2021 VALORANT Champions

The 2021 VALORANT Champions is an esports tournament for the first-person shooter video game Valorant. It is the first ever VALORANT Champions, an annual international tournament like as the world championship, organized by the game's developer Riot Games. The tournament is held from 1 to 12 December in Berlin, Germany.[1] Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament based on their result via 2021 VALORANT Master Stage 3, the regional Circuit Point standings in year and the regional Last Chances Qualifiers.

VALORANT Champions
2021
Tournament information
SportValorant
Location Germany
DatesDecember 1–December 12
Administrator(s)Riot Games
Tournament
format(s)
2 stages
  • Group stage: Double elimination bracket
  • Knock-out stage: Single elimination bracket
Venue(s)
2 (in Berlin)
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Halle
    (Group stage & Quarterfinals)
  • Verti Music Hall
    (Semifinals & Finals)
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Acend
Runner-up Gambit Esports
3rd place KRÜ Esports
Team Liquid
MVP Aleksander "zeek" Zygmunt
(Acend)

Division of slots

Number of slots for each region is based on the level of development of the countries/regions.

  • Rich countries/regions (like North America, Brazil, Japan, South Korea) that have potential development in Valorant with huge player base, huge viewer base, will be given priority slot to attend directly, and teams just compete only in their local VALORANT Challengers to qualify for VALORANT Masters and accumulate points for a local Circuit Point standings.
  • On the contrary, teams from less developed countries/regions must compete in their local competition at first to qualify VALORANT Challengers, then have to compete with foreigner teams in a larger area (like some countries in EMEA, Southeast Asia and Latin America) to qualify for VALORANT Masters and accumulate points for a shared Circuit Point standings.
2021 VALORANT Champions Tour slots
Path Europe - Middle East - Africa[lower-alpha 1] North America[lower-alpha 2] South America[lower-alpha 3] Asia Pacific
North America Oceania[lower-alpha 4] Brazil Latin America[lower-alpha 5] China[lower-alpha 6] Japan South Korea Southeast Asia[lower-alpha 7] South Asia[lower-alpha 8]
Europe CIS Turkey MENA[lower-alpha 9] North South ID MY+SG PH TH VN[lower-alpha 10] TW+HK
Challengers Stage 1 (regional) 8 8 8 N/A 8 N/A 8 8 8 N/A 8 8 2 1 2 2 N/A 1 N/A
Masters Stage 1 (not be hold) N/A
Challengers Stage 2 (regional) 4 1 3 N/A 8 N/A 8 4 4 N/A 8 8 2 1 2 2 2 1 N/A
Masters Stage 2 (10 teams) 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Challengers Stage 3 (regional) 4 2 2 8 8 4 4 8 8 3 2 3 3 3 2
Masters Stage 3 (16 teams) 4 3 2 1 2 2 2
Last Chance Qualifiers (regional) 7 1 8 2►N/A 4 4 2►N/A 2►3 2►3 3 1
Qualify for VALORANT Champions (16 teams) via VALORANT Master Stage 3 (1 team) 1
via Circuit Point standings (11 teams) 2 2 N/A 2 1 N/A 1 1 2 N/A
via Last Chance Qualifiers (4 teams) 1 1 1 1

Qualified teams and rosters

Qualified teams

Pools are based on teams' achievements in competitions of VALORANT Challengers and VALORANT Masters, their Circuit Point Standings, and estimated strength for each region in FPS esports.[2]

Europe - Middle East - Africa
Minor region Path Team ID Pool
CIS VALORANT Master Stage 3 winner Gambit Esports GMB 1
Europe EMEA Circuit Point standings 1st Acend ACE 1
EMEA Circuit Point standings 2nd Fnatic FNC 2
EMEA Last Chances Qualifiers winner Team Liquid TL 3
North America
Path Team ID Pool
North America Circuit Point standings 1st Sentinels SEN 1
North America Circuit Point standings 2nd Team Envy NV 2
North America Last Chances Qualifiers winner Cloud9 Blue C9B 3
South America
Region Path Team ID Pool
Latin America LATAM South Latin America Circuit Point standings 1st KRÜ Esports KRU 2
Brazil Brazil Circuit Point standings 1st Team Vikings VKS 2
Brazil Circuit Point standings 2nd Vivo Keyd VK 4
South America Last Chances Qualifiers winner FURIA Esports FUR 4
Asia Pacific
Region Path Team ID Pool
South Korea South Korea Circuit Point standings 1st Vision Strikers VS 1
Japan Japan Circuit Point standings 1st Crazy Raccoon CR 3
Southeast Asia Philippines Southeast Asia Circuit Point standings 2nd Team Secret TS 4
Thailand Southeast Asia Circuit Point standings 1st X10 CRIT X10 3
Asia Pacific Last Chances Qualifiers winner FULL SENSE FS 4

