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VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers
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VCT 2022: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Riot Games
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Online
Location:
Europe
CIS
TurkeyFormat:
Group Stage: Single Round Robin (Bo3)
Playoffs: Double Elimination (Bo3) & (Bo5)
Playoffs: Double Elimination (Bo3) & (Bo5)
Prize Pool:
€200,000 EUR
(≃ $221,315 USD)
(≃ $221,315 USD)
Start Date:
2022-02-11
End Date:
2022-03-27
Teams:
12
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Chronology
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Hosts:
Yinsu Collins (Yinsu Collins)- JustHarry (Harry Russell)
Zescht (Vincent Talmon-Gros)
Sjokz (Eefje Depoortere)
- Observers:
mel (Melanie Hoi-San Man)- xilv (Luke Davis)
- Hariboe (Harrison Barber-Scargill)
- Synga (Felix Regitz)
Salty_Jayy (Jason Batzofin)
- Producer:
- callmehanspeter (Enrico Belke)
- Spanish Commentators:
URI (Oriol Ruiz)- Frenezy (Sergio Ferra Salcedo)
Kam1kaze (Eugenio Tomás Mongi)- uLISES (Ulises Prieto Rodríguez)
- Emma Pache (Emma Pache)
- Vietnamese Commentator:
- Arabic Commentators:
Hazemx (Hazem Mohammed)- MorganCasts (Ahmed Morgan)
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: 2 groups of six teams in a Round Robin format
- Top 3 teams advance to Playoffs
- Top team has a one round bye into the Playoffs.
- Bottom team is relegated to the VCT Promotion
- All matches are Bo3
- Playoffs: 6 teams in a Double-Elimination bracket
- All matches (excl. Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final) are Bo3
- Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are Bo5
- Top 3 teams qualify for Stage 1 Masters
Prize Pool[edit]
€200,000 EUR and VCT Circuit Points are spread among the teams as seen below:
(Converted USD prizes are based on the exchange rate on Mar 27, 2022: €1 EUR ≃ $1.10657 USD)
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Week 2 MVP | Boaster
|
 Fnatic
|
| Playoffs MVP |  nukkye
|
 G2 Esports
|
Note 
Team Liquid will not receive circuit points in Challengers 1 due to their invitation to Masters 1 to replace 
FunPlus Phoenix. [1]
Participants[edit]
- 1 February 10th - Gambit Esports sign
Gray as coach. [3] - 2 March 14th - Gambit Esports' lineup will continue playing under the name M3 Champions following a decision from the organisation to allow their players to continue in the VCT as an independent team. [4]
- 1 March 10th, 2022 - FunPlus Phoenix sign
baddyG as substitute. [9]
- 1 February 23rd - G2 Esports mixwell returns to active roster while
keloqz is moved to bench. [10][11] - 2 February 25th - G2 Esports part ways with keloqz. [12]
- 1 February 15th, 2022 - BBL Esports sign Turko. [13]
- 2 February 22nd, 2022 - BBL Esports bench Muj. [14]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FunPlus Phoenix | 4-1 | 166-146 | +20 | |
| 2. |  M3 Champions | 4-1 | 144-86 | +58 | |
| 3. | Team Liquid | 3-2 | 119-120 | -1 | |
| 4. |  Natus Vincere | 2-3 | 139-154 | -15 | |
| 5. |  LDN UTD | 2-3 | 107-132 | -25 | |
| 6. |  BIG | 0-5 | 122-159 | -37 | |
| Group B | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fnatic | 4-0 | 120-82 | +38 | |
| 2. | G2 Esports | 2-2 | 108-96 | +12 | |
| 3. |  Guild Esports | 2-2 | 102-98 | +4 | |
| 4. |  BBL Esports | 1-3 | 78-103 | -25 | |
| 5. |  Acend | 1-3 | 98-127 | -29 | |
| . |  SuperMassive Blaze | - | |||
- For detailed match results of the Group Stage, click here.
