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Stage 1: Masters to return to Reykjavík, Iceland

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March 11, 2022

Riot has revealed that the first Masters event of VCT 2022 will be held in Reykjavík, Iceland—the same host country as the first Masters event in 2021. It will once again mark the first international LAN event of the year. The information was first revealed by Valorant's Weibo account on February 18.

Unlike the previous event held in Reykjavík, the event will run for two weeks rather than one, from April 10 to April 24. In addition, Riot has revealed the circuit point awards for EMEA teams while saying that the overall points structure will more "heavily reward performances at international events."

Masters slots for the 2022 VCT season EMEA will field the most teams in Reykjavik.

Details about the tournament format are largely unknown. Out of the 12 attending teams, the top seed for NA, EMEA, APAC, and the winner of the LATAM and Brazil playoff, will get a deeper seed in the bracket. The remaining eight squads will have to fight from further back.

Citing a lack of confidence in the ability to safely host an event with attending crowds, Riot will not host a live audience for Stage 1: Masters.

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kwe

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ultra common hudsen W

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W Piece IMO

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I know Iceland will be safest choice but no crowd will be huge L

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jblancard

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riot scared no one gonna attend it LUL
these cs go wannabes wont ever reproduce what majors do

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you want riot to delete covid for the duration of masters or what

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COVID excuse is so overdone lol
Csgo has had two arena events already and 3rd one is starting soon despite omicron.

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You say that like both arena events didn't have a single case of covid

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They didn't? Only Katowice is getting a few Covid cases

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there isnt even a crowd for katowice yet.....

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Stop it. Get help

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average g13-0bal esports fan

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sueYA

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says the guy with crazy racoon flair

continue thread →

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number1_MIBR_hater

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I don't know why you're getting downvoted, Riot is so up their own asses.
They are losing a huge opportunity in here. Word says we will even have a CS:GO Major here in Brazil in October and Riot is still frozen in time

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Using Covid is not an excuse. I would understand riot not being confident in organizing an event with a crowd when it was clear they have even difficult in controlling Covid around the players during champions. It is also important to note that valorant's audience is more international than CS and not a lot of fans can travel during this time. I dont mind them holding the crowd longer as long as it will become successful rather than holding it during a difficult time just because people push them to do it.

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I'll never get why people care so much about how one game performs compared to another

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pretty sure the offline lan in Korea will have a crowd and all the tickets we're sold within a minute.

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So we can still have a crowd? I fkin hope so

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There hasn't been any mention of a crowd for Iceland, but it's still something that's being considered for the second Masters event.

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Ahh, I see... Thanks for the info

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extremely common hudsen w

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if they were gonna have a crowd they wouldnt hold it in iceland

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JustEnjoying

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Yep got that now :(
Well can't do nothing about it. But the second masters event should better be hosted in a location where they can have a crowd. It's getting ridiculous out here bro

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two of Iceland's four valorant fans will show up :)

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Supr3meGucci

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And they will be Riot staff KEKW

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"Riot will not host a live audience for Stage 1: Masters. "

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lame

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man, i wish they would have chosen a different location... i guess it makes sense because of covid but still...

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Supposedly Iceland is quite convenient for delivering broadcasts to other continents because of the time zone. I think it affects Japan the most since for Champions a lot of the games would begin after midnight there.

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oh ok, that makes more sense then

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Masters Reykjavik Champions.
RUN IT DOWN BABE.

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ShadowisBAD

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Imagine it’s a 2.0
Sentinels and Na hella underrated
Eu overrated
Get stomped by nas second seed and Sen wins again

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omg this is so crazy one of the three fucking "lans" for the whole year will be a studio with 0 audience and in the same place as last year,im so hyped!!1!

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hudsen farming the W again

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would love to see more cities host big tournaments, but Reykjavik probably one of the safest places with covid and shit

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wake up babe it's time for another hudsen W

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SHEESH

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CyblanxVal

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Come Switzerland no covid-rules here anymore

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Guelry

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Switzerland it is a beautiful country :)

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😪

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Sucks that there's not likely to be a crowd, but maybe a familiar venue means similar staff that understands what needs to be done, and we will get a better production for both us and the players.

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the timezone💔

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Wouldn't the number of teams be the 12 team format that was shared from Riot earlier this year?