Rosters
Team Gambit Esports Acend Fnatic Team Liquid
Player ID Name ID Name ID Name ID Name
1 Chronicle Timofey Khromov BONECOLD Santeri Sassi Boaster Jake Howlett soulcas Dom Sulcas
2 d3ffo Nikita Sudakov cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek Doma Domagoj Fancev L1NK Travis Mendoza
3 Sheydos Bogdan Naumov Kiles Vladyslav Shvets Mistic James Orfila ScreaM Adil Benrlitom
4 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin starxo Patryk Kopczyński Derke Nikita Sirmitev Jamppi Elias Olkkonen
5 Redgar Igor Vlasov zeek Aleksander Zygmunt Magnum Martin Peňkov Nivera Nabil Benrlitom
6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Coach Engh Andrey Sholokhov Nbs Laurynas Kisielius mini Jacob Harris Sliggy Connor Blomfield
Anderzz Martin Schelasin
Team Sentinels Team Envy Cloud9 Blue Vision Strikers
Player ID Name ID Name ID Name ID Name
1 ShahZaM Shahzeb Khan FNS Pujan Mehta mitch Mitch Semago stax Kim Goo-taek
2 SicK Hunter Mims yay Jaccob Whiteaker leaf Nathan Orf Rb Goo Sang-Min
3 zombs Jared Gitlin Victor Victor Wong xeta Son Seon-ho k1Ng Lee Seung-won
4 dapr Michael Gulino crashies Austin Roberts Xeppaa Erick Bach BuZz Yoo Byeong-cheol
5 TenZ Tyson Ngo Marved Jimmy Nguyen vanity Anthony Malaspina MaKo Kim Myeong-kwan
6 N/A N/A N/A Lakia Kim Jong-min
Coach Rawkus Shane Flaherty Chet Chet Singh Autumn Yoon Eu-tteum termi Pyeon Seon-ho
JamezIRL James Macaulay Argency Kwon Soon-woo
Team Crazy Raccoon Team Secret X10 CRIT FULL SENSE
Player ID Name ID Name ID Name ID Name
1 Bazzi Park Joon-ki JessieVash Jessie Cristy Cuyco Crws Itthirit Ngamsaard ChAlalala Chanitpak Suwanaprateep
2 ade Teppei Kuno DubsteP Jayvee Paguirigan foxz Panyawat Subsiriroj JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain
3 Fisker Hideki Sasaki BORKUM Jim Timbreza sScary Nutchapon Matarat LAMMYSNAX Elamrahim Khanpathan
4 Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom Dispenser Kevin Te sushiboys Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol
5 neth Yusuke Matsuda witz Riley Go Pati Patiphan Chaiwong SuperBusS Nattawat Yoosawat
6 Medusa An Min-cheol N/A N/A N/A
Coach Twinkl Im Yeong-bin Gibo Gilbert Sales Jr. 0bi Yuranun Sangurang Tongrak Songchai Payang
mun Yusuke Ota Zeus Yuttanagorn Kaewkongyai
Team KRÜ Esports Team Vikings Vivo Keyd FURIA Esports
Player ID Name ID Name ID Name ID Name
1 Klaus Nicolas Ferrari gtnziN Gustavo Moura heat Olavo Marcelo xand Alexandre Zizi
2 Mazino Roberto Rivas Sacy Gustavo Rossi JhoW Jonathan Glória qck Gabriel Lima
3 NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez frz Leandro Gomes v1xen Gabriel Martins Khalil Khalil Schmidt
4 delz1k Joaquin Espinoza sutecas Gabriel Dias murizzz Murillo Tuchtenhagen nzr Agustin Ibarra
5 keznit Angelo Mori Saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati mazin Matheus Araújo
6 N/A N/A ntk Lucas Martins N/A
Coach Onur Rodrigo Dalmagro bzkA Matheus Tarasconi Koy Pedro Pulig Carlão Carlos Mohn
BeTony Martin Bourre

Group stage
  • Sixteen teams are drawn into four groups with four teams in each group based on their seeding. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
  • Double elimination bracket. Pool 1 team plays against Pool 4 team, while Pool 2 team plays against Pool 3 team in the opening match.
  • All matches are best-of-three. Team that win on Winner's bracket will qualify as Seed #1 of Group in Knock-out stage, while team that win on Loser's bracket will qualify as Seed #2.

