After its global success from last year, Red Bull Campus Clutch is back with a global Esports tournament for University students.

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Red Bull Campus Clutch Season 3

Red Bull Campus Clutch is an open tournament for college and university students coming from everywhere around the world, giving the participants the chance to participate and represent their campus first during the U.S. final in Chicago on November 3-4. The winner will then move to the world final, which will take place at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 19-24.

Registration is now open with qualifiers starting September 9, so if you’re looking to participate, head over to the official website to sign up and find all the related details to the schedule.

As for the format, each team will have to through local online and offline qualifiers, with the top eight teams making their way to the U.S. National Final in Chicago. The winner will eventually become the Red Bull Campus Clutch U.S. Champion, earning an all-expenses paid invite to the World Final, a LAN event held in Istanbul. For many of the teams, the event will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete in a live professional setting and live the best gaming experience ever. The Red Bull Campus Clutch World Final Champions will also receive $20,000+ in prize money.

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About RB Campus Clutch

The Campus Clutch is the grassroots esports initiative from the energy drink brand to raise up-and-coming young students looking to break into the VALORANT competitive scene. Players of every skill level can join together as they team up and experience the adrenaline of competitive gaming. The tournament hosted over 800 individual events since 2021, with 25,000 participants in the first year and 30,000 in 2022.

Heading into its third year, Red Bull Campus Clutch has featured some incredible stories from teams across the world. In 2021 standout squads like Team Egypt put on a show, putting themselves and their entire region on the VALORANT map while also having never competed on the global stage before this tournament.

The goal of fostering talents ended up working: a strong showing from Mohamed “shalaby” Shalaby led him to sign with the French professional esports team Team Vitality.

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Last year, the Campus Clutch saw new powerhouses emerge, alongside many squads that returned for vengeance. And with the global final taking place in the epic Estádio do Pacaembu, Sao Paulo, Brazil, it was the tenacious Team USA that took the final victory. However, the tournament ran deep, and Indonesian talent, Oliver Budi ‘m0rea” Wangge, has been making waves since his performance at the tournament and recently won a gold medal at the South East Asian Games 2023.

One of the newest upgrades going into the third season is the addition of Fatcap as the official jersey sponsor. Made in the USA, Fatcap makes custom esports jerseys and apparel for teams of all levels and will be providing the custom Red Bull Campus Clutch gear for this year’s tournament. With VALORANT becoming one of the most popular esports titles in the world, despite its late release, the competitive scene is shaping up incredibly well, especially thanks to these types of initiatives to attract new talented youngsters.

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