As one of the youngest regions in League of Legends, VCS offers the best LoL competition from Vietnam. Despite only being around since 2017, VCS betting opportunities are available in many forms. To help you learn more, we’ve gathered all the details in this VCS betting guide 2024.
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Event Overview
With the VCS Dawn 2024 event ongoing, here are the details for this League of Legends betting opportunity:
Series | Vietnam Championship Series |
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Venue | Ho Chi Minh City, VCS Studio, Vietnam |
Format | Group Stage & Playoffs |
Prize Pool | $49,291 |
Dates | 20th January - April 2024 |
Teams | 8 |
Seeds | Winner heads to MSI 2024 |
For the 2024 season, the Vietnam Championship Series is maintaining the branding of Dawn and Dusk instead of Spring and Summer.
VCS Dawn – Teams & Format
Taking place across online and offline venues, the VCS Dawn 2024 split follows a format which has been used for years in the VCS and is simple to understand for esports betting.
Kicking things off is a Group Stage, where the eight teams compete in a double round-robin, facing one another twice. Once each team plays 14 BO3 matches, only the top 4 make it to the Playoffs.
Here are the competing VCS teams and associated seeding:
- 2023 Dusk – CEBERUS Esports, GAM Esports, Team Flash, Team Secret, Team Whales, Vikings Esports
- Promotion – MGN Blue Esports, Rainbow Warriors
Once the Group Stage is complete, the final four fight through the double-elimination Playoffs with BO5 matches. It’s here that the very best teams earns a sport at MSI 2024.
VCS Dawn 2024 Schedule
With seven weeks of VCS Dawn Group Stage competition, there is a lot of competition to look forward to across multiple weeks of competition.
Notably, it’s at the Playoffs that the LoL odds will be most exciting.
VCS Odds & Markets
Similar to other League of Legends regions, a regular season with league-style matches offers a plethora of esports betting opportunities across multiple months.
Whether you’re new or experienced with betting on LoL tournaments, we recommend learning the various betting markets available for League of Legends:
- Standard Bets: a typically outright style where one team is chosen to win either a tournament, match or map with odds determined by esports bookmakers
- Handicap Bets: standard bets may at times present with handicaps to even the odds in matches which seem to be one-sided
- Special Bets: unique bets focusing on in-game events such as First Blood or First Baron/Dragon Slayed – key moments which have an influence on the match outcome
Moreover, we recommend that special betting be accompanied by more in-game knowledge, whether it’s by playing the game itself or relying on quite a bit of experience.
Also, it’s worth noting that the betting experience varies between League of Legends betting sites.
VCS at Worlds & MSI
Over the past few years, unfortunately, Vietnamese teams have suffered multiple travel restrictions, missing out on certain iterations of MSI and Worlds.
Here’s a quick look at how this region has performed on an international stage, starting with MSI where they’ve been awarded one seed yearly:
Season | MSI Representative | Placing |
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2023 | GAM Esports | 12-13th |
2022 | Saigon Buffalo | 5-6th |
2021 | GAM Esports | N/A |
2019 | Phong Vu Buffalo | 6th |
2018 | EVOS Esports | 6th |
For Worlds, the VCS typically has earned two seeds every since 2019, with VCS teams seeding as follows:
Season | Worlds Representative | Placing |
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2023 | GAM Esports, Team Whales | 12-14th, 17-18th |
2022 | GAM Esports, Saigon Buffalo | 15-16th, 19-20th |
2021 | GAM Esports, Saigon Buffalo | N/A |
2020 | Team Flash, GAM Esports | N/A |
2019 | GAM Esports, Lowkey Esports | 13-16th, 17-20th |
2018 | Phong Vu Buffalo | 13-16th |
VCS Dawn 2024 Predictions
At VCS Dusk 2023 last season, the regional teams ranked as follows:
- GAM Esports
- Team Whales
- Team Secret
- CERBERUS Esports
It seems that in the past few regional splits, GAM Esports have cemented a firm place at the top of the Vietnam Championship Series.
Heading into VCS Dawn 2024, GAM Esports will be challenged to maintain their dominant status.
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