2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Shanghai Masters


The 2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Shanghai Masters, also known as Valorant Masters Shanghai 2024, was a global tournament organized by Riot Games for the first-person shooter game Valorant as part of the Valorant Champions Tour 2024 competitive season. The tournament was held from May 23 to June 9 in Shanghai, China. The top three teams of each regional league of Stage 1 competed in the tournament, which included the three International Leagues and the China League.
Before the finals, an exhibition match was held between Team China and Team International showcasing the game's newest map, Abyss, which Team China narrowly won, 13–11.
Gen.G from Pacific defeated Team Heretics from EMEA in the best-of-five grand final series, 3–2, to become the first-ever Pacific team to win an international Valorant event.

Qualification

The top three teams in Stage 1 of all three International Leagues and China League qualified for this event. Winning teams received a bye to Playoffs, while runner-ups and third-place teams started from the Swiss Stage.
Non-partner teams in franchise system
RegionStage 1 WinnerStage 1 Runner-upStage 1 Third-place
Americas100 ThievesG2 Esports*Leviatán
EMEAFnaticTeam HereticsFUT Esports
PacificPaper RexGen.GT1
ChinaEdward GamingFunPlus PhoenixDragon Ranger Gaming*

Swiss Stage

  • Eight teams played in the Swiss-system format with three rounds.
  • Seed 2 teams faced the seed 3 teams from other regions in round 1.
  • Teams had matched each other in previous rounds will not matched again.
  • Teams with two wins advanced to the playoffs, while teams with two losses were eliminated.
  • All matches were best-of-three series.

Playoffs

  • Seed 1 teams qualified directly to the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals, while the other four teams qualified for the playoffs from the Swiss stage.
  • Each seed 1 team selected their opponent in a draw once the Swiss stages concluded.
  • * Order drawn: Paper Rex, then 100 Thieves, then Edward Gaming, leaving Fnatic with last remaining team.
  • All matches were best-of-three series, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final, which were best-of-five series.

Grand Final

The winning team from the Upper Bracket Final will have the two-map ban advantage in map veto as the upper bracket team.