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
Winner's bracket
Round 1 match 1
Team Icebox Bind Breeze Result Qualification
Acend 9 13 13 2 WB Round 2
Vivo Keyd 13 3 10 1 LB Round 1
Round 1 match 2
Team Breeze Ascent Haven Result Qualification
Team Envy 13 13 X 2 WB Round 2
X10 CRIT 8 7 X 0 LB Round 1
Round 2
Team Ascent Bind Split Result Qualification
Acend 13 13 X 2 K.O. Seed #1
Team Envy 8 11 X 0 LB Round 2
Loser's bracket
Round 1
Team Icebox Haven Breeze Result Qualification
Vivo Keyd 6 5 X 0 Eliminated
X10 CRIT 13 13 X 2 LB Round 2
Round 2
Team Icebox Split Haven Result Qualification
Team Envy 13 8 12 1 Eliminated
X10 CRIT 10 13 14 2 K.O. Seed #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
Winner's bracket
Round 1 match 1
Team Ascent Breeze Haven Result Qualification
Sentinels 13 10 13 2 WB Round 2
FURIA Esports 9 13 9 1 LB Round 1
Round 1 match 2
Team Haven Ascent Split Result Qualification
KRÜ Esports 5 8 X 0 LB Round 1
Team Liquid 13 13 X 2 WB Round 2
Round 2
Team Breeze Bind Split Result Qualification
Sentinels 12 13 10 1 LB Round 2
Team Liquid 14 2 13 2 K.O. Seed #1
Loser's bracket
Round 1
Team Fracture Ascent Haven Result Qualification
FURIA Esports 13 8 9 1 Eliminated
KRÜ Esports 11 13 13 2 LB Round 2
Round 2
Team Fracture Haven Split Result Qualification
Sentinels 13 11 11 1 Eliminated
KRÜ Esports 7 13 13 2 K.O. Seed #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
Winner's bracket
Round 1 match 1
Team Icebox Breeze Bind Result Qualification
Gambit Esports 6 13 13 2 WB Round 2
Team Secret 13 0 6 1 LB Round 1
Round 1 match 2
Team Icebox Haven Split Result Qualification
Team Vikings 13 13 X 2 WB Round 2
Crazy Racoon 9 8 X 0 LB Round 1
Round 2
Team Split Bind Icebox Result Qualification
Gambit Esports 13 5 14 2 K.O. Seed #1
Team Vikings 6 13 12 1 LB Round 2
Loser's bracket
Round 1
Team Split Haven Fracture Result Qualification
Team Secret 13 13 X 2 LB Round 2
Crazy Racoon 5 2 X 0 Eliminated
Round 2
Team Haven Icebox Ascent Result Qualification
Team Vikings 6 7 X 0 Eliminated
Team Secret 13 13 X 2 K.O. Seed #2

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
Winner's bracket
Round 1 match 1
Team Haven Breeze Icebox Result Qualification
Vision Strikers 13 13 X 2 WB Round 2
FULL SENSE 5 5 X 0 LB Round 1
Round 1 match 2
Team Icebox Split Fracture Result Qualification
Fnatic 13 11 14 2 WB Round 2
Cloud9 Blue 11 13 12 1 LB Round 1
Round 2
Team Icebox Haven Fracture Result Qualification
Vision Strikers 10 13 6 1 LB Round 2
Fnatic 13 10 13 2 K.O. Seed #1
Loser's bracket
Round 1
Team Split Breeze Icebox Result Qualification
FULL SENSE 7 12 X 0 Eliminated
Cloud9 Blue 13 14 X 2 LB Round 2
Round 2
Team Ascent Split Breeze Result Qualification
Vision Strikers 10 13 11 1 Eliminated
Cloud9 Blue 13 9 13 2 K.O. Seed #2

Knock-out stage
  • Eight teams are drawn into a single elimination bracket. The Seed #1 team of each group is drawn against the Seed #2 team of a different group. Teams from same group will be on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they cannot play each other until the Finals.
  • Single elimination bracket. All matches are best-of-three, excepted Finals is best-of-five.
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1 Acend 2
C2 Team Secret 0
Acend 2
Team Liquid 0
B1 Team Liquid 2
D2 Cloud9 Blue 0
Acend 3
Gambit Esports 2
C1 Gambit Esports 2
A2 X10 CRIT 1
Gambit Esports 2
KRÜ Esports 1
D1 Fnatic 1
B2 KRÜ Esports 2

Quarterfinals
Match 1
Seed Team Icebox Breeze Split Result
A1 Acend 13 13 X 2
C2 Team Secret 8 6 X 0
Match 2
Seed Team Bind Ascent Breeze Result
B1 Team Liquid 13 13 X 2
D2 Cloud9 Blue 10 11 X 0
Match 3
Seed Team Fracture Ascent Breeze Result
C1 Gambit Esports 13 7 13 2
A2 X10 CRIT 7 13 7 1
Match 4
Seed Team Haven Icebox Split Result
D1 Fnatic 13 13 7 1
B2 KRÜ Esports 15 6 13 2

