In less than two weeks from now, we will have the three Chinese teams that will go to Los Angeles and battle in the Champions 2023.
As opposed to the other regions, China won't have a Last Chance Qualifier, but will rather have an ordinary Qualifier from which 3 teams will qualify and advance directly to Champions 2023.
Which Teams Are In The VCT 2023 China Qualifier
The qualifier started on the 3rd of June (about 2 days ago) and will be on until the 16th of June. There are tons of good and well-known teams in the qualifier, and honestly, everyone can get a slot to Champions 2023.
Not China LCQ, it's called 'VALORANT Champions CN Qualifier' because all three slots will be determined during it
— ReplayGame (@ReplayGame12) April 27, 2023
These are the teams that are participating in the Qualifier:
(If you're looking for the playoff table, it's further down in the article)
Invited Teams | Team | Current Placement | Final Placement |
Attacking Soul Esports | Eliminated | 5th-6th | |
EDward Gaming | Grand Finals | Qualified - 1st | |
Bilibili Gaming | Grand Finals | Qualified - 2nd | |
FunPlus Phoenix | Lower Bracket Finals | Qualified - 3rd | |
Preliminary Teams | |||
TYLOO | Lower Bracket SF | 4th | |
Trace Esports | Eliminated | 5th-6th | |
Team Weibo | Eliminated | 7th-8th | |
Royal Never Give Up | Eliminated | 9th-12th | |
Monarch Effect | Eliminated | 7th-8th | |
NTER | Eliminated | 9th-12th | |
Four Angry Men | Elimianted | 9th-12th | |
Dragon Ranger Gaming | Eliminated | 9th-12th |
VCT 2023 China Qualifier Playoff Table Results & Format
The table on top shows who's playing in the Qualifier, and how they are doing so far. To get a better grip of the live results and what the playoff table looks like, we will show you an updated table of the playoffs.
Awesome!Looking forward to Kangkang's performance in the upcoming matches! https://t.co/1vEYOPz7FU
— Edward Gaming (@EDG_Edward) June 27, 2023
But before that, let's explain how the Hybrid Elimination Bracket works.
China Qualifier Format
The teams that are participating consist of 2 types of qualifies:
- Invited Teams
- Preliminary Stage teams
The top 2 teams from each act (1 and 2) get the direct invite and will play straight from the Upper Brackets. In this case, in Act 1 the top 2 teams were Attacking Soul Esports and EDward Gaming. This is how Act 2 turned out to be in terms of placements and qualifications.
The standings for Act 2 were:
- EDward Gaming
- Bilibili Gaming
- Attacking Soul Esports
- FPX
In this case, we have two teams that already have the direct invite, so the next two teams that should the invite are: Bilibili Gaming & FPX. The preliminary teams are the top 8 teams from the China Preliminaries.
Let's talk about the format now. Knockout rounds are played between the preliminary teams, and they are Bo3 Single Elimination games. Later on, the winners from the Knockout Rounds meet the Direct Invite teams in the Upper Bracket. Everything after that is a Double Elimination Bo3 up until the Upper Bracket and Lower Bracket finals which are Best of Five.
China Qualifier Playoff Table Results
This is what the current Playoff Table looks like:
Knockout Round | Upper Bracket QF | Upper Bracket SF | Upper Bracket Final | Grand Finals | |
Trace Esports 2-0 Four Angry Men | Attacking Soul Esports 1-2 Trace Esports | Trace Esports 0-3 Bilibili Gaming | Bilibili Gaming 0-3 EDward Gaming | EDward Gaming 3:1 Bilibili Gaming | |
Monarch Effect 2-1 Royal Never Give Up | Bilibili Gaming 2-0 Monarch Effect | ||||
TYLOO 2-0 NTER | FunPlus Phoenix 0-2 TYLOO | TYLOO 0-3 EDward Gaming | |||
Team Weibo 2-1 Dragon Ranger Gaming | EDward Gaming 2-0 Team Weibo | ||||
Lower Bracket R1 | Lower Bracket QF | Lower Bracket SF | Lower Bracket Final | ||
Attacking Soul Esports 2-0 Monarch Effect | Attacking Soul Esports 1-2 TYLOO | TYLOO 1:3 FunPlus Phoenix | Bilibili Gaming 3:2 FunPlus Phoenix | ||
| FunPlus Phoenix 2-0 Team Weibo | FunPlus Phoenix 2-1 Trace Esports | ||||
This table will be always Up-To-Date.
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