VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: EMEA Challengers Promotion

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[e][h]VCT 2022: EMEA Challengers Promotion

League Information

Series:

VCT

Organizer:

Riot Games

Sponsor:

Red Bull
AimLab
Prime Gaming

Patch:

4.05

Type:

Online

Location:

 Europe
 CIS
 Turkey
 Middle East

Teams:

9

Start Date:

2022-04-01

End Date:

2022-04-09

Liquipedia Tier:

B-Tier

Links

Maps

Bind • Haven • Split • Ascent • Icebox • Breeze • Fracture

Chronology

 

 Stage 1 Challengers

Stage 2 Challengers 

 

Upcoming Matches

About

Broadcast Talent

• English Broadcast
• Spanish Broadcast
• French Broadcast
• German Broadcast
• Polish Broadcast
• Turkish Broadcast
• Russian Broadcast
• Finnish Broadcast
• Hungarian Broadcast
• Arabic Broadcast
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• Hosts:
  •  JustHarry (Harry Russell)
  •  JohnPee (John Pritchard)
  •  Zescht (Vincent Talmon-Gros)

• Commentators & Analysts:
  •  Lothar (Jakub Szygulski)
  •  RyanCentral (Ryan Horton)
  •  Dinko (Adam Hawthorne)
  •  ExWarrior (Pavlos Georgiou)
  •  Ender (Christy Frierson)
  •  gottmoxi (Vicki Johnson)
  •  NaoriMizuki (Samantha Timms)

• Observers:
  •  raveN (Gilberto Vieira)
  •  mel (Melanie Hoi-San Man)
  •  xilv (Luke Davis)

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

• French Commentators:
  •  WiPR (Renaud Malfait)
  •  ERO 

• German Commentators:
  •  Headshinsky (Marvin Wild)
  •  Zarin (Matthias Philippi)
  •  Crafty (Bertin Schillinger)
  •  Somanzko (Manuel Somoza)
  •  Super Buddy (Ben Peters)
  •  Blossom (Evi Sutter)

• Polish Commentators:
  •  Terp (Krystian Terpiński)
  •  SnoWWie (Gerard Gołumbiewski)
  •  frs (Jakub Czapran)
  •  Avahir (Michał Kudliński)
  •  TheFakeOne (Tomasz Milaniuk)
  •  Magvayer (Tomasz Filipiuk)
  •  Nero (Dominik Dąbrowski)
  •  rekd (Mikołaj Bryła)

• Turkish Commentators:
  •  Karahan (Alican Karahan)
  •  Vlad (Berke Kantürk)
  •  Noeldayi (Oğuz Avcı)
  •  Hetze (Eren Akın)

• Russian Commentators & Analysts:
  •  Anishared (Andrey Keretsman)
  •  Cracken (Dmitry Knyazkin)
  •  Dracon (Nick Andreev)
  •  Helix (Igor Mescheryakov)
  •  Merryf (Azalia Samigullina)
  •  RIM (Vladislav Rimskiy)
  •  Siberian (Dmitrii Kotsarev)

• Finnish Commentator:
  •  L3uku (Marko Kivelä)

• Hungarian Commentators:
  •  insect (Martin Fehér)
  •  knaksz (Dudás Ádám)

• Arabic Commentators:
  •  Tuxedo (Abdulrahman Al Mulla)
  •  Hazemx (Hazem Mohammed)
  •  Moon (Mouadh Yacoubi)
  •  V3nom (Amine Rhazlane)

Format

• Play-In: VRL teams in 2 groups of four teams in a GSL format.
  • All matches are Bo3

• Promotion Stage: 6 teams in a double-elimination bracket
  • The two VCT teams receive a bye in the first round
  • All matches (excl. Lower Bracket final) are Bo3
  • Lower Bracket final is Bo5
  • Grand Final will not be played

Participants

BIG

1	gob b
2	AslaN
3	Obnoks
4	Kaspe
5	Twisten
C	KUNDIKUNDI

VCT EMEA: Challengers 1

SuperMassive Blaze

1	Izzy
2	Brave
3	CyderX
4	XiSTOU
5	glovee
C	gAndhi

VCT EMEA: Challengers 1

Rebels Gaming

1	GatsH
2	vo0kashu
3	lyNxi
4	musashi
5	jannyXD
C	Papasmurf

VRL Spain: Rising

Sector One

1	Goaster
2	KONEQT
3	MARCTYLINHO
4	Shin
5	iDex
C	LohaN

VRL France: Revolution

Excel Esports

1	paTiTek
2	elllement
3	ozzy
4	Moe40
5	chiwawa
C	Jumpy  Fields

VRL Northern: Polaris

Anonymo Esports

1	adm1k
2	kamyk
3	maniek
4	snikk
5	xuss
C	belmonte

VRL East: Surge

Team Falcons

1	Moh
2	Fr4nky
3	SpY
4	alvar
5	OuTLaW
C	beAst

VRL MENA: Resilience

Surreal Esports

1	Alfajer
2	jeyj7y
3	Masic
4	RieNs
5	Jlerst
C	Afr0nfire

VRL Turkey: Birlik

FOKUS

1	bucher
2	iluri
3	JUGi
4	vong
5	YaBoiLewis
C	Johnny Lobster

VRL DACH: Evolution

Results

Play-In

Group A

Group A Week 1 Week 1
1.	Rebels Gaming	2-0	52-24	+28
2.	Surreal Esports	2-1	86-95	-9
3.	Excel Esports	1-2	97-97	0
4.	Sector One	0-2	35-54	-19

