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Eleven groups will compete within the KICKOFF Pacífico for 2 vacancies for the Masters Madrid, from February seventeenth till the grand ultimate on February twenty fifth. The occasion will inaugurate the 2024 season for the primary groups of VALUING of the area in Alone.

This time, the Tier 1 league sees an growth with the entry of Bleed Esports for the subsequent two seasons after their victory in VCT Ascension Pacific final 12 months.

It would even be an preliminary check to see how the switch market of the OFF//SEASON impacted each staff final season, with main overhauls seen at groups like DetonatioN FocusMe, Gen.G, World Esports, Talon Esports e T1.

Group Stage (February seventeenth to twenty first)

• Departures on seventeenth, nineteenth and twenty first February begin at 3am GMT -3
• Departures on February 18th and twentieth begin at 5am GMT -3

Play-Ins (February 22)

• Departures to start out at 3am GMT -3

Playoffs (February 24-25)

• Departures to start out at 5am GMT -3

Championship Format

Group stage:

• Eleven groups will probably be divided into 3 teams
• 2 teams may have 4 groups and 1 group may have 3 groups.
• The perfect staff within the area, the very best inserting staff within the 2023 Champions, will probably be positioned in group 3 with a direct passage to the second spherical.
• The remaining 10 groups will probably be sorted into swimming pools primarily based on 2023 efficiency and drawn into the remaining 10 slots.
• Every group may have double elimination with MD3 matches
• The profitable staff from every group will advance to the Knockout Stage.
• The second-placed staff in every group will proceed to the Repechage Part, Play-IN.

Repechage Part

• The three second-placed groups face one another in a round-robin format, with 1 staff guaranteeing a spot within the Elimination Stage.

Knockout Stage

• 4 groups will compete within the single-elimination playoffs, with the two finalist groups guaranteeing their place within the Masters Madrid.
• The staff coming from the Repechage Part will probably be positioned on the other aspect of the staff from their preliminary group.
• The winner of the Kickoff may have a greater seed at Masters Madrid and three Championship factors in direction of the Champions 2024 factors desk.
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