VALORANT: Everything you need to know about VCT Ascension Pacific

Aspiring teams from all over the Asia-Pacific region will be looking to prove themselves worthy of playing on VALORANT's top professional league.

Anna Bernardo
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VCT Ascension will feature the winners of VCT Challengers in ten regions in the Asia Pacific. These include Malaysian-Singaporean team Bleed Esports and Filipino team NAOS Esports. (Photo: Riot Games)
VCT Ascension will feature the winners of VCT Challengers in ten regions in the Asia Pacific. These include Malaysian-Singaporean team Bleed Esports and Filipino team NAOS Esports. (Photo: Riot Games)

After months of fierce competition in the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Challengers Pacific, ten of the best teams from all over the Asia-Pacific region are ready to battle it out for a shot at being promoted to the international stage at VCT Ascension Pacific.

Taking place in Bangkok, Thailand from 28 June to 9 July, teams from Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Oceania, Taiwan & Hong Kong, and South Asia will be looking to prove themselves worthy of playing in VALORANT's top professional league.

Here’s everything you need to know about the competition.

What is VCT Ascension?

VCT Ascension is a tournament designed by Riot Games to give an opportunity to top teams from the regional VALORANT Challengers Leagues (VCL) and tier-1 international leagues (Pacific, EMEA, or Americas) for a spot in the VCT Pacific League.

This is the culminating event for VCT Challengers, where after months of gruelling competition, winning teams of each of the ten regions will come together to compete for the coveted VCT Pacific League spot.

The winner will receive a seat in the VCT Pacific League for the 2024 and 2025 seasons and the lion’s share of the $100,000 prize pool. This will put them in a position to compete in the Masters and Champions tournaments in the coming two years.

Format

The tournament will be played on LAN in front of a live audience in Bangkok, Thailand.

In the Group Stage of the tournament, two groups of five teams each will compete in a best-of-three round-robin. Each group's top three finishers will move on to the Playoffs, while the top two teams from each group will advance directly to the semifinals, and the other four teams will start in the Quarterfinals.

The Playoffs will be a single-elimination bracket. The first few rounds of the playoffs will be best-of-three, and the finals will be best-of-five.

Schedule

From 28 June to 9 July, VCT Ascension Pacific will take place over ten days of intense competition. The tournament is divided into two stages:

Group Stage: 28 June to 4 July

Playoffs: 7 to 9 July

Matches on tournament days will begin at the following times:

Group Stage: 13:00 THA // 14:00 GMT+8

Playoffs: 16:00 THA // 17:00 GMT+8

Where will VCT Ascencion be held?

There will be two locations for Ascension Pacific.

The Group Stage (28 June - 4 July), will be at the Pullman Grande Sukhumvit Hotel (Address: 30, 21 Sukhumvit Road, Watthana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand)

Meanwhile, the Playoffs and Grand Final (7-9 July) will be at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Hall 8 (Address: 60 Ratchadaphisek Rd, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110, Thailand).

Here are the teams participating:

Bleed Esports (Malaysia & Singapore)

  • Derrick “Deryeon” Yee

  • Ngô “crazyguuy” Công Anh

  • Tyler “juicy” James

  • Natchaphon “sScary” Matarat

  • Wong “Jay” Jia Heng

  • Marcus “Nephh” Tan

NAOS Esports (Philippines)

  • Noel “NDG” De Guia

  • Jerome “Mojer” Literal

  • Johnty “JA” Arone

  • Deko “PapiChulo” Evangelista

  • Riley “witz” Go

  • Carl “SenyorCarL” Carandang

Boom Esports (Indonesia)

  • Rizkie “BerserX” Adla Kusuma

  • Gary “blaZek1ng” Dastin

  • Fikri “famouz" Zaki

  • Michael “SEVERiNE” Winata

  • Hildegard “Shiro” Arnaldo

  • Thomas “Cud” Alfiantino

XERXIA (Thailand)

  • Wattanachok “aLerT” Yingnakorn

  • Eisuke “LBY” Kuraoka

  • Warittorn “ROLEX” Kalanukan

  • Siraphop “siraphop” Honghirun

  • Tanawat “xZe” Kannark

Fancy United Esports (Vietnam)

  • Đinh “YESicaN” Đình Đạt

  • Hoàng “f1cio” Ngọc Sơn

  • Nguyễn “Nizzy” Tấn Thành

  • Phan “Gin” Van Gin

  • Nguyễn “WUKONG” Văn Thiện

  • Võ “Hyzee” Nhựt Huy

SCARZ (Japan)

  • Daichi “善悪菌” Igarashi

  • Jusei “TORANECO“ Saito

  • Maksim “Jemkin” Batorov

  • Savva “Kr1stal” Fedorov

  • “Yoshiii”

  • “Allen”

Dplus (Korea)

  • Jung "Esperanza" Jin-cheol

  • Park "exy" Geun-cheol

  • Park "allow" Sang-wook

  • Kim "Lakia" Jong-min

  • Park "Estrella" Gun

One Team (Taiwan & Hong Kong)

  • Chang “ChiaWei” Chia-wei

  • Li “Rainy” Guo-shuo

  • Tsai “W1nner” Hong-wei

  • Shi “XyuS” Guan-yu

  • “YanLi”

Orangutan (South Asia)

  • Sabyasachi "Antidote" Bose

  • Akram "Rawfiul" Virani

  • Rishi "RvK" Vijayakumar

  • Azis "azys" Nandang

  • Jm "tesseract" Ignacio

Bonkers (Oceania)

  • Lewis "WAT" Watson

  • Jackson "Minimise" White

  • Riley "rDeeW" Wilkinson

  • Nicholas "dragoN" Aleksandrovsky

  • Luis "LEW" Hibbert

Onsite Activities during VCT Ascension Pacific

Fans who will be watching the games live can enjoy many onsite activities every day.

This will include plenty of giveaways and watch some celebrity and influencer showmatches, where some of the most popular content creators and influencers will play through a best-of-three series for fans to enjoy. Influencers who will be participating include Nattawat "SuperBusS" Yoosawat, Siwet "viperdemon" Kruavit, Chaiwat "BOOMBURAPA" Wattatum.

There will also be photo opportunities for popular cosplayers Anong, Arzeroth, and Sasiibenz, who will be dressed as VALORANT agents.

Finally, from 7-9 July, fans can immerse themselves in the 5v5 VALORANT Deathmatch Experience Zone. The newest VALORANT game mode, Team Deathmatch, features fast-paced tactical gunplay, agent abilities, and new maps.

Where to buy tickets for VCT Ascension Pacific?

Tickets can be purchased through this website.

Where to watch VCT Ascension Pacific?

VCT Pacific Ascension is available to watch at the following local language broadcast links:

English

Korean

Japanese

Tagalog

Bahasa Indonesia

Thai

Vietnamese

Mandarin

Hindi

Anna is a freelance writer and photographer. She is a gamer who loves RPGs and platformers, and is a League of Legends geek. She's also a food enthusiast who loves a good cup of black coffee.

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