Barcelona wins Rising, Spain’s Valorant Challengers League competition. This also qualifies them directly for the Valorant Champions Tour EMEA Ascension event in Berlin this September. (More in comments)

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1. **What just happened and where?**

   Barcelona won Split 2 of Rising, Spain’s Valorant Challengers League competition, in five maps against UCAM ESports Club. The finals were just played live at Feria Valencia during OWN Valencia.

    

   **What next?**

   Barcelona now will compete at the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Ascension event for EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). The winner gains a VCT EMEA berth for the 2025 season, meaning they can potentially qualify for and compete at the Masters and Champions global events.

    

   **Who will Barcelona face at Ascension?**

   Barcelona will compete at Ascension as champions of Spain. The winners of the other eight EMEA national and regional VCL leagues (listed below) also qualify, as does the winner of a play-in, for a total of 10 teams.

   * *Polaris* (North – United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordic Countries)

   * *Révolution* (France)

   * *Evolution* (DACH – Germany, Austria and Switzerland)

   * *Birlik* (Turkey)

   * *Surge* (Eastern and Central Europe)

   * *Resilience* (MENA – Middle East and North Africa)

   * *Rinascimento* (Italy)

   * *Tempest* (Portugal)

    

   **What is the Ascension format?**

   To be determined, but Ascension EMEA last year was two single round-robin groups of 5 teams, from which the top two from each group advanced to a double elimination bracket. Typically, all matches are best-of-3 until the best-of-5 lower bracket finals and grand finals.

    

   **Where can I read more?**

   * Liquipedia by Team Liquid ([Rising Split 2](https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCL/2024/Spain/Split_2) / [Ascension](https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCL/2024/Ascension/EMEA))

2. Valorant? As in, the video game Valorant? I think I see somewhere we can cut funding.