Matches
Opening Matches
RBLS	RBLS S1 April 1, 2022 - 17:00 CEST 13 8 5 4 6 2 Split 13 6 7 6 7 1 Bind Haven Map Veto Start Map Veto Fracture BAN Icebox Split PICK Bind Breeze BAN Ascent DECIDER Haven DECIDER 2	0	S1
SR	SR XL April 1, 2022 - 19:00 CEST 14 7 1 5 1 0 5 12 0 7 Ascent 13 5 8 7 11 4 Haven Fracture Map Veto Start Map Veto Split BAN Bind Ascent PICK Haven Breeze BAN Icebox DECIDER Fracture DECIDER  Jumpy head coach for  ozzy on map 2 on Excel Esports. 2	0	XL
Elimination Match
S1	S1 XL April 2, 2022 - 17:00 CEST 13 6 0 6 1 2 6 15 1 6 Split 9 7 2 5 13 8 Haven Fracture Map Veto Start Map Veto Icebox BAN Bind Haven PICK Split Breeze BAN Ascent DECIDER Fracture DECIDER 0	2	XL
Winners' Match
RBLS	RBLS SR April 2, 2022 - 19:30 CEST 13 10 3 2 2 0 Icebox 13 5 8 7 9 2 Ascent Bind Map Veto Start Map Veto Fracture BAN Split Ascent PICK Icebox Breeze BAN Haven DECIDER Bind DECIDER 2	0	SR
Decider Match
SR	SR XL April 3, 2022 - 17:00 CEST 13 7 6 5 11 6 Haven 16 4 1 8 3 4 8 18 2 4 Breeze 19 8 4 4 3 2 4 17 3 8 Icebox Map Veto Start Map Veto Split BAN Bind Breeze PICK Haven Fracture BAN Ascent DECIDER Icebox DECIDER 2	1	XL

Group B

Group B Week 1 Week 1
1.	FOKUS	2-0	58-35	+23
2.	Anonymo Esports	2-1	96-85	+11
3.	Team Falcons	0-3	58-92	-34

Matches
FKS	FKS ANM April 1, 2022 - 17:00 CEST 13 6 7 6 7 1 Fracture 6 5 1 7 13 6 Bind 13 4 9 8 10 2 Breeze Map Veto Start Map Veto Split BAN Ascent Fracture PICK Bind Haven BAN Icebox DECIDER Breeze DECIDER  JUGi subs-in for  Kuba on the series for FOKUS. 2	1	ANM
FLC	FLC FKS April 1, 2022 - 20:05 CEST 3 2 1 10 13 3 Bind 2 2 0 10 13 3 Ascent Fracture Map Veto Start Map Veto Icebox BAN Split Bind PICK Ascent Haven BAN Breeze DECIDER Fracture DECIDER  JUGi subs-in for  Kuba on the series for FOKUS. 0	2	FKS
FLC	FLC ANM April 2, 2022 - 20:20 CEST 8 7 1 5 13 8 Bind 13 4 9 8 10 2 Split 6 3 3 9 13 4 Breeze Map Veto Start Map Veto Icebox BAN Ascent Haven PICK Bind Split BAN Fracture DECIDER Breeze DECIDER 1	2	ANM
ANM	ANM FLC April 3,2022 - 21:20 CEST 16 3 3 9 1 0 9 14 2 3 Split 14 4 1 8 1 0 8 12 0 4 Bind Haven Map Veto Start Map Veto Ascent BAN Icebox Bind PICK Split Fracture BAN Breeze DECIDER Haven DECIDER 2	0	FLC

Promotion

Round of 6

Rebels Gaming

0

RBLS

ANM

April 5, 2022 - 16:00 CEST

8	4
	4

8	13
5

Split

4	3
	1

9	13
4

Breeze

Haven

	Map Veto
Start Map Veto
Fracture	BAN	Ascent
Split	PICK	Breeze
Bind	BAN	Icebox
DECIDER	Haven	DECIDER

MVP: xuss

Casters:  Dinko &  Ender

Anonymo Esports

2

FOKUS

2

FKS

SR

April 5, 2022 - 18:00 CEST

13	7
	6

5	8
3

Bind

6	6
	0

6	13
7

Icebox

13	8
	5

4	9
5

Breeze

	Map Veto
		Start Map Veto
Split	BAN	Fracture
Icebox	PICK	Bind
Haven	BAN	Ascent
DECIDER	Breeze	DECIDER

