2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Madrid Masters Explained

2024 VCT: Madrid Masters
Sport:Esports
Game:Valorant
Year:2024
Location:Madrid
Date:March 14–24, 2024
Administrator:Riot Games
Tournament Format:Swiss stage (Group stage)
Double-elimination (Playoffs)
Venue:Madrid Arena
Teams:8
Champions:Sentinels
Runners-Up1:Gen.G
Matches:16
Attendance:12,000
Noaverage:1
Mvp Label:Finals MVP
Mvp:Zachary "zekken" Patrone
Stat1 Label:Most kills
Stat1:Zachary "zekken" Patrone (381 kills) (SEN)
Stat2 Label:Highest
Stat2:Zachary "zekken" Patrone (259.5) (SEN)[1]
Previous:2023: Tokyo
Next:2024: Shanghai

The 2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Madrid Masters, also known as Valorant Masters Madrid 2024, was a global tournament organized by Riot Games for the first-person shooter game Valorant as part of the Valorant Champions Tour 2024 competitive season.[2] The tournament was held from March 14–24, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The finalists of each regional league of VCT Kickoffs competed in the first major tournament of the season, which included the three International Leagues (Americas, EMEA, Pacific) and the China League.

Before the finals, an exhibition game was played between Team Spain and Team International to showcase the new agent Clove. Alongside other agents, both teams had Clove (mimi for Team International and mixwell for Team Spain) in their rosters. In that match, Team Spain defeated Team International 13-8.

Americas' Sentinels claimed their second global event title as they defeated Pacific's Gen.G in a five-game championship series, 3–2, to become the first ever two-time Masters champions. Zachary "zekken" Patrone of Sentinels earned the Finals MVP award garnering a 101/85/29 KDA during the series.[3]

Qualification

The winner (seed 1) and the runner-up (seed 2) for all three International Leagues and China League Kickoffs around the world qualified for the first global event of the competitive season of VCT. [4]

Qualified teams!Regions!Kickoffs Winner!Kickoffs Runner-up
AmericasSentinelsLOUD
EMEAKarmine CorpTeam Heretics
PacificGen.GPaper Rex
ChinaEdward GamingFunPlus Phoenix

Swiss Stage

Playoffs

All times are in Central European Time, (UTC+1).

Upper Bracket

Final

Lower Bracket

Final

Grand Final

Final rankings

Place Team Prize pool (USD)
$250,000
$100,000
$65,000
$35,000
$15,000
$10,000
Team Heretics

Marketing

Riot Games revealed the game's 25th agent, Clove, who has a role of Controller, with a show-match between a Spanish and international team showcasing the newest agent's abilities.[5]

As with previous international Valorant Champions Tour events, there were Twitch drops available for all viewers watching the tournament, and a player card released during the grand final of the tournament.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1921/champions-tour-2024-masters-madrid/
  2. News: Zalamea . Nigel . Masters Madrid: Schedule, results, standings, format, teams, where to watch . 20 March 2024 . One Esports . 19 March 2024.
  3. News: Zalamea . Nigel . Sentinels are the first two-time Valorant Masters champion . 25 March 2024 . One Esports . 25 March 2024.
  4. News: Zalamea . Nigel . All teams qualified for Masters Madrid . 21 March 2024 . One Esports . 3 March 2024.
  5. News: Rawat . Ajitesh . Valorant Agent 25 Clove: Character design, abilities, and more . 20 March 2024 . Sportskeeda . 5 March 2024.
  6. News: Juandi . Juandi . VALORANT Masters Madrid opening matchups and schedule revealed . 20 March 2024 . Valo2Asia . 5 March 2024.