Valorant esports now incorporates Ascension circuit into international teams

Riot Games revealed today new details about next year’s Valorant Champions Tour, as well as plans to expand its Challenger ranks for the next several years. Challengers who win in the Ascension tournaments will earn an invitation in the following year’s international leagues.

According to Riot, the upcoming season will feature 21 regional circuits across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA regions. Each Challenger team will have a two-year promotion to the international leagues. The three corresponding international leagues will expand by one team until 2027, when each will have 14 teams.