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VALORANT Champions 2021

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[e][h]VALORANT Champions 2021
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Patch:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Germany Berlin
Format:
GSL Format
(Group Stage)
Single Elimination
(Playoffs)
Prize Pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2021-12-01
End Date:
2021-12-12
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Bind • Haven • Split • Ascent • Icebox • Breeze • Fracture
Chronology

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

  • English Broadcast
  • EMEA Broadcasts
  • LATAM Broadcasts
  • Asian Broadcasts
  • Show All
  • Observers:
  • French Commentators:
  • Polish Commentators:
    • Poland TERP (Krystian Terpiński)
    • Poland Magvayer (Tomasz Filipiuk)
    • Poland TheFakeOne (Tomasz Milaniuk)
    • Poland Avahir (Michał Kudliński)
    • Poland Myha (Michał Francuz)
    • Poland K1KS (Patryk Cieszyński)
    • Poland frs (Jakub Czapran)
    • Poland Snowwie (Gerard Gołumbiewski)
    • Poland Nero (Dominik Dąbrowski)
  • Italian Commentators:
  • Finnish Commentators:
    • Finland MP (Miikka Kämäräinen)
    • Finland Kapa (Matti Kailanto)
    • Finland KUNDIKUNDI (Jiri Honkala)
    • Finland Judsi (Jussi Halme)
    • Finland Nihvu (Niklas Hirvelä)
  • Portuguese Commentators:
  • Brazilian Hosts:
    • Brazil Tixinha (Guilherme Cheida)
    • Brazil Melão (Gustavo Ruzza)
    • Brazil Bah (Barbara Gutierrez)
  • Brazilian Commentators:
    • Brazil BiDa (Bernardo Soares Claussen Moura)
    • Brazil xrm (Pablo Oliveira)
    • Brazil Babi (Bárbara Micheletto)
  • Spanish (LATAM) Host:
  • Spanish (LATAM) Analysts:
    • Mexico Blue (Carlos Arestegui)
    • Argentina RkT (Lautaro Massara)
  • Spanish (LATAM) Commentators:
    • Argentina Aku (Axel Martinez)
    • Chile BoAx (Camila Hernandez)
    • Mexico KEVHO (Kevin Osvaldo Hernández)
    • Argentina Lucius (Renzo Malusardi)
    • Argentina Nosfeh (Ian Flaker)
    • Argentina Ordnael (Leandro Mosqueda)
  • Filipino Commentators:
  • Taiwanese Commentators:

Format[edit]

  • Group Stage: 4 groups of four teams in a double-elimination format. [1]
    • Top 2 teams advance to the Playoffs.
    • All matches are Bo3
  • Playoffs: 8 teams in a single-elimination bracket
    • All matches (excl. Grand Final) are Bo3
    • Grand Final is Bo5
  • Chamber is not available in this event.

Prize Pool[edit]

$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Teams are paid 50% of net proceeds from the Champions 2021 Skin Collection. [2]
Up to December 8th, Champions Collection has raised more than $7.5M for qualified Champions teams. [3]

Schedule[edit]

