The best teams from the Europe, CIS, and Turkey are ready to compete in the upcoming VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs, where the top four teams will advance to VCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin.
The competition includes six European representatives, three Turkish teams, and three CIS squads that have qualified for the tournament through the VCT Stage 3 Challengers 1 and 2 Main Events.
What is the VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs?
The tournament will decide which four teams from the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) region will advance to the VCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin tournament in September.
VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs schedule and results
The Playoffs start on August 12 and will continue until the Grand Final on August 22. (All times and days are in GMT+8.)
(To be updated)
August 12 (Thursday)
- Upper Bracket — Natus Vincere 2 — 1 Team Liquid
- Upper Bracket — Guild Esports 2 — 0 forZe
August 13 (Friday)
- Upper Bracket — FunPlus Phoenix 2 — 0 Fire Flux Esports
- Upper Bracket — Oxygen Esports 2 — 1 Giants Gaming
- Upper Bracket — Acend 2 — 0 Natus Vincere
- Upper Bracket — Gambit Esports 2 — 0 Guild Esports
August 14 (Saturday)
- Upper Bracket — SuperMassive Blaze 2 — 0 FunPlus Phoenix
- Upper Bracket — G2 Esports 2 — 0 Oxygen Esports
- Lower Bracket — Team Liquid 2 — Oxygen Esports
- Lower Bracket — forZe 2 — 1 FunPlus Phoenix
August 15 (Sunday)
- Lower Bracket — Fire Flux Esports 0 — 2 Guild Esports
- Lower Bracket — Giants Gaming 2 — 1 Natus Vincere
August 16 (Monday)
- Upper Bracket Semifinal — Acend 2 — 1 Gambit Esports
August 17 (Tuesday)
- Upper Bracket Semifinal — SuperMassive Blaze 2 — 0 G2 Esports
August 18 (Wednesday)
- Lower Bracket — Team Liquid 2 — 0 forZe
August 19 (Thursday)
- Lower Bracket — Guild Esports 1 — 2 Giants Gaming
August 20 (Friday)
- Lower Bracket — Gambit Esports 2 — 1 Team Liquid
August 21 (Saturday)
- Lower Bracket — G2 Esports 2 — 1 Giants Gaming
- Upper Bracket Final — Acend 1 — 2 SuperMassive Blaze
- Lower Bracket Semifinal — G2 Esports 1 — 2 Gambit Esports
- Lower Bracket Final — Gambit Esports 3 — 1 Acend
August 22 (Sunday)
- Grand Final — SuperMassive Blaze 1 — 3 Gambit Esports
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Format of the EMEA Playoffs
The Playoffs follow a double-elimination format where all eight teams will compete in best-of-three matches. All series will be best-of-three matches, except for the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final, which will be a best-of-five.
Teams competing in the VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs
These are the 12 teams that advanced from the VCT Europe, Turkey, and CIS Stage 3 Challengers Open and Closed Qualifiers.
- Acend (Europe)
- G2 Esports (Europe)
- Guild Esports (Europe)
- FunPlus Phoenix (Europe)
- Team Liquid (Europe)
- Giants Gaming (Europe)
- SuperMassive Blaze (Turkey)
- Oxygen Esports (Turkey)
- Fire Flux Esports (Turkey)
- Gambit Esports (CIS)
- Natus Vincere (CIS)
- forZe (CIS)
VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs prize pool
The tournament has a US$101,500 prize pool that will be shared among the teams according to their placing.
- 1st: US$38,500
- 2nd: US$15,500
- 3rd: US$10,000
- 4th: US$8,900
- 5th: US$5,300
- 6th: US$5,300
- 7th: US$3,000
- 8th: US$3,000
- 9th: US$1,800
- 10th: US$1,800
- 11th: US$1,800
- 12th: US$1,800
Where to watch the VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs?
Valorant fans can watch the matches live on Valorant’s Twitch channel and YouTube page.
READ MORE: Every team that has qualified for the VCT NA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs
