https://valorantesports.com/news/2022-valorant-challengers-korea-intro/
(you must change the website language to Korean for the article to show up)
Same open qual as NA. Top 4 circuit points from last year get top seeds in the qualifier (top 16 directly). Round robin, then top 6 advance to playoffs to compete for a spot in Masters events.
https://valorantesports.com/news/2022-vck-team-subsidy-program/
The 50k USD support thing that was available last year has been changed so that it can only be fully requested by teams in the league section of the event. Not sure if this really will change anything since it seemed to have little to no effect last year. Realistically, this is only a slight benefit for teams investing. The real incentive would be getting into Champs for the bundle money.
This is leagues better than the horrendous single elim format last year and allows for way more top-level competition in Korea. This flat out did not exist last year, where the top teams played hardly 3 games against each other per masters event because of the singe elimination bracket-style formats. Will Korea as a region finally gain more depth? Will free agents from the Japanese scene come back (Seoldam, Munchkin, and others)?
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