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Masters 2023 to be held in Tokyo

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December 24, 2022

Tokyo, Japan will be play host to Masters 2023, as announced on the Riot Games ONE Pro Invitational stream.

The new venue marks the first time a major VCT event will be held outside Europe. Previous hosts include Germany, Iceland, Denmark, and most recently Turkey for Champions 2022.

Masters, scheduled for June, will feature ten teams from each region competing for direct qualification to Champions, the capstone event of the year. The team slot allocations are as follows:

Americas League: 3
EMEA League: 3
Pacific League: 3

In addition, one team will qualify from the region that wins LOCK//IN São Paulo this March.

VALORANT Champions Tour JAPAN

@valesports_jp

2023年、日本のEsportsは次のSTAGEへ。
Masters Tokyo 日本開催決定。

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Stlasher

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HYPE

moatz

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Ayy nice. The crowd will be hyped up and the fans wont be biased to shitmea

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sp0rtsman

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says mouz fan :skull:

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moatz

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even as an eu fan, i could tell how biased the crowd was smh my head

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Kiklop

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Ofc it was and it's gonna be same.
(Till all Japan teams get kicked out)

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I_HATE_MCE

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Thank god no more EU clown crowds. Riot finally came to their senses

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Olofboost

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Yeah enjoy watching Japanese crowd, the clapping bots

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my_fav_team_is_M3C

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Vro thinks he is from EU 🤓

Thommell

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MagnumRaging

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Real thom???

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Tom

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Real

Momomi

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insane W for Japan

Styling911

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not gonna watch games at 7 am

gonna be sleepin

WeebsLVL250

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w for asian L for Na and Europe

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Kiklop

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Idc. I'm gonna watch the final 2 days and maybe vods od few matches. Timezones doesn't matter for me

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Dertyser

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Fr bro

Mortadelo

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This is gonna be the only Masters this year right? Kickoff replaces the other one?

shellyy

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Yes!

WinterZ

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W for JP and Pacific region

sadge for me cuz I probably wont be able to watch a single match :')

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Kiklop

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The final is on Sunday usually

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MagnumRaging

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They mean won't be able to watch bc of time zone difference

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MerkFreeks

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Huge W for Japan and Asia as a whole. Time might be a BIT scuffed but I'm sure Riot will work it out so the rest of the world isn't watching at 4am.

Crowds will be lit

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haizzz

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nah i had to watch at 3am now its your turn

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danii1

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Fair

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Netero

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If yall need a tour or a place to stay let me know

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spookmeister

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netero think he on the team 😹😹😹

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farewellVAL

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I do, can I have the empty half of your bed?

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Nakao

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yeah I need mate, I'm probably going to watch the two last days (prob grand finals and lower finals), but don't know where to stay lol.

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Giannero

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Something tells me I'll skip a day of school when the grand finals come lol

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Kiklop

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Final is on Sunday usually

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WeebsLVL250

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I skipped class in 2018, because I watched Faze Vs Cloud9 major Boston

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Afterburnz

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kiyuri

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big W

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DELUSIONAL_EMEA_FANboy

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Finally!
EMEA is going back on top baby!
Finally all this trash regions couldn't copy the eu strats anymore and all other tier 3 regions wont scream eu teams means they will lack on strats

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big_chungus69

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Massive W

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Kiklop

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If they don't remove cheering and claping restrictions I'm not gonna even watch

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WeebsLVL250

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Btw what happen?

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trola

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paanuu

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Cayub

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2023 and Rito still doing 10-team international tournaments
L format, W location

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4evrDuke

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Great, so no need to pay the cleaning staff💯
Kudos to Japanese fans

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Mbappe

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L only 10 teams

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Matrix13e

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SigmaMale

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L 10 teams

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BluWasTaken

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only 10 teams feels so wrong bu hyped for a masters outside eu finally

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LuciferX

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10 teams .... sad moment

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AZH

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W move

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r0z

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Sandro2416

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why only 10 teams?

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fapcity

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10 slots is crazy wtf

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Sebas6

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Japanese fans are super passionate, will be fun to watch

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macro

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NPC is an understatement for JP crowd lol

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DanielHongFromKR

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Actually the best in-person audience

Claps for every region
Doesn't boo

These two things are enough to make them leaps and bounds better than most crowds

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AdaLovelace1815

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respectfully, They act like robots. Everyone wear the same white mask and use that balloon clapper in unison with barely any cherring or shouting.

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Sebas6

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npc response

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asdfgh

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ngl the japanese are kinda npc lmao,the crowd looks like badly coded sports game,they all look the same with their masks and clappers and are quite for the whole round and just clap after every round lol

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hekzy

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This

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Domination

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Why is everyone saying W, it's only 10 teams and only 1 master this year? L riot for this one

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vollizie

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Only 1 Masters because there is the Lock in tournament and then Champs. It's basically the same as last year.

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Aito

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LFGGGGG
I CAN FINALLY ATTEND A VAL EVENT FKING WWWWWWW

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syupr

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dates?

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dexter000111

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10 teams is a good format imo
I'd rather watch 10 teams have good close games with eachother than watch those top 10 teams demolish weaker teams

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blazennn

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W
next is in USA

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brobeans

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This got the weebs hard

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Olofboost

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NPC crowd, truly amazing

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tKyU

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Better than Danish crowd who just chants "Lets go Astralis" at every danish CSGO event.

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asdfgh

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peak Japan crowd after a force buy sheriff ace clutch in last round of the grand finals
😐😐😐👏👏👏

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SiYK

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covid restrictions

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Kiklop

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It doesn't matter. It might not be bad from fans but it doesn't change the overall feel of tournament

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Olofboost

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No it's not better

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tKyU

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Yah you wanna hear let’s go astralis 200 times per half of a map buddy? Be my guest.

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LouBag

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This guy and his alts are really pissed his region is trash and no one likes them.

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Qwertyy

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C9 wins easily

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NneonZz

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first valorant LAN ill actually be able to attend

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Zapkhiel

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What are franchise teams supposed to do if they don't qualify?

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Cayub

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Keep practicing to qualify for Champions

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Scar98

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What kind of stupid question is this ffs, they keep playing and try to be better bc they are paid to do that

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1ucid

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nice ,Don't stay up late

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kickstar

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JiangLi

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W no more 3am games

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SusPyro

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kick off in BR and master in asia means probably champions 2023 in NA.

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Nakao

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there was rumors about Champions being held in LA back in 2021, but something went wrong if I'm not mistake

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Onliner1o1

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Great dicision

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deathlyclaws

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not_smart_user

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i hope they will do a single round robin

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OnlyOneStar

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Not in masters can be in kickoff event

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Cheasle2

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10 teams zzzzzz

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GYKM

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masters 2 sydney??

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TMosura

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There's no Masters 2

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GYKM

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zamn

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SAMPV6

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W but that's an expensive flight ticket

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Nakao

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Feltrins

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Games at 4 am :(