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2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Madrid Masters

The 2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Madrid Masters, also known as VCT Masters Madrid 2024, was a global tournament organized by Riot Games for the first-person shooter game Valorant as part of the Valorant Champions Tour 2024 competitive season.[2] The tournament was held from March 14–24, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The finalists of each regional league of VCT Kickoffs competed in the first major tournament of the season, which included the Americas League, EMEA League, Pacific League, and the China League.

2024 VCT: Madrid Masters
2024
Tournament information
GameValorant
LocationMadrid
DateMarch 14–24, 2024
AdministratorRiot Games
Tournament
format(s)
Swiss stage (First Round)
Double-elimination (Playoffs)
Host(s) Spain
VenueMadrid Arena
Teams8
PurseUS$500,000
Final positions
ChampionsSentinels
Runner-upGen.G
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Attendance12,000
Finals MVPZachary "zekken" Patrone
Most killsZachary "zekken" Patrone (381 kills) (SEN)
Highest ACSZachary "zekken" Patrone (259.5) (SEN)[1]

Before the finals, an exhibition game was played between Team Spain and Team International to showcase the new agent Clove. Alongside other agents, both teams had Clove (mimi for Team International and mixwell for Team Spain) in their rosters. In that match, Team Spain defeated Team International 13-8.

Americas' Sentinels claimed their second global event title as they defeated Pacific's Gen.G in a five-game championship series, 3–2, to become the first ever two-time Masters champions. Zachary "zekken" Patrone of Sentinels earned the Finals MVP award garnering a 101/85/29 KDA during the series.[3]

Qualification edit

The winner (seed 1) and the runner-up (seed 2) for all three International Leagues and China League Kickoffs around the world qualified for the first global event of the competitive season of VCT. [4]

Qualified teams
Regions Kickoffs Winner Kickoffs Runner-up
Americas Sentinels LOUD
EMEA Karmine Corp Team Heretics
Pacific Gen.G Paper Rex
China Edward Gaming FunPlus Phoenix

Swiss Stage edit

  • All eight teams played in the Swiss-system format with three rounds.
    • In round 1, the seed 1 teams of respective league kickoff faced the seed 2 of another region's kick-off league.
    • From round 2 onwards, matchups were determined after each round of play, based on its win-loss record, and teams from the same region could not play each other.
  • Teams with two wins advanced to the playoffs, while teams with two losses were eliminated.
  • All matches were best-of-three series.
Advance to Playoffs
1–0Sentinels
0–0Sentinels2Gen.GAdvance to Playoffs
Karmine Corp2Karmine Corp0LOUD
FunPlus Phoenix0Edward Gaming11–1Paper Rex
Gen.G2Gen.G2Edward Gaming0
LOUD1LOUD2
Edward Gaming20–1Karmine Corp1
Paper Rex1FunPlus Phoenix0Paper Rex2Eliminated
Sentinels2LOUD2Edward Gaming
Team Heretics1Team Heretics1EliminatedKarmine Corp
Paper Rex2FunPlus Phoenix
Team Heretics

Playoffs edit

  • Teams that had a 2–0 win-loss record were seeded against those who had a 2–1 win-loss record in the Swiss stage.
  • All matches are a best-of-three series, except the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final, which were best-of-five series.

All times are in Central European Time, (UTC+1).

Upper Bracket SemifinalsUpper Bracket FinalGrand Final
Gen.G2
Paper Rex0
Gen.G2
Sentinels1
Sentinels2
LOUD1
Gen.G2
Sentinels3
Lower SemifinalLower Bracket Final
Sentinels3
Paper Rex2Paper Rex1
LOUD0

Upper Bracket Semifinals edit

Semis A March 21 Gen.G 2 – 0 Paper Rex Madrid, Spain
4:00 pm (UTC+1)    Statistics Madrid Arena
13 Split 8
13 Lotus 9
Ascent
Semis B March 21 Sentinels 2 – 1 LOUD Madrid, Spain
7:00 pm (UTC+1)    Statistics Madrid Arena
13 Split 4
12 Icebox 14
14 Sunset 12

Lower Bracket Semifinal edit

Lower Semifinal March 22 Paper Rex 2 – 0 LOUD Madrid, Spain
7:00 pm (UTC+1)    Statistics Madrid Arena
13 Ascent 11
13 Sunset 8
Bind

Upper Bracket Final edit

Upper Final March 22 Gen.G 2 – 1 Sentinels Madrid, Spain
4:00 pm (UTC+1)    Statistics Madrid Arena
13 Split 5
7 Lotus 13
13 Breeze 3

Lower Bracket Final edit

Lower Final March 23 Sentinels 3 – 1 Paper Rex Madrid, Spain
5:00 pm (UTC+1)    Statistics Madrid Arena
14 Lotus 12
13 Ascent 6
5 Split 13
13 Sunset 3
Bind

Grand Final edit

Grand Final March 24 Gen.G 2 – 3 Sentinels Madrid, Spain
5:00 pm (UTC+1)    Statistics Madrid Arena
13 Breeze 8
12 Bind 14
13 Ascent 8
10 Split 13
6 Icebox 13

Final rankings edit

Place Team Name Winnings (USD)
1st Sentinels $250,000
2nd Gen.G $100,000
3rd Paper Rex $65,000
4th LOUD $35,000
5th–6th Edward Gaming $15,000
Karmine Corp
7th–8th FunPlus Phoenix $10,000
Team Heretics

Marketing edit

Riot Games revealed the game's 25th agent, Clove, who has a role of Controller, with a show-match between a Spanish and international team showcasing the newest agent's abilities.[5]

As with previous international Valorant Champions Tour events, there were Twitch drops available for all viewers watching the tournament, and a player card released during the grand final of the tournament.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Zalamea, Nigel (19 March 2024). "Masters Madrid: Schedule, results, standings, format, teams, where to watch". One Esports. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  3. ^ Zalamea, Nigel (25 March 2024). "Sentinels are the first two-time Valorant Masters champion". One Esports. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  4. ^ Zalamea, Nigel (3 March 2024). "All teams qualified for Masters Madrid". One Esports. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  5. ^ Rawat, Ajitesh (5 March 2024). "Valorant Agent 25 Clove: Character design, abilities, and more". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  6. ^ Juandi, Juandi (5 March 2024). "VALORANT Masters Madrid opening matchups and schedule revealed". Valo2Asia. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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