Skyesports has announced Championship 3.0 Valorant

Skyesports has announced the AMD Ryzen Skyesports Championship 3.0 with a prize pool of Rs. 55,00,000. Of this, Rs. 22,00,000 ($30,000) will be rewarded in South Asia’s FPS title, Valorant. The registrations for Valorant began on August 18 at 6 PM IST for players of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and, Maldives.  

The Skyesports Championship 3.0 which is being presented by AMD Ryzen, has Logitech G as the gaming partner and WD Black as the gaming storage partner. 

Regional Qualifiers 

The open-for-all online qualifiers will be held separately for the following regions: 

● India Qualifier (Top two teams qualify for the playoffs) 

● Pakistan and Afghanistan Qualifier (Top two teams qualify for the playoffs)

• Bangladesh and Maldives Qualifier (Top two teams qualify for the playoffs)
• Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan Qualifier (Winner qualifies for the playoffs). 

The qualifiers will follow a single-elimination format with each match being the best-of-three games, except for the finals which will be a best-of-five. 

Wildcard Qualifier 

The Wildcard Qualifier will give another shot to the top-placed teams from the regional qualifiers to make it to the playoffs. The slots will be decided as follows: 

● India Qualifier: Third-placed team 

● Pakistan and Afghanistan Qualifier: Third-placed team 

● Bangladesh and Maldives Qualifier: Third-placed team 

● Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan Qualifier: Second-placed team 

The Wildcard Qualifier will feature a double-elimination bracket and will give the four teams another shot at making it to the playoffs. Only the winner of the wildcard qualifier will make it to the playoffs.

Playoffs 

The eight best teams from across South Asia will battle in the playoffs for the title of champions. The playoffs will follow a double-elimination bracket except for the finals, which will have a unique format. 

For the very first time in the history of Indian esports, the finals will feature the top two teams battle it out in a set-of-three x best-of-five series over a span of three days to crown the AMD Ryzen Skyesports Championship 3.0 Valorant winners. 

● Day 1: Best-of-five matches with the series winner getting one point. 

● Day 2: Best-of-five matches with the series winner getting one point. 

If the score is 2-0 at the end of Day 2, the winner will be declared. If the score is 1-1, then the finals will go on for another day. 

● Day 3: Best-of-five matches with the series winner being crowned the Valorant champions. 

Schedule 

The schedule for the Valorant competition in the AMD Ryzen Skyesports Championship 3.0 is: 

● Qualifiers and wildcard: Sept. 8 to 30. 

● Playoffs: Oct. 2 to 20. 

● Finals: Oct 22 to 24. 

Server Location 

The server distribution for a level playing field for the regional qualifiers have been assigned as follows: 

● India Qualifiers: Mumbai 

● Pakistan and Afghanistan Qualifiers: Bahrain 

● Bangladesh and Maldives Qualifiers: Singapore 1/2 

● Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan Qualifiers: Mumbai 

● Wild Card Qualifiers: Singapore 1/2 

● Playoffs: TBD

● Grand Finals: TBD 

The winner of each National Qualifier will get the entire prize pool for that region.

Skyesports will be broadcasting all of the action from the championship in nine languages – Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali, and Punjabi on Skyesports’ official YouTube channel and Facebook page.

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