VALORANT VCT 2023 Master’s Tokyo Tournament: Teams, Format, Schedules & More

The prestigious & highly anticipated VALORANT tournaments, i.e., Valorant Champion Tour 2023 Master Toyko, is finally here! The VCT 2023 tournament is taking place from June 11 to June 25, with some of the best teams from around the world.
VALORANT VCT 2023 Maters is a global esports tournament in which the best teams around the world compete against each other, and the teams that have acquired the most circuit points from each region will qualify for the most prestigious tournament in competitive VALORANT, i.e., VALORANT Champions.
Now that all the regional leagues have been concluded and 12 teams have qualified for the VCT 2023 Maters Toyko, Ten teams from the regionals and 2 teams from China will compete against each other in Chiba, Japan, for the glory & the prize pool.
This is Everything that you need to know about the Tournament, Teams, Schedules, Results & more

VTC 2023 Masters Toyko:
The tournament is divided into group stages, and the playoff match will take place in front of a live audience across different venues in Japan, i.e., Tipstar Dome Chiba & Makuhari Messe.
The teams have qualified for the VCT 2023 Master Tokyo from the different regional leagues that ran for two months, regional events such as VCT 2023 Americas leagues, VCT 2023 Pacific League, and VCT 2023 EMEA League.
Teams
Twelve teams have qualified for the Master’s tournament. Out of these twelve teams, four teams received a top seed and will straightaway head to playoffs, and the rest of the eight needs will need to battle through the group stage.

TeamsLeagueSeedGroupNRGAmericasLowANAVIEMEALowAEDWARD GamingChinaLowAT1 PacificLowADRXPacificLowBAttacking Soul EsportsChinaLowBFUT EsportsEMEALowBEvil GeniusesAmericasLowBPaper Rex PacificTopPlayoffsLoudAmericasTopPlayoffsFnaticEMEATopPlayoffsTeam LiquidEMEATopPlayoffs

Tournament Schedule & Match Results
The tournament is divided into group stages and playoff matches. The match will take place from June 11 to June 25
Group Stages are from June 11 to June 14
Playoffs are from June 16 to June 25
Here are the results of Group A
Group A Results

PositionTeamsMatchesWin-LossMaps (W-L)Rounds (W-L)Round Difference1NRG22-04-275-59162EDward Gaming32-15-292-71213T131-23-575-98-234NAVI20-21-455-69-14

Group B Results

PositionTeamsMatchesWin-LossMaps (W-L)Rounds (W-L)Round Difference1Evil Geniuses22-04-053-31222DRX32-14-375-6873FUT Esports31-23-576-86-104Attacking Soul Esports20-21-441-60-19

Overall Group Results

MatchDateTime(Tokyo)GroupStageMap 1Map 2Map 3WinnersFUT vsEGJune1112:00BOpeningMatchSplit / 5-13Lotus 12-15Pearl |–Evil Geniuses| 2-0DRX vsASEJune1115:00BOpeningMatchFracture| 13-10Pearl | 13-7Ascent| –DRX | 2-0ETG vsT1June 1118:00AOpeningMatchFracture| 10-13Haven | 13-7Pearl |12-14T1 | 2-1NRG vsNAVIJune 1212:00AOpeningMatchAscent |13-8Lotus 12-14Split 13-6NRG | 2-1EG vsDRXJune 1215:00BWinnersMatchFracture| 13-5Ascent | 13-9Pearl | –Evil Geniuses | 2-0T1 vsNRGJune 1312:00AWinnersMatchLotus |13-11Bind |7-13Pearl |11-13NGR | 2-1FUT vsASEJune 1315:00BEliminationMatchHaven |8-13Ascent | 13-5Lotus |13-6FUT Esports 2-1EDG vsNAVIJune 1318:00AEliminationMatch Pearl | 17-15 Bind | 14-12Lotus | –EDward Gaming | 2-0DRX vsFUTJune 1412:00BDecider Match Bind | 9-13 Fracture | 13-8Haven | 13-4 DRX | 2-1T1 vsTBDJune 1415:00ADecider MatchFracture | 4-13Haven | 6-13 Lotus | – EDward Gaming | 2-0

Playoffs
VCT 2023 Maters Tokyo: Playoffs Day 1 to 6

MatchDateTime(Tokyo)StageMap 1Map 2Map 3WinnersLOUD vs EGJune 1612:00UB QuarterfinalsFracture | 7-13 Ascent | 5-13 –Evil Geniuses | 2-0TL vs EDGJune1615:00UB Quarterfinals – – – –FNC vs NRGJune1712:00UB Quarterfinals – – – –PPRX vs DRXJune1715:00UB Quarterfinals – – – –LOUD vs TBDJune1812:00LB Round 1 – – – –TBDJune1815:00LB Round 1 – – – –EG vs TBDJune1912:00UB Semifinals – – – –TBDJune1915:00UBSemifinals – – – –TBDJune2012:00UB Quarterfinals – – – –TBDJune2015:00UB Quarterfinals – – – –TBDJune2112:00UB Finals – – – –TBDJune2115:00LB Semifinals – – – –

VCT 2023 Maters Playoffs Day 7 to Day 8

MatchDateTime(Tokyo)StageMap 1Map 2Map 3Map 4Map 5WinnersTBDJune 2412:00LB Final – – – – – –TBDJune 2512:00Grand Final – – – – – –

Tournament Format
Group Stages

• Out of the twelve teams, eight of the remaining teams with low seeds will compete against each other in the Group Stage
• The eight teams are divided into two groups (four each)
• The groups will follow a double elimination in which every match will be a best of three matches.
• Well, the top two from each group will qualify for the playoffs

Playoffs

• Now, the four teams will join the top-seed teams in the playoffs
• Similar to the Group stage, the playoffs will also see a double elimination wherein each match will be a best-of-three series excluding the lower tier final and the grand final as both of them will have the best of five matches.
• Of course, the last standing team will be crowned as the Champions of VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo.
• Now, that we know the Teams, tournament format & schedule. Let us take a look at the prize pool for the tournament.

Prize Pool
The tournament has a prize pool of USD 1,000,000 and this is by far the largest prize pool for any of the Masters tournament. The prize pool will be divided between all the competing teams as per their placement.

PositionPrize Money (USD)Team(s)1st$350,000TBD2nd$200,000TBD3rd$125,000TBD4th$75,000TBD5th-6th$50,000TBD7th-8th$35,000TBD9th-10th$25,000TBD11th-12th$15,000TBD

Livestream
The VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo will be broadcasted live on Youtube & Twitch in English via Volr and other co-stream in multiple other languages by streamers & gaming content creators.
Also, this tournament will be played in front of a live audience; the majority of the tournament will be held in TipstarDome Chiba. The lower-tier matches & grand final will take place at the Makuhari Messe, Japan.
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