2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Shanghai Masters

2024 VCT: Shanghai Masters

Tournament information
Game	Valorant
Location	Shanghai, China
Date	May 23 – June 9, 2024
Administrator	Riot Games
Venue(s)	2 in Shanghai Valo Arena (Group Stage and Playoffs) Mercedes Benz-Arena (Semifinals and Grand Final)
Teams	12

The 2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Shanghai Masters, also known as Valorant Masters Shanghai 2024, is an upcoming global tournament organized by Riot Games for the first-person shooter game Valorant as part of the Valorant Champions Tour 2024 competitive season. The tournament is scheduled to be held from May 23 to June 9, 2024, in Shanghai, China.

Qualification

The top three teams from each international league's Stage 1 tournaments which include the Americas League, EMEA League, Pacific League, and the China League will compete in the second international masters tournament of the season. Winner teams (seed 1) are received a bye to Playoffs, while Runner-up teams (seed 2) and Third-place teams (seed 3) start from Swiss Stage.

(*) Non-partner teams in franchise system

Region	Stage 1 Winner	Stage 1 Runner-up	Stage 1 Third-place
Americas	100 Thieves	G2 Esports*	Leviatán
EMEA	Fnatic	Team Heretics	FUT Esports
Pacific	Paper Rex	Gen.G	T1
China	Edward Gaming	FunPlus Phoenix	Dragon Ranger Gaming*

Swiss Stage

• Eight teams play in the Swiss-system format with three rounds.
• Seed 2 teams faced the seed 3 teams from other regions in round 1.
• Teams with two wins advance to the playoffs, while teams with two losses are eliminated.
• All matches are a best-of-three series.

Advance to Playoffs

1–0

0–0

Advance to Playoffs

Team Heretics

Dragon Ranger Gaming

1–1

FunPlus Phoenix

FUT Esports

G2 Esports

0–1

T1

Eliminated

Gen.G

Leviatán

Eliminated

Round 1 Matches

Round 1	May 23	Team Heretics		v		Dragon Ranger Gaming	Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 1	May 23	FunPlus Phoenix		v		FUT Esports	Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 1	May 24	G2 Esports		v		T1	Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 1	May 24	Gen.G		v		Leviatán	Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 2 Matches

Round 2 High	May 25			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 2 High	May 25			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 2 Low	May 26			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 2 Low	May 26			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 3 Matches

Round 3	May 27			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Round 3	May 27			v			Shanghai, China
							VCT China Arena

Playoffs

• Seed 1 teams qualified directly to the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals, while the other four teams qualified for the playoffs from the Swiss stage.
• Each seed 1 team will be able to select their opponent in a draw to be announced once the Swiss stages have concluded.
• All matches are a best-of-three series, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final, which will be a best-of-five series.

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals

Upper Bracket Semifinals

Upper Bracket Final

Grand Final

Lower Bracket - Round 1

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

Lower Bracket Semifinal

Lower Bracket Final