12 Aug Nerd Street Gamers Valorant Summer Championship: Qualified Teams, Schedule, & More
A proving ground for Tier-1 NA Teams.
Nerd Street Gamers announced a Summer Championship in March that included games like Apex Legends, League of Legends, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, and Valorant. Soon after the announcement, the online qualifier phase for the Valorant Summer Championship started around April and took place until July. Now, the tournament is heading towards its final leg, with the Group Stages and Playoffs scheduled this month. Though being an open tournament, the qualified teams consist of many top-tier NA teams.
Nerd Street Gamers has secured a license from @riotgames to host a $20,000 VALORANT tournament this August as a part of our Summer Championships!
Your journey starts today— learn more on how you can earn your spot in our next big VALORANT competition:
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— Nerd Street (@nerdstreet) March 22, 2021
Qualified teams
A total of 32 teams have qualified for the Summer Championship through the Open Qualifiers stage.
Renegades
Soniqs
Complexity Gaming
Rise
Looking for org
EZ5
Teal Seam
YFP Gaming
Kowareta
Team Serenity
Andbox
Green Beans
Immortals
NRG
Recon 5
Cloud9 Blue
Virtuoso
Built by gamers
Team Basilisk
DarkZero Esports
SoaR
Evil Geniuses
Ookers
Pioneers
Resonate
Ghost Gaming
1337
Pittsburgh Knights
Divize
Project 13
Big Baller Brand
All Around Savants
Match Format
Group Stage
All of the 32 qualified teams will be divided into eight groups, with each group containing four teams.
The four teams in a single group will face off against each other once in a BO3 (Best of Three) format.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the Playoffs Stage.
Playoffs
The 16 teams that advance from the Group Stage will face each other in a single-elimination style format.
Similar to the Group stage, all the matches up until the Grand Finals will be in a BO3.
The Grand Finals will be conducted in a BO5 series.
Schedule
Source: Nerd Street Gamers.
Group Stage – All the group stage matches will be held between August 18-19.
Playoffs – The Playoffs will take place between August 21-22.
Finals- The Grand Finals of the Nerd Street Gamers Summer Championship will take place on August 23.
Prize pool
A grand prize of $20,000 has been announced for the tournament. The money distribution by podium position is as follows.
1st Place: $12,000
2nd Place: $5,000
3rd Place: $1,500
4th Place: $1,500
How to watch the Nerd Street Gamers $20k Summer Championship
You can watch the tournament on the official Twitch channel of Nerd Street Gamers. Apart from the official broadcast, you can also catch the POV of your favorite players from their respective Twitch channels.
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