The VCT Pacific League 2023 has ended and Paper Rex is the first ever VCT Pacific League Champion. Here's everything you need to know about the Pacific leg of the Valorant Champions Tour 2023.
After the conclusion of VCT LOCK//IN Sao Paulo tournament, the 30 participants now focus their goals to the 3 major regional leagues. Each regional league consists of 10 teams that would compete for spots in VCT Masters Tokyo and Valorant Champions. There will be three spots waiting for the Pacific League so every game will really count from this point onwards.
Here are the participants of the VCT Pacific league and their entire registered roster.
Teams and Players
Team | Players |
Detonation FocusMe | takej, Reita, xnfri, Anthem, Suggest, Seoldam |
DRX | stax, Rb, Zest, BuZz, MaKo, Foxy9 |
Gen.G Esports | Meteor, k1Ng, TS, eKo, Sylvan, GodDead |
Global Esports | SkRossi, AYRIN, t3xture, Monyet, Bazzi WRONSKI, Lightningfast, skillZ |
Paper Rex | mindfreak, f0rsaken, Benkai, d4v41, Jinggg, something, CigaretteS |
Rex Regum Qeon | Emman, EJAY, Tehbotol, fl1pzjder, Lmemore, 2ge |
T1 | xeta, Munchkin, ban, Sayaplayer, Carpe, iNTRO |
Talon Esports | Crws, foxz, sushiboys, garnetS, JitboyS, Patiphan |
Team Secret | JessieVash, DubsteP, BORKUM, Jremy, invy, lenne |
ZETA Division | Laz, crow, Dep, SugarZ3ro, TENNN, barce |
Format and Schedule
VCT Pacific League will have 3 legs, namely Regular Season, Playoffs, and Last Chance Qualifier on their road to VCT Masters and Champions. The tournament will start on March 25 with the Regular Season having 10 teams battle in a single round-robin stage, with all matches having a best-of-three series. These will be played on Saturdays to Mondays, except for the final super week having a schedule of Friday until Tuesday. Six of the 10 will only qualify for the double-elimination playoffs and the Top 3 will qualify for VCT Masters Tokyo and Valorant Champions 2023. There will also be a last-chance qualifier in July to secure a spot at the Valorant Champions.
Below is the entire schedule for each stage:
- Regular Season: March 25 – May 16
- Playoffs: May 19 – 28
- Last Chance Qualifier: July 18 – 23
League and Grand Finals MVPs
DRX’s Kim “MaKo” Myeong-kwan is the League's MVP for his consistent performance all throughout the regular season while Paper Rex’s newest pick up, Ilya “something” Petrov, was awarded with the Grand Finals MVP for his outstanding and flexible performance during the Grand Finals against DRX, even using Reyna, a non-meta agent by then.
Here are the MVPs for both the regular season and Grand Finals:
AWARD | PLAYER |
---|---|
League Play MVP | MaKo |
Grand Finals MVP | something |
Regular Season (March 25 — May 16)
Week 1 Schedule (March 25 — 27)
Day | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
March 25 | ZETA DIVISION 0-2 DRX | 2 AM | 5 AM | 9 AM |
T1 2-1 Global Esports | 5 AM | 8 AM | 12 PM | |
March 26 | Paper Rex 2-0 Detonation FocusMe | 2 AM | 5 AM | 9 AM |
Team Secret 2-1 Talon | 5 AM | 8 AM | 12 PM | |
March 27 | RRQ 0-2 Gen.G | 2 AM | 5 AM | 10 AM |
Week 2 Schedule (April 1 — 3)
Day | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
April 1 | ZETA DIVISION 2-1 RRQ | 2 AM | 5 AM | 10 AM |
Talon 0-2 T1 | 5 AM | 8 AM | 1 PM | |
April 2 | Team Secret 2-1 Paper Rex | 2 AM | 5 AM | 10 AM |
Gen.G 2-1 Detonation FocusMe | 5 AM | 8 AM | 1 PM | |
April 3 | Global Esports 0-2 DRX | 2 AM | 5 AM | 10 AM |
Week 3 Schedule (April 8 — 10)
Day | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
April 8 | RRQ 2-0 Detonation FocusMe | 2 AM | 5 AM | 10 AM |
T1 0-2 Paper Rex | 5 AM | 8 AM | 1 PM | |
April 9 | ZETA DIVISION 2-1 Global Esports | 2 AM | 5 AM | 10 AM |
Talon 0-2 DRX | 5 AM | 8 AM | 1 PM | |
April 10 | Team Secret 0-2 Gen.G | 2 AM | 5 AM | 10 AM |
Week 4 Schedule (April 15 — 17)
Day | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
April 15 | Paper Rex 0-2 DRX | 2 AM | 5 AM | 10 AM |
Team Secret 0-2 RRQ | 5 AM | 8 AM | 1 PM | |
April 16 | T1 0-2 Gen.G | 2 AM | 5 AM | 10 AM |
ZETA DIVISION 2-0 Detonation FocusMe | 5 AM | 8 AM | 1 PM | |
April 17 | Talon 0-2 Global Esports | 2 AM | 5 AM | 10 AM |
Week 5 Schedule (April 22 — 24)
Day | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
