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VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers
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VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Type:
Online
Location:
North AmericaFormat:
Group Stage: Single Round Robin (Bo3)
Playoffs: Double Elimination (Bo3) & (Bo5)
Playoffs: Double Elimination (Bo3) & (Bo5)
Prize Pool:
$200,000 USD
Start Date:
2022-02-11
End Date:
2022-03-27
Teams:
12
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Chronology
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Commentators & Analysts:
ddk (Daniel Kapadia)
EsportsDoug (Doug Cortez)
Vansilli (Alex Nguyen)- Ballatw (Arten Esa)
- aEvilcat (Mimi Wermcrantz)
- Bren (Brennon Hook)
- Upmind (Gustavo Franco Domingues)
- Rivington (Rivington Bruce Bisland III)
- sgares (Sean Gares)
- IHOLDSHIFT (Alan Donofrio)
- dusT (Dustin Mouret)
- Tanner Metro
- Sully (Ethan Tran)
- Sideshow (Josh Wilkinson)
- Ender (Christy Frierson)
Format[edit]
- Group Stage
- Round Robin
- Each group has six teams
- All matches are Bo3
- Top 4 teams advance to Playoffs
- Bottom 2 teams are eliminated
- Playoffs
- Double Elimination
- All matches (excl. Losers' Final and Grand Final) are Bo3
- Losers' Final and Grand Final are Bo5
- Finalists advance to Stage 1 Masters
Prize Pool[edit]
$200,000 USD and VCT Circuit Points are spread among the teams as seen below:
Participants[edit]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Cloud9 | 5-0 | 154-101 | +53 | |
| 2. |  The Guard | 4-1 | 143-115 | +28 | |
| 3. |  XSET | 3-2 | 140-127 | +13 | |
| 4. |  Luminosity Gaming | 2-3 | 120-143 | -23 | |
| 5. |  100 Thieves | 1-4 | 127-153 | -26 | |
| 6. |  Evil Geniuses | 0-5 | 106-151 | -45 | |
- For detailed match results of the Group Stage, click here.
Playoffs[edit]
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Cloud92
Knights1
OpTic Gaming2
XSET1
Version11
Luminosity2
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Cloud91
OpTic Gaming2
Lower Bracket Round 1
Knights0
XSET2
Lower Bracket Round 2
Luminosity0
XSET2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country / Region | Representation | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 39 / 62 (63%) | Asuna, BabyJ, ban, bang, BcJ, bdog, Boostio, crashies, Cryocells, dapr, dazzLe, Derrek, Ethan, Frosty, hazed, Hiko, jcStani, leaf, mitch, neptune, neT, Pho, s0m, ShahZaM, SicK, skuba, supamen, tex, TiGG, trent, valyn, vanity, Victor, Xeppaa, YaBoiDre, yay, zekken, Zellsis, zombs |
| 2 | Canada | 16 / 62 (26%) | ANDROID, AYRIN, eeiu, effys, FNS, JonahP, mada, Marved, moose, penny, poised, Reformed, Shanks, TenZ, XXiF, Zander |
| 3 |  South Korea | 2 / 62 (3%) | Sayaplayer, xeta |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 2 / 62 (3%) | dephh, ec1s |
| 5 |  Cambodia | 1 / 62 (2%) | jawgemo |
| 5 |  Mongolia | 1 / 62 (2%) | Genghsta |
| 5 |  Russia | 1 / 62 (2%) | wippie |
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Preview[edit]
- 2022-02-10 | VCT NA Challengers 1 Preview: The Favorites, Challengers and Underdogs by Rohan Samal of Esports.gg
Articles[edit]
Esports.gg[edit]
2022-02-12 | Sentinels ShahZaM:”We’re here to remind people that we're still the top dogs” by Blake Van Poucke of Esports.gg- 2022-02-12 | C9 Vanity: “It’s hard to call us the best team in NA. We want to prove it to ourselves.” by Dustin Steiner of Esports.gg
- 2022-02-05 | EG Pho: “I think if there’s an optimal way to play Valorant, Cloud9 are close to it” by Rohan Samal of Esports.gg
- 2022-02-19 | Version1 Zellsis: “This team has more potential than the Iceland roster” by Blake Van Pouche of Esports.gg
Viewership Statistics[edit]
| Viewership Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Peak Viewers | 278 151 | |
| Average Viewers | 103 866 | |
| Hours Watched | 14 099 778 | |
References[edit]
- ↑ Rawkus (2022-02-26). "No longer Coaching Sentinels" (in
English).
- ↑ OpTic Gaming (2022-02-10). "Welcome, #OpTicVALORANT" (in English).
- ↑ 100 Thieves (2022-02-21). "Today, we have made the difficult decision to release @BxbyJ_ & @ec1s_, effective immediately, as we continue to build for the future." (in English).