The format and schedule has been released for China's Champions qualifier playoffs, which will be held from July 3 to 16 in Shanghai.
Twelve teams will compete for three coveted Champions slots in the China's first LAN event, just ahead of the official launch of Valorant in the region.
Format
The bracket features a single-elimination knockout round which feeds into a standard eight-team double-elimination bracket.
The knockout round, upper bracket semifinals, and first two lower bracket rounds will be Bo3, while the rest of the matches will be Bo5.
The top three teams will represent China in Champions Los Angeles later this August.
The Champions China qualifier bracket. Image from @AlanGai
The eight teams playing in the knockout round qualified through their performance in the Preliminary Stage in June. These teams are:
- Trace Esports Trace Esports China Unranked LuoK1ng Zhang Zhan Peng (张展鹏) Kai Lu Zhinan (卢智楠) cxyy Cui Xinyu (崔新宇) FengF Song Xuefeng (宋学锋) YOU Yip Man Ho heybay Ho Shun Hei
- TYLOO TYLOO China Unranked Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) slowly Kelun Sun (孙克伦) Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) ICEKING Cheng Wanpeng (程万鹏) AAK Shi Yekai (施叶凯) hfmi0dzjc9z7 Zhang Juncheng (张峻程) Eren Yang Zhengwei (杨曾威)
- Weibo Gaming Weibo Gaming China Unranked TryTryz Lu Shiwei (卢世炜) Star1og Jun Chao Liang (梁竣超) DRK R1ckLeexD Li Xu (李旭)
- Monarch Effect Monarch Effect Inactive Babyblue Geng Haoran (耿浩然) Cyah Deng Enping (邓恩平) aluba Zhong Haojun (钟皓钧) LINK Wen Xuan Zhong (钟文轩) FFs Leung Cheuk Nam (梁卓南)
- Royal Never Give Up Royal Never Give Up Inactive HaTo Wang Rui (王睿) 4ErWa Xiaonuo
- Four Angry Men Four Angry Men China Unranked Ace Weng Jiajin (翁家進) suyjing Wang Sicheng (王斯澄) XuAN Zhang Luxuan (张陆轩) WsLeo Huang Pinwei (黄品维)
- Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Unranked nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Shion7 Zhang Haozhe (张昊泽) Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) TvirusLuke Chen Cheng-ching
- Shenzhen NTER Shenzhen NTER Inactive AC Wei Jiacong (韦家聪) Scales Zhang Zhen (张震) Fuller Lin Yifan (林逸凡)
The winner of each knockout match will meet these top seeded teams, who earned a first-round bye based on their previous results in Act 1 and Act 2 of the FGC Valorant Invitational:
- EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Unranked ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) Muggle Tang Shijun (唐时俊) CHICHOO Wan Shunji (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东) (Act 1)
- Attacking Soul Esports Attacking Soul Esports Inactive monk Wang Haoyu (王浩宇) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) YHchen Chen Yuhan (陳昱瀚) Zero1 Meng Zhen Ren (任梦真) (Act 1)
- Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Unranked B3ar Yang Zhanxiong (杨瞻雄) whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) Levius Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中) Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) Yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Biank Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞) (Act 2)
- FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix China Unranked Autumn Kale Dunne Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好) (Act 2)
Official Streams
Coverage
For the full schedule and bracket, visit the Champions China qualifier event page.
The event will also have pick'ems, which will be enabled at a later date.