The Valorant India Invitational by Galaxy Racer, one of APAC's most prestigious OFF//SEASON events, will begin on Friday, November 18.
Eight top teams, including Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #2 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius all the way from Europe, will compete for their share of the monstrous $100,000 prize pool. VLR.gg has compiled everything that you need to know about the weekend-long competition.
Format
Eight teams will compete in a round-robin group stage, where they will be divided into groups of four. The groups are as follows:
Group A
- Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #12 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2ge James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera (Invited)
- Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #25 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Lmemore Hagai Kristen Yesyurun Jemkin Maksim Batorov Estrella Park Gun (박건) (Invited)
- Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #2 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius (Invited)
- Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh (IN Qualifier)
Group B
- Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov (Invited)
- BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #4 ZesBeeW Sha Mohtar Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma (Invited)
- Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #43 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Polvi Niko Polvinen Benkai Benedict Tan Russ Russel Mendes /(God Squad) (IN Qualifier)
- BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #9 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) Retla Jorell Teo Deryeon Derrick Yee crazyguy Ngô Công Anh (SEA Qualifier)
The top two teams from each group will advance to the playoff stage, where they'll play in a single-elimination bracket towards a $50,000 USD win. All matches in the group stage will be Bo1.
Prize Pool
Galaxy Racer has announced a $100,000 USD prize pool, one of the biggest for an OFF//SEASON event. The prize pool spread is as follows:
- 1st: $50,000 USD
- 2nd: $20,000 USD
- 3rd-4th: $10,000 USD
- 5th-8th: $2,500 USD
Schedule (Group Stage)
Friday, November 18
- 6:30 AM CEST | 10:00 AM IST | 12:30 PM SGT - Group A: Rex Regum Qeon vs. Team Secret
- 8:00 AM CEST | 11:30 AM IST | 14:00 PM SGT - Group A: Rex Regum Qeon vs. Team Heretics
- 9:30 AM CEST | 13:00 PM IST | 15:30 PM SGT - Group A: Enigma Gaming vs. Team Heretics
- 11:00 AM CEST | 14:30 PM IST | 17:00 PM SGT - Group A: Enigma Gaming vs. Team Secret
- 12:30 PM CEST | 16:00 PM IST | 18:30 PM SGT - Group A: Team Secret vs. Team Heretics
- 14:00 PM CEST | 17:30 PM IST | 20:00 PM SGT - Group A: Rex Regum Qeon vs. Enigma Gaming
- 15:30 PM CEST | 19:00 PM IST | 21:30 PM SGT - Group B: Paper Rex vs. God Squad
- 17:00 PM CEST | 20:30 PM IST | 23:00 PM SGT - Group B: Paper Rex vs. BLEED
Saturday, November 19
- 6:00 AM CEST | 9:30 AM IST | 12:00 PM SGT - Group B: BOOM Esports vs. Paper Rex
- 7:30 AM CEST | 11:00 AM IST | 13:30 PM SGT - Group B: BOOM Esports vs. BLEED
- 9:00 AM CEST | 12:30 PM IST | 15:00 PM SGT - Group B: God Squad vs. BLEED
- 10:30 AM CEST | 14:00 PM IST | 16:30 PM SGT - Group B: God Squad vs. BOOM Esports
Schedule (Playoffs)
Saturday, November 19
- 12:30 PM CEST | 16:00 PM IST | 18:30 PM SGT - Semifinals 1
- 15:30 PM CEST | 19:00 PM IST | 21:30 PM SGT - Semifinals 2
Sunday, November 20
- 8:30 AM CEST | 12:00 PM IST | 14:30 PM SGT - Grand Final
Broadcast
English Broadcast Talent
- Peter "Kremer3" Kremer
- Pavlos "ExWarrior" Georgiu
- Aditya "Universe" Kumar
- Darwell "Asurai" Llerena
Streams
Coverage
VLR.gg is covering all of GXR India Invitational in our event hub, which includes our live match ticker and stats to comb over.