Sentinels claim VCT Americas Kickoff crown: Final placements and recap

The 2024 Valorant esports season started with kickoff tournament in all four international leagues with the top two teams from each qualifying for the first international event of the year, Masters Madrid. Here is the final breakdown of the Americas Kickoff, featuring placements and more.

Sentinels have defied all odds, as the well-known Valorant org took the crown of the 2024 VCT Americas Kickoff Champion. The newly retooled roster took down LOUD in the Grand Finals rematch 3-2, although the scoreline doesn’t indicate how dominant Sentinels looked as they jumped up to a 2-0 lead.

The crowning achievement marks an outstanding feat for Sentinels, who were in group B, aka the “Group of Death,” featuring Leviatán, LOUD, and the rebuilt 100 Thieves.

Sentinels now holds the higher seed heading into Masters Madrid and earned themselves 3 Championship Points which will boost their push for the final event of the Valorant year.

With that in mind, VCT Americas is finally complete, and below are the full standings and results.

Contents

• Final Standings
• Streams & VODS
• Results & Schedule
  • Playoffs
  • Play-Ins
  • Group Stage
• Format
• Teams

VCT Americas Kickoff: Final Standings

Placement	Team	Qualifies to
1	Sentinels	Masters Madrid
2	LOUD	Masters Madrid
3-4	Evil Geniuses NRG	–
5	G2 Esports	–
6	MIBR	–
7-9	Cloud9 Leviatán KRÜ Esports	–
10-11	FURIA Esports 100 Thieves	–

VCT Americas Kickoff: Stream and VODS

The VCT Americas Kickoff tournament was streamed on the league’s Twitch and YouTube. We’ve embedded a YouTube video of the first map below for your convenience.

VCT Americas Kickoff: Schedule

VCT Americas took place from February 16 to March 3. All matches were played in the same venue, the Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles, California.

The dates for each stage of the Kickoff can be found below:

• Group Stage: February 16-25
• Play-In: February 26
• Playoffs: March 2-3

VCT Americas Kickoff: Results

Playoffs: March 2-3

Day 9: March 2

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Semifinals	EG 1-2 LOUD	2 PM	5 PM	10 PM
Semifinals	NRG 1-2 Sentinels	5 PM	8 PM	1 AM

Day 10: March 3

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Grand Finals	LOUD 2-3 Sentinels	2 PM	5 PM	10 PM

Play-In: February 26

Day 8: February 26

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Play-ins	MIBR 0-2 Sentinels	12 PM	3 PM	8 PM
Play-ins	MIBR 2-1 G2	3 PM	6 PM	11 PM
Play-ins	Sentinels 1-2 G2	6 PM	9 PM	1 AM

Group Stage: February 16-24

Group A

Placement	Team	Record
1	NRG Esports	2-0
2	MIBR	2-1
3	Cloud9	1-2
4	FURIA	0-2

Group B

Placement	Team	Record
1	LOUD	2-0
2	Leviatán	1-1
3	Sentinels	1-1
4	100 Thieves	0-2

Group C

Placement	Team	Record
1	Evil Geniuses	1-0
2	G2	1-1
3	KRU	0-1

Day 1: February 16

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Group A Round 1	NRG 2-0 FURIA	2 PM	5 PM	10 PM
Group A Round 1	Cloud9 2-1 MIBR	5 PM	8 PM	12 AM

Day 2: February 17

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Group B Round 1	LOUD 2-0 Sentinels	2 PM	5 PM	10 PM
Group B Round 1	Leviatán 2-1 100 Thieves	5 PM	8 PM	12 AM

Day 3: February 18

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Group C Round 1	KRU 1-2 G2	2 PM	5 PM	10 PM

Day 4: February 19

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Group A Round 1 Losers	FURIA 0-2 MIBR	2 PM	5 PM	10 PM
Group B Round 1 Losers	Sentinels 2-1 100 Thieves	5 PM	8 PM	12 AM

Day 5: February 23

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Group A Round 2	Cloud9 0-2 NRG	2 PM	5 PM	10 PM
Group B Round 2	LOUD 2-1 Leviatán	5 PM	8 PM	12 AM

Day 6: February 24

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Group C Round 2	EG 2-0 G2	2 PM	5 PM	10 PM

Day 7: February 25

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Group A Round 2 Losers	MIBR 2-0 Cloud9	12 PM	3 PM	8 PM
Group B Round 2 Losers	Sentinels 2-1 Leviatán	3 PM	6 PM	11 PM
Group C Round 2 Losers	KRU 0-2 G2	6 PM	9 PM	1 AM

VCT Americas Kickoff: Format

All 11 teams were seeded and split into three groups, but only one group featured three teams. The highest-placing team from Valorant Champions 2023, in VCT America’s case Evil Geniuses, was placed in the group of three with a bye to the second round.

The remaining teams were seeded based on 2023 performance and drawn into the remaining slots. The group stage featured a double-elimination bracket with best-of-three matches. The top two teams from each group moved on to the next stage.

The second-place teams from each group faced off in a Play-In Stage and played each other once with the team with the best record moving on to the Playoff Stage with the top teams from each group.

The Playoff Stage crowned two representatives for the league at Masters Madrid through a single elimination bracket.

VCT Americas Kickoff: Teams

Team rosters are not final as the transfer window is still open, and some teams have yet to announce their full rosters. However, most of these teams have been practicing for months during the off-season and should be locked in for at least this tournament.

This event will also be the first to feature G2 Esports, who were promoted into the league via the Ascension tournament.