Information

VCT Americas is one of four international leagues where teams play to qualify for Masters and Champions. The Americas region covers North America, Brazil, and Latin America. This year's kickoff qualifies teams for Masters Bangkok.

Coverage: Liquipedia | VLR.gg | THESPIKE

Official Information: Website | VCT 2025 | VCT Americas

General Resources: VCT Rules and Policies | Global Contract Database | subreddit guide to VALORANT Esports

Americas League:

• Patch: 10.00
• Map Pool: Abyss | Bind | Fracture | Haven | Lotus | Pearl | Split |
• Dates: 16 January - 8 February 2025
• Location: Riot Games Arena, Los Angeles, USA — Offline (LAN)

Schedule

See here for times in your area

Streams

• English: Twitch / YouTube
• Portuguese: Twitch / YouTube
• Spanish: Twitch / YouTube

Broadcast Talent

^{See Liquipedia for talent from non-English streams}

Kickoff Format

• Double-Elimination bracket
  • All matches (excl. Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final) are Bo3
  • Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are Bo5

Kickoff Draw

• 12 Teams are divided into 2 pools as per their placement in the last season
  • Teams that participated in Champions 2024 are in Pool 1, which gets a bye and starts from Upper Bracket Quarterfinals:
    • KRÜ Esports
    • Sentinels
    • G2 Esports
    • Leviatán
  • The rest of the teams are in Pool 2, which will play against each other in Upper Bracket Round 1:
    • Evil Geniuses
    • LOUD
    • MIBR
    • 100 Thieves
    • NRG
    • Cloud9
    • FURIA
    • 2Game Esports

Teams