The new competitive season in Valorant will officially start in a few days, and the community is eagerly awaiting the first major tournaments. Recently, details of Masters Madrid have appeared online, specifically the dates of the qualifiers for the first major event.

In the upcoming tournament, eight teams will participate, two from each region: EMEA, Pacific, Americas, China. Both teams that qualify for the tournament will have to go through the Valorant Champions Tour 2024 KICK-OFF events, which will start in a few weeks.

• Americas KICK-OFF – start January 16, 2024

• Pacific KICK-OFF – start January 17, 2024

• EMEA KICK-OFF – start January 20, 2024

• China KICK-OFF – start January 22, 2024

The much-anticipated tournament will start in the first month of spring, after the KICK-OFF stage, with participation from 11 partner teams. Most of them are already known, so we will tell you about all KICK-OFF participants in each region soon.

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It is worth recalling that Masters Madrid will be held in a LAN format in the capital of Spain at Madrid Arena. The 8 strongest teams will compete for a large prize fund, the size of which is still unknown. However, considering the previous season, it can be assumed that the prize will be no less than $1,000,000. They will also compete for points necessary to qualify for other major tournaments in 2024 and the world championship.