LOUD Won The Valorant World Championship After Defeating OpTic Gaming In The Finals By A Score Of 3–1. ... 2022 Valorant Champions.

Gaming tournament 2022 Valorant Champions

Tournament information
Game	Valorant
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Date	August 31 – September 18
Administrator	Riot Games
Tournamentformat(s)	GSL Format (group stage)Double Elimination (playoffs)
Venue	Volkswagen Arena Istanbul
Teams	16
Purse	$1,000,000 USD[1]
Final positions
Champions	LOUD
Runner-up	OpTic Gaming
MVP	Erick "aspas" Santos (LOUD)[2]
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The 2022 Valorant Champions was an esports tournament for the video game Valorant. This was the second edition of the Valorant Champions, the crowning event of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) for the 2022 Valorant competitive season. The tournament was held from August 31 to September 18, 2022, in Istanbul, Turkey.[3][4][5]

"Fire Again" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Ashnikko.[6]

Acend were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the event after losing to G2 Esports in the VCT 2022: EMEA Last Chance Qualifier.[7]

LOUD won the Valorant world championship after defeating OpTic Gaming in the finals by a score of 3–1.[8] Erick "aspas" Santos from LOUD was named the tournament MVP.[8]

Venues

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Istanbul was the city chosen to host the competition. The tournament was held at the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, with spectators from knockout stage.

Istanbul, Turkey
Volkswagen Arena Istanbul
	Istanbul

Format

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Tournament's spots

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Sixteen teams qualified for the global crowning event of the circuit, with ten teams qualifying through points earned throughout the season, while the remaining six teams qualified via the Last Chance Qualifiers.[3]

Qualification path	Regions
	EMEA	North America	South America		East Asia			Asia-Pacific[a]
			Brazil	Latin America[b]	China[c]	Japan	S.Korea
Regional Circuit Points (10 spots)	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	2
Last Chance Qualifier (6 spots)	1	1	2		1			1
Total (16 spots)	3	3	4		3			3

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the event:

Qualified teams for 2022 Valorant Champions

Region		Team	Qualification
EMEA		FunPlus Phoenix	EMEA Regional Circuit Points #1
		Fnatic	EMEA Regional Circuit Points #2
		Team Liquid	EMEA Last Chance Qualifier winner
North America		OpTic Gaming	NA Regional Circuit Points #1
		XSET	NA Regional Circuit Points #2
		100 Thieves	NA Last Chance Qualifier winner
Asia-Pacific	MYSG	Paper Rex	APAC Regional Circuit Points #1
	Thailand	XERXIA Esports	APAC Regional Circuit Points #2
	Indonesia	BOOM Esports	APAC Last Chance Qualifier winner
East Asia	South Korea	DRX	KR Regional Circuit Points #1
	Japan	ZETA DIVISION	JP Regional Circuit Points #1
	China	Edward Gaming	EA Last Chance Qualifier winner
South America	Brazil	LOUD	BR Regional Circuit Points #1
		Furia Esports	SA Last Chance Qualifier runner-up
	Latin America	Leviatán	LATAM Regional Circuit Points #1
		KRÜ Esports	SA Last Chance Qualifier winner

Group stage

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The group stage took place August 31 – September 8, 2022. All 16 teams were divided into 4 groups of four teams each playing in a GSL-style double-elimination format. Games were held in a best-of-three series. Only the top 2 teams in each group will qualified for the playoffs.

Group A

Round 1			Winner's Match			Qualified
									August 31
Paper Rex		2
			September 1
Edward Gaming		1
			Paper Rex		0
August 31
			Leviatán		2
Leviatán		2
			Team Liquid		0
A1	Leviatán
			A2	Team Liquid
Elimination Match						Decider Match
			September 7
September 4						Paper Rex		1
			Edward Gaming		0				Team Liquid		2
Team Liquid		2

Group B

Round 1			Winner's Match			Qualified
									September 1
OpTic Gaming		2
			September 2
BOOM Esports		1
			OpTic Gaming		2
September 1
			LOUD		1
ZETA DIVISION		0
			LOUD		2
B1	OpTic Gaming
			B2	LOUD
Elimination Match						Decider Match
			September 7
September 4						LOUD		2
			BOOM Esports		1				ZETA DIVISION		0
ZETA DIVISION		2

