How to watch VCT 2024 Masters Madrid — format, schedule, and teams
The Valorant Champions Tour 2024 will host its first international LAN event of the year in Madrid, Spain. The VCT 2024 Masters Madrid will bring 8 of the world’s best Valorant teams together, combining the viewership and following of the four major regions: the Americas, EMEA, Pacific, and China.
VCT 2024 Masters Madrid format
VCT 2024 Masters Madrid begins with a three-round Swiss Stage on March 14. The first round of matches will feature a regional winner and regional runner-up in each game, and each game will feature two teams from two different regions. If a team loses two games, they will be eliminated; the requirement for advancement to the Playoffs stage is two victories. Between each round, a random draw will determine the match-ups.
Playoffs begin on March 21 with a double-elimination bracket and will conclude 3 days later on March 24. Valorant has also decided not to use seeding from the Swiss Stage, and a random draw will determine the matches for the first stage of playoffs.
All matches of the event will be best-of-threes, except for the Lower Final and Grand Final matches, which will be played as best-of-fives. March 24 will also feature two special events alongside the Grand Final: Valorant will be revealing a new Agent live on stream, as well as hosting a Showmatch with yet-to-be-announced participants.
VCT Masters Madrid matches
The random draw for the first round of matches has already been announced. The first two days of the event will determine which teams advance 1-0 to the second round, and which teams will advance 0-1 and face elimination on March 17.
Day 1, March 14
- Karmine Corp vs FunPlus Phoenix (08:00 PDT/16:00 GMT)
- Gen.G Esports vs LOUD (11:00 PDT/19:00 GMT)
Day 2, March 15
- EDward Gaming vs Paper Rex (08:00 PDT/16:00 GMT)
- Sentinels vs Team Heretics (11:00 PDT/19:00 GMT)
- As the event continues, you can find the next upcoming matches on the event’s Schedule tab.
VCT Masters Madrid broadcasts
The VCT Masters Madrid event will be broadcast by official Valorant-branded channels in various languages on both YouTube Live and Twitch. As of now, Valorant has only confirmed their official English broadcasts, although they will announce other official broadcasts and community casting co-streams in the weeks coming up to the event.
- English broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
- Brazilian-Portuguese broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
- Spanish broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
- French broadcast: Twitch
- Japanese broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
- Indonesian broadcast: YouTube
- Korean broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
- Chinese broadcast: Twitch, YouTube
Currently, Valorant has not yet announced the prize pool for the Masters Madrid event. However, last year’s Masters event featured a $1M prize pool, and we can expect this year’s cash prize to be similar.