With the announcement of the starting dates for the North America Challengers events, the final piece of the VALORANT Champions Tour Stage Three schedule puzzle has been completed.

Here is the schedule for Stage 3 of #VCTChallengersNA! Additional details will be released early next week. pic.twitter.com/4q8GJQeAG6

— VALORANT Champions Tour NA (@valesports_na) June 18, 2021

Stage Three of the NA VCT begins on July 1^st, 2021, with three-day open qualifiers for Challengers One. The main tournament for Challengers One takes place from July 8^th, 2021 to July 11^th, 2021, less than a week after the qualifiers are over. After a two-week break, the Challengers Two open qualifiers will take place on July 22^nd, 2021, followed by the Challengers Two main tournament on July 29^th, 2021.

All of this culminates in the NA Challengers Playoffs, which begin on August 11^th, 2021 and will choose the three teams who will compete in the VCT Masters Three Berlin international LAN. Aside from North America, other regions such as Japan, Korea, EMEA, and Southeast Asia will benefit from the expanded format at the next Masters.

Although nothing has been confirmed, it appears that the NA Stage Three tournaments will follow the same pattern as Stage Two. Eight teams will be selected from the open qualifiers to compete in the Challengers One double-elimination bracket, with the top four teams advancing to the Challengers Playoffs.

Sentinels and Version1 qualified for Masters Two after reaching the grand finals of the Challengers Finals in the previous stage. Sentinels won the entire tournament without dropping a map, while V1 finished in the top six in Reykjavik.

Additional specifics about NA VCT Stage Three should be published early next week, according to the official account for NA VALORANT esports. The matches will begin once Episode Three begins, although there has been no formal confirmation that matches would be played on the new patch.