Semifinals
Match 1
Seed Team Bind Split Ascent Result
QF1 Acend 13 13 X 2
QF2 Team Liquid 6 5 X 0
Match 2
Seed Team Breeze Ascent Bind Result
QF3 Gambit Esports 13 7 18 2
QF4 KRÜ Esports 8 13 16 1

Finals
Seed Team Maps' score Result
Breeze Ascent Fracture Icebox Split
SF1 Acend 11 13 3 14 13 3
SF2 Gambit Esports 13 7 13 12 8 2

Ranking
Place Team ID Group stage (DE) Knock-out stage (SE) Prize
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Quarter. Semi. Finals
1st Acend ACE VK
2–1		 NV
2–0		 N/A TS
2–0		 TL
2–0		 GMB
3–2		 $350,000
2nd Gambit Esports GMB TS
2–1		 VKS
2–1		 N/A X10
2–1		 KRU
2–1		 ACE
2–3		 $150,000
3rd–4th KRÜ Esports KRU TL
0–2		 FUR
2–1		 SEN
2–1		 FNC
2–1		 GMB
1–2		 $90,000
Team Liquid TL KRU
2–0		 SEN
2–1		 N/A C9B
2–0		 ACE
0–2
5th–8th Fnatic FNC C9B
2–1		 VS
2–1		 N/A KRU
1–2		 $40,000
X10 CRIT X10 NV
0–2		 VK
2–0		 NV
2–1		 GMB
1–2
Cloud9 Blue C9B FNC
1–2		 FS
2–0		 VS
2–1		 TL
0–2
Team Secret TS GMB
1–2		 CR
2–0		 VKS
2–0		 ACE
0–2
9th–12th Vision Strikers VS FS
2–0		 FNC
1–2		 C9B
1–2		 $20,000
Sentinels SEN FUR
2–1		 TL
1–2		 KRU
1–2
Team Envy NV X10
2–0		 ACE
0–2		 X10
1–2
Team Vikings VKS CR
2–0		 GMB
1–2		 TS
0–2
13th–16th FURIA Esports FUR SEN
1–2		 KRU
1–2
Vivo Keyd VK ACE
1–2		 X10
0–2
Crazy Racoon CR VKS
0–2		 TS
0–2
FULL SENSE FS VS
0–2		 C9B
0–2

Notes
  1. Riot Games' definition for EMEA is divided into 4 regions: Europe, CIS, Turkey and MENA (refers to Arab countries) and must share the EMEA Circuit Point Standings.
  2. Refers to the United States and Canada. Countries in Central America and the Caribbean compete in the Latin America region.
  3. Refers to defacto Latin America.
  4. Riot Games does not allow teams from Oceania to participate directly in VALORANT Masters and VALORANT Champions. And although locate at Asia Pacific, Oceania teams must compete in North America Last Chance Qualifiers to qualify VALORANT Champions (then couldn't take part in due to mobility issues during COVID-19).
  5. Refers to Hispanic America. Riot Games' definition of lower-regions for Latin America is divided into 2 sub-regions, but must share the LATAM Circuit Point Standings:
    • Latin America North: refers to Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and all countries in Central America and the Caribbean.
    • Latin America South: refers to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
  6. Team from China couldn't compete at all events of VCT in this year due to the late release of the game. The two slots for China in Asia Pacific Last Chance Qualifier were given priority to Japan and South Korea with one slot each (although have already 2 slots each), instead of other Southeast Asia countries/regions that didn't have any slot at Last Chance Qualifier and VALORANT Champions like as Vietnam and Taiwan+Hong Kong
  7. Riot Games' definition of lower-regions for Southeast Asia is extended only to the following teams from countries/regions which released Valorant: Indonesia, Malaysia+Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, but included Taiwan+Hong Kong from East Asia. All regions must share the Southeast Asia Circuit Point Standings. Players from Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste can play as domestic players of Southeast Asia for those teams.
  8. Riot Games does not allow teams from South Asia to participate directly in VALORANT Masters and VALORANT Champions. They could only compete in Asia Pacific Last Chance Qualifiers to qualify for VALORANT Champions.
  9. Riot Games does not allow teams from MENA to participate directly in EMEA VALORANT Masters, so MENA teams couldn't accumulate points for EMEA Circuit Point Standings. They could only compete in EMEA Last Chance Qualifiers to qualify for VALORANT Champions.
  10. Teams from Vietnam couldn't compete at VALORANT Challangers Stage 1 of Southeast Asia due to the late release of the game. So no one team could get any Circuit Point.

References
  1. "VALORANT Champions Returns to Berlin!". playvalorant.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  2. Robertson, Scott (2021-11-18). "Groups and format revealed for VCT Champions 2021". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
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