Valorant Spring 2024 Beacon season to be final season before new national competitions launch for Northern Europe

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 18/06/2025

The Valorant Spring 2024 Beacon season – Northern Europe’s official grassroots Valorant tournament – will be the last, before new competitions launch.

The upcoming season, which will be organised in collaboration with NUEL (which also runs the University Esports UK & Ireland tournaments) will take place on April 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th, with a total prize pool of £2,000.

The top four teams will also secure slots in the Polaris qualifier event at the end of April.

This will be the last season of Beacon to run across the entirety of Northern Europe, with a new focus to national-based competitions for the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the next season in September 2024.

Premier will remain as the primary qualification method for teams in the higher-tier Challengers North: Polaris and the top-tier VCT EMEA ecosystem.

“We look forward to this final season of Beacon covering the whole of Northern Europe,” said Will Attwood, Competitive Experiences Manager Riot Games Northern Europe.

“As we move ahead we’ll shift the focus down to a national level. This will allow us to bring local activations to players, and allow them to play Valorant in a competitive environment that maintains the path to pro through the Premier ecosystem.”

The news comes a week after the Women’s Valorant Beacon Game Changers Contenders Qualifier was announced for Northern Europe.

To follow the upcoming Valorant Spring 2024 Beacon tournament and the summer changes, you can join the Beacon Discord and follow the Beacon X account above.

Key dates for the Valorant Spring 2024 Beacon Season

• 11th March – Signups Open
• 4th April – Signups Close
• 6th April – Gameday
• 17th April – Gameday 2
• 13th April – Gameday 3
• 14th April – Gameday 4

Team eligibility for Valorant Spring 2024 Beacon Season

A team – including substitutes – may not contain more than two players who are not a resident or citizen of a country in Northern Europe: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Malta, Norway, Sweden and the UK.

All players must be 16+ years of age on the date of registration. All players must reside or be a citizen of a country within the EMEA region (more information on country eligibility can be found on the tournament website).

Sign ups are open now and close on April 4th.

Teams can sign up now on Battlefy. The finals on April 14th will also be broadcast live on the Valorant Beacon Twitch channel.

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Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. 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 also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.

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