Valorant: Red Bull Home Ground EMEA Open Quals Registration opens this Friday

As Red Bull Home Ground, the one-of-a-kind pro VALORANT Invitational, prepares to return, the EMEA Open Qualifiers registrations will be opening Friday 9 September 20:00 BST / 21:00 CEST. The two winning teams will secure a place at Red Bull Home Ground to join six of the biggest VALORANT teams from across the world during the final.

Red Bull Home Ground uses a Home and Away structure that puts a twist on the traditional VALORANT format. The event will take place in Victoria Warehouse, Manchester in front of a live audience as well as being brought to life for digital audiences across the globe and in several languages on Twitch and YouTube.

• Red Bull Home Ground will bring eight teams from across the globe to battle it out, including a star-studded international line-up of the best VALORANT teams, and two qualifier spots for teams to earn a once-in-a-lifetime chance to test their mettle on the global stage.

• EMEA Open Qualifiers registrations will be opening Friday 9 September 20:00 BST / 21:00 CEST and will take place from Friday 7th – 9th October 2022

• With only 64 team slots available, spots for the EMEA Open Qualifiers are secured on a first come first served basis

• Teams must have a complete minimum 5 competitors on their roster when registering

• All players must join the Red Bull Home Ground Discord for registration to compete

• The event consists of best-of-five matches, both teams pick a “home ground” to play on for the opening two maps. If a team wins both opening “home” and “away” matches, they automatically win the tie, while a stalemate will default the tie to the traditional best of format

• For the first time, teams from North America are set to make their Home Ground debut, the Manchester competition will provide EMEA and NA teams one last opportunity in 2022 to settle their scores