How to watch VCT 2024: Masters Shanghai — teams, schedule, streams
VCT 2024: Masters Shanghai will begin on May 23 at the Valo Arena (VCT CN Studio) and the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. The second Masters event on the Valorant calendar for the year will see the world's 12 best sides from its four major regions — the Americas, EMEA, Pacific, and China — battle it out for a prize pool of $1,000,000 and regional supremacy.
VCT 2024: Masters Shanghai format
Like the VCT 2024: Masters Madrid, the China tournament will have a three-round Swiss Stage that kicks off on May 23. It will see the second and third-best-placed sides from the regional league clash in each game, with two teams from two different regions featuring in each match.
Any side that loses two games is out of this Valorant competition, with sides needing two wins at least to move on to the next stage. A random draw between each round will be conducted to decide which teams face off next, with the last game to be played on May 27.
With the eight sides pruned down to four at the end of this phase, the action moves to the Double-Elimination bracket Playoffs, which begins on May 30 and runs till the Grand Final on June 9. To determine the first round of matches, i.e., Upper Bracket Quarterfinals, the top-seeded sides will choose their opponents in a random order.
All the games in this event will be best-of-three except for the Lower Bracket Final and the summit clash, where the teams will battle in best-of-five affairs. Moreover, just like in Spain, fans can catch the new map reveal and a Showmatch ahead of the title decider on the last day.
VCT 2024: Masters Shanghai participants
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VCT 2024: Masters Shanghai matches
The first four games of the competition have been announced, with those who win and assume 1-0 records facing off in the second round on May 25. Sides with 0-1 records will also do battle on May 26, with the losers getting eliminated and the winners advancing to the final round of games where those with 1-1 records will duke it out for the final two slots in the Playoffs.
Day 1, May 14
- G2 Esports vs T1 (01:00 PDT/08:00 GMT)
- FunPlus Phoenix vs FUT Esports (04:00 PDT/11:00 GMT)
Day 2, May 15
- Gen.G Esports vs Leviatán (01:00 PDT/08:00 GMT)
- Dragon Ranger Gaming vs Team Heretics (04:00 PDT/11:00 GMT)
As the tournament progresses, readers can check out the list of upcoming matches on its Schedule tab.
VCT 2024: Masters Shanghai broadcasts
The latest global Valorant tournament will be live-streamed by the official channels in numerous languages on YouTube Live and Twitch. Here are all the official broadcasts where fans can catch the action, with the organizers set to announce the community casting co-streams soon:
- English broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
- Brazilian-Portuguese broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
- Spanish broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
- French broadcast: Twitch
- Japanese broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
- Indonesian broadcast: YouTube
- Korean broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
- Chinese broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
Fans wanting to attend the event in person can also buy tickets, with residents allowed to do so here and international visitors on this link. Lastly, viewers interested in rewards will be happy to note that Drops will be on offer, with a Title and a Buddy up for grabs for those who tune in to valorantesports.com to catch the live action.
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