According to Nerd Street and a news post from Riot, Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #20 FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli Zellsis Jordan Montemurro Jackk Jack Foote OXY Francis Hoang v1c Victor Truong , Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #8 Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm Jerrwin Gurjiwan Gill Marved Jimmy Nguyen stand-in johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid cortezia Gabriel Cortez JonahP Jonah Pulice , ENVY ENVY North America Rank #14 Eggsterr Evan Grady nightz Christian Smith Demon1 Max Mazanov Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo keznit Angelo Mori GLYPH Conner Garcia , and 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #1 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban Asuna Peter Mazuryk vora Jordan Pulwer Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont bang Sean Bezerra will receive direct invites to the Stage 1 Challengers main event.

The four teams finished in the top four of the North American rankings following the conclusion of Valorant Champions. Of the four teams, only 100 Thieves did not attend Champions after a defeat at the hands of Cloud9 in the NA LCQ lower bracket final.

Tournament play for the open qualifier will take place from January 27 - January 30. The main event will begin the week after, beginning on February 11 and concluding on March 27. Additionally, Neon—Valorant's newest agent—will be playable in the tournament.