VCT Ascension EMEA is the one-stop destination for teams within VALORANT Challengers EMEA to get a chance to be a part of the VCT EMEA League. The event’s Grand Finals is scheduled to occur in Berlin, Germany at the Riot Games Arena on Sept. 14 and 15. The top 10 teams from the VALORANT Challengers Leagues (VCL) in the EMEA region will participate in this tournament. Here is everything you need to know about the VCT Ascension EMEA 2024.
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VCT Ascension EMEA 2024, part of the VALORANT Champions Tour, will be broadcast live worldwide on Twitch and YouTube. Similar to the VCT Masters Madrid, fans can also watch the event from upcoming VCT offline watch parties worldwide. As this tournament will be divided into 3 phases, multiple European creators will be hosting online watch parties to watch with their fans.
As VCT Ascension EMEA is a significant event for the EMEA region, multiple official streams from VALORANT will also be available, where fans can watch matches in various regional languages, such as Turkish, French, and German.
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VCT Ascension EMEA will have two major phases. The first stage is the Play-Ins phase, similar to a last-chance qualifier for teams to secure the final spot during EMEA Ascension. It will feature all second-placed teams across the nine Challengers Leagues within the EMEA region. This phase will take place from July 28 to 31.
There will be three groups with three teams each. Each group will have a single round-robin format. The team that finishes first in its respective group will qualify for the playoff stage. The teams that finish second in each group will proceed to the last-chance qualifier group.
This group will be a round-robin tournament, with the team on top qualifying for the playoffs stage. The playoffs will consist of a single-bracket elimination format. The team that finishes first will secure the final spot for the main event of VCT Ascension EMEA. Each match will be a best-of-3, with the grand finals being a best-of-5.
The second stage of VCT Ascension EMEA is the main event, which will be the all-important part. The main event will consist of two stages: the group stage and the playoffs. There will be two groups, each consisting of five teams. Each team will play in a round-robin format. Unlike last year, each match within the group stage will be a best-of-three rather than a best-of-one. The group stages will be taking place from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4. Below is a graphic for the schedule for the tournament’s group stages.
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The second stage of the tournament will be the playoff stage. The top 2 teams in each group will then advance into a double-elimination bracket. These games will also be BO3, except the Lower Final and Grand Final, which will be best-of-5 (BO5). It must be stated that, unlike VCT Pacific Ascension, only the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final will be hosted in a Lan stage at the Riot Games Arena in Berlin on Sept. 14 and 15.
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VCT Ascension is one of the most important tournaments in the VCT circuit. Each region has its own respective Ascension tournament consisting of various teams from the region. Usually, the top teams from the regional VALORANT Challengers Leagues split two qualify for this tournament. In the EMEA region, the teams are as follows:
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The inaugural Ascension EMEA was hosted in 2023. Since then, only one iteration of the Ascension EMEA 2023 event has been held in Berlin, Germany. Gentle Mates, hailing from France emerged victorious to earn a VCT EMEA slot in 2024 and 2025.