Hide schedule
DateRoundTeamScorevs. Team
2021-12-01 14:20:00December 1, 2021 - 14:20 UTCGroup DVS Vision StrikersVision Strikers2 : 0FULL SENSEFULL SENSE FS
2021-12-01 16:50:00December 1, 2021 - 16:50 UTCGroup CVKS Team VikingsTeam Vikings2 : 0Crazy RaccoonCrazy Raccoon CR
2021-12-01 19:45:00December 1, 2021 - 19:45 UTCGroup DFNC FnaticFnatic2 : 1Cloud9Cloud9 C9
2021-12-02 14:00:00December 2, 2021 - 14:00 UTCGroup CGMB Gambit EsportsGambit Esports2 : 1Team SecretTeam Secret TS
2021-12-02 17:40:00December 2, 2021 - 17:40 UTCGroup BSEN SentinelsSentinels2 : 1FURIA EsportsFURIA Esports FUR
2021-12-02 21:35:00December 2, 2021 - 21:35 UTCGroup BKRÜ KRÜ EsportsKRÜ Esports0 : 2Team LiquidTeam Liquid TL
2021-12-03 17:45:00December 3, 2021 - 17:45 UTCGroup DVS Vision StrikersVision Strikers1 : 2FnaticFnatic FNC
2021-12-03 21:30:00December 3, 2021 - 21:30 UTCGroup ANV Team EnvyTeam Envy2 : 0X10 CRITX10 CRIT X10C
2021-12-04 15:05:00December 4, 2021 - 15:05 UTCGroup CVKS Team VikingsTeam Vikings1 : 2Gambit EsportsGambit Esports GMB
2021-12-04 19:00:00December 4, 2021 - 19:00 UTCGroup BSEN SentinelsSentinels1 : 2Team LiquidTeam Liquid TL
2021-12-05 13:30:00December 5, 2021 - 13:30 UTCGroup AACE AcendAcend2 : 1Keyd StarsKeyd Stars KS
2021-12-05 15:05:00December 5, 2021 - 15:05 UTCGroup CCR Crazy RaccoonCrazy Raccoon0 : 2Team SecretTeam Secret TS
2021-12-05 17:25:00December 5, 2021 - 17:25 UTCGroup BFUR FURIA EsportsFURIA Esports1 : 2KRÜ EsportsKRÜ Esports KRÜ
2021-12-05 21:30:00December 5, 2021 - 21:30 UTCGroup DFS FULL SENSEFULL SENSE0 : 2Cloud9Cloud9 C9
2021-12-06 14:00:00December 6, 2021 - 14:00 UTCGroup AACE AcendAcend2 : 0Team EnvyTeam Envy NV
2021-12-06 17:05:00December 6, 2021 - 17:05 UTCGroup AKS Keyd StarsKeyd Stars0 : 2X10 CRITX10 CRIT X10C
2021-12-06 19:40:00December 6, 2021 - 19:40 UTCGroup BSEN SentinelsSentinels1 : 2KRÜ EsportsKRÜ Esports KRÜ
2021-12-07 14:00:00December 7, 2021 - 14:00 UTCGroup DVS Vision StrikersVision Strikers1 : 2Cloud9Cloud9 C9
2021-12-07 18:25:00December 7, 2021 - 18:25 UTCGroup CVKS Team VikingsTeam Vikings0 : 2Team SecretTeam Secret TS
2021-12-07 20:55:00December 7, 2021 - 20:55 UTCGroup ANV Team EnvyTeam Envy1 : 2X10 CRITX10 CRIT X10C
2021-12-08 17:10:00December 8, 2021 - 17:10 UTCQuarterfinalsACE AcendAcend2 : 0Team SecretTeam Secret TS
2021-12-08 20:05:00December 8, 2021 - 20:05 UTCQuarterfinalsTL Team LiquidTeam Liquid2 : 0Cloud9Cloud9 C9
2021-12-09 17:20:00December 9, 2021 - 17:20 UTCQuarterfinalsGMB Gambit EsportsGambit Esports2 : 1X10 CRITX10 CRIT X10C
2021-12-09 20:45:00December 9, 2021 - 20:45 UTCQuarterfinalsFNC FnaticFnatic1 : 2KRÜ EsportsKRÜ Esports KRÜ
2021-12-11 17:10:00December 11, 2021 - 17:10 UTCSemifinalsACE AcendAcend2 : 0Team LiquidTeam Liquid TL
2021-12-11 19:40:00December 11, 2021 - 19:40 UTCSemifinalsGMB Gambit EsportsGambit Esports2 : 1KRÜ EsportsKRÜ Esports KRÜ
2021-12-12 17:30:00December 12, 2021 - 17:30 UTCGrand FinalACE AcendAcend3 : 2Gambit EsportsGambit Esports GMB
Show schedule

Participants[edit]