April 22 | Paper Rex 2-1 Global Esports | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Gen.G 1-2 DRX | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM | |
April 23 | T1 2-0 RRQ | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Team Secret 2-0 Detonation FocusMe | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM | |
April 24 | ZETA DIVISION 0-2 Talon | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Week 6 Schedule (April 29 — May 1)
Day | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
April 29 | T1 2-1 Detonation FocusMe | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
ZETA DIVISON 2-1 Team Secret | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM | |
April 30 | Global Esports 2-0 Gen.G | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
RRQ 1-2 DRX | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM | |
May 1 | Talon 1-2 Paper Rex | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Week 7 Schedule (May 6 — 8)
Day | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
May 6 | Talon 2-0 Gen.G | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
ZETA DIVISION 0-2 Paper Rex | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM | |
May 7 | RRQ 2-0 Global Esports | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Team Secret 0-2 T1 | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM | |
May 8 | DRX 2-0 Detonation FocusMe | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Week 8 Schedule (May 12 — 16)
Day | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
May 12 | Paper Rex 2-0 Gen.G | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
ZETA DIVISION 1-2 T1 | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM | |
May 13 | Team Secret 2-0 DRX | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Global Esports 2-0 Detonation FocusMe | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM | |
May 14 | Talon 1-2 RRQ | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
ZETA DIVISION 2-1 Gen.G | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM | |
May 15 | T1 0-2 DRX | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Team Secret 2-0 Global Esports | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM | |
May 16 | Talon 2-0 Detonation FocusMe | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
RRQ 0-2 Paper Rex | 4 AM | 7 AM | 12 PM |
Playoffs (May 19 — May 28)
Day 1: May 19
Stage | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Upper Round 1 | ZETA DIVISION 0-2 Team Secret | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Upper Round 1 | T1 2-1 Gen.G | 3:30 AM | 6:30 AM | 11:30 AM |
Day 2: May 20
Stage | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Upper Round 2 | DRX 2-1 Team Secret | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Upper Round 2 | Paper Rex 2-0 T1 | 3:30 AM | 6:30 AM | 11:30 AM |
Day 3: May 21
Stage | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Lower Round 1 | Gen.G 2-1 Team Secret | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Lower Round 1 | T1 2-1 ZETA DIVISION | 3:30 AM | 6:30 AM | 11:30 AM |
Day 4: May 22
Stage | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Upper Final | DRX 0-2 Paper Rex | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Lower Round 2 | Gen.G 0-2 T1 | 3:30 AM | 6:30 AM | 11:30 AM |
Day 5: May 27
Stage | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Lower Final | DRX 3-2 T1 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Day 6: May 28
Stage | Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Grand Final | Paper Rex 3-2 DRX | 1 AM | 4 AM | 9 AM |
Standings
Placement | Team | Record |
1 | DRX | 8-1 |
2 | Paper Rex | 7-2 |
3 | T1 | 6-3 |
4 | ZETA DIVISION | 5-4 |
5 | Team Secret | 5-4 |
6 | Gen.G | 4-5 |
7 | Rex Regum Qeon | 4-5 |
8 | Global Esports | 3-6 |
9 | Talon | 3-6 |
10 | Detonation FocusMe | 0-9 |
We will be updating this page for the Last Chance Qualifier teams and information on who will go to Tokyo Masters.
Streams
There are a lot of platforms for covering the entire tournament for fans around to world to support. Here is a list of all the Valorant Pacific League channels:
English:
Filipino:
Indonesian:
Japanese:
Korean:
Thai:
Of course there will be content creators that will be invited to also cover the tournament for fans to enjoy the league with their favorite streamer.
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