VALORANT Champions Tour 2021: EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs

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[e][h]VCT 2021: EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs

League Information

Series:

VCT

Organizers:

Riot Games
Freaks 4U Gaming

Sponsor(s):

Razer
Red Bull
paysafecard
Warner Music Group
AGON by AOC

Patch:

3.02

Type:

Online

Location:

 Europe
 CIS
 Turkey

Prize pool:

€85,500 EUR
(≃ $100,567 USD)

Start Date:

2021-08-12

End Date:

2021-08-22

Teams:

12

Liquipedia tier:

A-Tier

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Maps

Bind • Haven • Split • Ascent • Icebox • Breeze

Chronology

Masters - Berlin 

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• Hosts:
  •  Yinsu Collins (Yinsu Collins)
  •  JustHarry (Harry Russell)
  •  MiloshTheMedic (Ghassan Finge)

• Guests:
  •  ANGE1 (Kyrylo Karasov)
  •  Davidp (David Prins)

• Analysts:
  •  kaquka (Beatriz Alonso)
  •  RyanCentral (Ryan Horton)
  •  Lothar (Jakub Szygulski)
  •  Zescht (Vincent Talmon-Gros)

• Commentators:
  •  Twiggy (Matt Twigg)
  •  Pansy (Lauren Scott)
  •  hypoc (Michael Robins)
  •  MitchMan (Mitch McBride)
  •  Tombizz (Tom Bissmire)
  •  Geo (Geo Collins)
  •  John Allen (John Allen)

• Observers:
  •  xilv (Luke Davis)
  •  mel (Melanie Hoi-San Man)
  •  raveN (Gilberto Vieira)
  •  Salty_Jayy (Jason Batzofin)
  •  Synga (Felix Regitz)
  •  sapphiRe (Heather Garozzo)
  •  gRuMM3l (Druiden Grummel)

• Commentators:
  •  Super Buddy (Ben Peters)
  •  VetrezZ (Moritz Reiter)
  •  Masterplay (René Geigenberger)
  •  Fragstube (Maximilian Witt)
  •  Leon (Leon Roesberg)
  •  Luuu (Ludwig Kainz)
  •  PilotCeeBee (Lea Heiermann)
  •  Sebe (Sebastian Kruft)
  •  aSmoogl (Angelo Bülow)

• Commentators:
  •  uLISES (Ulises Prieto Rodríguez)
  •  Kam1kaze (Eugenio Tomás Mongi)
  •  URI (Oriol Ruiz)
  •  Frenezy (Sergio Ferra Salcedo)

• Commentators:
  •  WiPR (Renaud Malfait)
  •  Loupiote3 (Lou Henguelle)
  •  binet (Robin Halimi)
  •  Emash (Emma Beziaud Le Pochat)
  •  SuriPlay (Alexandre Carlier)

• Commentators:
  •  Slimo0 (Roberto Zappia)
  •  Wolcat (Gabriele Catterin)

• Commentators:
  •  MP (Miikka Kämäräinen)
  •  Kapa (Matti Kailanto)
  •  Nihvu (Niklas Hirvelä)
  •  hhoenak (Tanja Eerola)

• Commentators:
  •  MeetTheMyth (Guilherme Bento)
  •  AndreSG (André Silva)
  •  Moove (Luís Silva)
  •  Moreira (João Moreira)
  •  BhT- (Nuno Silva)
  •  Xyeh (Alexandre Fernandes)

• Hosts:
  •  Dracon (Nick Andreev)
  •  Rillion (Pavel Shabalin)

• Analyst:
  •  Anishared (Andrey Keretsman)

• Commentators:
  •  Bombi (Fedor Melnichenko)
  •  Cracken (Dmitry Knyazkin)
  •  Eiritel (Daria Morozova)
  •  Gromjkee (German Gromov)
  •  Helix (Igor Mescheryakov)
  •  Jay_TB (Daniil Rogachev)
  •  RIM (Vladislav Rimskiy)
  •  Siberian (Dmitrii Kotsarev)