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That's what I was thinking...

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DarkZ

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It's unfortunate that probably no crowd but it's not their fault, every time they hold lans, covid is a major issue and affects many teams, like what happened in champs and LCQ NA.

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Not gonna lie , LCQ NA was a worst event riot ever made and its cursed even after they played online

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no crowd..? when NA or Asia host?

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only 12 teams
no crowds
iceland....

i can see it now... NA pro players complaining from their hotel rooms saying they don't wanna be there after 1 or 2 minor issues and saying there's nothing to do in iceland when they're not doing pracc.

And I don't blame them tbh xD

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I wish one day I could watch an International LAN without considering the timezone difference 😔

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didnt read

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wkeyspectre

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at least you can read this ratio

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bandwagondestroyer

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more than an hour passed, ratio where?

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wkeyspectre

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2 upvote to -2 upvote, ratio there

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ow

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ciro

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Iceland again ResidentSleeper

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like you notice anything about it watching a studio

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ciro

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Iceland means no crowd

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Mbappe

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obviously, so it doesn't change anything for people watching the stream if they are in Iceland again or would do the same in another country

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Come to Japan

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capita1

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that would be really cool

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expected

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Let's make LAN in Russia

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Crimea*

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Saint-Peterburg

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They can try Japan or South Korea with a crowd no?

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I will boicot this event and will not watch if there isn't a crowd.

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No crowd still
Snooze

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2 weeks hopefully means actual RR groups :eyes:

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uganda_forever

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hahaha League of legends MSI in KOREA
but Valorant again icelando
we need masters1 tokyo

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uganda_forever

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masters1 tokyo
masters2 brazil
champions NA

pls riot :DDDDDDDD

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They couldn't do it in Brazil because any players that beat a Brazilian team would be threatened

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lmfao

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Guys, how many of you come to Reykjavik with me ... I'll pay for everything

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Me

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Why is this back on top?

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an official post was made from the Valorant Esports EMEA Twitter, and so instead of making a whole new article, we just decided to move our previous one up to the front of coverage

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Makes sense

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deathlyclaws

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GIGA hudsen W

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deathlyclaws

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Crowd?

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harriman

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Format is double elim, bruh

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BR LOUD
BR LATAM FURIA
LATAM KRU
JP CR
NA C9 GUARD
EMEA GUILD LIQUID (GAMBIT IF THEY CAN PLAY) FNATIC
SEA idk
KR ONS2

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Common andrewdamf W

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tanay

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is furia better than keyd?

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100%

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rly? wtf happend to keyd then xD

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Heat is underperfoming (but still mvp somehow lol)
Mwzera one trick raze, shit in any other agent
Jhow doenst have the aim to keep up
V1xen indisciplined and throw alot of rounds
Almost losing to t3-2 teams

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ye didnt he have some sort of wrist fuck up ( heat ), ye i never understood mwzera hype when they dont play him on raze tbh, maybe 2 duelist meta is coming back idk

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jett is still used in most maps but slowly is getting out, most maps are now using raze and chamber, heat could be using chamber since hes insane at it and raze mwzera, but vk is braindead tbh

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Sadge

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no audience sadge

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Plz world isnt iceland plz do other countris this tournoment

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COVID unfortunately

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iceland is the only country with lax covid policy for international travelers. look at it from riot's perspective, if riot chooses another country for the sake of variety some teams may not be able to go because of travel bans or vaccine preference

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too many slots for Brazil and Japan XD

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Yep too many slots for cheater brazilian teams.

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#goVK
#goLOUD

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Another Hudsen W

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I heckin love Iceland BatChest

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strange that the LATAM/BRAZIL playoff winner has a higher seed than either of the region winners. would make sense to just have the winning regions first seed get the higher seend instead?

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is it still SEA? I mean India and Oceania will be part of it right?

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Yup india and Oceania are part and now it's called apac

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Ok... I'm literally boycotting this event. No crowd again? Riot is such a pussy.

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G2 has to be there.

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Hope there will be a crowd for Master 2, but still a huge W

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We need 16 slots and fuckin 4 EMEA and 3 NA teams at least

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L no crowd

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There are 12 teams: The format of 4 groups with 4 teams each so we will need 16 teams... so will the masters start straight in the quarter finals or will the 4 groups only have 3 teams??

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