After a tumultuous start to the tournament led it to be postponed at the beginning of the intended second day, the North American VCT Last Chance Qualifier will continue play on Wednesday, October 27th with online matches. Riot stated that North America’s Last Chance Qualifier will resume play online on October 27th and end with a Grand Final on October 31st. They’re excited to get the action back underway and determine who will take North America’s third and final spot at VALORANT Champions in Berlin.
We're back. North America's #VALORANTLCQ will resume play online on October 27. More details can be found here: https://t.co/K7uhUkUDFs
The bracket will continue where it left off after the first day. In the lower bracket, Gen.G and Luminosity Gaming will face off, while XSET and 100 Thieves await their opponents in the upper bracket finals.
The VALORANT action on October 27th will get off with the FaZe Clan vs. Rise match, which was originally scheduled for Wednesday, October 13th but was postponed due to COVID tests and playing circumstances.
After first quick COVID-19 testing, both teams' players tested positive, however they were unable to rejoin their colleagues on stage, despite numerous negative tests. Rise were set to compete, with Ryan "Shanks" Ngo participating from his hotel room as their colleagues battled it out on stage against a FaZe squad from their Los Angeles-based facility. Rise declined to play under those conditions, leading to the postponement of the game, the match day, and finally the whole event.
Cloud9 Blue will face Version1 after the FaZe vs. Rise match on October 27th. Both series' champions will compete for a berth in the winners bracket finals versus 100T.
All eight teams are vying for a place at Championship, where they'll compete against Sentinels and Team Envy in the year's last VCT tournament. The NA LCQ grand finals will be a best-of-five format on Sunday, October 31st.