Over the past week, the seven active Valorant Regional Leagues have held playoffs and each crowned a champion to represent their subregion in the VRL Finals.
VRL CIS: Milestone is the only of the eight existing VRLs to have been canceled. Its Spring Split was first indefinitely postponed in late February due the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and was officially announced canceled by Riot a month later. A new format was later revealed for the EMEA Promotion. The CIS league did not return for the Summer Split.
Regional League East: Surge
While
Anonymo Esports
Anonymo Esports
Inactive
belmonte
Kacper Mordak
xuss
Tselmeg Tsolmon
Stix
Wojciech Chamielec
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
Katu
Kacper Twórz
secured a hard-fought championship in the first split of the year, this time they didn't make the cut for the playoffs. The final four teams left in the fight were
Anorthosis Famagusta Esports
Anorthosis Famagusta Esports
Inactive
,
TENSTAR
TENSTAR
Inactive
Buld
Michał Sokal
kacpi
Kacper Wolski
maniek
Jakub Mańkowski
Stix
Wojciech Chamielec
,
NOM Esports
NOM Esports
Europe
Rank #74
nero
Eran Yosef
bravo
Pap Gergely
Razziss
Timur Taisaev
Amcar
, and
Diamant Esports
Diamant Esports
Inactive
. The first two teams shared a 9-5 record, while the remaining teams both finished the regular season with an 8-6 record.
Despite finishing fourth in the regular season, Diamant took a solid win over Anorthosis Famagusta in the opening round of the playoffs. TENSTAR then sent them to the lower bracket final with a 2-0 victory, but Diamant beat NOM in a three-map brawl for the final spot in the grand final. In the Bo5 rematch between TENSTAR and Diamant, the former came out on top to win the second stage of VRL East.
Regional League DACH: Evolution
Much like in the first half of the year,
MOUZ
MOUZ
Europe
Rank #6
bipo
Taranvir Singh
Lime
Jacob Foster
Fizzy
David Figueiredo
Obnoks
Nico Garczarczyk
iluri
Ilari Puranen
had no trouble in securing first place during the regular season. They were trailed by
DSYRE
DSYRE
Inactive
caydeN
Yari Olmi
Tag
Alessandro Voci
wackie
Rikardo Birjukov
waddle
Wadir Taraki
in second,
Angry Titans
Angry Titans
Inactive
ngiN
Engin Kor
HyDrO
Lukas Brill
in third for the second time in a row, and
Ovation eSports
Ovation eSports
Europe
Rank #219
Luzuh
Joseph Loose
Louitan
Louis Beresford
, who were up for Relegation last split.
The underdogs prevailed in the playoffs, as both MOUZ and DSYRE were handed 2-0 defeats in the opening round. Angry Titans reverse swept Ovation in the upper bracket final, but DSYRE were the ones to move to the grand final after Ovation were forced to forfeit. Angry Titans had no trouble in securing another flawless win over Davidp 's men, securing the VRL DACH title.
Regional League France: Revolution
France adopted an expanded format this Split, taking six teams into the playoffs as opposed to four.
MAD Lions
MAD Lions
Inactive
KRAY
Calum Knight
' 18-game run was besmudged by a single loss against
Sector One
Sector One
Inactive
Alyx
Alex Morrow
poegii
Yenthe Segers
q
Liam Hoek
dash
MaximN
Maxim Nonglaire
, with
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #2
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
Sayf
Saif Jibraeel
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
following them in second with four losses.
Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp
Europe
Rank #166
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
Avez
Hazem Khaled
Elite
Efe Teber
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
marteen
Martin Pátek
and
Mandatory
Mandatory
Europe
Rank #21
CyvOph
Clement Millard
HyP
Damien Souville
Enzo
Enzo Mestari
mikee
Michael Lim
keloqz
Cista Wassim
both held a 12-6 record, while
Team BDS
Team BDS
Inactive
bramz
Bayram Ben Redjeb
won and loss nine games.
beGenius
beGenius
Inactive
qualified in sixth with seven wins and 11 losses.
