Riot Games has released the bracket for the six-team VCT EMEA Last Chance Qualifier, which will qualify two teams to Champions.

VCT EMEA LCQ bracket Image by Riot Games

The EMEA LCQ was originally a seven-team tournament, pairing the six teams that did not reach Masters Tokyo with the lowest-placed EMEA roster in Japan. However, Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #14 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Kicks Kimmie Laasner runneR Emil Trajkovski ceNder Jokūbas Labutis Sayf Saif Jibraeel announced on June 21 they had dropped out of the tournament out of respect for Karel "Twisten" Ašenbrener, lowering the total number of teams to just six and shortening the schedule by a full day.

The new format is a seeded six-team double-elimination bracket. Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #5 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Zyppan Pontus Eek SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin ardiis Ardis Svarenieks will start in the upper semifinals due to attending Masters, while Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin will start alongside them as the best-placed squad from the VCT EMEA playoffs, tied with Vitality.

The remaining teams — Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #22 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjy David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius , KOI KOI Europe Rank #166 kamo Kamil Frąckowiak ShadoW Tobias Flodström grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko starxo Patryk Kopczynski sheydos Bogdan Naumov , BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #17 Elite Efe Teber pAura Melih Karaduran Brave Eren Kasırga reazy Kaan Ürpek QutionerX Doğukan Dural , and Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #8 MAGNUM Martin Penkov tomaszy Tomás Machado N4RRATE Marshall Massey marteen Martin Pátek sh1n Ryad Ensaad — will battle in the upper quarterfinals first, on July 19. Tickets for the EMEA LCQ, which are still available, can be found here.

Unlike in previous years, and due to FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder 's Masters Tokyo win, the top two EMEA LCQ teams will earn a slot at Champions. In total, the region will take five teams to Champions (three from the regular season, two from the LCQ)

VCT Champions 2023 runs from August 6 to 27, in Los Angeles. The event will be held in the Shrine Auditorium and the Kia Forum. The grand finals tickets are sold out, while tickets for the penultimate days are only available on resale. You can find more ticket information here.