Riot Games recently announced the start of the first season of VALORANT tournaments exclusively for colleges, aptly titled College VALORANT. All colleges in the US and Canada with appropriate accreditation are eligible to compete in the three-tournament event. Riot Games had previously stated its intent to grow the college VALORANT leagues, so that it could form its own ecosystem around it, and the company believes that competition will be a great addition to receiving a higher education.
Schools can take part in tournaments that are available in their regions and play on those servers which will be most convenient for them. The top-2 teams will receive a direct invitation to the CVAL (as the league will be called) LAN finals, while the top-2 players with the most points in each region will also receive invitations to the tournament.
Each championship will begin with a round robin group stage, followed by knockout matches. The first two rounds they will play in a round robin and meet each other once, but starting from the third round a double round robin will be used. The LAN Finals will follow the same format as the regular leagues.
The league schedule and all its important dates are as follows:
League schedule:
- CVAL Fall 2022
- Registration: September 9th – October 7th
First phase:
- October 24th – November 6th
Second phase:
- November 12th – December 12th
CVAL Winter 2022:
- Registration: November 18th – January 6th
- Phase 1: January 16th – 29th
- Phase 2: February 4th – 26th
CVAL Spring 2023:
- Registration: January 23rd – February 27th
- Phase 1: March 13th – 26th
- Phase 2: April 1st – 30th
CVAL Finals 2023:
- Online Stage: June 6th – 21st
LAN final:
- Unknown. Approximately June-July
(All information was provided by EGamersWorld)