Sentinels win VCT Masters Madrid: Final standings and recap

VCT Master Madrid has come to a close with Sentinels taking the trophy for VCT Americas. Here you can find everything about the tournament including a recap, standings, and scores.

After two weeks of heart-pounding Valorant play, Masters Madrid has come to a close. Sentinels defeated Gen.G in the Grand Finals 3-2, claiming their third Masters title and second international trophy in the esport.

Sentinels have had a massive resurgence in 2024, with the org finally reclaiming the level of global dominance it had in 2021. However, Gen.G looked almost unstoppable in their run through the upper bracket.

Both Sentinels and Gen.G cruised through the Swiss Stage, not dropping a series. In the bracket stage, Sentinels ran into the Korean squad in the upper final and fell to the VCT Pacific team 2-1. In the lower bracket final, Sentinels rallied against Paper Rex and qualified for the Grand Final.

The series against Gen.G went the distance and became one of the most matched matches in Valorant esports history in the process.

Below is everything about the VCT Masters Madrid tournament including where to watch, match results, format, and schedule.

Contents

• Results and standings
  • Playoffs
  • Swiss Stage
• Teams and rosters

VCT Masters Madrid: Stream

The Masters Madrid tournament will be streamed on the Valorant Esports Twitch and YouTube. We’ve embedded the Twitch stream below for your convenience.

VCT Masters Madrid: Format

Masters Madrid debuted a new format for the early stage of the tournament, a Swiss format. The format was introduced to Riot’s other major esports title, League of Legends, in 2023.

The Swiss format sees the top-seeded teams first going up against a No. 2 seed from a different region. From there, teams who win will be pared up against other teams of the same record, until four teams have accumulated two wins before two losses.

Each series will be a best-of-three and will continue until the field of eight is reduced to four.

The Playoff Stage will see the four teams face off in a double-eliminated bracket, with each match being a best-of-three, with the lower and Grand Finals matchups being best-of-five series.

VCT Masters Madrid: Results

The prize pool for the tournament is $500,000 and the winner of the event earned three VCT points which will help teams qualify for Valorant Champions 2024.

Place	Team	Prize Money
1st	Sentinels	$250,000
2nd	Gen.G	$100,000
3rd	Paper Rex	$65,000
4th	LOUD	$35,000
5th	EDward Gaming	$15,000
6th	Karmine Corp	$15,000
7th	FunPlus Phoenix	$10,000
8th	Team Heretics	$10,000

Playoff Stage: March 21 – 24

Day 9: March 24

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Grand Finals	Gen.G 2-3 Sentinels	9 AM	12 AM	5 AM

Day 8: March 23

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Playoffs Lower Final	Sentinels 3-1 Paper Rex	8 AM	11 AM	4 PM

Day 7: March 22

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Playoffs Upper Final	Gen.G 2-1 Sentinels	8 AM	11 AM	4 PM
Playoffs Lower Semi	Paper Rex 2-0 LOUD	11 AM	2 AM	7 AM

Day 6: March 21

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Playoffs R1	Gen.G 2-0 Paper Rex	8 AM	11 AM	4 PM
Playoffs R1	Sentinels 2-1 LOUD	11 AM	2 AM	7 AM

Swiss Stage: March 14 – 18

Day 1: March 14

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Swiss Stage	KCorp 2-0 FPX	8 AM	11 AM	4 PM
Swiss Stage	Gen.G 2-1 LOUD	11 AM	2 AM	7 AM

Day 2: March 15

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Swiss Stage	EDG 2-1 PRX	8 AM	11 AM	4 PM
Swiss Stage	Sentinels 2-1 Heretics	11 AM	2 AM	7 AM

Day 3: March 16

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Swiss Stage	KCorp 0-2 Sentinels	8 AM	11 AM	4 PM
Swiss Stage	EDG 1-2 Gen.G	11 AM	2 AM	7 AM

Day 4: March 17

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Swiss Stage	FPX 0-2 LOUD	8 AM	11 AM	4 PM
Swiss Stage	Heretics 1-2 Paper Rex	11 AM	2 AM	7 AM

Day 5: March 18

Stage	Match	PT	ET	GMT
Swiss Stage	EDG 0-2 LOUD	8 AM	11 AM	4 PM
Swiss Stage	KCorp 1-2 Paper Rex	11 AM	2 AM	7 AM

VCT Masters Madrid: Teams

Teams qualified for the tournament via their VCT international league’s kickoff tournament.

Every team, and their rosters, that qualified for the Masters event is listed below.