Red Bull Campus Clutch, the global student Valorant tournament, has returned to the United Kingdom (UK) for its third season. Registrations are now open for UK student squads seeking the chance to represent their campus and fight for the opportunity to compete on the world stage. The tournament gives a chance to UK students dreaming of playing eSports competitively an opportunity to showcase their abilities on the global stage, potentially getting scouted to play for professional eSports teams.
UK qualifiers will take place online over two days on Saturday, October 14, and Saturday, October 21. The best four teams from each qualifier will then compete offline in the UK Final at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in London across two days on November 4 to 5. The UK Finals will be live-streamed via Twitch on The Goose House.
UK student teams will be fighting it out to follow in the footsteps of Casa Noturna, who last year beat other student teams and were invited to play in the World Finals in Sao Paolo, Brazil. This season, the winning team of the UK final will receive an all-expenses covered invitation to the Red Bull Campus Clutch World Final, a LAN tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey, where they will represent their country and fight to be crowned Red Bull Campus Clutch World Champions. This season, from November 19 to 24, the final event will take place offline at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, which hosted Valorant Champions 2022 where LOUD clinched the title of VCT World Champion.
Entering its third season, Red Bull Campus Clutch along with Red Bull Home Ground, the premier pro Red Bull event for Valorant, encapsulates the brand´s continued commitment to support the Valorant community and uplift its competitive ecosystem, from a grassroots level with an array of local initiatives to the very highest echelons of eSports. Since 2021, Red Bull Campus Clutch has hosted over 800 tournaments, with 25,000 participants in the first season and 30,000 in the second.
Three outstanding partners are supporting Red Bull Campus Clutch this season to bring improved performance to competitors with Intel NUC and AGON by AOC returning to the tournament and Jack Link’s joining as the Official Protein Provider for Red Bull Campus Clutch UK 2023. As PC Partner, Intel NUC, renowned for packing high-powered gaming rigs in small form factors, will support with its top-notch gaming PCs. The official Monitor Partner, AGON by AOC, will once again provide high-performance gaming monitors for the event
