The North American team became the second team from the region to win a Masters after Sentinels. OpTic Gaming won the Americas showdown against LOUD to be the winners of the 2022 edition of Masters Reykjavik. OpTic won Masters Reykjavik 3-0, the same as Sentinel when they won over Fnatic last year. LOUD did not walk empty-handed as they were awarded$120,000and500 VCT points.
They beat OpTic Gaming in the Upper Bracket Finals to move to the Grand Final. Paper Rex made history as the first APAC team to play in a Masters Grand Final at Copenhagen. Paper Rex copied their strategy from the first map and doubled down on their pressure on OpTic Gaming. In the first half, we saw Paper Rex win 7 rounds back-to-back to secure their lead. Paper Rex won 2-1....
The Southeast Asian team now heads to the 3rd round of the lower bracket facing ZETA DIVISION. They are sweeping the competition as they try their best to head into the grand final round. Their latest match was against G2 Esports, the sole EMEA representative at this point of the tournament. Paper Rex won 2-0, withf0rsakeNbeing crowned as the games MVP.
The new regions join Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan and Taiwan/Hong Kong as part of the APAC region. After an explosive first year of VALORANT esports, the VALORANT Champions Tour is back. The three stages are: As for slot allocation, it is split across a 20-team competitive format.
Zeal Esports and Team Secret are now in the lower tier, waiting for their next opponents. The other pair will be waiting in the lower brackets to proceed. Zeal Esports met up with Action PH for their match. Action PH won 2-1. Team Secret met up with South Built Esports for their match. Action PHwill next meet up withOasis GamingwhileSouth Built Esportswill be battling againstNAOS Esports. The losers of these two matches will be bumped down to the lower brackets to continue their journey....
They beat NAOS Esports in a string of back-to-back wins. But NAOS Esports rose up to win the second half and eventually the map 13-11. SBE gained second wind with Haven , where they dominated NAOS easily to win the map 13-11. The final score was 3-1 for South Built Esports. They are joined by NAOS Esports and Action PH.
Big name teams who qualified include NaVi and G2 Esports. The points will be counted into the overall points for Champions. Fans can follow the matches on the official VALORANT twitch pageHERE.
They beat M3 Champions in the grand final with a score of 3-1. Europe has filled out the remaining seats atChampions Istanbul. This time though, Team Liquid come bearing with a will to see themselves in Istanbul. The first map saw M3C leading the way in Bind, where they won 13-8. Team Liquid won the map 13-8, and thus the match as a whole.
Only teams from South America are still battling on who will head to Denmark for the Masters.
The Guard The Guard is a relatively new team in Valorant, set up in November 2021. They even beat last years best NA team, Sentinels, in the playoffs. Its no wonder they are one of the top seeds in this edition of Masters Reykjavik. OpTic Gaming The other NA team that qualified for Masters Reykjavik also happens to be a debutant. While this team is a new name in the VCT circuit, the roster is not....
Big names like T1, TSM, Complexity and FaZe Clan are nowhere to be seen. 12 teams will be battling to grab a seat in the first Masters for Valorant in 2022. Mechanics The NA Stage 1 Challengers will be split into two Group Stage and Playoffs. Fans can follow the matches on the official VALORANT twitch pageHERE.
Three remaining spots will be from South Asia.
The Japanese team beat the Koreans in a revenge match from the group stage. Japan and South Koreans are rivals in multiple areas, and this includes esports. Their match started with Icebox, with ZETA leading the back by the end of the first half. This is also the same first map that was played in their Group stage match. This resulted in their win over ZETA 13-10, by leading the way in both halves of the map....