Group C

Round 1			Winner's Match			Qualified
									September 3
FunPlus Phoenix		2
			September 5
KRÜ Esports		0
			FunPlus Phoenix		1
September 3
			XSET		2
XSET		2
			XERXIA Esports		0
C1	XSET
			C2	FunPlus Phoenix
Elimination Match						Decider Match
			September 8
September 5						FunPlus Phoenix		2
			KRÜ Esports		2				KRÜ Esports		0
XERXIA Esports		1

Group D

Round 1			Winner's Match			Qualified
									September 2
DRX		2
			September 3
FURIA Esports		0
			DRX		2
September 2
			100 Thieves		0
Fnatic		1
			100 Thieves		2
D1	DRX
			D2	Fnatic
Elimination Match						Decider Match
			September 8
September 5						100 Thieves		0
			FURIA Esports		1				Fnatic		2
Fnatic		2

Knockout stage

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The knockouts were a double-elimination tournament that took place September 9–18, 2022, at Volkswagen Arena, Istanbul. All matches were a best-of-three series, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final, which were a best-of-five series.

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals

Upper Bracket Semifinals

Upper Bracket Final

Grand Final

Match 1 – September 9

D1

DRX

2

Match 7 – September 12

C2

FunPlus Phoenix

0

W1

DRX

0

Match 2 – September 9

W2

LOUD

2

A1

Leviatán

0

Match 11 – September 16

B2

LOUD

2

W7

LOUD

2

Match 3 – September 10

W8

OpTic Gaming

0

B1

OpTic Gaming

2

Match 8 – September 12

A2

Team Liquid

1

W3

OpTic Gaming

2

Match 4 – September 10

W4

XSET

1

C1

XSET

2

Match 14 – September 18

D2

Fnatic

0

W11

LOUD

3

W13

OpTic Gaming

1

Lower Bracket Round 1

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

Lower Bracket Semifinals

Lower Bracket Final

Match 9 – September 13

Match 5 – September 11

L8

XSET

1

Match 13 – September 17

L1

FunPlus Phoenix

2

W5

FunPlus Phoenix

2

Match 12 – September 16

L11

OpTic Gaming

3

L2

Leviatán

0

W9

FunPlus Phoenix

0

W12

DRX

2

Match 10 – September 13

W10

DRX

2

Match 6 – September 11

L7

DRX

2

L3

Team Liquid

0

W6

Fnatic

1

L4

Fnatic

2

Prize pool

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Pos	Team	Prize
1st	LOUD	$300,000
2nd	OpTic Gaming	$150,000
3rd	DRX	$110,000
4th	FunPlus Phoenix	$80,000
5th–6th	XSET	$60,000
	Fnatic
7th–8th	Team Liquid	$40,000
	Leviatán
9th–12th	100 Thieves	$25,000
	KRÜ Esports
	ZETA Division
	Paper Rex
13th–16th	Furia Esports	$15,000
	XERXIA Esports
	BOOM Esports
	Edward Gaming

Notes

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1. ^ Including teams from sub-regions Indonesia, Malaysia+Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan+Hong Kong, Oceania, and South Asia
2. ^ Latin America has 2 sub-regions LATAM North and LATAM South
3. ^ Regional Circuit Points was not available for teams from China due to no have Challangers competitions in this season. Teams from China could only compete in East Asia Last Chance Qualifier with teams from Japan and South Korea.

References

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1. ^ Zucker, Coby (8 September 2022). "Everything you need to know about Champions 2022 playoffs". Upcomer. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
2. ^ Lozano, Kurt (September 19, 2022). "LOUD win VALORANT Champions 2022 with 3-1 rout over OpTic". Yahoo News. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
3. ^ a b Zucker, Coby (May 13, 2022). "Riot Games announces VALORANT Champions 2022 will be in Istanbul". Upcomer. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
4. ^ Šimić, Ivan (May 13, 2022). "VCT is coming to Copenhagen and Istanbul in 2022". Esports Insider. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
5. ^ "Valorant Champions 2022: Everything you need to know". valorantesports.com. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
6. ^ "Riot releases VALORANT Champions 2022 anthem 'Fire Again'". Dot Esports. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
7. ^ Manske, Nadine (August 9, 2022). "A new VCT champion will be crowned in 2022 after G2 send Acend home from EMEA LCQ". Dot Esports. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
8. ^ a b Klimentov, Mikhail (September 18, 2022). "LOUD wins 'Valorant' world championship, defeating OpTic in Istanbul". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 19, 2022.

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