• Commentators:
  •  Karahan (Alican Karahan)
  •  Vlad (Berke Kantürk)
  •  root (Özgür Alagül)
  •  Noeldayi (Oğuz Avcı)
  •  Hetze (Eren Akın)
  •  Scarlet (Can Çaldıran)
  •  Gtrsttt (Anılcan Başaran)
  •  sencerEZ (Sencer Başcın)
  •  Rowincy (Ebrar Gül)
  •  Timurleng (Timur Günay)

• Commentators:
  •  Nero (Dominik Dąbrowski)
  •  Terp (Krystian Terpiński)
  •  Magvayer (Tomasz Filipiuk)
  •  myha (Michał Francuz)
  •  Avahir (Michał Kudliński)
  •  SnoWWie (Gerard Gołumbiewski)
  •  TheFakeOne (Tomasz Milaniuk)

Format

• Double-Elimination bracket
  • Top 4 seeded teams have a bye round
  • All matches (excl. Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final) are Bo3
  • Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are Bo5

Prize Pool

€85,500 EUR and VCT Circuit Points are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	€ EUR	Points	Seed	Team
1st	$38,228	€32,500		Masters Berlin	Gambit Esports
2nd	$18,232	€15,500		Masters Berlin	SuperMassive Blaze
3rd	$11,762	€10,000		Masters Berlin	Acend
4th	$8,822	€7,500		Masters Berlin	G2 Esports
5th-6th	$5,293	€4,500	50	-	Team Liquid
					Giants Gaming
7th-8th	$2,941	€2,500	40	-	forZe
					Guild Esports
9th-12th	$1,764	€1,500	30	-	Oxygen Esports
					FunPlus Phoenix
					Fire Flux Esports
					Natus Vincere

(Converted USD prizes are based on the currency rate on Aug 22, 2021: 1 EUR ≃ 1.17623 USD.)

Award	Player	Team
Week 1 MVP	cNed	Acend
Week 2 MVP	nAts	Gambit Esports

Participants

Acend

1	BONECOLD
2	cNed
3	Kiles
4	starxo
5	zeek
C	Nbs

EU Challengers 1

G2 Esports

1	mixwell
2	nukkye
3	AvovA
4	koldamenta
5	keloqz
C	neilzinho

EU Challengers 1

Guild Esports

1	bonkar
2	Yacine
3	Leo
4	Sayf
5	draken
C	BARBARR

EU Challengers 1

FunPlus Phoenix

1	ANGE1
2	Shao
3	ShadoW
4	Zyppan
5	dimasick
C	d00mbr0s

EU Challengers 1

SuperMassive Blaze

1	pAura
2	Turko
3	russ
4	Izzy
5	Brave
C	9999  Tanizhq

TR Challengers 1

Oxygen Esports

1	XiSTOU
2	m1tez
3	glovee
4	toronto
5	Unity
C	Cuaj

TR Challengers 1

Gambit Esports

1	d3ffo
2	Chronicle
3	nAts
4	Redgar
5	Sheydos
C	Engh

CIS Challengers 1

Natus Vincere

Notes

1	dinkzj
2	arch
3	Duno
4	7ssk7
5	Cloud
C	SmartSeven

CIS Challengers 1

¹ July 16th - Natus Vincere sign No Pressure.