United States Sentinels
Notes
1United States ShahZaM
2United States SicK
3United States zombs
4United States dapr
5Canada TenZ
CUnited States Rawkus
1 November 8th - United States Rawkus joins as coach. [4]
North America Team Envy
Notes
1Canada FNS
2United States yay
3United States Victor
4United States crashies
5Canada Marved
CUnited States Chet
1 December 2nd - United States Victor tests positive for COVID and will play from an isolated room. [5]
Chile KRÜ Esports
Notes
1Argentina Klaus
2Chile Mazino
3Chile NagZ
4Chile delz1k
5Chile keznit
CArgentina Onur Argentina BeTony 
1 November 8th - Argentina bnj leaves as his contract expires. [6]
Brazil Team Vikings
Notes
1Brazil gtnziN
2Brazil Sacy
3Brazil frz
4Brazil sutecas
5Argentina Saadhak
CBrazil bzkA
1 October 9th - Team Vikings sign Brazil bzkA as their coach. [7]
Brazil Keyd Stars
Notes
S
DNP
Brazil ntk
Main Roster
1Brazil heat
2Brazil JhoW
3Brazil v1xen
4Brazil murizzz
5Brazil mwzera
CBrazil Koy
Substitutes
1 October 25th - Keyd Stars sign Brazil mwzera on loan from Gamelanders Blue. [8]
Japan Crazy Raccoon
Notes
CSouth Korea Twinkl
CJapan mun
CSouth Korea HSK
Main Roster
1South Korea Bazzi
2Japan ade
3Japan Fisker
4South Korea Munchkin
5Japan neth
6South Korea Medusa
Coaches
1 November 20th - Japan Minty announces that he will not be participating in this event. [9]
Thailand X10 CRIT
Notes
1Thailand Crws
2Thailand foxz
3Thailand sScary
4Thailand sushiboys
5Thailand Patiphan
CThailand 0bi Thailand Zeus 
1 November 18th - X10 Esports rebrand to X10 CRIT. [10]
Philippines Team Secret
Notes
1Philippines JessieVash
2Philippines DubsteP
3Philippines BORKUM
4Philippines Dispenser
5Philippines witz
CPhilippines Gibo
1 September 9th - Team Secret sign the former roster of Bren Esports. [11]
United States Cloud9
CSouth Korea Autumn
CUnited States JamezIRL
CCanada vexel
Main Roster
1United States mitch
2United States leaf
3South Korea xeta
4United States Xeppaa
5United States vanity
Coaches
Europe Team Liquid
Notes
CUnited Kingdom Sliggy
AUnited Kingdom bacon9
Main Roster
1United Kingdom soulcas
2United Kingdom L1NK
3Belgium ScreaM
4Finland Jamppi
5Belgium Nivera
Staff
1 November 30th - Belgium Nivera tests positive for COVID and will play from an isolated room. [12]
2 December 7th - Belgium Nivera tests negative for COVID and is allowed to play alongside the rest of the team in their next match. [13]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.Acend Acend2-061-45+16
2.X10 CRIT X10 CRIT2-178-70+8
3.Team Envy Team Envy1-278-780
4.Keyd Stars Keyd Stars0-237-61-24

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.Team Liquid Team Liquid2-055-48+7
2.KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports2-183-91-8
3.Sentinels Sentinels1-2106-93+13
4.FURIA Esports FURIA Esports0-261-73-12

Group C[edit]

Group C
1.Gambit Esports Gambit Esports2-064-50+14
2.Team Secret Team Secret2-171-52+19
3.Team Vikings Team Vikings1-270-75-5
4.Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon0-224-52-28

Group D[edit]

Group D
1.Fnatic Fnatic2-074-65+9
2.Cloud9 Cloud92-198-91+7
3.Vision Strikers Vision Strikers1-289-81+8
4.FULL SENSE FULL SENSE0-229-53-24

