VALORANT Oceania Tour - Stage 02

General info

Tournament Information:
LetsPlay.Live (LPL) are excited to announce we have teamed up with Riot to be the official partner of the 2021 VALORANT Oceania Tour - Stage 02!

VALORANT Oceanic Tour - Stage 02 will include a $10,000AUD prize pool for the top teams in the Oceania region, as well as a $150 NZD Vodafone MVP Award for the best player in the Regional Stage Final, with teams having two chances to qualify into the finals! Teams will begin their journey to the Stage 02 Finals from Open Qualifiers 01. After the conclusion of the event, the top teams will earn points based on their placement - these points will accumulate throughout the year, with the Top 8 teams with the most accumulated points heading towards VALORANT Oceania Tour - Championship held at the end of 2021.

As always, we highly encourage all players to read the tournament ruleset (located below) to check their eligibility and ensure they will be able to commit to the scheduling requirements for the tournament.

Eligible countries in Oceania includes: Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia (France), Samoa, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Tonga, the Marshall Islands, Cook Islands (NZ), Wallis and Futuna (France), Tuvalu, Nauru, Niue (NZ), Tokelau (NZ), the Pitcairn Islands (UK), Heard Island, and the McDonald Islands.

Broadcast Information:
LPL will be delivering top-quality broadcasts throughout the VALORANT Oceania Tour - Stage 02 on the LPL Play Twitch channel.

Open Qualifiers 01 and 02 will be broadcast by LPL Community Casters, if you're interested in joining or interested in reading more, click here to apply.

Format:
Format will remain the same as VALORANT Oceania Tour - Stage 01. However, minor changes may be made; any changes will be communicated with teams through Discord.

Open Qualifiers 01
Free to join. Max 128 Teams. Best of Three, Single Elimination (played until completion). Seeded Top 8 teams from Open Qualifiers 01 qualify for Closed Qualifiers 01.

Closed Qualifiers 01
Best of Three, Double Elimination (Round one to be Best of One). Top 4 teams from Closed Qualifiers 02 qualify for Stage 01 Finals as Seed 1-4. Bottom 4 teams from Closed Qualifiers 02 qualify for Closed Qualifiers 02 as Seed 1-4.

Open Qualifiers 02
Free to join. Max 128 Teams. Best of Three, Single Elimination (played until completion). Seeded Top 4 teams from Open Qualifiers 02 qualify for Closed Qualifiers 02 as Seed 5-8.

Closed Qualifiers 02
Best of Three, Double Elimination (Round one to be Best of One). Top 4 teams qualify for Stage 02 Finals as Seed 5-8.

Stage 02 Regional Finals
Best of Three, Double Elimination (Round one to be Best of One).

Rules:
You can read the rules here!

As of 13/4/2021, the following rules have been amended:
-New Agents & New Maps
-Map Selection Process for Best-of-Five Matches.

Prizes & Points:
VALORANT Oceanic Tour - Stage 02 Prizes

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place	Total
$4000	$3000	$2000	$1000	$10000

VALORANT Oceania Tour - Stage 02 Points

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place	Fifth Place	Sixth Place	Seventh Place	Eighth Place
100 Points	85 Points	70 Points	55 Points	30 Points	30 Points	30 Points	30 Points

More Information

Registration:
All players must complete a Player Release Form 24 hours before game day - this is a requirement to play and if you have not filled it in you will not be able to compete. Teams that have maintained the exact same roster from VOT - Stage 01 and/or previous VOT Open Qualifiers do not need to fill the form again.

The Player Release Form can be found here.

Open Qualifiers 01
Registrations for Open Qualifiers 01 are now closed!

Open Qualifiers 02
Registrations for Open Qualifiers 02 open on 12 April. Check back later to find an updated link! Registrations close on Sunday 25 April 11:59PM NZT. Seed & Bracket to be released Tuesday 27 April. Click here to sign up.

Bracket
Bracket for Open Qualifiers 01 can be found here!
Bracket for Closed Qualifiers 01 can be found here!
Bracket for Open Qualifiers 02 can be found here!
Bracket for Closed Qualifiers 02 can be found here!
Bracket for Regional Final can be found here!

Key Dates & Schedule:
Open Qualifiers 01 - Wednesday 7 April - Sunday 11 April
Open Qualifiers 02 - Wednesday 28 April - Sunday 2 May

Closed Qualifiers 01 - Thursday 22 April - Sunday 25 April
Closed Qualifiers 02 - Thursday 13 May - Sunday 16 May

Stage 02 Finals - Thursday 3 June - Sunday 6 June

FAQ
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Connect with us on Discord
On behalf of the entire LPL Admin Team, we would like to wish everyone competing the best of luck! We highly encourage players to connect their Discord account to their LPL account here join the LPL Community Discord. for real-time support from LPL Admins and to have access to match channels to communicate with opponents during matches. For any questions, please do not hesitate to ask by contacting an admin via Discord or Support Ticket.