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Who qualified for Valorant Champions 2022?

Can the Green wall conquer Europe, or will the Europeans keep the trophy on home soil? The South Asian... Scott Kostov | 15. August 2022

Can the Green wall conquer Europe, or will the Europeans keep the trophy on home soil? The South Asian and South American Valorant squads look poised to leave a bigger mark on the international stage than participating as well.

North America

The North American VCT Last Chance Qualifier played out in an incredibly straightforward way. The last five matches all finished with the losing team not winning a single map, with 100 Thieves coming through on top. The squad led by the masterful clutch time performances of  Derrek “Derrek” Ha, is joining XSET and Optic Gaming as the third North American team at Valorant Champions in Istanbul.

To give a perspective of how dominant Derrek was in crunch time — he had only one less clutch than the entire FaZe squad combined. By the way, FaZe were the second-best clutch team in the tournament after 100 Thieves. Whether they can have a better international showing against the EMEA than OpTic, remains to be seen.

EMEA

Team Liquid’s two-man duo Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom and Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen put an end to M3C ‘s unfortunate run in the EMEA LCQ Grand Final. The young core of M3C managed to reach the Grand Final without a boot camp, playing on 60 ping, and a revolving door in the roster. Still, it was only enough to take a game from Liquid, losing 3-1. Four of their players are under the age of 20, and competition for them should be fierce after we find out which teams will participate in the EMEA next year. Team Liquid will be Europe’s third hope at Valorant Champions, which shapes up to be the highest quality Valorant event up to date.

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M3C blew four chances to qualify for Valorant Champions this year. Credit: VLR.GG

South America

The South American pride at Valorant’s biggest international event will be defended by 10 Chilean players, the most after the United States. Four teams will represent Brasil, LATAM, and South America, with KRU Esports and FURIA joining the party. Hopefully, Riot have found a way to create a format that doesn’t match up teams from the same region in the first round of elimination games. Just like in the northern part of the continent, the winners of the SA LCQ were decided in dominating fashion. The winners didn’t drop a single map in the deciding last two games.

East Asia

Eastern Asia just got a lot more interesting with franchising coming up, and EDG managed to pull through as the first Chinese team to qualify for Valorant Champions. Chinese representatives fought through the LCQ, battling the second seed teams from Korea and Japan. With this win, they join DRX and Zeta Division as the third representative from Eastern Asia, which could have four teams starting next year.

APAC

Boom Esports beat Onic G to win the APAC LCQ tournament and claim the third APAC slot, joining household names like PaperRex and Xerxia. Only one team crawled out from the crowded APAC LCQ, which should change next year considering that franchising will change the weight of every region. A more cohesive team performance led Boom Esports to a 3-1 win and punched their ticket to their first international Valorant event.

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