# 2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Shanghai Masters

The 2024 Valorant Champions Tour: Shanghai Masters, also known as Valorant Masters Shanghai 2024, was a global tournament organized by Riot Games for the first-person shooter game Valorant as part of the Valorant Champions Tour 2024 competitive season. The tournament was held from May 23 to June 9 in Shanghai, China. The top three teams of each regional league of Stage 1 competed in the tournament, which included the three International Leagues (Americas, EMEA, Pacific) and the China League.
Before the finals, an exhibition match was held between Team China and Team International showcasing the game's newest map, Abyss, which Team China narrowly won, 13–11.
Gen.G from Pacific defeated Team Heretics from EMEA in the best-of-five grand final series, 3–2, to become the first-ever Pacific team to win an international Valorant event.

## Qualification

The top three teams in Stage 1 of all three International Leagues and China League qualified for this event. Winning teams (seed 1) received a bye to Playoffs, while runner-ups (seed 2) and third-place teams (seed 3) started from the Swiss Stage.
(*) Non-partner teams in franchise system
| Region | Stage 1 Winner | Stage 1 Runner-up | Stage 1 Third-place |
| Americas | 100 Thieves | G2 Esports* | Leviatán |
| EMEA | Fnatic | Team Heretics | FUT Esports |
| Pacific | Paper Rex | Gen.G | T1 |
| China | Edward Gaming | FunPlus Phoenix | Dragon Ranger Gaming* |

## Swiss Stage

* Eight teams played in the Swiss-system format with three rounds.
* Seed 2 teams faced the seed 3 teams from other regions in round 1.
* Teams had matched each other in previous rounds will not matched again.
* Teams with two wins advanced to the playoffs, while teams with two losses were eliminated.
* All matches were best-of-three series.
| | | | | | | Advance to Playoffs | Advance to Playoffs | Advance to Playoffs | | | |
| | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | G2 Esports | G2 Esports | G2 Esports | | | |
| 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 2 | Gen.G | Gen.G | Gen.G | Advance to Playoffs | Advance to Playoffs | Advance to Playoffs |
| Team Heretics | Team Heretics | 2 | Team Heretics | Team Heretics | 1 | | | | FUT Esports | FUT Esports | FUT Esports |
| Dragon Ranger Gaming | Dragon Ranger Gaming | 0 | FunPlus Phoenix | FunPlus Phoenix | 1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | Team Heretics | Team Heretics | Team Heretics |
| FunPlus Phoenix | FunPlus Phoenix | 2 | Gen.G | Gen.G | 2 | FUT Esports | FUT Esports | 2 | | | |
| FUT Esports | FUT Esports | 1 | | | | Leviatán | Leviatán | 1 | | | |
| G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | FunPlus Phoenix | FunPlus Phoenix | 1 | | | |
| T1 | T1 | 1 | Leviatán | Leviatán | 2 | Team Heretics | Team Heretics | 2 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Gen.G | Gen.G | 2 | T1 | T1 | 0 | | | | Leviatán | Leviatán | Leviatán |
| Leviatán | Leviatán | 1 | Dragon Ranger Gaming | Dragon Ranger Gaming | 0 | | | | FunPlus Phoenix | FunPlus Phoenix | FunPlus Phoenix |
| | | | FUT Esports | FUT Esports | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | | | |
| | | | | | | T1 | T1 | T1 | | | |
| | | | | | | Dragon Ranger Gaming | Dragon Ranger Gaming | Dragon Ranger Gaming | | | |

### Round 1 Matches

| May 23 | G2 Esports | 2 | – | 1 | T1 | Shanghai, China |
| 4:00 pm (UTC+8) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 13 | Breeze | Breeze | Breeze | 8 | |
| | 1 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 13 | |
| | 14 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 12 | |
| May 23 | FUT Esports | 1 | – | 2 | FunPlus Phoenix | Shanghai, China |
| 7:00 pm (UTC+8) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 7 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 13 | |
| | 14 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 12 | |
| | 10 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 13 | |
| May 24 | Leviatán | 1 | – | 2 | Gen.G | Shanghai, China |
| 4:00 pm (UTC+8) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 13 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 7 | |
| | 5 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 13 | |
| | 7 | Breeze | Breeze | Breeze | 13 | |
| May 24 | Team Heretics | 2 | – | 0 | Dragon Ranger Gaming | Shanghai, China |
| 7:00 pm (UTC+8) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 13 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 5 | |
| | 13 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 5 | |
| | | Split | Split | Split | | |