Team Liquid

1	soulcas
2	Kryptix
3	L1NK
4	ScreaM
5	Jamppi
C	Sliggy

EU Challengers 2

Giants Gaming

1	Meddo
2	hoody
3	Fit1nho
4	Davidp
5	Ambi
C	pipsoN

EU Challengers 2

Fire Flux Esports

1	SouhcNi
2	lurzy0y0
3	sociablEE
4	lauress
5	Brasco
C	marqnue  Salah

TR Challengers 2

forZe

1	Art1st
2	Coffee
3	hugeon
4	zeddy
5	SUYGETSU
C	Jil

CIS Challengers 2

Results

Show bracket Date Round Team Score Vs. Team 2021-08-12 15:00:00August 12, 2021 - 15:00 UTC Upper Bracket Round 1 GLD 2 : 0 forZe 2021-08-12 15:00:00August 12, 2021 - 15:00 UTC Upper Bracket Round 1 NAVI 2 : 1 TL 2021-08-12 17:30:00August 12, 2021 - 17:30 UTC Upper Bracket Round 1 OXG 2 : 1 GIA 2021-08-12 18:35:00August 12, 2021 - 18:35 UTC Upper Bracket Round 1 FPX 2 : 0 FF 2021-08-13 15:00:00August 13, 2021 - 15:00 UTC Upper Bracket Round 2 ACE 2 : 0 NAVI 2021-08-13 15:00:00August 13, 2021 - 15:00 UTC Upper Bracket Round 2 GMB 2 : 0 GLD 2021-08-14 11:00:00August 14, 2021 - 11:00 UTC Upper Bracket Round 2 G2 2 : 0 OXG 2021-08-14 12:20:00August 14, 2021 - 12:20 UTC Upper Bracket Round 2 SMB 2 : 0 FPX 2021-08-14 13:10:00August 14, 2021 - 13:10 UTC Lower Bracket Round 1 TL 2 : 0 OXG 2021-08-14 14:50:00August 14, 2021 - 14:50 UTC Lower Bracket Round 1 forZe 2 : 1 FPX 2021-08-15 13:00:00August 15, 2021 - 13:00 UTC Lower Bracket Round 1 FF 0 : 2 GLD 2021-08-15 15:10:00August 15, 2021 - 15:10 UTC Lower Bracket Round 1 GIA 2 : 1 NAVI 2021-08-16 15:00:00August 16, 2021 - 15:00 UTC Upper Bracket Round 3 ACE 2 : 1 GMB 2021-08-16 18:10:00August 16, 2021 - 18:10 UTC Upper Bracket Round 3 SMB 2 : 0 G2 2021-08-18 15:05:00August 18, 2021 - 15:05 UTC Lower Bracket Round 2 TL 2 : 0 forZe 2021-08-18 17:20:00August 18, 2021 - 17:20 UTC Lower Bracket Round 2 GLD 1 : 2 GIA 2021-08-19 15:00:00August 19, 2021 - 15:00 UTC Lower Bracket Round 3 GMB 2 : 1 TL 2021-08-19 18:55:00August 19, 2021 - 18:55 UTC Lower Bracket Round 3 G2 2 : 1 GIA 2021-08-20 15:00:00August 20, 2021 - 15:00 UTC Lower Bracket Round 4 GMB 2 : 1 G2 2021-08-20 18:30:00August 20, 2021 - 18:30 UTC Upper Bracket Final ACE 1 : 2 SMB 2021-08-21 13:00:00August 21, 2021 - 13:00 UTC Lower Bracket Final ACE 1 : 3 GMB 2021-08-22 13:00:00August 22, 2021 - 13:00 UTC Grand Final SMB 1 : 3 GMB

