Everything you need to know ahead of Red Bull Home Ground!

Red Bull Home Ground, the pro-VALORANT Invitational will see eight of the world’s elite teams battle it out at Victoria Warehouse, Manchester to be crowned champions  from December 9th-11th.

Here is all you need to know about Red Bull Home Ground:

An official part of the VALORANT Champions Offseason Tournaments, Red Bull Home Ground is returning to the vibrant city of Manchester for its third iteration and will see eight of the world’s elite teams battle it out to be crowned champions from December 9th-11th 2022 in front of a live audience.

For the first time, teams from North America will be eligible to enter and face off against the top EMEA teams. Teams will battle it out over three days of intense gameplay in front of a live audience at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester. The tournament will also be streamed live across Red Bull’s Twitch and YouTube channels.

With last year’s reigning champion Team Liquid returning to defend their title against Team Vitality, Heretics, FUT Esports and FOKUS Clan, the tournament boasts an impressive roster of competing teams. For the first time Red Bull Home Ground has expanded beyond EMEA to include teams from the Americas, including the likes of 100 Thieves, Cloud9 and KRÜ Esports.

Elevating the tournament, renowned VALORANT host Yinsu Collins returns to Red Bull Home Ground, leading the competition alongside a star-studded line up of broadcasting talent. Providing insight and commentary throughout the tournament, these casters include Mitch “Mitchman” McBride, Tom “Tombizz” Bissmire, Ryan “RyanCentral” Horton, and Adam “Dinko” Hawthorne. Beatriz “kaquka” Alonso and Connor “Sliggy” Blomfield will also be providing insight as the tournament’s analysts. An official part of the VALORANT Champions Offseason Tournaments, Red Bull Home Ground will also feature special guest appearances from G2 Gozen.

Schedule & Format

• Friday December 9th: Starting at 13:00 GMT, the Red Bull Home Ground Group Stage will see all eight teams compete in three best-of-three matches. Winners of each group advance directly to the semi-finals, with 4^th place in each group eliminated from the competition.

• Group A
  • Cloud9
  • Vitality
  • KRÜ
  • FOKUS

• Group B
  • 100 Thieves
  • Team Liquid
  • FUT Esports
  • Heretics

• Saturday, 10th December: Kicking off at 13:00 GMT the Playoffs will feature two best-of-three Quarter Finals, and the first best-of-three Semi Final.

• Sunday, 11th December: The Red Bull Home Ground Finals will begin at 13:00 GMT, starting with the second best-of-three Semi Final before the final two teams will battle it out in a best-of-five Grand Final to determine who will lift the Red Bull Home Ground trophy.

Competing Teams 

• Team Liquid
• Team Vitality
• Cloud9
• 100 Thieves
• FOKUS Clan
• FUT Esports
• KRÜ Esports
• Heretics

Broadcast talent (English speaking)

Friday

Commentators (rotating paris):

• Vincent “Zescht” Talmon-Gros
• Christian ‘Lythi’ Körner
• Pavlos “ExWarrior” Georgiou

Saturday & Sunday

Stage Host & Interviewer:

• Yinsu Collins

Commentators:

• Pair one:

• • Mitch “MitchMan” McBride

• • Tom “Tombizz” Bissmire

• Pair two

• • Ryan “RyanCentral” Horton

• • Adam “Dinko” Hawthorne

Analyst

• Beatriz “kaquka” Alonso
• Connor “Sliggy” Blomfield

Where to watch:

The competition will be broadcast live from the O2 Victoria Warehouse on twitch.tv/redbull and youtube.com/redbullgaming. Red Bull will be hosting a watch party for the finals at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in London on December 11. Red Bull Home Ground is also partnering with Pixel Bar, the video game cocktail bar, to host official Red Bull Home Ground viewing parties on 11th December at both its locations in Manchester and Leeds.

Broadcast

Red Bull Home Ground will be streamed live from Red Bull’s Twitch and YouTube channel across the three days.

Check out redbull.com/homeground for more information.