Tomorrow, we’ll be seeing the North American and European VALORANT First Strike events kicking off. The events feature the top 8 teams from each region competing in a regional-based event.
Tournament’s background
First Strike will be the first ever event to be hosted & produced by Riot Games. And similarly to the Ignition Series events, it will feature the best teams and players from all over the world. First Strike will be offering multiple regional Finals taking place across North America, Europe, CIS, Turkey, Asia, Oceania, Brazil, and the Middle East.
How to qualify for the main event
The teams participating in VALORANT First Strike had to go through a long series of qualifiers and qualifying events. In North America for example, some teams passed through via the UMG tournament, whereas some qualified through the NSG tournament. Europe had a similar format, as they had 2 overall main qualifiers and 4 teams passed through each one.
Prize distribution
The total prize pool amount to be distributed is of $200,000 USD between both events ($100,000 each). Here below is a list of how the prize money is to be spread for both tournaments:
- 1st – $40,000
- 2nd – $20,000
- 3rd-4th – $10,000
- 5th-8th – $5,000
VALORANT First Strike – Tournament format
- Event is set to be in a single Elimination bracket
- All matches except Grand Final are Best of 3
- Grand Final is Best of 5
Teams Participating
Europe
- G2 Esports
- Team Liquid
- FunPlus Phoenix
- SUMN FC
- Nolpenki
- Orgless
- Purple Cobras
- Team Heretics
North America
- Team Envy
- 100 Thieves
- Sentinels
- Renegades
- TSM
- FaZe Clan
- T1
- Immortals
VALORANT First Strike – Schedule list
Here are the first few matches of VALORANT First Strike:
Europe – December 3rd, 2020
- 16:30 CET – Team Liquid vs Team Heretics
- 19:00 CET – G2 Esports vs Orgless
North America – December 3rd/4th, 2020
- 21:00 CET – Envy vs Immortals
- 00:00 CET – Renegades vs TSM
Streaming platform list
For North America, matches will stream on the official VALORANT NA Esports twitch channel. European matches on the other hand will be getting streamed on the VALORANT EU Esports twitch channel. The European event will also be available in German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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Predictions
With VALORANT First Strike being the biggest VALORANT esports event so far, it’s going to be very hard to predict which teams out of all will be grabbing the win in their region. That being said, if we had to go with past results as a basis on our predictions, we would have to say that TSM would probably grab the win for North America, and that G2 would win in Europe.
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