The AfreecaTV Valorant League group stage — part of Riot's Pacific OFF//SEASON events — inches closer.
The league has hosted multiple events over the years, but their most recent one sees a prize pool that dwarfs their previous awards. The event will be offline and will bring together all participating teams in a LAN environment.
Format
The group stage will take place over the course of December 5 to 8 as the eight teams present will slowly be whittled down to four, with the victors advancing to the playoffs. Each of the two groups will utilize a Bo3 double-elimination bracket to increase the chances of different matchups and victors.
Playoffs will take place from December 9 and 10, and will use a single-elimination, Bo3 format up to the grand final, which will be a Bo5. The winner of the event will take home $25,000 USD, a generous chunk of the prize pool.
Two of the eight teams earned their chance to represent their region through their own respective qualifiers, with the rest of the teams being invited to showcase their new rosters.
The two groups will foster the following teams:
Group A:
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Sentinels
Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid (Invited)
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Paper Rex
Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Unranked PatMen Patrick Mendoza Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov (Invited)
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FULL SENSE
FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Unranked Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen Apinya Apinya Laotaew Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew qqGOD Phoomphat Phodjanat (TH Qualifier)
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DRX
DRX Korea Unranked Flicker Kim Tae-hee (김태희) Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) Estrella Park Gun (박건) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) (Invited)
Group B:
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Fancy United Esports
Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked Mihlog Tô Minh Long f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn bucute YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Hyuse twilight (VN Qualifier)
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Team Liquid
Team Liquid Europe Unranked penny Erik Penny paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak Serial Maikls Zdanovs (Invited)
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T1
T1 Korea Unranked stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) DH Kang Dong-ho (강동호) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) (Invited)
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EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming China Unranked ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) zjc Zhang Juncheng (张峻程) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) (Invited)
Streams
The tournament will be streamed on AfreecaTV and Douyu on different channels, which have been listed below:
The event will be hosted in Seoul's Sangam Afreeca Colosseum, a stadium in South Korea and target destination for the teams flying out to participate in the tournament.