Apa Itu Valorant Champions?
Valorant Champions adalah turnamen esports untuk video game first-person shooter Valorant. Ini adalah edisi pertama VALORANT Champions, puncak dari Valorant Champions Tour, turnamen internasional tahunan yang diselenggarakan oleh pengembang game Riot Games. Turnamen ini diadakan dari tanggal 1-12 Desember di Berlin, Jerman. Enam belas tim lolos ke turnamen berdasarkan hasil mereka melalui Master VALORANT 2021 : Tahap 3, klasemen Circuit Point regional tahun ini, dan Last Chance Qualifiers regional.
Total ada 16 tim yang lolos ke Champions. Pemenang Tahap 3 Masters secara otomatis lolos ke acara tersebut, 11 tim lolos melalui poin sirkuit, dan empat tim lolos melalui “Kesempatan Terakhir Qualifier”
| Region | Team | Qualified by |
|---|---|---|
| North America | Sentinels | Regional circuit points |
| Team Envy | ||
| Cloud9 Blue | Last Chance Qualifier | |
| EMEA | Gambit Esports | Stage 3 Masters champion |
| Acend | Regional circuit points | |
| Fnatic | ||
| Team Liquid | Last Chance Qualifier | |
| Brazil | Team Vikings | Regional circuit points |
| Vivo Keyd | ||
| FURIA Esports | Last Chance Qualifier | |
| Southeast Asia | X10 Esports | Regional circuit points |
| Team Secret | ||
| FULL SENSE | Last Chance Qualifier | |
| Korea | Vision Strikers | Regional circuit points |
| Japan | Crazy Raccoon | Regional circuit points |
| Latin America | KRÜ Esports | Regional circuit points |
Group stage
Babak penyisihan grup berlangsung dari 1 hingga 7 Desember. Grup ditentukan berdasarkan pencapaian tim dalam kompetisi Valorant Challenger dan Valorant Masters, titik sirkuit, dan perkiraan kekuatan untuk setiap wilayah.
Brackets
- Group A
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||||
| Winner’s bracket | |||||||||
| Acend | 2 | ||||||||
| Vivo Keyd | 1 | ||||||||
| Acend | 2 | ||||||||
| Team Envy | 0 | ||||||||
| Team Envy | 2 | ||||||||
| X10 CRIT | 0 | ||||||||
| Loser’s bracket | |||||||||
| Team Envy | 1 | ||||||||
| Vivo Keyd | 0 | ||||||||
| X10 CRIT | 2 | ||||||||
| X10 CRIT | 2 | ||||||||
- Group B
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||||
| Winner’s bracket | |||||||||
| Sentinels | 2 | ||||||||
| FURIA Esports | 1 | ||||||||
| Sentinels | 1 | ||||||||
| Team Liquid | 2 | ||||||||
| KRÜ Esports | 0 | ||||||||
| Team Liquid | 2 | ||||||||
| Loser’s bracket | |||||||||
| Sentinels | 1 | ||||||||
| FURIA Esports | 1 | ||||||||
| KRÜ Esports | 2 | ||||||||
| KRÜ Esports | 2 | ||||||||
- Group C
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||||
| Winner’s bracket | |||||||||
| Gambit Esports | 2 | ||||||||
| Team Secret | 1 | ||||||||
| Gambit Esports | 2 | ||||||||
| Team Vikings | 1 | ||||||||
| Team Vikings | 2 | ||||||||
| Crazy Racoon | 0 | ||||||||
| Loser’s bracket | |||||||||
| Team Vikings | 0 | ||||||||
| Team Secret | 2 | ||||||||
| Team Secret | 2 | ||||||||
| Crazy Racoon | 0 | ||||||||
- Group D
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||||
| Winner’s bracket | |||||||||
| Vision Strikers | 2 | ||||||||
| FULL SENSE | 0 | ||||||||
| Vision Strikers | 1 | ||||||||
| Fnatic | 2 | ||||||||
| Fnatic | 2 | ||||||||
| Cloud9 Blue | 1 | ||||||||
| Loser’s bracket | |||||||||
| Vision Strikers | 1 | ||||||||
| FULL SENSE | 0 | ||||||||
| Cloud9 Blue | 2 | ||||||||
| Cloud9 Blue | 2 | ||||||||
Knockout stage
Tahap sistem gugur dimulai pada 8 Desember, yang berpuncak pada final pada 12 Desember. Delapan tim ditarik ke dalam braket eliminasi tunggal. Tim Unggulan #1 dari setiap grup diundi melawan tim Unggulan #2 dari grup yang berbeda. Tim-tim dari grup yang sama berada di sisi yang berlawanan dari braket, artinya mereka bisa bermain satu sama lain sampai Final. Tahap knock-out terdiri dari satu braket eliminasi tunggal. Semua pertandingan adalah best-of-three, kecuali final, yang merupakan best-of-five.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Acend | 2 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Team Secret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Acend | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Team Liquid | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Team Liquid | 2 | ||||||||||||
| D2 | Cloud9 Blue | 0 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Acend | 3 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Gambit Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Gambit Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | X10 CRIT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Gambit Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | KRÜ Esports | 1 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | Fnatic | 1 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | KRÜ Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
Winnings
| Pos | Team | Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Acend | $350,000 |
| 2nd | Gambit Esports | $150,000 |
| 3–4th | KRÜ Esports | $90,000 |
| Team Liquid | ||
| 5th–8th | Fnatic | $40,000 |
| X10 CRIT | ||
| Cloud9 Blue | ||
| Team Secret | ||
| 9th–12th | Vision Strikers | $20,000 |
| Sentinels | ||
| Team Envy | ||
| Team Vikings | ||
| 13th–16th | FURIA Esports | |
| Vivo Keyd | ||
| Crazy Racoon | ||
| FULL SENSE |