The 2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Madrid Masters, also known as Valorant Masters Madrid 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.[2] The tournament was held from March 14–24, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The finalists of each regional league of VCT Kickoffs competed in the first major tournament of the season, which included the three International Leagues (Americas, EMEA, Pacific) and the China League.
Before the finals, an exhibition game was played between Team Spain and Team International to showcase the new agent Clove. Alongside other agents, both teams had Clove (mimi for Team International and mixwell for Team Spain) in their rosters. In that match, Team Spain defeated Team International 13-8.
Americas' Sentinels claimed their second global event title as they defeated Pacific's Gen.G in a five-game championship series, 3–2, to become the first ever two-time Masters champions. Zachary "zekken" Patrone of Sentinels earned the Finals MVP award garnering a 101/85/29 KDA during the series.[3]
Qualification
The winner (seed 1) and the runner-up (seed 2) for all three International Leagues and China League Kickoffs around the world qualified for the first global event of the competitive season of VCT. [4]
All eight teams played in the Swiss-system format with three rounds.
In round 1, the seed 1 teams of respective league kickoff faced the seed 2 of another region's kick-off league.
From round 2 onwards, matchups were determined after each round of play, based on its win-loss record, and teams from the same region could not play each other.
Teams with two wins advanced to the playoffs, while teams with two losses were eliminated.
All matches were best-of-three series.
Advance to Playoffs
1–0
Sentinels
0–0
Sentinels
2
Gen.G
Advance to Playoffs
Karmine Corp
2
Karmine Corp
0
LOUD
FunPlus Phoenix
0
Edward Gaming
1
1–1
Paper Rex
Gen.G
2
Gen.G
2
Edward Gaming
0
LOUD
1
LOUD
2
Edward Gaming
2
0–1
Karmine Corp
1
Paper Rex
1
FunPlus Phoenix
0
Paper Rex
2
Eliminated
Sentinels
2
LOUD
2
Edward Gaming
Team Heretics
1
Team Heretics
1
Eliminated
Karmine Corp
Paper Rex
2
FunPlus Phoenix
Team Heretics
Playoffs
Teams that had a 2–0 win-loss record were seeded against those who had a 2–1 win-loss record in the Swiss stage.
All matches are a best-of-three series, except the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final, which were best-of-five series.
Riot Games revealed the game's 25th agent, Clove, who has a role of Controller, with a show-match between a Spanish and international team showcasing the newest agent's abilities.[5]
As with previous international Valorant Champions Tour events, there were Twitch drops available for all viewers watching the tournament, and a player card released during the grand final of the tournament.[6]