Show schedule Upper Bracket Round 1 Natus Vincere 2 NAVI TL August 12, 2021 - 17:00 CEST 13 3 10 9 10 1 Icebox 7 6 1 6 13 7 Bind 13 8 5 4 11 7 Split Map Veto Start Map Veto Icebox PICK Bind DECIDER Split DECIDER MVP: 7ssk7 Casters:  Pansy &  hypoc Team Liquid 1 Guild Esports 2 GLD forZe August 12, 2021 - 17:00 CEST 13 10 3 2 4 2 Icebox 14 7 1 5 1 0 5 12 0 7 Haven Split Map Veto Start Map Veto Breeze BAN Ascent Icebox PICK Haven DECIDER Split DECIDER Casters:  Twiggy &  MiloshTheMedic forZe 0 FunPlus Phoenix 2 FPX FF August 12, 2021 - 20:35 CEST 15 2 1 10 2 1 10 13 0 2 Ascent 13 6 7 6 7 1 Bind Split Map Veto Start Map Veto Bind PICK Ascent DECIDER Split DECIDER MVP: Shao Casters:  Pansy &  hypoc Fire Flux Esports 0 Oxygen Esports 2 OXG GIA August 12, 2021 - 19:30 CEST 13 6 7 6 11 5 Ascent 2 2 0 10 13 3 Split 13 7 6 5 9 4 Breeze Map Veto Start Map Veto Bind BAN Haven Ascent PICK Split DECIDER Breeze DECIDER Casters:  Twiggy &  MiloshTheMedic Giants Gaming 1 Upper Bracket Round 2 Acend 2 ACE NAVI August 13, 2021 - 17:00 CEST 13 6 7 6 7 1 Breeze 17 7 2 5 3 2 5 15 1 7 Icebox Ascent Map Veto Breeze PICK Icebox DECIDER Ascent DECIDER MVP: cNed Casters:  John Allen &  Geo Natus Vincere 0 Gambit Esports 2 GMB GLD August 13, 2021 - 17:00 CEST 13 5 8 7 8 1 Ascent 19 4 3 8 4 3 8 17 2 4 Icebox Split Map Veto Start Map Veto Haven BAN Breeze Ascent PICK Icebox DECIDER Split DECIDER Casters:  Twiggy &  MiloshTheMedic Guild Esports 0 SuperMassive Blaze 2 SMB FPX August 14, 2021 - 14:20 CEST 13 8 5 4 6 2 Ascent 13 3 10 9 10 1 Split Haven Map Veto Start Map Veto Icebox BAN Breeze Ascent PICK Split DECIDER Haven DECIDER MVP: russ Casters:  Twiggy &  MiloshTheMedic FunPlus Phoenix 0 G2 Esports 2 G2 OXG August 14, 2021 - 13:00 CEST 13 11 2 1 2 1 Icebox 14 8 1 4 1 0 4 12 0 8 Breeze Haven Map Veto Icebox PICK Breeze DECIDER Haven DECIDER MVP: keloqz Casters:  John Allen &  Geo Oxygen Esports 0 Upper Bracket Round 3 Acend 2 ACE GMB August 16, 2021 - 17:00 CEST 13 6 7 6 7 1 Bind 10 7 3 5 13 8 Ascent 13 7 6 5 5 0 Icebox Map Veto Bind PICK Ascent DECIDER Icebox DECIDER MVP: cNed Casters:  MitchMan &  Tombizz Gambit Esports 1 SuperMassive Blaze 2 SMB G2 August 16, 2021 - 20:10 CEST 13 8 5 4 4 0 Bind 13 9 4 3 5 2 Ascent Haven Map Veto Ascent PICK Bind DECIDER Haven DECIDER MVP: Turko Casters:  MitchMan &  Tombizz G2 Esports 0 Upper Bracket Final Acend 1 ACE SMB August 20, 2021 - 20:30 CEST 13 8 5 4 6 2 Bind 5 5 0 7 13 6 Split 10 6 4 6 13 7 Haven Map Veto Bind PICK Split DECIDER Haven DECIDER MVP: pAura Casters:  Pansy &  hypoc SuperMassive Blaze 2   Lower Bracket Round 1 Team Liquid 2 TL OXG August 14, 2021 - 15:10 CEST 13 11 2 1 1 0 Haven 13 10 3 2 3 1 Breeze Split Map Veto Haven PICK Breeze DECIDER Split DECIDER MVP: ScreaM Casters:  MitchMan &  Tombizz Oxygen Esports 0 forZe 2 forZe FPX August 14, 2021 - 16:50 CEST 4 4 0 8 13 5 Icebox 24 8 4 4 8 7 4 22 3 8 Bind 13 8 5 4 8 4 Split Map Veto Bind PICK Icebox DECIDER Split DECIDER MVP: zeddy Casters:  MitchMan &  Tombizz FunPlus Phoenix 1 Fire Flux Esports 0 FF GLD August 15, 2021 - 15:00 CEST 6 5 1 7 13 6 Split 0 0 0 12 13 1 Ascent Haven Map Veto Ascent PICK Split DECIDER Haven DECIDER MVP: bonkar Casters:  John Allen &  Geo Guild Esports 2 Giants Gaming 2 GIA NAVI August 15, 2021 - 17:10 CEST 14 6 1 6 1 0 6 12 0 6 Ascent 7 6 1 6 13 7 Breeze 13 8 5 4 8 4 Split Map Veto Breeze PICK Ascent DECIDER Split DECIDER MVP: Davidp Casters:  John Allen &  Geo Natus Vincere 1 Lower Bracket Round 2 Team Liquid 2 TL forZe August 18, 2021 - 17:05 CEST 13 8 5 4 7 3 Bind 13 7 6 5 10 5 Breeze Haven Map Veto Breeze PICK Bind DECIDER Haven DECIDER MVP: ScreaM Casters:  MitchMan &  hypoc forZe 0 Guild Esports 1 GLD GIA August 18, 2021 - 19:20 CEST 10 6 4 6 13 7 Split 17 5 2 7 3 2 7 15 1 5 Bind 13 7 1 5 0 1 5 15 2 7 Ascent Map Veto Split PICK Bind DECIDER Ascent DECIDER MVP: Fit1nho Casters:  MitchMan &  hypoc Giants Gaming 2 Lower Bracket Round 3 Gambit Esports 2 GMB TL August 19, 2021 - 17:00 CEST 11 5 6 7 13 6 Split 13 9 4 3 3 0 Bind 16 9 2 3 2 1 3 14 1 9 Icebox Map Veto Split PICK Bind DECIDER Icebox DECIDER MVP: nAts Casters:  MitchMan &  Tombizz Team Liquid 1 G2 Esports 2 G2 GIA August 19, 2021 - 20:55 CEST 8 4 4 8 13 5 Icebox 13 9 4 3 3 0 Bind 13 9 4 3 4 1 Ascent Map Veto Icebox PICK Bind DECIDER Ascent DECIDER MVP: keloqz Casters:  MitchMan &  Tombizz Giants Gaming 1 Lower Bracket Round 4 Gambit Esports 2 GMB G2 August 20, 2021 - 17:00 CEST 13 10 3 2 3 1 Ascent 7 6 1 6 13 7 Icebox 14 8 1 4 1 0 4 12 0 8 Bind Map Veto Ascent PICK Icebox DECIDER Bind DECIDER MVP: nAts Casters:  Pansy &  hypoc G2 Esports 1 Lower Bracket Final Acend 1 ACE GMB August 21, 2021 - 15:00 CEST 16 4 0 8 4 5 8 18 1 4 Ascent 4 3 1 9 13 4 Bind 13 11 2 1 9 8 Breeze 7 4 3 8 13 5 Haven Icebox Map Veto Bind PICK Ascent Haven PICK Breeze DECIDER Icebox DECIDER Casters:  MitchMan &  Tombizz Gambit Esports 3 Grand Final SuperMassive Blaze 1 SMB GMB August 22, 2021 - 15:00 CEST 13 12 1 0 1 1 Ascent 11 6 5 6 13 7 Split 5 3 2 9 13 4 Bind 3 3 0 9 13 4 Haven Icebox Map Veto Split PICK Ascent Haven PICK Bind DECIDER Icebox DECIDER MVP: nAts Casters:  Pansy &  hypoc Gambit Esports 3

