Riot Games Reforms VCT EU Challengers Qualifiers

The VCT Stage 1: Challengers 2 qualifier is undergoing a radical change. Riot Games responded to widespread criticism of the first qualifier format by making changes to the rest of the tournament.

This means that teams such as Alliance, Team Vitality, andHEET will start in the TOP 128 along with European giants - G2 Esports, Guild, Fnatic and Team Liquid /

Major changes:

• Now BO3 matches start from the TOP-128 stage.
• 12 teams, 4 with Challengers 1 and 8 from the TOP-16 stage of the previous qualifiers, receive the best seeding immediately in the TOP-128

The rules will come into force on February 16 in Europe and on February 23 in the CIS and Turkey.