The next competition to take place in Riot's Ignition Series is the $25,000 PAX Arena Invitational. The tournament will feature 16 invited pro teams and four invited influencer teams competing in a multi-day event that will go through the weekend.
The tournament will give TSM TSM North America Rank #10 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook an opportunity to return to glory after a disappointing finish at the Pulse Invitational. Meanwhile, Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) will look to defend their title and the crown themselves as the team to beat in North America. Everyone else will be looking for the opportunity to win their most prestigious tournament title yet, with some lower teams looking to make this event their breakout moment.
Format
There will be four groups consisting of five teams each. Every team will play in a round robin, with each team playing four Bo3 matches within their groups, with the top two teams of each group qualifying for a single-elimination playoffs bracket. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in Bo3 matches and the grand finals will be a Bo5 series.
The group stage will take place on Wednesday, July 22 and Thursday, July 23 starting at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET and 11:00 p.m. CEST) on both days. The quarterfinals will take place on Friday, July 24 beginning at 12:00 p.m. PT and the semifinals will take place on Saturday, July 25 starting at 2:00 p.m. PT. The grand finals will take place at 2:00 p.m. PT on Sunday, July 26.
The prize pool will be distributed as detailed below:
- 1st: $10,000
- 2nd: $5,000
- 3rd-4th: $3,000
- 5th-8th: $1,000
Broadcast
Talent
- Derek "wtfmoses" Moseley (Host)
- Dan "Gaskin" Gaskin (Commentator)
- Lauren "Pansy" Scott (Commentator)
- Alex "Goldenboy" Mendex (Commentator)
- Chris "Puckett" Puckett (Commentator)
Streams
- https://www.twitch.tv/PAXArena
- https://www.twitch.tv/VALORANT
- Competing teams will broadcast matches on their own channels for the Group Stage
Teams
Group A
TSM TSM North America Rank #10 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook
100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #5 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk
Homeless Homeless Inactive supamen Phat Le psalm Harrison Chang POISED Kevin Ngo dephh Rory Jackson
100 Blifted 100 Blifted Inactive Morgausse Austin Etue Grego Gregory McAllen Ninja Tyler Blevins
Group B
T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주)
Envy Envy Inactive Marved Jimmy Nguyen Victor Victor Wong crashies Austin Roberts FiNESSE Pujan Mehta yay Jaccob Whiteaker
Echo 8 Echo 8 Inactive AYRIN Jordan He Brando Brandon Parker
Way 2 French Way 2 French Inactive INCRED Mathieu Bergeron YuZ Brandon Cyr miLLe Michael St-Pierre Melio Cedric Perrault
Team Kephrii Team Kephrii Inactive just9n Boostio Kelden Pupello sSef Youssef Daghache Keiti Kaitlin Boop Kephrii Brian St. Pierre
Group C
Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태)
MIXUP MIXUP Inactive aproto Alex Protopapas Hoppin Charles Clapper fiziq Lucas Blow stellar Brenden McGrath thief Brady Dever
Prospects Prospects Inactive JoshRT Josh Lee Daft tetchra Howard Lebright contii Norman Yeung duck Chris Dutoit
Team Mang0 Team Mang0 Inactive hysteria Jacob Reiser Mang0 Joseph Marquez VoiD James Makekau-Tyson fakez Ian ItzMoogle
Group D
Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #7 Xeppaa Erick Bach Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo v1c Victor Truong moose Kaleb Jayne OXY Francis Hoang
Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid
Complexity Complexity Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan trial Governor Peter No truo Robert Pham jcrueL Joel Cruel agM Michael Abood
Coverage
Keep up to date on matches with the PAX Arena Invitational event hub and our homepage. We'll update player stats as soon as they're made available to us and you'll be able to follow how well individual players are doing on our event stats page.