2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Shanghai Masters

2024 VCT: Shanghai Masters

Tournament information
Game	Valorant
Location	Shanghai, China
Date	May 23 – June 9, 2024
Administrator	Riot Games
Venue(s)	Valo Arena (Group Stage and Playoffs) Mercedes Benz-Arena (Semifinals and Grand Final)
Teams	12

The 2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Shanghai Masters, also known as Valorant Masters Shanghai 2024, is an upcoming global tournament organized by Riot Games for the first-person shooter game Valorant as part of the Valorant Champions Tour 2024 competitive season. The tournament is scheduled to be held from May 23 to June 9 in Shanghai, China.

Qualification

Top three teams in stage 1 of all three International Leagues and China League qualified for this event. Winner teams (seed 1) are received a bye to Playoffs, while Runner-up teams (seed 2) and Third-place teams (seed 3) start from Swiss Stage.

(*) Non-partner teams in franchise system

Region	Stage 1 Winner	Stage 1 Runner-up	Stage 1 Third-place
Americas	100 Thieves	G2 Esports*	Leviatán
EMEA	Fnatic	Team Heretics	FUT Esports
Pacific	Paper Rex	Gen.G	T1
China	Edward Gaming	FunPlus Phoenix	Dragon Ranger Gaming*

Swiss Stage

• Eight teams play in the Swiss-system format with three rounds.
• Seed 2 teams faced the seed 3 teams from other regions in round 1.
• Teams with two wins advance to the playoffs, while teams with two losses are eliminated.
• All matches are a best-of-three series.

Advance to Playoffs

1–0

0–0

Advance to Playoffs

Team Heretics

Dragon Ranger Gaming

1–1

FunPlus Phoenix

FUT Esports

G2 Esports

0–1

T1

Eliminated

Gen.G

Leviatán

Eliminated

Round 1 Matches

Round 1	May 23	Team Heretics		v		Dragon Ranger Gaming	Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 1	May 23	FunPlus Phoenix		v		FUT Esports	Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 1	May 24	G2 Esports		v		T1	Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 1	May 24	Gen.G		v		Leviatán	Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 2 Matches

Round 2 High	May 25			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 2 High	May 25			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 2 Low	May 26			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 2 Low	May 26			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 3 Matches

Round 3	May 27			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 3	May 27			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Playoffs

• Seed 1 teams qualified directly to the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals, while the other four teams qualified for the playoffs from the Swiss stage.
• Each seed 1 team will be able to select their opponent in a draw to be announced once the Swiss stages have concluded.
• All matches are a best-of-three series, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final, which will be a best-of-five series.

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals

Upper Bracket Semifinals

Upper Bracket Final

Grand Final

Lower Bracket - Round 1

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

Lower Bracket Semifinal

Lower Bracket Final