### Round 2 Matches

| FunPlus Phoenix | 1 | – | 2 | Gen.G | Shanghai, China |
| | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| 16 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 14 | |
| 7 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 13 | |
| 11 | Ascent | Ascent | Ascent | 13 | |
| G2 Esports | 2 | – | 1 | Team Heretics | Shanghai, China |
| | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| 9 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 13 | |
| 13 | Bind | Bind | Bind | 6 | |
| 13 | Split | Split | Split | 8 | |
| Leviatán | 2 | – | 0 | T1 | Shanghai, China |
| | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| 13 | Breeze | Breeze | Breeze | 9 | |
| 13 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 7 | |
| | Split | Split | Split | | |
| Dragon Ranger Gaming | 0 | – | 2 | FUT Esports | Shanghai, China |
| | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| 10 | Bind | Bind | Bind | 13 | |
| 12 | Ascent | Ascent | Ascent | 14 | |
| | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | | |

### Round 3 Matches

| May 27 | FunPlus Phoenix | 1 | – | 2 | Team Heretics | Shanghai, China |
| 4:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 4 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 13 | |
| | 13 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 6 | |
| | 15 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 17 | |
| May 27 | FUT Esports | 2 | – | 1 | Leviatán | Shanghai, China |
| 7:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 13 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 1 | |
| | 11 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 13 | |
| | 13 | Bind | Bind | Bind | 11 | |

## Playoffs

* Seed 1 teams qualified directly to the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals, while the other four teams qualified for the playoffs from the Swiss stage.
* Each seed 1 team selected their opponent in a draw once the Swiss stages concluded.
** Order drawn: Paper Rex (picked G2 Esports), then 100 Thieves (picked FUT Esports), then Edward Gaming (picked Team Heretics), leaving Fnatic with last remaining team (Gen.G).
* All matches were best-of-three series, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final, which were best-of-five series.
| Upper Bracket Quarterfinals | Upper Bracket Quarterfinals | Upper Bracket Semifinals | Upper Bracket Semifinals | Upper Bracket Final | Upper Bracket Final | | | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| Paper Rex | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| G2 Esports | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| G2 Esports | 2 | G2 Esports | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | Team Heretics | 1 | | | | | | |
| Edward Gaming | 0 | Team Heretics | 1 | | | | | | |
| Team Heretics | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Team Heretics | 2 | | | G2 Esports | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Gen.G | 2 | | | | |
| 100 Thieves | 2 | | | Gen.G | 2 | | | | |
| FUT Esports | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| FUT Esports | 0 | 100 Thieves | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | Gen.G | 2 | | | | | | |
| Fnatic | 1 | Gen.G | 2 | | | | | | |
| Gen.G | 2 | | | | | | | Gen.G | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | Team Heretics | 2 |
| Lower Bracket - Round 1 | Lower Bracket - Round 1 | Lower Bracket Quarterfinals | Lower Bracket Quarterfinals | Lower Bracket Semifinal | Lower Bracket Semifinal | Lower Bracket Final | Lower Bracket Final | |
| | | 100 Thieves | 2 | | | | | | |
| Paper Rex | 2 | Paper Rex | 1 | | | G2 Esports | 0 | |
| Edward Gaming | 0 | | | 100 Thieves | 0 | Team Heretics | 3 | |
| | | | | Team Heretics | 2 | | | | |
| | | Team Heretics | 2 | | | | | | |
| FUT Esports | 2 | FUT Esports | 0 | | | | | |
| Fnatic | 1 | | | | | | | | |

### Upper Bracket
#### Quarterfinals

| May 30 | 100 Thieves | 2 | – | 0 | FUT Esports | Shanghai, China |
| 4:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 13 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 2 | |
| | 13 | Bind | Bind | Bind | 5 | |
| | | Ascent | Ascent | Ascent | | |
| May 30 | Fnatic | 1 | – | 2 | Gen.G | Shanghai, China |
| 7:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 13 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 10 | |
| | 10 | Bind | Bind | Bind | 13 | |
| | 11 | Breeze | Breeze | Breeze | 13 | |
| May 31 | Paper Rex | 1 | – | 2 | G2 Esports | Shanghai, China |
| 4:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 13 | Split | Split | Split | 7 | |
| | 10 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 13 | |
| | 5 | Bind | Bind | Bind | 13 | |
| May 31 | Edward Gaming | 0 | – | 2 | Team Heretics | Shanghai, China |
| 7:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 6 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 13 | |
| | 3 | Split | Split | Split | 13 | |
| | | Breeze | Breeze | Breeze | | |

