Arena of Valor announces Valor Series in NA & EU

Arena of Valor is launching its inaugural competitive season with the Valor Series in both North America and Europe on April 11th. The Valor Series will consist of 6 consecutive weekly tournaments that will see the regions’ strongest teams compete against one another to qualify for each regional Playoff and a prize pool.

The prize pool is $50,000 per region, split across the weekly tournaments and the Playoffs. The winning team from each Playoff will advance to the Arena of Valor World Cup and have a chance to compete for the $500,000 prize pool that is up for grabs in July in Los Angeles.

The Valor Series weekly tournaments will be preceded by an open online qualifier on April 7th & 8th to determine the participating teams. The weekly tournaments will be broadcast on the YouTube Gaming, Facebook Live and Twitch platforms. Each week, the two lowest-placed teams in the tournament will be relegated and 2 new teams will have the opportunity to compete for a spot in the Playoffs via a weekly open qualifier.

Start signing up for the tournament now by clicking esl.gg/ValorSeriesNA or esl.gg/ValorSeriesEU! The site also contains detailed information on dates, eligibility and tournament rules.

Qualifiers

Format

Each region will have 2 single elimination brackets that will award points

At the end of the 2nd bracket, the 8 teams with the most points in each region will be the first teams to receive byes into the 8 team bracket of the Valor Series

Schedule

April 7th

April 8th

Regular Season

Open league with top 6 teams held over from the previous week each week getting byes into the 8 team finals bracket the following week

7-8th place teams must requalify via the weekly open qualifiers

Weekly open qualifiers will determine replacements going into top 8 bracket each week

6 weeks of regular season play.

Week 1

• April 11th
• April 14th

Week 2

• April 18th
• April 21st

Week 3

• April 25th
• April 28th

Week 4

• May 2nd
• May 5th

Week 5

• May 9th
• May 12th

Week 6

• May 16th
• May 19th

Each week will have an 8 team single elimination per region

• Day 1 is quarterfinals and 1 decider match to determine 5-6 and 7-8 places
• Day 2 is the 2nd decider match to determine 5-6 and 7-8, semi-finals and finals

Top 16 teams overall will be given points each week

• Points accumulate over 6 weeks with the top 4 teams per region will move on to the Playoffs