NA Valorant Challengers: Playoffs bracket, results, schedule and stream

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Tier-two North American Valorant is heating up as the Challengers League is entering the playoff stage. Here is everything you need to know about the tournament.

With the VCT Americas league limited to five NA-based organizations, several elite-level Valorant players were left out in the cold, unable to find opportunities in the region’s top competition. They turned their attention to the Challengers League with hopes of securing promotion to Riot Games’ partner league.

Twelve North American teams are competing in the Challengers League, which is organized by Knights Arena. After a long and intense season spanning two splits, a mid-season event, and the playoff stage, two teams will progress to the Americas Ascension tournament, where they will be joined by Brazilian and LATAM sides.

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M80 had the most circuit points and secured the No.1 seed for the playoffs

We are now down to the final eight teams in the Challengers League, who will compete in a double-elimination bracket. The seeding was determined by the number of circuit points determined throughout the season, with the bottom four teams eliminated.

Turtle Troop, Disguised, OR Esports and MAD Lions are the four teams out of the running for the NA Challengers trophy after finishing at the bottom of the circuit standings. Despite the high-profile addition of Jaccob ‘yay’ Whiteaker, Jeremy ‘Disguised Toast’ Wang’s team went 0-5 in Split 2 and finished the season ten points adrift of the qualification zone.

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Below you can find all you need to know about the NA Valorant Challengers League.

NA Valorant Challengers League: How to watch

The Challengers League is broadcast on Riot Games’ Valorant North America Twitch and YouTube channels. We have embedded the Twitch stream below for your convenience.

NA Valorant Challengers Playoffs: Format and schedule

With Split 2 done and dusted, the eight teams with the most points accrued throughout the season will advance to the Challengers League Playoffs, featuring a double-elimination format. The lower bracket final and the grand final will be best-of-five series.

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In the end, both the winner and the runner-up will qualify for Americas Ascension.

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Challengers League Playoffs (May 31 — June 10)

Day 1: May 31

Stage Match PDT EDT BST
Upper Round 1 M80 2-0 Shopify Rebellion 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Upper Round 1 G2 0-2 Oxygen 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Day 2: June 1

Stage Match PDT EDT BST
Upper Round 1 The Guard 2-0 FaZe 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Upper Round 1 Moist Moguls 2-0 TSM 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Day 3: June 2

Stage Match PDT EDT BST
Upper Round 2 M80 2-0 Oxygen 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Upper Round 2 The Guard 0-2 Moist Moguls 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Day 4: June 3

Stage Match PDT EDT BST
Lower Round 1 Shopify Rebellion 1-2 G2 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Lower Round 1 FaZe 2-1 TSM 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Day 5: June 7

Stage Match PDT EDT BST
Lower Round 2 The Guard 2-0 G2 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Lower Round 2 Oxygen 2-0 FaZe 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Day 6: June 8

Stage Match PDT EDT BST
Upper Final M80 2-0 Moist Moguls 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Lower Round 3 The Guard 2-0 Oxygen 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Day 7: June 9

Stage Match PDT EDT BST
Lower Final The Guard 3-0 Moist Moguls 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM

Day 8: June 10

Stage Match PDT EDT BST
Grand Final M80 3-1 The Guard 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM

Challengers League Circuit Points

Placement Team Score
1 M80 49
2 The Guard 46
3 Moist Moguls 36
4 Oxygen 29
5 G2 Esports 23
6 TSM 22
7 FaZe 21
8 Shopify Rebellion 18
9 Turtle Troop 15
10 Disguised 8
11 OR Esports 7
12 MAD Lions 7

Challengers League Split 2 (April 18 — May 19)

Week 1 schedule (April 18-20)

Day Match PT ET GMT
April 18 Moist Moguls 2-0 MAD Lions 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
M80 2-0 Turtle Troop 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
April 19 TSM 2-1 Shopify Rebellion 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
The Guard 2-0 FaZe 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
April 20 Oxygen 2-0 Disguised 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
G2 1-2 OREsports 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Week 2 schedule (April 26-28)

Day Match PT ET GMT
April 26 Oxygen 1-2 Turtle Troop 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
G2 1-2 Moist Moguls 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
April 27 The Guard 2-0 OREsports 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Shopify Rebellion 2-1 Disguised 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
April 28 M80 2-1 TSM 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
FaZe 2-1 MAD Lions 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Week 3 schedule (May 3-5)

Day Match PT ET GMT
May 3 Disguised 1-2 Turtle Troop 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
FaZe 2-1 OR Esports 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
May 4 M80 0-2 Shopify Rebellion 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
The Guard 1-2 Moist Moguls 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
May 5 G2 1-2 MAD Lions 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Oxygen 2-0 TSM 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Week 4 schedule (May 10-12)

Day Match PT ET GMT
May 10 G2 1-2 FaZe 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
TSM 1-2 Turtle Troop 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
May 11 Moist Moguls 2-0 OREsports 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Oxygen 2-0 Shopify Rebellion 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
May 12 The Guard 2-0 MAD Lions 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
M80 2-0 Disguised 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Week 5 schedule (May 16-17)

Day Match PT ET GMT
May 16 MAD Lions 1-2 OREsports 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
M80 2-1 Oxygen 2 PM 5 PM 10 PM
Disguised 0-2 TSM 5 PM 8 PM 1 AM
May 17 Moist Moguls 2-0 FaZe 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
The Guard 2-0 G2 2 PM 4 PM 10 PM
Shopify Rebellion 2-0 Turtle Troop 5 PM 8 PM 1 AM

NA Valorant Challengers: Split 2 Groups

The 12 participating teams have been seeded into the following two groups:

Group A

Placement Team Record
1 M80 4-1
2 Turtle Troop 3-1
3 Oxygen 3-2
4 Shopify Rebellion 3-2
5 TSM 2-3
6 Disguised 0-5

Group B

Placement Team Record
1 Moist Moguls 5-0
2 The Guard 4-1
3 FaZe 3-2
4 OREsports 2-3
5 MAD Lions 1-4
6 G2 Esports 0-5

NA Valorant Challengers: Teams

The Valorant Challengers League features 12 teams, half of which were directly invited by Riot Games. The remaining six participants were determined by a grueling open qualifier system with two 256-team brackets.

Some of the teams have made roster changes since the end of Split 1 and the Mid-Season Face Off. Disguised have notably signed former OpTic and Cloud9 star Jaccob ‘yay’ Whiteaker, while MAD Lions are yet to announce their last two players after letting go of Anthony ‘ZexRow’ Colandro and Taylor ‘drone’ Johnson.

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Invited:

Team Players
G2 Esports ShahZaM, dapr, wippie, penny, OXY 
TSM seven, corey, gMd, NaturE, Kanpeki
FaZe Clan dicey, supamen, babybay, mummAy, TiGG
M80 Esports koalanoob, zander, eeiu, johnqt, NiSMO
The Guard trent, JonahP, neT, valyn, tex
Shopify Rebellion mada, dazzLe, bdog, moose, v1c

Qualified:

Team Players
Disguised steel, clear, genghsta, yay, nerve
Moist Moguls thief, aproto, flyuh, sym, brawk
Oxygen mitch, pwny, skuba, Verno, Reduxx
MAD Lions Ange, ZexRow, N4RRATE, BlackHeart, bjor
Turtle Troop Add3r, Governor, Wedid, dazzLe, Rossy
OREsports Jonaaa6, Lebar, Zeldris, PureVNS, nillyaz