The first event in the Valorant Ignition Series is here! The G2 Esports Invitational is set to showcase a mixture of pro players and community figures from across Europe. But wait, there's a twist. Each team captain was allocated their teammates a day before the commencement of the tournament. Teams will have to develop chemistry quickly as they battle for their share of the €15,000 ($16,960~ USD) prize pool.

Format

Teams will compete in a round robin group stage, with the top three teams advancing to the playoffs. The playoffs will be played out in a single-elimination bracket. with the top team from each group automatically advancing to the semifinals. All matches will be a best-of-three maps.

Broadcast

Talent

  • Frankie "Frankie" Ward (Host)
  • Mark "Boq" Wilson (Commentator)
  • David "Simo" Rabinovitch (Commentator)
  • Lauren "Pansy" Scott (Commentator)
  • Chris "Puckett" Puckett (Commentator)
  • Ibai "Ibai" Llanos (Commentator)

Streams

While some games will not be broadcast on the main stream, players will be permitted to stream on on their own channels.

Teams

Group A

Team arch Team arch Inactive arch Vladyslav Svistov Noizeeh Kevin Jaskiewicz Enzo Enzo Mestari pm Arthur Guillermet Tohaj Kevin Batic

Team draken Team draken Inactive bonkar Malkolm Rench draken William Sundin paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski ec1s Adam Eccles ocelot Carlos Rodriguez

Team Mixwell Team Mixwell Inactive Mixwell Oscar Cañellas Davidp David Prins Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego CREA Charles Beauvois Orb Joel Kumlin

Team Zerator Team Zerator Inactive ZeratoR Nougaret Boaster Jake Howlett Jbzz Julien Dupré rhyme Emir Muminovic chiwa Egor Stepanyuk

Group B

Team ANGE1 Team ANGE1 Inactive HyP Damien Souville ardiis Ardis Svarenieks Yurii Salvador Gasco Miss Rage Julia ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov

Team Ex6TenZ Team Ex6TenZ Inactive Kryptix James Affleck luckeRRR Niels Jasiek Amandine Amandine Hennrich Ex6TenZ Kévin Droolans pipsoN Daniil Mesheryakov

Team izak Team izak Inactive Lothar Jakub Szygulski L1NK Travis Mendoza Trilluxe Lennart gob b Fatih Dayik izak Piotr Skowyrski

Team Taimou Team Taimou Inactive Taimou Timo Kettunen soulcas Dom Sulcas pyth Jacob Mourujärvi Happy Vincent Schopenhauer ONSCREEN Craig Shannon

Schedule

Friday, June 19 - Group A

Saturday, June 20 - Group B

Sunday, June 21 - Playoffs

  • 15:00 CEST / 09:00 EDT / 06:00 PT - Quarterfinal 1 (On Stream)
  • 15:00 CEST / 09:00 EDT / 06:00 PT - Quarterfinal 2 (Off Stream)
  • 18:00 CEST / 12:00 EDT / 09:00 PT - Semifinal 1 (On Stream)
  • 18:00 CEST / 12:00 EDT / 09:00 PT - Semifinal 2 (Off Stream)
  • 21:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT / 12:00 PT - Grandfinal (On Stream)