The next stage of Premier will begin when VALORANT Episode Seven, Act Three launches after the first set of champions were crowned in seasonal competitive mode’s first stage.
During the enrollment periods, prospective players can spend time finding teammates and enrolling their teams, based on average skill ranking and closest regional zones. Teams play weekly matches on pre-selected maps, with the season concluding with a tournament to crown a winner of each skill division. Starting this season, teams can also participate in practice queue matches to get warmed up with no points on the line before the official weekly matches.
At team creation, players can a team’s name, tag, logo, and color scheme. For players to compete in Premier, they must verify their account via SMS authentication, the account must be in good standing, and they must have completed ranked placements at least once during the account’s lifetime.
Of course, when finding teammates, you’ll need to make sure the players you sign up with are free to compete during the appropriate time. The exact queue windows will be different by zone, but here’s the full schedule of matches for the current Premier season.
VALORANT Premier match schedule
Season two of VALORANT Premier officially begins on Oct. 31, 2023, alongside the launch of Episode Seven, Act Three. Both the Launch Stage and the beta phases featured week-long enrollment windows, but starting next season enrollment windows will be shortened to one and a half days.
Matches typically take place on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday of each week for seven weeks, running through the entire competitive map pool, and concluding with playoffs towards the end of the act. Practice queue times are currently to be determined, but there will be one-hour practice windows on non-match days, with best-of-one matches on the active map of the week. Wednesday and Friday are the speculated practice days as of now.
For official weekly matches, teams will earn 100 points for a win, 25 for a loss, and no points if they do not play. Teams with at least 675 points will qualify for the tournament at the end of the season. Up to two matches are played per week for each team.
The exact order of weekly maps has not been determined, and the dates listed are an estimate based on previous stages and the length of the enrollment period. Queue windows for each match day are dependent on the region zone you are competing in. Please check your Premier page in-game for exact match times.
Week one: Split
- Thursday, Nov. 2
- Saturday, Nov. 4
- Sunday, Nov. 5
Week two: Sunset
- Thursday, Nov. 9
- Saturday, Nov. 11
- Sunday, Nov. 12
Week three: Ascent
- Thursday, Nov. 16
- Saturday, Nov. 18
- Sunday, Nov. 19
Week four: Breeze
- Thursday, Nov. 23
- Saturday, Nov. 25
- Sunday, Nov. 27
Week five: Bind
- Thursday, Nov. 30
- Saturday, Dec. 2
- Sunday, Dec. 3
Week six: Lotus
- Thursday, Dec. 7
- Saturday, Dec. 9
- Sunday, Dec. 10
Week seven: Haven
- Thursday, Dec. 14
- Saturday, Dec. 16
Playoff Tournament
- Sunday, Dec. 17
For the VALORANT Premier Playoff Tournament, teams will use a pick-and-ban system. Teams will take turns banning maps until a map is chosen.
