs’ Upper Bracket Final. FPX won that match — featuring a magnificent 13-0 performance on Split — en route to winning the Grand Final 3-1 against G2 Esports, but their victory was bittersweet. The Stage 1 Champions could not compete at Masters 1 due to travel restrictions, and no EMEA team made Top 4 at Reykjavik.
With plenty left to prove, can FPX remain Kings of EMEA, or will a new team unseat them at the top? In order to follow all the action, here’s everything you need to know about VCT EMEA Stage 2 Challengers.
FORMAT OVERVIEW
Like Stage 1, the VCT EMEA Stage 2 Challengers format is divided into the Group Stage and Playoffs. During the Group Stage, 12 teams are drawn into two groups of six, where each group plays a single Round Robin. The top three teams of each group advance to the Playoffs, with the first place teams granted an opening bye. All Group Stage matches are best-of-three.
For Playoffs, the six qualified teams compete in a double elimination bracket. All matches are best-of-three, except for the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final, which are best-of-five. The top three Playoff finishers will represent EMEA at Masters 2.
All VCT EMEA Stage 2 Challengers teams will receive Circuit Points based on their finish, points that are needed to qualify for VCT Champions or the Last Chance Qualifier.
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
To determine the groups for VCT EMEA Stage 2 Challengers, the 12 teams were separated into two pools — Stage 1 playoff teams (Pool 1) and Stage 1 teams that fell in the Stage 1 Group Stage (Pool 2). The newly promoted team FOKUS replaced relegated side SuperMassive Blaze in Pool 2.
Pool 1 Teams
Pool 2 Teams
Teams were randomly drawn from one pool at a time, starting with Pool 1, followed by Pool 2. Drawn teams were placed into groups in alternating order until the groups were filled.
HOW TO WATCH
VCT EMEA Stage 2 Challengers — Group Stage (May 13 - June 12)
Each broadcast day begins with a preshow at 3:30 pm CEST, followed by the first of two matches at 4:00 pm CEST. Matches will be played every week on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- Week 1: May 13 - 15
- Week 2: May 20 - 22
- Week 3: May 27 - 29
- Week 4: June 3 - 5
- Week 5: June 10 - 12
VCT EMEA Stage 2 Challengers — Playoffs (June 17 - June 26)
Each broadcast day begins with a preshow at 3:30 pm CEST, followed by the first match at 4:00 pm CEST.
- Friday, June 17
- Play-In Match #1
- Play-In Match #2
- Saturday, June 18
- Upper Bracket Semifinal #1
- Upper Bracket Semifinal #2
- Sunday, June 19
- Lower Bracket Match #1
- Lower Bracket Match #2
- Friday, June 24
- Upper Bracket Final
- Lower Bracket Semifinal
- Saturday, June 25
- Lower Bracket Final (Bo5)
- Sunday, June 26
- Grand Final (Bo5)
VCT EMEA Stage 2 Challengers — Broadcast Streams
- English - Twitch
- Finnish - Twitch 1 // Twitch 2
- French - Twitch
- German - Twitch
- Hungarian - Twitch 1 // Twitch 2
- Spanish - Twitch
- Turkish - Twitch // YouTube
- Vietnamese - YouTube
- Polish - Twitch 1 // Twitch 2
- Russian - Twitch // VK // YouTube
- Czech - Twitch 1 // Twitch 2
Additionally, during the Playoffs we will be offering streams in the following languages:
In addition to the streams above, we’re excited to bring back Watch Parties for Stage 2! Keep an eye out on our social channels for the full roster and more information.
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