The locations for the Valorant Champions Tour 2026 have been revealed by Riot Games as Valorant prepares for its 2027 circuit revamp.
The new VCT circuit will feature VCT Kickoff, VCT Cups, Valorant Masters, and Valorant Champions tournaments as the top Tier 1 competitions, with pathways to Tier 1 through Valorant Open Qualifier events.
Valorant Champions Tour 2027 Locations
Riot Games has unveiled the locations for its main Tier 1 events, including the regional locations of VCT Kickoff and VCT Cups, in addition to the international Valorant Masters and Champions locations.
The locations for the VCT 2027 calendar are:
VCT Kickoff 2027 Locations (January 14-February 7):
- Americas: São Paulo, Brazil
- EMEA: Berlin, Germany
- Pacific: Bangkok, Thailand
- China: Hangzhou, China
Valorant Masters Seoul (February 20-March 3)
VCT CUP 1 2027 Locations (April 29-May 23):
- Americas: Mexico City, Mexico
- EMEA: Warsaw, Poland
- Pacific: Manila, Philippines
- China: Wuhan, China
Valorant Masters València (June 5-20)
VCT CUP 2 2027 Locations (August 5-29):
- Americas: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- EMEA: Istanbul, Türkiye
- Pacific: Tokyo, Japan
- China: Shanghai, China
Valorant Champions Austin (September 16-October 10)
How the VCT 2027 circuit will work
VCT Kickoff 2027 will formally begin Tier 1 action in 2027, but Open Qualifiers for VCT Kickoff are set to begin in November, only a few short weeks away.
The ‘VCT Open’ events are ‘Regional’ events, defined as competitions within a certain location or nation. For example, Europe will have three ‘Regions’ in 2027: Europe, MENA, and Türkiye.
That is not to be confused with the previously labelled ‘regions’ of EMEA, Americas, China, and Pacific. Competitions which include various regions are now called ‘International tournaments,’ e.g. the VCT Cup. Valorant Masters and Valorant Champions are now referred to as ‘Global’ tournaments.
VCT Opens will qualify teams to VCT Kickoff and Cups, which can then qualify teams to Global events, meaning there are pathways for every team to make the biggest events in the Tier 1 calendar.
Partner teams still exist in Valorant’s 2027 circuit, and you can see all the benefits of partnership here. Most importantly for VCT Kickoff, Kickoff in VCT Americas, EMEA, and Pacific will each feature 12 teams: 8 partner teams and 4 teams from Open Qualifiers.
After that, Partnered teams will have to qualify for events, albeit starting at a later part of the qualification process.
The partner teams are yet to be announced, but Insider Gaming will keep you up to date with all the info when it is formally announced.
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Darragh is an Esports Journalist for Insider Gaming specialising in Counter-Strike. He loves to explore how esports teams work, or why they very often do not.
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