Hi! There were clarifications such as this exact paragraph:
While the format is yet to be announced, the playoffs will be held from July 3-16 in Shanghai, China, marking the first offline event for the region. Amongst the 12 teams, four had already qualified for the playoffs earlier based on the results of FGC Valorant Invitational: Act 1 and 2, while the rest of the participants played through a preliminary Swiss stage one month earlier in June.
And I know technically this was super late, but considering the Playoffs were coming up and it was right during the build up to Tokyo, figured an accompaniment to the official announcement from TJ Sports themselves would be better.
Sorry for the inconvenience.