Valorant Masters Madrid: Spain adds a new large-scale international event

Valorant’s competitive epicenter

This year the capital once again world headquarters e-Sports“Valorant Masters Madrid”, an international first-person tactical shooter tournament, Madrid Arena as an operations center between days 14 and 24 March. The first five days will be dedicated to the Swiss phase, with no matches on the 19th and 20th, with the competition continuing on the 21st with the start of the knockout phase. The upper part final and lower part semi-final will be held on the 22nd, and the lower part final will be held on the 23rd. The grand final will be held on March 24, marking the final of the 8-day highest level.

The 8 teams that will face each other in Madrid have not yet been finalized and will be determined in the opening tournament that will take place in four international leagues (EMEA, America, Pacific and China) in the coming weeks. The EMEA competition, featuring our three Spanish teams (Giants, Heretics and KOI), will start on February 20.

Valorant Masters Madrid poster. .

Valorant Masters Madrid: Event dates and passes

‘Valorant’ is a video game For PC of the tactical shooter genre (it is a team-based first-person shooter game) was released in 2020 by Riot Games. It is one of the most popular games in the genre, with approximately 14 million active players. The international competitive nature of the Riot Games shooter provides a range of local, regional and global scenarios across its calendar. At the top of this competitive ecosystem is “Valorant Masters,” one of the largest international video game championships. Two Masters will be held during 2024: in Madrid and Shanghai. In the first tournament, the best 8 teams from different parts of the world will compete for victory and Spanish fans will be able to experience this competition live at the highest level.

• March 14: Swiss Stage

• March 15: Swiss Stage

• March 16: Swiss Stage

• March 17: Swiss Stage

• March 18: Swiss Stage

• March 19: no games

• March 20: no games

• March 21: Draw Phase

• March 22: Upper Draw Final and Lower Draw Semi-Finals

• March 23: Lower Draw Final

• March 24: Grand Final

Valorant Masters Madrid: Spain adds a new large-scale international event .

spanish hope

Final stage of Madrid Masters 8 teams from different regional leagues that have previously participated in the qualifiers will participate.: EMEA, America, Pacific and China. At the last edition in Tokyo, FNATIC claimed victory, defeating Evil Geniuses 3-0 in a thrilling duel watched by over a million viewers.

Right now There are three Spanish teams They will be able to qualify for maximum competition if they manage to be among the top two teams in the regional tournament, which will start on February 20:

giants: Founded in 2008, but the ‘Valorant’ roster was created in 2020. This team, headquartered in Malaga, is the only Spanish team to date that has managed to qualify for the World Cup and participated in two finals. in local and European tournaments. Even though they were left out of the Tokyo Masters, they made a good impression after their performance at the Champions. José Ramón “JoseGiants” Díaz’s team is a truly solid block with big dreams for the future.

heretics: In 2020 the team started the season with impressive results: 35 wins and a single loss in a magical year that ended with victory in the First Strike European championship. Since then, David “TheGrefg” Cánovas’ team has stood out with its constant presence in VCT EMEA, where it continues to compete.

COD: The team, founded in 2021 by popular broadcaster Ibai Llanos and former football player Gerard Piqué, will be one of the biggest bets of the Spaniards. A strong start to their competitive history, KOI became semi-finalists in the Spanish Valorant Rising tournament in February 2022 but have yet to solidify their international presence (with a brief appearance at LOCK//IN in Brazil, they were eliminated by NRG).