Riot Games’ first official circuit, the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT), is coming to a close, as the VCT Champions is underway from December 1 through December 12 in Berlin, Germany. Sixteen of the best VALORANT teams in the world duke it out for the first-ever world champion title and a cut of the $1,000,000 prize pool. Get the complete VCT Champions 2021 teams list, schedule, and results below.
The VCT Champions is a double-elimination format, with four groups of four teams (Group A to Group D). All matches are the best of three in group stages, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the playoffs. The playoffs feature eight teams in a single-elimination bracket, with all games being best of three, except for the Grand Final, which is a best of five.
VCT Champions will be live on Twitch and YouTube.
VCT Champions 2021 Teams
Sixteen teams from all over the world compete in Berlin at the offline VCT Champions, including:
- Brazil: FURIA Esports, Team Vikings, Keyd Stars
- EMEA: Acend, Fnatic, Gambit, Team Liquid
- Japan: Crazy Raccoon
- Korea: Vision Strikers
- Latin America: KRU Esports
- North America: Cloud9, Sentinels, Team Envy
- SEA: Full Sense, Team Secret, X10 CRIT
VCT Champions 2021 Groups
There are four groups of teams in the VCT Champions Group Stages:
- Group A: Acend, Keyd Stars, Team Envy, X10 CRIT
- Group B: FURIA Esports, KRU Esports, Sentinels, Team Liquid
- Group C: Gambit Esports, Team Vikings, Crazy Raccoon, Team Secret
- Group D: Vision Strikers, Fnatic, Cloud9, Full Sense
VCT Champions 2021 Schedule
December 1
- 9 a.m. ET: Vision Strikers vs. Full Sense (2-0)
- noon ET: Vikings vs. Crazy Raccoon (2-0)
- 3 p.m. ET: Fnatic vs. Cloud9 (2-1)
December 2
- 9 a.m. ET: Gambit vs. Team Secret (2-1)
- noon ET: Sentinels vs. FURIA Esports (2-1)
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Liquid vs. KRU (2-0)
December 3
- 9 a.m. ET: Acend vs. Vivo Keyd (1-2)*
- noon ET: Vision Strikers vs. Fnatic (1-2)
- 3 p.m. ET: Team Envy vs. X10 (2-0)
*Riot Games is deliberating this decision.
December 4
- 10 a.m. ET: Gambit vs. Vikings (2-1)
- 1 p.m. ET: Liquid vs. Sentinels (2-1)
December 5
- 8:30 a.m. ET: Acend vs. Vivo Keyd (2-1)
- 9 a.m. ET: Team Secret vs. Crazy Raccoon (2-0)
- noon ET: KRU vs. FURIA (2-1)
- 3 p.m. ET: Cloud9 vs. FULL SENSE (2-0)
Acend and Vivo Keyd replay map three, with Acend starting the match up 7-0 as per deliberations.
December 6
- 9 a.m. ET: Acend vs. Envy (2-0)
- noon ET: Vivo Keyd vs. X10 CRIT
- 3 p.m. ET: Sentinels vs. KRU
December 7
- 8 a.m. ET: Vision Strikes vs. TBA
- noon ET: Vikings vs. Team Secret
- 2 p.m. ET: Group A deciders
December 8
- noon ET: Acend vs. Team Secret (2-0)
- 2:45 p.m. ET: Team Liquid vs. Cloud9 Blue (Live)
December 9
- noon ET: Gambit vs. X10 Crit
- 3 p.m. ET: Fnatic vs. KRU
December 11
- noon ET: Semifinals
December 12
- noon ET: Grand Finals
VCT Champions 2021 Results and Prize Pool
VCT Champions includes a total $1,000,000 prize pool spread among all 16 teams, broken out as follows:
| Place | Prize | Team |
| 1 | $350,000 | TBD |
| 2 | $150,000 | TBD |
| 3 | $90,000 | TBD |
| 4 | $90,000 | TBD |
| 5 | $40,000 | TBD |
| 6 | $40,000 | TBD |
| 7 | $40,000 | TBD |
| 8 | $40,000 | TBD |
| 9 | $20,000 | Team Envy |
| 10 | $20,000 | Sentinels |
| 11 | $20,000 | Team Vikings |
| 12 | $20,000 | Vision Strikers |
| 13 | $20,000 | Keyd Stars |
| 14 | $20,000 | FURIA Esports |
| 15 | $20,000 | Crazy Raccoon |
| 16 | $20,000 | FULL SENSE |
The VCT Champions 2021 results and placements will be updated as the event unfolds.
