Premier offers the most competitive VALORANT players an avenue to earn more than just ranked rating. With seasonal tournaments and a path-to-pro system, Premier is the ultimate competition, so make sure you’re keeping track of the schedule.
During the enrollment periods, prospective players can spend time finding teammates and enrolling their teams based on average skill ranking and closest regional zones. Teams play weekly matches on pre-selected maps, with the season concluding with a tournament to crown a winner of each skill division. Teams can also participate in practice queue matches to get warmed up with no points on the line before the official weekly matches.
Of course, when finding teammates, you’ll need to make sure the players you sign up with are free to compete during the appropriate time. The exact queue windows will be different by zone, but here’s the full schedule of matches for the Episode Eight, Act One Premier season.
VALORANT Premier match schedule
The current season of Premier starts on Jan. 17. Players and teams have until 3pm on Jan. 17 to finalize team creation.
Matches typically take place on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday of each week for seven weeks, running through the entire competitive map pool and concluding with playoffs towards the end of the act. There will be one-hour practice windows on Wednesdays and Fridays, with best-of-one matches on the active map of the week.
For official weekly matches, teams will earn 100 points for a win, 25 for a loss, and no points if they do not play. Teams with at least 675 points will qualify for the tournament at the end of the season. Up to two matches are played per week for each team.
Here’s the official schedule for Premier in Episode Eight, Act One Premier. Queue times are not listed as they are dependent on your local region.
Week one: Split
- Thursday, Jan. 18
- Saturday, Jan. 20
- Sunday, Jan. 21
Week two: Ascent
- Thursday, Jan. 25
- Saturday, Jan. 27
- Sunday, Jan. 28
Week three: Breeze
- Thursday, Feb. 1
- Saturday, Feb. 3
- Sunday, Feb. 4
Week four: Sunset
- Thursday, Feb. 8
- Saturday, Feb. 10
- Sunday, Feb. 11
Week five: Icebox
- Thursday, Feb. 15
- Saturday, Feb. 17
- Sunday, Feb. 18
Week six: Bind
- Thursday, Feb. 22
- Saturday, Feb. 24
- Sunday, Feb. 25
Week seven: Lotus
- Thursday, Feb. 29
- Saturday, March 2
Playoff Tournament
- Sunday, March 3
For the VALORANT Premier Playoff Tournament, teams will use a pick-and-ban system. Teams will take turns banning maps until a map is chosen. Check your Premier hub for more details.
