Valorant is returning to LAN on April 10. Twelve teams from around the world have battled through their respective regions VCT circuits to determine who would represent their region in Valorant's return to Iceland for Masters Reykjavik, 2022's first LAN.
Despite such high expectations from every region and fanbase, only one squad can emerge victorious at the end of this 14-day competition. VLR.gg has compiled everything that you need to know about the coming days.
Format
The 12 teams competing have been divided in two. G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive , The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch , Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Unranked mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov , and LOUD LOUD Brazil Unranked dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira have been considered top seeded teams and will get automatically slotted into the playoffs.
The remaining eight will participate in a GSL group stage format, where the teams will be divided into Groups A and B. The groups are as follows:
Group A
- FNATIC FNATIC Europe Unranked crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder (EMEA)
- Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive (Brazil)
- DRX DRX Korea Unranked Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) (Korea)
- ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Unranked Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori (Japan)
Group B
- OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive (North America)
- XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked (Asia-Pacific)
- KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Unranked keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro (Latin America)
- Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Unranked paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak (EMEA)
The top two teams from each group will advance to the eight-team playoff stage, where they'll play in a double-elimination bracket. Each group stage team will face a top-seeded team in the opening rounds, while teams from the same group will be placed on opposing sides of the bracket. Each match in the playoffs will be Bo3, barring the upper bracket final, lower bracket final and grand finals, which will be Bo5.
Prize Pool
The event's $650,000 USD prize pool will be distributed to the team's in the following manner:
- 1st: $200,000
- 2nd: $120,000
- 3rd: $85,000
- 4th: $65,000
- 5th-6th: $40,000
- 7th-8th: $25,000
- 9th-10th: $15,000
- 11th-12th: $10,000
Schedule
Sunday, April 10
- 8:00 AM PST | 5:00 PM CEST | 12:00 AM JST - Group A: DRX vs. ZETA DIVISION
- 11:00 AM PST | 8:00 PM CEST | 3:00 AM JST - Group B: KRÜ Esports vs. Team Liquid
- 1:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM CEST | 5:00 AM JST - Group B: OpTic Gaming vs. XERXIA Esports
Monday, April 11
- 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST | 2:00 AM JST - Group A: Fnatic vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
- 1:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM CEST | 5:00 AM JST - Group B: Winner's Match
Tuesday, April 12
- 7:00 AM PST | 5:00 PM CEST | 11:00 PM JST - Group A: Winner's Match
- 11:00 AM PST | 8:00 PM CEST | 3:00 AM JST - Group B: Elimination Match
- 1:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM CEST | 5:00 AM JST - Group A: Elimination Match
Wednesday, April 13
- 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST | 2:00 AM JST - Group B: Decider
- 1:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM CEST | 5:00 AM JST - Group A: Decider
Thursday, April 14
- 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST | 2:00 AM JST - Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
- 1:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM CEST | 5:00 AM JST - Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Friday, April 15
- 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST | 2:00 AM JST - Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
- 1:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM CEST | 5:00 AM JST - Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 16
- 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST | 2:00 AM JST - Lower Round 1
- 1:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM CEST | 5:00 AM JST - Lower Round 1
Sunday, April 17
- 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST | 2:00 AM JST - Upper Bracket Semifinals
- 1:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM CEST | 5:00 AM JST - Upper Bracket Semifinals
Monday, April 18
- 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST | 2:00 AM JST - Lower Round 2
- 1:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM CEST | 5:00 AM JST - Lower Round 2
Dark Days: Tuesday, April 19 - Thursday, April 21
Friday, April 22
- 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST | 2:00 AM JST - Upper Bracket Final
- 1:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM CEST | 5:00 AM JST - Lower Bracket Semifinal
Saturday, April 23
- 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST | 2:00 AM JST - Lower Bracket Final
Sunday, April 24
- 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST | 2:00 AM JST - Grand Final
JST times past midnight refer to the following day.
English Broadcast Talent
- Yinsu Collins (Host)
- Lauren "Pansy" Scott (Commentator)
- Michael "hypoc" Robins (Commentator)
- Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire (Commentator)
- Mitch "MitchMan" McBride (Commentator)
- Doug "EsportsDoug" Cortez (Commentator)
- Arten "Ballatw" Esa (Commentator)
- Jessica "Jess" Bolden (Commentator)
- Brennon "Bren" Hook (Commentator)
- Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson (Commentator)
- Jacki Jing (Commentator)
- Beatriz "kaquka" Alonso (Commentator)
- David "prius" Kuntz (Observer)
- Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo (Observer)
- Nicholas "Yehty" Tesolin (Observer)
- Felix "Synga" Regitz (Observer)
Streams
- twitch.tv/valorant
- twitch.tv/valorant_esports_tr
- twitch.tv/ru_valorant
- twitch.tv/agentsrange
- twitch.tv/1pvalorant
- twitch.tv/agentsrange_it
- twitch.tv/polsatgames
- twitch.tv/lvpes2
- twitch.tv/rtparena
- twitch.tv/esportsfinland
- twitch.tv/valorant_kr
- twitch.tv/valorant_br
- twitch.tv/VALORANT_LA
- twitch.tv/agentsrange
- twitch.tv/valorant_arabia
- twitch.tv/ppgl_vctph
Coverage
VLR.gg is covering all of Masters Reykjavik in our event hub, which includes our live match ticker and stats to comb over. The event also features PickEm's.