Additional Data

Country Representation

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	Turkey	16 / 60 (27%)	Brasco, Brave, cNed, glovee, Izzy, lauress, lurzy0y0, m1tez, pAura, russ, sociablEE, SouhcNi, toronto, Turko, Unity, XiSTOU
2	Russia	12 / 60 (20%)	Art1st, Chronicle, Cloud, d3ffo, dinkzj, Duno, hugeon, nAts, Redgar, Shao, Sheydos, SUYGETSU
3	Sweden	8 / 60 (13%)	bonkar, draken, Leo, Meddo, Sayf, ShadoW, Yacine, Zyppan
4	Spain	4 / 60 (7%)	Fit1nho, Kiles, koldamenta, mixwell
5	Belarus	3 / 60 (5%)	7ssk7, Coffee, zeddy
5	Finland	3 / 60 (5%)	BONECOLD, hoody, Jamppi
5	United Kingdom	3 / 60 (5%)	Kryptix, L1NK, soulcas
8	Belgium	2 / 60 (3%)	Davidp, ScreaM
8	Poland	2 / 60 (3%)	starxo, zeek
8	Ukraine	2 / 60 (3%)	ANGE1, arch
11	Czechia	1 / 60 (2%)	Ambi
11	Denmark	1 / 60 (2%)	AvovA
11	France	1 / 60 (2%)	keloqz
11	Kazakhstan	1 / 60 (2%)	dimasick
11	Lithuania	1 / 60 (2%)	nukkye

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