CONTEXT: Next year, each vct league will contain 12 teams each which equals out towards 48 teams overall. With that, I thought it would be an interesting idea for Champions to host 20 teams, 5 per league. For this format to run, I imagined that there would be a LCQ before Champions to qualify the 5th best team from each region. To have a LCQ, the Riot would probably have to remove the Kickoff Event completely for time.
This means the season would look like this: Stage 1, Masters 1, Stage 2, Masters 2, LCQ, and finally Champs.
Qualification for champs would work like this: Top 3 from Stage 2 playoffs, Team with the most champion points that didn't place top 3 at the stage 2 playoffs, and the winner of LCQ (20 teams in total).
FORMAT: Teams that qualifed to Champs by champion points or LCQ (8 Teams) would be placed in a Play-in Stage where teams are placed in 2 groups (4 teams each) GSL Style (I think that's what it's called not sure). The 4 teams that make it out of the Play-in Stage will move onto the Swiss Stage (16 teams). If you gain 3 wins you move onto the playoffs; if you lose 3 times you are eliminated. After the Swiss Stage, 8 teams should be left to continue playing. The playoffs is a double elimination style bracket where the winner is crowned your VCT 2025 Champions.
If you have any feedback or think I missed something feel free to list it out. (I did not proof read this)
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