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VCT LOCK//IN São Paulo: Teams, Schedule and Watch Guide
The kick-off event for the Official VCT League, The VCT LOCK//IN event, will be a twenty days long affair. The event features thirty-two teams, thirty partnered organizations and two invited Chinese teams. The event is less than a month away and will kick off on 13th February, with the Grand finals on 4th March. We at Strafe have already covered the event format; you can read it here.
VCT LOCK//IN Participating teams and fixtures:
The thirty partnered organizations will be the participating teams in the event. The event also features two invited Chinese teams in EDward Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix. Two groups of 16, namely Alpha and Omega, were created from the 32 teams. Each group will play amongst each other until two teams from each group are left. The groups and fixtures are as follows:
- Alpha
- KOI vs NRG Esports (EMEA vs Americas)
- Detonation Gaming vs Giants Gaming (Pacific vs Americas)
- Gen.G vs LOUD (Pacific vs Americas)
- FunPlus Phoenix vs Karmine Corp. (China vs EMEA)
- BBL Esports vs DRX (EMEA vs Pacific)
- Cloud9 vs Paper Rex (Americas vs Pacific)
- Team Heretics vs Evil Geniuses (EMEA vs Americas)
- MIBR vs Talon Esports (Americas vs Pacific)
- Omega
- Team Liquid vs Team Secret (EMEA vs Pacific)
- Natus Vincere vs KRU Esports (EMEA vs Americas)
- Zeta Division vs Leviathan (Pacific vs Americas)
- Team Vitality vs Global Esports (EMEA vs Pacific)
- FUT Esports vs Rex Regum Qeon (EMEA vs Pacific)
- 100 Thieves vs EDward Gaming (Americas vs China)
- Sentinels vs Fnatic (Americas vs EMEA)
- T1 vs Furia (Pacific vs Americas)
VCT LOCK//IN São Paulo Schedule:
The LOCK//IN will feature three stages;
- Alpha match-ups: 13th - 19th February
- Omega match-ups: 22nd - 27th February
- Finals Stage: 2nd - 4th March
- Two teams from each group will qualify for the finals stage
- The Grand finals will feature one team from each group
All the matches will be BO3s except the three games in the finals stage, which would be BO5s. The event will feature a live audience on all the days, and the complete schedule for the same is as follows:
- 09:00 PST - 20:00 PST 13th February - Alpha matches
- 09:00 PST - 20:00 PST 14th February - Alpha matches
- 09:00 PST - 14:30 PST 15th February - Alpha matches
- 09:00 PST - 14:30 PST 17th February - Alpha matches
- 09:00 PST - 14:30 PST 18th February - Alpha matches
- 09:00 PST - 14:30 PST 19th February - Alpha matches
- 09:00 PST - 20:00 PST 22nd February - Omega matches
- 09:00 PST - 20:00 PST 23rd February - Omega matches
- 09:00 PST - 14:30 PST 24th February - Omega matches
- 09:00 PST - 14:30 PST 25th February - Omega matches
- 09:00 PST - 14:30 PST 26th February - Omega matches
- 09:00 PST - 14:30 PST 27th February - Omega matches
- 09:00 PST - 12:30 PST 2nd March - Alpha Finals (Semifinal #1)
- 09:00 PST - 12:30 PST 3rd March - Omega Finals (Semifinal #2)
- 09:00 PST - 12:30 PST 4th March - The Grand Finals
Where to watch?
The event will be available to stream in multiple languages, and the details will be available soon on Valorant Esports Twitter. The Valorant Twitch and Youtube will have the main English broadcast. The details for the watch parties will be available soon. Some popular Watch parties will be Tarik, Shaka_FPS, Gaules, Sean Gares, etc. The updates with additional watch parties will be available on Valorant Esports News in the upcoming weeks.