The teams finished the playoffs as they did the regular season. beGenius and BDS were knocked out in the opening round, while Vitality and MAD Lions bested Karmine Corp and Mandatory, respectively, 3-2. In the grand final, Vitality swept MAD in the Bo5 grand final, conquering the VRL France title that eluded them last split, in which they didn't make playoffs.
Regional League Northern Europe: Polaris
Alliance
Alliance
Inactive
, who won the regular season in the first split, failed to win a single match this time around.
EXCEL
EXCEL
Inactive
Moe40
Muhammad Hariff
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
Foxie
Tyler Lowton
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
, the defending NE champions, took the regular season crown this Summer Split, trailed by
Finest
Finest
Inactive
DESTRUCT1VEE
Hakan Lekesizer
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
bonkar
Malkolm Rench
— formerly
Tundra Esports
Tundra Esports
Inactive
bonkar
Malkolm Rench
Nille
Nichlas Busk
krea6on
Vilius Malinauskas
—
who cars?
who cars?
Europe
Rank #196
fexayy
Klusia
Jonas Colkær Thomsen
Nille
Nichlas Busk
sunshine
Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen
, and
KOVA
KOVA
Inactive
Supmah
Hampus Svensson
JESMUND
Jesse Terävä
Ale
Alend Khalaf
vicious
Benjamin Guilotte
shéd
Jani Marjanen
.
As defending Champions, EXCEL ran through the upper bracket with 2-0 victories over KOVA and Finest. The bonkar -led squad beat who cars? in the lower bracket final, but were only able to win one map in the grand final. EXCEL took full advantage of their map advantage to secure a 3-1 win that crowned them VRL NE champions for the second time this year.
Regional League Spain: Rising
In the Spain playoffs, four teams returned:
Case Esports
Case Esports
Inactive
, who finished first in the regular season,
Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming
Inactive
Redgar
Igor Vlasov
Fit1nho
Adolfo Gallego
nukkye
Žygimantas Chmieliauskas
hoody
Aaro Peltokangas
Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin
,
Rebels Gaming
Rebels Gaming
Inactive
, last season's champions, and
UCAM Esports Club
UCAM Esports Club
Europe
Rank #14
Flickless
Karel Maeckelbergh
Polvi
Niko Polvinen
bucher
Maximilian Bucher
Quick
Fabián Pereira
YuNo
Eloy García
.
Arctic
Arctic
Inactive
and
Movistar Riders
Movistar Riders
Inactive
Nixerino
Nicolás Canellas Colocho
YuNo
Eloy García
Vorwenn
Tomas Baldrich
Blastinho
Miquel llombart
Pando
qualified in place of
KOI
KOI
Europe
Rank #30
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
sheydos
Bogdan Naumov
Filu
Dawid Czarnecki
flyuh
Xavier Carlson
soulcas
Dom Sulcas
and
Team Queso
Team Queso
Inactive
mezoky
Boom
Daniel Jiménez
.
Rebels once more won the quarterfinals, but this time were stunned by Case in the semifinals 2-1. They moved on to the grand finals alongside UCAM, who beat Arctic and Giants 2-0 and 2-1, respectively. This time, Case proved themselves a step above all others as they took a 3-0 win in the grand final, in which they only lost 12 rounds.
Regional League Turkey: Birlik
Turkey kept its format, placing six of its eight team in the playoffs.
Surreal Esports
Surreal Esports
Inactive
Rosé
Eren Erzan
VenTT
Emre Bozkurt
vittoria
macRue
Arda Yıldız
Crewen
Ali Eren Sargin
, who nearly made it into the EMEA VCT, weren't present this season and were replaced by
Papara SuperMassive
Papara SuperMassive
Europe
Rank #22
skylen
Asil Yalçın
ip0TT
Yiğit Karadeniz
VenTT
Emre Bozkurt
OXMANN
Aytekin Çakır
umu7
Umut Pekdoğan
, who scored a flawless regular season.