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals
Acend Acend
2
ACE Acend
Team Secret TS
December 8, 2021 - 18:10 CET
SovaJettViperSageReyna
138
5
ViperSageJettSovaReyna
48
4
Icebox
SovaJettCypherViperKAY/O
138
5
ViperCypherJettSovaSkye
46
2
Breeze
 
 
 
 
Split
Casters: United States Paperthin & United States Achilios
Watch VOD
Team Secret Team Secret
0
Team Liquid Team Liquid
2
TL Team Liquid
Cloud9 C9
December 8, 2021 - 21:05 CET
SovaAstraViperReynaKAY/O
136
7
SkyeViperAstraRazeSova
610
4
Bind
JettAstraKilljoyReynaSova
135
8
JettKilljoyAstraKAY/OSova
711
4
Ascent
 
 
 
 
Breeze
Casters: United Kingdom ddk & United States sgares
Watch VOD
Cloud9 Cloud9
0
Gambit Esports Gambit Esports
2
GMB Gambit Esports
X10 CRIT X10C
December 9, 2021 - 18:20 CET
BrimstoneRazeCypherBreachSage
139
4
BreachKAY/OJettAstraKilljoy
37
4
Fracture
SovaJettCypherAstraSkye
75
2
KAY/OSovaJettAstraCypher
713
6
Ascent
SkyeJettViperSovaReyna
137
6
KAY/OSovaJettViperCypher
57
2
Breeze
Casters: United Kingdom Pansy & United Kingdom hypoc
Watch VOD
X10 CRIT X10 CRIT
1
Fnatic Fnatic
1
FNC Fnatic
KRÜ Esports KRÜ
December 9, 2021 - 21:45 CET
SovaJettSkyeKilljoyAstra
1380
41
AstraReynaKilljoySovaJett
2415
18
Haven
SovaJettSageKilljoyViper
1310
3
SageReynaViperSovaJett
26
4
Icebox
AstraRazeKAY/OKilljoyViper
85
3
AstraRazeViperSkyeJett
713
6
Split
Casters: United States EsportsDoug & United States Rivington
Watch VOD
KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports
2
Semifinals
Acend Acend
2
ACE Acend
Team Liquid TL
December 11, 2021 - 18:10 CET
BrimstoneSageViperSkyeRaze
138
5
SovaAstraViperReynaKAY/O
46
2
Bind
OmenJettCypherSageRaze
1311
2
AstraBreachViperReynaRaze
15
4
Split
 
 
 
 
Ascent
Casters: United Kingdom ddk & United States sgares
Watch VOD
Team Liquid Team Liquid
0
Gambit Esports Gambit Esports
2
GMB Gambit Esports
KRÜ Esports KRÜ
December 11, 2021 - 20:40 CET
SkyeJettViperSovaReyna
134
9
ViperCypherSovaKAY/OJett
88
0
Breeze
SovaSkyeCypherAstraSage
75
2
AstraReynaKilljoySovaJett
713
6
Ascent
SovaJettViperAstraSkye
1843
83
BrimstoneRazeViperSkyeSage
2816
24
Bind
Casters: Ireland MitchMan & United Kingdom Tombizz
Watch VOD
KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports
1
Grand Final
Acend Acend
3
ACE Acend
Gambit Esports GMB
December 12, 2021 - 18:30 CET
SovaJettCypherViperKAY/O
119
2
KilljoyJettViperSovaSkye
313
10
Breeze
SovaJettKilljoyAstraKAY/O
137
6
SovaJettCypherAstraSkye
57
2
Ascent
BreachJettCypherAstraRaze
31
2
BrimstoneRazeCypherBreachSage
1113
2
Fracture
SovaJettViperSageReyna
1471
51
SovaJettViperSageReyna
0512
07
Icebox
OmenJettCypherSageRaze
137
6
KilljoyJettViperAstraSkye
58
3
Split
Casters: United Kingdom Pansy & United Kingdom hypoc
Watch VOD
Gambit Esports Gambit Esports
2

Additional Data[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

#Country / RegionRepresentationPlayers
1Brazil Brazil13 / 82