Informatie
Welcome to the VALORANT UK Circuit (VUKC) Winter 2025 Swiss Tournament! This 5-week tournament is open to players of all ranks across the UK, with 2 players from each team allowed to be residents or nationals of other countries within EMEA. Registrations close 4th February 23:59 GMT
The top team from this tournament qualifies to the North Qualifier, whilst the top 12 will be invited directly to Division 1 of VUKC 2025 Split 2. Tiebreakers will be held for the last Division 1 slots outside of playoffs if required.
All players must join the VUKC Tournament Discord.
Two best-of-one matches are played each evening, with best-of-three games for the Upper and Lower bracket finals and Grand Final during playoffs.
Tournament Schedule
• Wednesday 5th February, 19:00 GMT, 2 x Best-of-One Swiss
• Wednesday 12th February, 19:00 GMT, 2 x Best-of-One Swiss
• Wednesday 19th February, 19:00 GMT, 2 x Best-of-One Swiss + Top 8 Tiebreaker Round (if needed)
Top 8 Qualify to Playoffs
• Wednesday 26th February, 19:00 GMT, 2x Best-of-One (WB1, WB2, LB1)
• Saturday 1st March, 12:00 GMT, 2x Best-of-One (LB2, LB3 + 1x Best-of-Three (WB Final) + 1x Best-of-Three LB Final
• Wednesday 5th March, 19:00 GMT, 1x Best-of-Three Grand Final
Prizing Distribution
Prizes will be distributed between the 5 active players, unless otherwise requested.
• 1st Place: £600 Total + Spot in North Qualifier
• 2nd Place: £250 Total
• 3rd Place: £150 Total
Restrictions
• Teams may not contain more than 2 players who are not residents or citizens of the United Kingdom.
• Teams may not contain any players who are not residents or citizens of countries in EMEA.
• All players must be 16+ years of age on the date of registration.
• All team members must be members of the official VUKC Tournament Discord.
• Players may not play in other VALORANT National Leagues at the same time.
Rules
Here is the full tournament ruleset, including which countries are included within the EMEA region.
How do I get involved?
Step one: Create an account on https://www.challengermode.com/ and link your VALORANT account.
Step two: If you're creating a team, click join tournament and choose join with team. You'll then need to link your VALORANT account, create a team and invite the rest of your team using the invite URL. If you join as a solo player you won't be able to edit your team name or add a logo.
Alternative Step two: If you're joining a team, wait for the team captain to send you an invite link to the team, then all you need to do is link your VALORANT account.
- Step three: Complete the VUKC Seeding Form to be accurately seeded and eligible to play.
4)Step four: Once your team is complete on this tournament page (including subs) and the seeding form is completed, the Captain should click the Request to Join button. We will add your team to the tournament after verifying you have completed the above steps correctly.
Invitations to Split 2
The top 12 teams at the end of the Swiss Stage will be invited directly to Division 1 of VUKC 2025 Split 2.
Four (4) further teams will be able to qualify to Split 2 Division 1 via an Open Qualifier held at a later date. If any teams are no longer eligible to play in Split 2, additional slots will be allocated to the Open Qualifier. Please note any future qualification to North Qualifiers will be via Division 1.
Have a question?
Please join our VUKC Tournament Discord and ask in #vukc-support or message a member of the team.
