There are just eight teams left in Masters Tokyo, and four have already been eliminated in the past four days of group stage play. The final results will come into place over the course of the next week, as the final teams play the decisive double-elimination bracket between June 16 and 25.

EMEA took the largest blow in the group stage, dropping half of its entourage. Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #20 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio and FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban were not able to reach the playoffs. The latter opened up space for EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) to stun the world and place China in the playoffs for the first time. T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) and Attacking Soul Esports Attacking Soul Esports Inactive monk Wang Haoyu (王浩宇) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) YHchen Chen Yuhan (陳昱瀚) Zero1 Meng Zhen Ren (任梦真) also exited early, meaning the Americas is the only fully intact region remaining at Masters.

Despite both EMEA teams being eliminated, FUT are safe and have guaranteed their Champions slot. NAVI were eliminated a day prior to the Turkish roster, meaning the former will be the one heading into the Last Chance Qualifier next month.

Format

The top two teams from each of the two groups advanced to the playoffs. The playoffs teams from each group are:

Group A

Group B

These four rosters joined the four top seeded teams — the champions of each major region and, in EMEA's case, the top two squads. The top seeded teams are:

The eight teams were randomly drawn into a double-elimination bracket. The only rules to the draw were that teams from the same group may not sit on the same side of the bracket, and that a groups team must face a top-seeded team.

Like most VCT events, nearly every match in the event will be a Bo3. The lower bracket final and grand final are the only exceptions, played Bo5.

Prize Pool

Unlike previous VCT events, Masters Tokyo will not award points to its teams. Instead, Riot will dish out a $1,000,000 USD prize pool to the 12 attending organizations. This is the highest prize pool at a Masters event so far.

  • 1st: $350,000
  • 2nd: $200,000
  • 3rd: $125,000
  • 4th: $75,000
  • 5th-6th: $50,000
  • 7th-8th: $35,000
  • 9th-10th: $25,000
  • 11th-12th: $15,000

The winning team will also get their region an extra slot at this year's Champions, awarded through the LCQ.

Schedule (Playoffs)

Friday, June 16

Saturday, June 17

Sunday, June 18

Monday, June 19

Tuesday, June 20

Wednesday, June 21

Thursday, June 22

  • Dark Day (no matches scheduled)

Friday, June 23

  • Dark Day (no matches scheduled)

Saturday, June 24

  • 8:00 PM PDT | 5:00 AM CEST | 12:00 PM JST - Lower Final

Sunday, June 25

  • 8:00 PM PDT | 5:00 AM CEST | 12:00 PM JST - Grand Final

PDT times prior to midnight refer to the previous day.

Broadcast

Masters Tokyo will have broadcast drops, which means that you can earn in-game rewards from watching official streams. If you connect your Valorant account with your Twitch or YouTube account, you may be awarded a title and player card.

The "Unpredictable" title can be earned by watching any match between June 11 and 25. The Masters Tokyo Player Card can only be earned during the grand final, on June 25.

English Broadcast Talent

  • Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez (Host)
  • Yinsu Collins (Host)
  • Beatriz "Kaquka" Alonso (Analyst)
  • Mimi "aEvilcat" Wermcrantz (Analyst)
  • Seth "Achilios" King (Commentator)
  • Clinton "Paperthin" Bader (Commentator)
  • Arten "Ballatw" Esa (Commentator)
  • Doug "EsportsDoug" Cortez (Commentator)
  • Brennon "Bren" Hook (Commentator)
  • Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson (Commentator)
  • Michael "hypoc" Robins (Commentator)
  • Lauren "Pansy" Scott (Commentator)
  • David "prius" Kuntz (Observer)
  • Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo (Observer)
  • Felix "Synga" Regitz (Observer)
  • Nicholas "Yehty" Tesolin (Observer)

Streams

Coverage

VLR.gg is covering all of Masters Tokyo in our event hub, which includes our live match ticker and stats to comb over. The event also features pick'ems.