Riot has released the schedule for the upcoming 2024 VCT EMEA Kickoff tournament. The event will run from February 20 to March 1st as two teams aim to stamp their tickets to Masters: Madrid.

Groups

Similar to the recently-announced Pacific Kickoff, EMEA's event will feature 11 teams spread throughout three groups. Two-time major champions FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn Alfajer Emir Ali Beder will receive a BYE, most likely due to their performance last year.

The three groups and their teams are as follows:

Group A:

• FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #19 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak KROSTALY Okan Alaçam baha Baha Gözmen AtaKaptan Ata Tan
• Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #3 Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish ComeBack Berkcan Şentürk Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius
• GIANTX GIANTX Europe Rank #5 Cloud Kirill Nehozhin grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko westside Miłosz Duda Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh ara Hanceriuc Eduard-George
• Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #33 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan LewN Burak Alkan sheydos Bogdan Naumov Avez Hazem Khaled SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin

Group B:

• Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #10 sociablEE Volkan Yonal Filu Dawid Czarnecki Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #2 Crewen Ali Eren Sargin Lar0k Yusuf Kaan Kanber Loita Utku Kart Rosé Eren Erzan lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan
• Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #26 purp0 Semyon Borchev wayne Wayne Chang MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin kamo Kamil Frąckowiak
• KOI KOI Inactive

Group C:

• Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #4 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu
• Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #9 starxo Patryk Kopczynski bipo Taranvir Singh marteen Martin Pátek GLYPH Conner Garcia Minny Patrik Hušek
• FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn Alfajer Emir Ali Beder

Schedule

Just like Pacific, EMEA's Kickoff will have three stages: Groups, Play-Ins, and Playoffs. Riot have announced their schedule for the group stage as well as playoffs, but have yet to release their plans for play-ins.

The public schedule for groups and playoffs can be seen below:

Tuesday, February 20 (Groups)

• 11:00 AM EST | 6:00 PM CEST | 1:00 AM KST - Group A: FUT Esports vs. Team Heretics
• 2:00 PM EST | 9:00 PM CEST | 4:00 AM KST - Group A: GIANTX vs. Karmine Corp

Wednesday, February 21

• 8:00 AM EST | 3:00 PM CEST | 10:00 PM KST - Group B: Natus Vincere vs. BBL Esports
• 11:00 AM EST | 6:00 PM CEST | 1:00 AM KST - Group B: Team Liquid vs. Movistar KOI
• 2:00 PM EST | 9:00 PM CEST | 4:00 AM KST - Group C: Gentle Mates vs. Team Vitality

Thursday, February 22

• 11:00 AM EST | 6:00 PM CEST | 1:00 AM KST - TBD vs. TBD
• 2:00 PM EST | 9:00 PM CEST | 4:00 AM KST - TBD vs. TBD

Friday, February 23

• 8:00 AM EST | 3:00 PM CEST | 10:00 PM KST - TBD vs. TBD
• 11:00 AM EST | 6:00 PM CEST | 1:00 AM KST - TBD vs. TBD
• 2:00 PM EST | 9:00 PM CEST | 4:00 AM KST - Group C: FNATIC vs. TBD

Sunday, February 25

• 8:00 AM EST | 3:00 PM CEST | 10:00 PM KST - TBD vs. TBD
• 11:00 AM EST | 6:00 PM CEST | 1:00 AM KST - TBD vs. TBD
• 2:00 PM EST | 9:00 PM CEST | 4:00 AM KST - TBD vs. TBD

Monday, February 26 (Play-Ins)

• TBD

Thursday, February 29 (Semifinals)

• 11:00 AM EST | 6:00 PM CEST | 1:00 AM KST - TBD vs. TBD
• 2:00 PM EST | 9:00 PM CEST | 4:00 AM KST - TBD vs. TBD

Friday, March 1 (Grand Final)

• 11:00 AM EST | 6:00 PM CEST | 1:00 AM KST - TBD vs. TBD

Tickets

Riot will begin selling tickets to the first VALORANT games to be held at their new Riot Games Arena on February 2 at 17:00 CET (11:00 AM EST | 6:00 PM CEST | 1:00 AM KST).

Coverage

VLR.gg will be covering all of the VCT Leagues in our event hub. Additional information (streams, pick'ems, etc.) will be updated upon release.