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Community Gaming partners with Riot Games for VALORANT Elite Showdown

Esports tournament platform Community Gaming has partnered with game publisher Riot Games to produce the VALORANT Elite Showdown.

The North American tier two tournament, which will commence with open qualifiers on November 5th, features a $25,000 (~£18,108) prize pool.

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In total 32 teams from the open qualifiers will advance to the main event. These teams will compete against 32 invited teams which include Andbox, T1, NRG, Immortals, Complexity, Renegades and C9 White.

The main event will take place on November 11th, with teams competing through a GSL Groups format into a single-elimination bracket.