Riot Games has released the bracket for the six-team VCT EMEA Last Chance Qualifier, which will qualify two teams to Champions.
Image by Riot Games
The EMEA LCQ was originally a seven-team tournament, pairing the six teams that did not reach Masters Tokyo with the lowest-placed EMEA roster in Japan. However,
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Unranked
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
Sayf
Saif Jibraeel
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
announced on June 21 they had dropped out of the tournament out of respect for Karel "Twisten"
Ašenbrener, lowering the total number of teams to just six and shortening the schedule by a full day.
The new format is a seeded six-team double-elimination bracket.
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere
Europe
Unranked
ANGE1
Kyrylo Karasov
Shao
Andrey Kiprsky
Ruxic
Uğur Güç
hiro
Emirhan Kat
koalanoob
Gianfranco Potestio
will start in the upper semifinals due to attending Masters, while
Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming
Inactive
Redgar
Igor Vlasov
Fit1nho
Adolfo Gallego
nukkye
Žygimantas Chmieliauskas
hoody
Aaro Peltokangas
Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin
will start alongside them as the best-placed squad from the VCT EMEA playoffs, tied with Vitality.
The remaining teams —
Team Heretics
Team Heretics
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MiniBoo
Dominykas Lukaševičius
Wo0t
Mert Alkan
RieNs
Enes Ecirli
benjyfishy
Benjamin David Fish
Boo
Ričardas Lukaševičius
,
KOI
KOI
Europe
Unranked
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
sheydos
Bogdan Naumov
Filu
Dawid Czarnecki
flyuh
Xavier Carlson
soulcas
Dom Sulcas
,
BBL Esports
BBL Esports
Europe
Unranked
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
sociablEE
Volkan Yonal
PROFEK
Dawid Święć
vakk
Vakaris Bebravičius
stand-in
LewN
Burak Alkan
, and
Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp
Europe
Unranked
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
Avez
Hazem Khaled
Elite
Efe Teber
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
marteen
Martin Pátek
— will battle in the upper quarterfinals first, on July 19. Tickets for the EMEA LCQ, which are still available, can be found here.
Unlike in previous years, and due to
FNATIC
FNATIC
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crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
's Masters Tokyo win, the top two EMEA LCQ teams will earn a slot at Champions. In total, the region will take five teams to Champions (three from the regular season, two from the LCQ)
VCT Champions 2023 runs from August 6 to 27, in Los Angeles. The event will be held in the Shrine Auditorium and the Kia Forum. The grand finals tickets are sold out, while tickets for the penultimate days are only available on resale. You can find more ticket information here.