#### Semifinals

| June 2 | G2 Esports | 2 | – | 1 | Team Heretics | Shanghai, China |
| 4:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 7 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 13 | |
| | 13 | Ascent | Ascent | Ascent | 11 | |
| | 13 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 4 | |
| June 2 | 100 Thieves | 0 | – | 2 | Gen.G | Shanghai, China |
| 7:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 10 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 13 | |
| | 10 | Ascent | Ascent | Ascent | 13 | |
| | | Breeze | Breeze | Breeze | | |

#### Final

| June 7 | G2 Esports | 0 | – | 2 | Gen.G | Shanghai, China |
| 3:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | Mercedes-Benz Arena |
| | 8 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 13 | |
| | 10 | Ascent | Ascent | Ascent | 13 | |
| | | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | | |

### Lower Bracket
#### Round 1

| June 1 | Paper Rex | 2 | – | 0 | Edward Gaming | Shanghai, China |
| 4:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 13 | Bind | Bind | Bind | 11 | |
| | 13 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 6 | |
| | | Split | Split | Split | | |
| June 1 | FUT Esports | 2 | – | 1 | Fnatic | Shanghai, China |
| 7:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 5 | Split | Split | Split | 13 | |
| | 13 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 8 | |
| | 13 | Ascent | Ascent | Ascent | 3 | |

#### Quarterfinals

| June 3 | 100 Thieves | 2 | – | 1 | Paper Rex | Shanghai, China |
| 4:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 13 | Breeze | Breeze | Breeze | 5 | |
| | 10 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 13 | |
| | 14 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 12 | |
| June 3 | Team Heretics | 2 | – | 0 | FUT Esports | Shanghai, China |
| 7:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | VCT China Arena |
| | 13 | Bind | Bind | Bind | 7 | |
| | 13 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 4 | |
| | | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | | |

#### Semifinal

| June 7 | 100 Thieves | 0 | – | 2 | Team Heretics | Shanghai, China |
| 6:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | Mercedes-Benz Arena |
| | 13 | Bind | Bind | Bind | 15 | |
| | 1 | Sunset | Sunset | Sunset | 13 | |
| | | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | | |

#### Final

| June 8 | G2 Esports | 0 | – | 3 | Team Heretics | Shanghai, China |
| 3:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | Mercedes-Benz Arena |
| | 2 | Bind | Bind | Bind | 13 | |
| | 6 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 13 | |
| | 8 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 13 | |
| | | Split | Split | Split | | |
| | | Breeze | Breeze | Breeze | | |

### Grand Final

The winning team from the Upper Bracket Final will have the two-map ban advantage in map veto as the upper bracket team.
| June 9 | Gen.G | 3 | – | 2 | Team Heretics | Shanghai, China |
| 3:00 pm (CST) | | | | | | Mercedes-Benz Arena |
| | 13 | Breeze | Breeze | Breeze | 6 | |
| | 9 | Icebox | Icebox | Icebox | 13 | |
| | 9 | Ascent | Ascent | Ascent | 13 | |
| | 13 | Lotus | Lotus | Lotus | 4 | |
| | 13 | Split | Split | Split | 3 | |

## Final rankings

| Place | Team | Winnings (USD) |
| 1st | Gen.G | $350,000 |
| 2nd | Team Heretics | $200,000 |
| 3rd | G2 Esports | $125,000 |
| 4th | 100 Thieves | $75,000 |
| 5th–6th | FUT Esports | $50,000 |
| 5th–6th | Paper Rex | $50,000 |
| 7th–8th | Edward Gaming | $35,000 |
| 7th–8th | Fnatic | $35,000 |
| 9th–10th | FunPlus Phoenix | $25,000 |
| 9th–10th | Leviatán | $25,000 |
| 11th–12th | Dragon Ranger Gaming | $15,000 |
| 11th–12th | T1 | $15,000 |