Valorant First Strike NSG NA qualifiers schedule, teams, how to watch

long qualification route for Riot Games' first Valorant tournament, First Strike, commenced in rth American region on October 26 with NSG Open qualifiers. open qualifiers began with 128 teams, out of which only top 16 will qualify for  NSG tournament, scheduled for vember 4 to 8. While qualifiers and subsequent tournaments will still be hosted by third-party organisers, December's main event will be hosted solely by Riot Games and will also feature a massive $100,000 prize pool.

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Valorant First Strike NSG qualifiers schedule, format

open qualifiers for  tournaments started on October 26 with 128 teams participating for 16 qualifying berths. Organised by Nerd Street Gamers (NSG), tournament is being played over a single-elimination, best-of-three format. first leg of open qualifiers will conclude on October 30. 

Sixteen teams from qualifiers will participate in  NSG Tournament.  teams finishing in  top four will qualify directly for inaugural First Strike. Teams placing fifth through eighth will vance to main event of second string tournament - UMG Tournament. A total for 16 teams will compete in  UMG Tournament, of which top four will vance to First Strike.

inaugural Valorant First Strike event will be played with top eight teams of region competing for $100,000 prize pool and bragging rights to be called as best Valorant team in rth America. 

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First Strike NSG schedule

• NSG Open Qualifier (October 26 to 30) - Top 16 vance to NSG Tournament

• NSG Tournament (vember 4 to 8) - Top four vance to First Strike; 5th to 8th vance to UMG Tournament

• UMG Open Qualifier (vember 11 to 15) - Top 12 vance to UMP Tournament

• UMG Tournament (vember 18 to 22) - Top four vance to First Strike

• Valorant First Strike (December 3 to 6) - Eight-team competition for $100,000

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Valorant First Strike NSG teams, quarter-final bracket

As per latest updated bracket, quarter-final matches in open qualifiers are as follows:

• Sentinels vs Gen. G
• Team Envy vs T1
• TSM vs 100 Thieves
• Cloud9 vs Slimy Boogermen

How to watch First Strike qualifiers?

Nerd Street Gamer’s Twitch channel is providing official live streaming of  NSG NA Open qualifiers. In dition, most of major Valorant teams are also live-streaming ir tournament matches on ir official Twitch channels.

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(Im Credits: Nerd Street Gamers Twitter)