The Pacific receives its first international LAN this month, as Masters heads outside of Europe for the first time in the VCT's three-year history. The twelve best teams of the world will take Tokyo by storm between June 11 and 25 to determine the only Masters champion of 2023.

The Americas and Pacific teams drafted to Masters Tokyo also have their Champions slots confirmed. EMEA is currently unconfirmed, as only its top-three placed teams at Masters will get a free ticket to the final event of the year — the fourth roster will return to the LCQ. China's squads will be determined by a qualifier hosted in July.

Format

The three champions of each region, along with the second-best EMEA team, have received a bye to the playoffs. This means that LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov , Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak , and FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder will only join the competition on June 16.

The other eight teams at the event are evenly split by numbers and regions between two GSL groups. The groups are as follows:

Group A

Group B

The two best teams from each group will move up the playoffs, where they'll link up with the four top-seeded teams. A group stage team will always face a top-seeded team, and Riot will place teams from the same group on opposing sides of the bracket to avoid early repeat matchups in the upper bracket.

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

Schedule (Group Stage)

Sunday, June 11

Monday, June 12

Tuesday, June 13

Wednesday, June 14

  • 8:00 PM PDT | 5:00 AM CEST | 12:00 PM JST - Group B: Decider
  • 11:00 PM PDT | 8:00 AM CEST | 3:00 PM JST - Group A: Decider

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

According to Riot, Masters Tokyo will be broadcast in several languages and through several watch parties, which have not yet been revealed.

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.