Valorant Champions 2023 will begin on August 6 in Los Angeles with the top teams from worldwide leagues competing for the title of world champion. Champions is the biggest event of the year and is scheduled for August 6–26 in Los Angeles. It also marks the end of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023 season. The season-ending competition will feature the top teams from the VCT international leagues: the Americas, EMEA (Europe), and Pacific (Asia), as well as China.

Valorant Champions 2023: Participating Teams And Schedule

The 16 teams are divided into the following regions:

• 5 teams - EMEA
• 4 teams - North America
• 4 teams - Pacific
• 3 teams - China

The qualified teams so far are as follows:

1. FNATIC
2. Team Liquid
3. FUT Esports
4. Evil Geniuses
5. NRG
6. LOUD
7. Paper Rex
8. DRX
9. T1
10. EDward Gaming
11. Bilibili Gaming
12. FunPlus Phoenix
13.  KRÜ Esports: Americas LCQ
14. Giants Gaming: EMEA LCQ
15. ZETA DIVISION: Pacific LCQ
16. Natus Vincere: Masters Tokyo Slot - EMEA LCQ

Schedule

• Group Stage: August 6 –13
• Playoffs: August 16 –26

Group A

• Paper Rex (Pacific) vs.  KRÜ Esports (Americas LCQ)
• EDward Gaming (China) vs.  Giants Gaming (EMEA LCQ #1)
   

Group B

• Evil Geniuses (Americas) vs.  FunPlus Phoenix (China)
• FUT Esports (EMEA) vs.  T1 (Pacific)
   

Group C

• FNATIC (EMEA) vs.  ZETA DIVISION (Pacific LCQ)
• NRG Esports (Americas) vs.  Bilibili Gaming (China)
   

Group D

• Team Liquid (EMEA) vs.  Natus Vincere (EMEA LCQ #2)
• DRX (Pacific) vs.  LOUD (Americas)

To determine the top three teams to represent the nation at the world championship, the Chinese teams will compete in the Champions CN Qualifiers. As the winning region for VCT Masters Tokyo, the final spot has been given to EMEA. 

The 2023 edition of Valorant Champions will run from August 6 to 26. This will take place just after the last-chance qualifier events for the international leagues and around two months after VCT Masters Tokyo. The preliminary rounds of the event will be conducted in the Shrine Auditorium and the final rounds will be held at the Kia Forum.

The same guidelines that were used for Masters Tokyo were used to draw the groupings. It's possible that teams from the same region won't be put in the same group; instead, they'll be transferred to the next open spot. The EMEA LCQ #2 team, NAVI, which was put in the same group as another EMEA team, is the only exception.

Each team's Masters performance in comparison to other teams from their region was used to set the seeding pools and regional rankings, with LCQ teams receiving the lowest regional seed.

Four GSL-style groups with two teams in each group that advance to the playoffs will be used in Champions 2023. The single-elimination or double-elimination format for the eight-team playoff stage has not yet been officially announced by Riot.

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