Playoffs[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
M3 Champions2
Guild Esports0
Upper Bracket Round 2
Fnatic2
M3 Champions1
Upper Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Round 1
M3 Champions0
G2 Esports2
Lower Bracket Round 2
Grand Finals
FunPlus Phoenix3
G2 Esports1
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country / Region | Representation | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 12 / 64 (19%) | BraveAF, Chronicle, Cloud, d3ffo, dinkzj, Duno, Jady, nAts, purp0, Redgar, Sheydos, trexx |
| 1 | Turkey | 12 / 64 (19%) | aimDLL, AsLanM4shadoW, Brave, cNed, CyderX, glovee, Izzy, Muj, pAura, QutionerX, Turko, XiSTOU |
| 3 |  Finland | 5 / 64 (8%) | BONECOLD, Derke, hoody, Jamppi, Kaspe |
| 3 | Lithuania | 5 / 64 (8%) | Boo, Destrian, Dreamas, feqew, nukkye |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 5 / 64 (8%) | Boaster, L1NK, Mistic, Russ, soulcas |
| 6 | Poland | 4 / 64 (6%) | baddyG, MOLSI, starxo, zeek |
| 6 |  Sweden | 4 / 64 (6%) | Leo, Meddo, Sayf, Zyppan |
| 8 | Germany | 3 / 64 (5%) | AslaN, gob b, Obnoks |
| 9 | Belgium | 2 / 64 (3%) | Nivera, ScreaM |
| 9 |  Czechia | 2 / 64 (3%) | Magnum, Twisten |
| 9 |  Non-representing | 2 / 64 (3%) | Shao, SUYGETSU |
| 9 | Spain | 2 / 64 (3%) | koldamenta, Mixwell |
| 9 |  Ukraine | 2 / 64 (3%) | ANGE1, Kiles |
| 14 |  Belarus | 1 / 64 (2%) | 7ssk7 |
| 14 |  Denmark | 1 / 64 (2%) | AvovA |
| 14 | France | 1 / 64 (2%) | keloqz |
| 14 |  Latvia | 1 / 64 (2%) | ardiis |
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Articles[edit]
Esports.gg[edit]
2022-02-11 | Gambit nAts on Chronicle’s Chamber: “I like how he’s playing on that agent” by Blake Van Pouche of Esports.gg- 2022-02-18 | Fnatic Boaster on beating G2: “It feels nice to get that sweet revenge” by Blake Van Pouche of Esports.gg
- 2022-02-19 | “The win over G2 felt good. Especially after they called us onliners, just to put them in the ground” by James Bassett of Esports.gg
Run It Back[edit]
- 2022-02-21 |
G2 pipsoN: “If we’re looking at the quality of the game, I’m not ultra happy. If we’re talking about results, I’m happy of course. A win is a win…” by EnKay of Run It Back - 2022-02-22 | Liquid Nivera: “As you see, we change our comp a lot and we try a bit of everything and that’s what I feel is really fun about this game” by EnKay of Run It Back
Viewership Statistics[edit]
| Viewership Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Peak Viewers | 241 246 | |
| Average Viewers | 93 292 | |
| Hours Watched | 9 702 332 | |
References[edit]
- ↑ VALORANT Champions Tour EMEA (2022-04-02). "Following the announcement that FunPlus Phoenix would not be able to attend VCT Masters in Reykjavík, we have made the decision to award FPX the equivalent of an 8th place finish, which is the lowest placement they could have achieved at the event.".
- ↑ Acend (2022-03-13). "purp0 is standing-in for zeek against BBL Esports today." (in English).
- ↑ [Inside source]
- ↑ "Gambit has made the decision to allow individual players to continue in the VCT competition as an independent team". VALORANT Champions Tour EMEA. 2022-03-14.
- ↑ Fnatic (2021-12-14). "Valorant Roster Update: @domaVALORANT has been moved to the inactive roster, and will be allowed to pursue new opportunities." (in English).
- ↑ TENSTAR (2022-01-10). "A new crew member is aboard" (in English).
- ↑ "FNATIC VALORANT WELCOMES BRAVEAF" (in English). Fnatic. 2022-01-21.
- ↑ Fnatic (2022-03-03). "Valorant Team Update: As part of our 2022 VCT plans, we welcome @otomhh to the team as a substitute." (in English).
- ↑ d00mbr0s (2022-03-10). "For the upcoming season, FPX are adding @baddyyG as our substitute" (in English).
- ↑ G2 Esports (2022-02-23). "I'M BACK".
- ↑ G2 Esports (2022-02-23). "With mixwell coming back to the active roster, Keloqz will be moved to the bench.".
- ↑ G2 Esports (2022-02-25). "From a rookie, to our MVP of Masters Berlin.Today we say goodbye to @G2Keloqz. Thank you for everything.Good luck, frérot" (in English).
- ↑ BBL Esports (2022-02-15). "Aramıza hoş geldin Mehmet "TURKO" Özen @Turkovalorant " [Welcome aboard Mehmet "TURKO" Özen @Turkovalorant] (in Turkish).
- ↑ BBL Esports (2022-02-22). "Duyuru " [Announcement] (in Turkish).