MVP: JUGi

Casters: Dinko &  Ender

Surreal Esports

1

Upper Bracket Semifinals

BIG

2

BIG

ANM

April 6, 2022 - 16:00 CEST

13	7
	6

5	7
2

Bind

13	10
	3

2	10
8

Breeze

Icebox

	Map Veto
Haven	BAN	Ascent
Bind	PICK	Breeze
Fracture	BAN	Split
DECIDER	Icebox	DECIDER

MVP: Twisten

Casters:  Dinko &  RyanCentral

Anonymo Esports

0

SuperMassive Blaze

0

SMB

FKS

April 6, 2022 - 18:00 CEST

Ascent

6	5
	1

7	13
6

Haven

Breeze

	Map Veto
		Start Map Veto
Fracture	BAN	Split
Haven	PICK	Ascent
Bind	BAN	Icebox
DECIDER	Breeze	DECIDER

MVP: JUGi

SuperMassive Blaze forfeit Ascent as one of their players was not ready at match start time.

Casters:  Dinko &  RyanCentral

FOKUS

2

Upper Bracket Final

BIG

0

BIG

FKS

April 8, 2022 - 16:00 CEST

5	4
	1

8	13
5

Bind

9	4
	5

8	13
5

Fracture

Ascent

	Map Veto
Start Map Veto
Haven	BAN	Split
Bind	PICK	Fracture
Breeze	BAN	Icebox
DECIDER	Ascent	DECIDER

MVP: JUGi

Casters:  ExWarrior &  Zescht

FOKUS

2

Qualified

FOKUS

Lower Bracket Round 1

SuperMassive Blaze

0

SMB

RBLS

April 7, 2022 - 16:00 CEST

4	2
	2

10	13
3

Icebox

8	5
	3

7	13
6

Haven

Split

	Map Veto
		Start Map Veto
Bind	BAN	Fracture
Haven	PICK	Icebox
Ascent	BAN	Breeze
DECIDER	Split	DECIDER

MVP: musashi

Casters:  ExWarrior &  gottmoxi

Rebels Gaming

2

Anonymo Esports

1

ANM

SR

April 7, 2022 - 18:00 CEST

14	8	1
	4	1

0	4	12
0	8

Breeze

9	5
	4

7	13
6

Icebox

11	3
	8

9	13
4

Haven

	Map Veto
Start Map Veto
Ascent	BAN	Split
Breeze	PICK	Icebox
Fracture	BAN	Bind
DECIDER	Haven	DECIDER

MVP: Masic

Casters:  ExWarrior &  gottmoxi

Surreal Esports

2

Lower Bracket Round 2

Rebels Gaming

1

RBLS

SR

April 8, 2022 - 18:05 CEST

13	7
	6

5	9
4

Icebox

20	7	5
	5	3

4	5	22
6	7

Haven

6	4
	2

8	13
5

Ascent

	Map Veto
Start Map Veto
Fracture	BAN	Split
Icebox	PICK	Haven
Breeze	BAN	Bind
DECIDER	Ascent	DECIDER

MVP: Masic

Casters:  ExWarrior &  Zescht

Surreal Esports

2

Lower Bracket Final

BIG

3

BIG

SR

April 9, 2022 - 16:25 CEST

13	6
	7

6	10
4

Bind

13	10
	3

2	9
7

Icebox

13	8
	5

4	10
6

Fracture

Ascent

Breeze

	Map Veto
Start Map Veto
Haven	BAN	Split
Bind	PICK	Icebox
Fracture	PICK	Ascent
DECIDER	Breeze	DECIDER

MVP: Twisten

Casters:  Dinko &  RyanCentral

Surreal Esports

0

Qualified

BIG

Additional Data

Country Representation

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	Turkey	10 / 45 (22%)	Alfajer, Brave, CyderX, glovee, Izzy, jeyj7y, Jlerst, Masic, RieNs, XiSTOU
2	Poland	6 / 45 (13%)	adm1k, kamyk, maniek, paTiTek, snikk, xuss
3	France	5 / 45 (11%)	GatsH, Goaster, KONEQT, MARCTYLINHO, Shin
3	Germany	5 / 45 (11%)	AslaN, bucher, gob b, musashi, Obnoks
5	Saudi Arabia	3 / 45 (7%)	Fr4nky, Moh, OuTLaW
5	United Kingdom	3 / 45 (7%)	Moe40, ozzy, YaBoiLewis
7	Finland	2 / 45 (4%)	iluri, Kaspe
7	Russia	2 / 45 (4%)	chiwawa, vo0kashu
9	Belgium	1 / 45 (2%)	iDex
9	Czechia	1 / 45 (2%)	Twisten
9	Denmark	1 / 45 (2%)	JUGi
9	Jordan	1 / 45 (2%)	alvar
9	Lebanon	1 / 45 (2%)	SpY
9	Norway	1 / 45 (2%)	vong
9	Portugal	1 / 45 (2%)	jannyXD
9	Serbia	1 / 45 (2%)	elllement
9	Sweden	1 / 45 (2%)	lyNxi

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Average Viewers	15 777
Hours Watched	679 696

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