The VCT Champions 2024 will feature 16 teams from four regions: Americas, Pacific, EMEA, and China. The teams will be divided into four groups of four teams each, and play a double-elimination bracket to determine the top two teams from each group. The top eight teams will advance to the playoffs, where they will play a double-elimination bracket to decide the champion. The format is similar to the VCT Champions 2023.
The teams that will qualify for the VCT Champions 2024 are:
Americas: Sentinels, NRG, G2, LOUD, FURIA, MIBR, Leviathan, 100 Thieves.
Pacific: Global Esports, Paper Rex, Bleed Esports, Talon, Team Secret, RRQ, DetonatioN FocusMe, DRX.
EMEA: Fnatic, Team Liquid, Vitality, Karmine Corp, Giants, NAVI, FUT, KOI.
China: Edward Gaming, Bilibili Gaming, Rare Atom, Trace Esports.
The group stage will be as follows:
Group A: Sentinels, Paper Rex, Vitality, Edward Gaming.
Group B: NRG, Global Esports, Karmine Corp, Bilibili Gaming.
Group C: G2, Bleed Esports, Team Liquid, Rare Atom.
Group D: LOUD, Talon, Fnatic, Trace Esports.
The group stage results will be as follows:
Group A: Paper Rex and Sentinels will advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs, Vitality and Edward Gaming will advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs.
Group B: Global Esports and NRG will advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs, Karmine Corp and Bilibili Gaming will advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs.
Group C: Bleed Esports and G2 will advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs, Team Liquid and Rare Atom will advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs.
Group D: LOUD and Fnatic will advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs, Talon and Trace Esports will advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs.
The playoffs bracket will be as follows:
Upper Bracket Round 1: Paper Rex vs Global Esports, NRG vs Sentinels, Bleed Esports vs Fnatic, LOUD vs G2.
Upper Bracket Round 2: Paper Rex vs NRG, Bleed Esports vs LOUD.
Upper Bracket Final: Paper Rex vs Bleed Esports.
Lower Bracket Round 1: Vitality vs Bilibili Gaming, Karmine Corp vs Edward Gaming, Team Liquid vs Trace Esports, Talon vs Rare Atom.
Lower Bracket Round 2: Global Esports vs Vitality, Sentinels vs Karmine Corp, Fnatic vs Team Liquid, G2 vs Talon.
Lower Bracket Round 3: Global Esports vs G2, Sentinels vs Fnatic.
Lower Bracket Round 4: Global Esports vs LOUD, Sentinels vs NRG.
Lower Bracket Round 5: LOUD vs NRG.
Lower Bracket Final: LOUD vs Bleed Esports.
Grand Final: Paper Rex vs LOUD.
The playoffs results will be as follows:
Upper Bracket Round 1: Paper Rex will beat Global Esports 2-1, NRG will beat Sentinels 2-1, Bleed Esports will beat Fnatic 2-0, LOUD will beat G2 2-1.
Upper Bracket Round 2: Paper Rex will beat NRG 2-1, Bleed Esports will beat LOUD 2-1.
Upper Bracket Final: Paper Rex will beat Bleed Esports 2-1.
Lower Bracket Round 1: Vitality will beat Bilibili Gaming 2-0, Karmine Corp will beat Edward Gaming 2-1, Team Liquid will beat Trace Esports 2-0, Talon will beat Rare Atom 2-0.
Lower Bracket Round 2: Global Esports will beat Vitality 2-1, Sentinels will beat Karmine Corp 2-0, Fnatic will beat Team Liquid 2-0, G2 will beat Talon 2-0.
Lower Bracket Round 3: Global Esports will beat G2 2-1, Sentinels will beat Fnatic 2-1.
Lower Bracket Round 4: Global Esports will lose to LOUD 1-2, Sentinels will lose to NRG 1-2.
Lower Bracket Round 5: LOUD will beat NRG 2-1.
Lower Bracket Final: LOUD will beat Bleed Esports 2-1.
Grand Final: Paper Rex will beat LOUD 3-2.
The final standings will be as follows:
1st: Paper Rex ($1,000,000)
2nd: LOUD ($500,000)
3rd: Bleed Esports ($250,000)
4th: NRG ($150,000)
5th-6th: Global Esports, Sentinels ($100,000 each)
7th-8th: G2, Fnatic ($75,000 each)
9th-12th: Vitality, Karmine Corp, Team Liquid, Talon ($50,000 each)
13th-16th: Edward Gaming, Bilibili Gaming, Rare Atom, Trace Esports ($25,000 each)
The MVP of the tournament will be Monyet from Paper Rex, who will have a phenomenal performance throughout the event, especially in the grand final against LOUD.