Question

So currently these guys r playing for a spot in the closed qualifier which is the group stage and then that goes to main event and that leads to masters 2

After masters 2, what else is there Left? Just lcq which leads to champions?

you are correct

yea basically -- masters 2, LCQ, and then champs just like you said

riot wanted to cut the VCT short this year, which opens up the timeline between sept-dec for third party competitions + international game changers events