The Red Bull Home Ground Valorant tournament is back for 2023, and the teams and caster line-up has been revealed.
The event will take place in Tokyo, Japan from November 3rd to 5th, after the 2022 event finals were held in Manchester, with 100 Thieves winning Red Bull Home Ground 2022.
2023 Red Bull Home Ground teams
UK-based squad Fnatic has today (August 26th) been officially revealed as the final team invited to compete in the fourth edition of Red Bull Home Ground.
This November, Fnatic will make their way to Tokyo to battle it out against other top teams in Red Bull Home Ground 2023.
It’s a return to Japan for Fnatic, who won VCT Valorant Masters Tokyo earlier this year, with Boaster giving a victory speech in Japanese.
Boaster is the only UK player in the Red Bull Home Ground 2023 tournament so far,.
The teams so far are as follows:
- 100 Thieves
- Zeta Division
- Cloud9
- Scarz
- DRX
- Fnatic
- Last chance qualifier team from Europe – TBC
- Last chance qualifier team from Japan – TBC
Fnatic also recently finished fourth at Valorant Champions 2023.
2023 Red Bull Home Ground casters
The caster line-up consists of the following:
- Iain Chambers (Host) – UK
- Tombizz (Caster/Analyst) – UK
- Mitchman (Caster/Analyst) – Ireland
- Achilios (Caster/Analyst) – USA
- Paperthin (Caster/Analyst) – USA
Iain Chambers said: “The craziest year of my career for sure. Always been a dream of mine to work in Japan. See you in November for Red Bull Home Ground!”
Tombizz added: “We’re going to Tokyo. Been so excited the second Red Bull reached out. Myself and Mitchman casting live from Japan! Also get to work with my twin Paperthin again.”
Paperthin commented: “So freakin excited to be at the Red Bull Home Ground event in Tokyo [with the other broadcast talent]. Casting Valorant in Japan is beyond incredible, and getting to do it at the historic Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena is a dream come true!”
Tokyo also played host to Valorant Masters earlier this year, won by Fnatic, with their UK player Boaster giving his victory speech in Japanese.
What is Red Bull Home Ground?
It’s Valorant esports tournament, which, last year featured eight top teams battling in a unique ‘Home and Away’ format.
As an official part of the VCT off-season tournaments, last year’s tournament also offered two qualifier spots for teams to earn a chance to test their mettle on the global stage.
This year, Open and Closed Qualifiers in EMEA and Japan respectively will take place in October, with the two winning teams securing a place at Red Bull Home Ground. At the Red Bull Home Ground Final in November, those two qualifying winners will join six of the biggest Valorant teams from across the world in an epic conclusion to the Valorant season.
Fans can either buy tickets when they become available to watch live from the venue, or they can tune in to watch the event live on Twitch and YouTube.
Monitor hardware brand AGON by AOC is on board as a partner for this year.
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Red Bull Home Ground 2023 tickets
Approximately 6,000 tickets will be available for fans from around the world to attend the event in person.
Ticketing will be through a tiered system, with prices starting at ¥4,000 ($27.39). At the highest level, the classic Masu seating will be available at ¥24,000 ($164.40) for the weekend, where fans can have an authentic experience inside the arena.
Red Bull Home Ground 2023 tickets are on sale here
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
