All teams qualified for VCT Masters Madrid

Eight teams will face off at the first VCT major of 2024.

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The cover for the 2024 VCT Masters Madrid event.
Image via Riot Games

The first international VALORANT Champions Tour event of the year is fast approaching, with Masters Madrid in March sure to be a treat for fans who have waited over six months since the hero shooter’s last major event.

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All four VCT 2024 leagues have played through their own regional Kickoff tournaments, which each produced two teams that earned Masters Madrid spots from each region, for a total of eight teams heading to the event. The tournament will begin with a Swiss-style stage, with teams needing to secure two wins before securing two losses, before progressing into a double-elimination bracket. The Swiss format is new for 2024, with slight adjustments in the new VCT structure and points system.

With all the regional Kickoff tournaments beginning to wrap up, here are all the VALORANT teams that we know have officially qualified for Masters Madrid so far.

The number of slots at VCT Masters Madrid 2024.
Masters Madrid awaits. Image via Riot Games

All teams qualified for VCT Masters Madrid

The two top-finishing teams from each region’s Kickoff tournament will qualify for Madrid. Each region has one higher and one lower-seeded team, the champion and runner-up of the Kickoff tournament, respectively.

In the first round of the Madrid Swiss Stage, first-place teams will face off against second-place teams, but teams from the same region will not face each other in the first round.

VCT Pacific

Gen.G VALORANT make their entrance during the VCT Pacific Kickoff finals.
The tiger re-awakens. Photo via VCT Pacific
  • First place: Gen.G Esports
  • Second place: Paper Rex

VCT Americas

Sentinels' johnqt and Zellsis on stage after winning VCT Americas Kickoff.
SEN City is back. Photo by Colin Young-Wolff via Riot Games
  • First place: Sentinels
  • Second place: LOUD

VCT EMEA

Karmine Corp celebrate with the trophy at VCT EMEA Kickoff.
Allez. Photo by Wojciech Wandzel via Riot Games
  • First place: Karmine Corp
  • Second place: Team Heretics

VCT China

  • First place: EDward Gaming
  • Second place: FunPlus Phoenix

By finishing first in their respective Kickoff events, Gen.G, Sentinels, Karmine Corp, and EDG have all earned three Championship points toward Champions qualification.

Karmine Corp has become the first team to qualify for an international event after finishing last place in their VCT league the year prior. Sentinels qualified for their first international event in over 900 days. This is the first international VALORANT event in which DRX and Fnatic are not attending.

The final teams will be locked by March 3, with the Americas last to finish.

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Nadine Manske
Nadine is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She covers VALORANT and Overwatch with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region and marginalized genders in esports. Before joining Dot Esports as a freelance writer, she interned at Gen.G Esports and the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her favorite Pokémon is Quagsire.
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VALORANT lead staff writer, also covering CS:GO, FPS games, other titles, and the wider esports industry. Watching and writing esports since 2014. Previously wrote for Dexerto, Upcomer, Splyce, and somehow MySpace. Jack of all games, master of none.
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