Fire Flux Esports
Fire Flux Esports
Europe
Rank #140
JN3v1cE
Emre Bekçe
musz3kk
Cihan Göçer
Docent
Kadri Vatandaş
kabzi
Mert Oal
influx
Kaan Taşkın
trailed them in second, as
FUT Esports
FUT Esports
Europe
Rank #8
xeus
Doğan Gözgen
MrFaliN
Furkan Yeğen
yetujey
Eray Budak
AtaKaptan
Ata Tan
qRaxs
Doğukan Balaban
and
Fenerbahçe Esports
Fenerbahçe Esports
Europe
Rank #100
ibonata
İbrahim Taha Güler
Best
Bartu Keskin
KROSTALY
Okan Alaçam
Slaughter
İrfancan Çakıl
exe
Yigox
Yiğit Arslan
both finished with a 4-3 record.
Galatasaray Esports
Galatasaray Esports
Europe
Rank #33
WerlasS
Metin Ünal
Baransel
Baransel Nasırcan
Padisah
Onur Dönmez
PhuRME
Yagiz Efe Baygut
Touven
Can Eryıldız
JrayN
Ferhat Yılmaz
and
Thunderbolts Gaming
Thunderbolts Gaming
Inactive
Antsy
Yağız Güngör
Yato
Cem Saat
re1sxd
İlyas Çalışkan
corr0
Mehmet Alp Vural
DubzWoW
Mustafa Doğan
ARGENT
Berk Deniz Özdamar
rounded out the playoffs.
Despite having to play from the quarterfinals, FUT took clean 2-0 and 3-0 wins against Galatasaray and SuperMassive Blaze, respectively. Fire Flux met them in the grand finals, after winning the semifinal against Fenerbahçe, but weren't able to clinch a second win. FUT outlasted them across the grand final's five maps, lifting the Turkish VRL trophy.
Regional League MENA: Resilience
MENA was the last region to finish its playoffs, this time taking two teams from each of its subregions — Levant and North Africa, GCC and Iraq — to the playoffs. Spring Split champions
Team Falcons
Team Falcons
Inactive
were surprised by an opening 2-0 defeat to
Geekay Esports
Geekay Esports
MENA
Rank #6
, but bounced back in the lower bracket with wins against
YaLLa Esports
YaLLa Esports
Inactive
ShawateRR
Mohammad Yousef
Near
Fahad Salem
Kitkat
Mohamed Alnuaimi
B4HA
Baha Mohamad Oqap
ISSAA
Issa Murad
VIPP33R
Omar Adwan
and
XPLDZ
XPLDZ
Inactive
.
In the grand final against Geekay, Falcons spared no one and dropped just one map, losing Bind 13-6, on their way to a 3-1 grand final win. With that, Falcons revalidated their MENA title and secured the final VRL Finals slot.
VRL Finals
The VRL Finals begin July 25, the day following Masters Copenhagen's grand final. While the VCT EMEA rulebook predicts an eight-team double-elimination bracket, the absence of a CIS team raises doubts about what format Riot will use or who will fill the eighth slot.
There is €150,000 up for grabs in the VRL Finals, which will run between July 25 and August 8.
With uncertainty looming over the VRL Finals, the following teams are confirmed:
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FUT Esports
FUT Esports Europe Rank #8 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan qRaxs Doğukan Balaban
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TENSTAR
TENSTAR Inactive Br0die Jack Emmott KRAY Calum Knight Polvi Niko Polvinen xms Alexandre Forté doma Domagoj Fancev
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Case Esports
Case Esports Inactive
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Angry Titans
Angry Titans Inactive ngiN Engin Kor HyDrO Lukas Brill
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Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #2 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso
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EXCEL
EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim
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Team Falcons
Team Falcons Inactive