Catch all the matches from the VCT franchise leagues this week!
VCT Champions is a little more than a month away as we start the countdown to the championship that will be held in Seoul, South Korea. As it stands, EDward Gaming is the first and only team to confirm its qualification to VCT Champions having earned more than enough VCT China Points with 14. Each region will have one team to qualify via Championship points alongside the top three teams from the VCT Stage 2.
With EDG taking the Championship Points qualification spot, there are still three slots available at Champions with the likes of Bilibili Gaming, FunPlus Phoenix, and Dragon Racer Gaming in contention. As for the rest of the regions, the qualification spots for VCT Champions are still up for grabs as it is still a tight race.
VCT Americas has Sentinels on 10 points with 100 Thieves, G2 Esports, Leviatán, and KRÜ Esports close behind. Pacific is the only region with two teams on double-digit points as Masters Shanghai winners Gen.G Esports has 13 while Paper Rex has 12, which is still five more than third-place DRX and six more than fourth-place Team Secret. As for the EMEA, Fnatic is the only team that looks close to taking it with 10 points. FUT Esports and Karmine Corp are tied for second with eight points, followed by Team Heretics in fourth with seven points.
VCT EMEA - Group Stage (Week 2)
There will be seven games to look forward to from VCT EMEA this week where the likes of KOI, Fnatic, and GIANTX will get the opportunity to earn more points towards a Champions spot. All three teams will have two games this week while the rest of the franchise only has one. League leaders FUT will also have its hands full with an important series against Team Heretics also taking place this week. A win for FUT will see them all but solidify its qualification to VCT Champions.
Tuesday, June 25
- KOIvsGIANTX- 8:00 p.m. CEST
Wednesday, June 26
- Team HereticsvsFUT Esports- 6:00 p.m. CEST
- FnaticvsTeam Vitality- 9:00 p.m. CEST
Thursday, June 27
- Team LiquidvsBBL Esports- 6:00 p.m. CEST
- Natus VincerevsGIANTX - 9:00 p.m. CEST
Friday, June 28
- KOIvsGentle Mates- 6:00 p.m. CEST
- Karmine CorpvsFnatic- 9:00 p.m. CEST
VCT China - Group Stage (Week 3)
The third week of VCT China's group stage will have eight games spread across five days. However, there will be five teams this week that will only play one game, which isn't good for the likes of Titan Esports Club, Tyloo, and Wolves Esports. All three teams are currently in the elimination zone and will need all the points they can get to try and disrupt the order of things. As for the other two teams, both Trace Esports and All Gamers are currently safe with the points they have in hand.
Wednesday, June 26
- FunPlus PhoenixvsJD Gaming - 7:00 p.m. CST
Thursday, June 27
- EDward GamingvsDragon Ranger Gaming- 7:00 p.m. CST
Friday, June 28
- Nova EsportsvsWolves Esports- 5:00 p.m. CST
- JD GamingvsTrace Esports - 8:00 p.m. CST
Saturday, June 29
- TYLOOvsTitan Esports Club- 5:00 p.m. CST
- All GamersvsFunPlus Phoenix- 8:00 p.m. CST
Sunday, June 30
- Bilibili GamingvsDragon Ranger Gaming- 5:00 p.m. CST
- EDward GamingvsNova Esports- 8:00 p.m. CST
VCT Pacific - Group Stage (Week 3)
Week three of the VCT Pacific Stage 2 will take place over the weekend with six games being played over three days. Only DetonatioN FocusMe and Talon Esports will have two games to be played while the rest of the league has one. This will give Talon a good chance to topple Team Secret and be level on points with DRX, provided they win both of their games. DFM will have the chance to make it to the playoffs, which will give them a fighting chance in trying to qualify for Champions.
Saturday, June 29
- DetonatioN FocusMevsTalon Esports- 5:00 p.m. KST
- Rex Regum QeonvsZETA DIVISION- 8:00 p.m. KST
Sunday, June 30
- Global EsportsvsT1- 5:00 p.m. KST
- Bleed EsportsvsGen.G Esports- 8:00 p.m. KST
Monday, July 1
- DetonatioN FocusMevsPaper Rex- 5:00 p.m. KST
- DRXvsTalon Esports- 8:00 p.m. KST
VCT Americas - (Week 2 - Super Week)
Super Week is back for VCT Americas with 10 games across five days starting from this weekend onwards. There will be two games a day with each team playing two matches except for two - Cloud9 and G2 Esports. Given where both teams currently are in the overall leaderboards, they could still be in the running for a VCT Champions spot, provided they don't drop any more games for the rest of the group stage.
Saturday, June 29
- FURIA EsportsvsEvil Geniuses- 2:00 p.m. PDT
- SentinelsvsKRÜ Esports- 5:00 p.m. PDT
Sunday, June 30
- LOUDvsMIBR- 2:00 p.m. PDT
- Leviatánvs100 Thieves- 5:00 p.m. PDT
Monday, July 1
- G2 EsportsvsNRG- 2:00 p.m. PDT
- SentinelsvsCloud9- 5:00 p.m. PDT
Tuesday, July 2
- LeviatánvsEvil Geniuses- 2:00 p.m. PDT
- LOUDvsFURIA Esports- 5:00 p.m. PDT
Wednesday, July 3
- 100 ThievesvsMIBR- 2:00 p.m. PDT
- KRÜ EsportsvsNRG- 5:00 p.m. PDT
