Is South America the best region of 2022?

Title

no

yes

Loud hard carrying the region

If you go by having the best team, yes, but I don't think the rest of the region is comparable in strength. Hope Loud winning champs can improve the strength of the Brazilian/SA scene as a whole. Would be nice to see.

No region is the best region, honestly any of them only has 1 truly worthy world class contender

BR- LOUD
NA- OPTC
CIS- FPX
APAC- PRX
EU- FNC
KR- DRX
JP- ZETA
LATAM- LEV

no 2nd team from any region was a world title contender at anypoint this year

drapion [#6]

No region is the best region, honestly any of them only has 1 truly worthy world class contender

BR- LOUD
NA- OPTC
CIS- FPX
APAC- PRX
EU- FNC
KR- DRX
JP- ZETA
LATAM- LEV

no 2nd team from any region was a world title contender at anypoint this year

W

Not really because you probably need more than one team in your region that is actually an International title contender.

drapion [#6]

No region is the best region, honestly any of them only has 1 truly worthy world class contender

BR- LOUD
NA- OPTC
CIS- FPX
APAC- PRX
EU- FNC
KR- DRX
JP- ZETA
LATAM- LEV

no 2nd team from any region was a world title contender at anypoint this year

fnc?

No, the gap between loud and the other teams is currently quite high

LightningLeaf [#9]

fnc?

world title contender at any point this year

drapion [#6]

No region is the best region, honestly any of them only has 1 truly worthy world class contender

BR- LOUD
NA- OPTC
CIS- FPX
APAC- PRX
EU- FNC
KR- DRX
JP- ZETA
LATAM- LEV

no 2nd team from any region was a world title contender at anypoint this year

based take

EU -> 50 countries, 750 mi pop, 0 Super Team
BR -> 1 country, 210 mi pop, 1 Super Team

Kibe [#13]

EU -> 50 countries, 750 mi pop, 0 Super Team
BR -> 1 country, 210 mi pop, 1 Super Team

stop talking shit about "1 team region"

REGION RANKINGS:
2021 OVERALL: EU > NA > KR > LATAM > APAC > BR > JP
2022 OVERALL: NA = EU > BR > KR > APAC > LATAM > JP (not just one team, all team of the region performance)

i did the science for eu=na - https://www.vlr.gg/143631/why-eu-and-na-are-equal-this-year

drapion [#6]

No region is the best region, honestly any of them only has 1 truly worthy world class contender

BR- LOUD
NA- OPTC
CIS- FPX
APAC- PRX
EU- FNC
KR- DRX
JP- ZETA
LATAM- LEV

no 2nd team from any region was a world title contender at anypoint this year

agreed, but xset came very close at the end

not even top 3

astroversed [#16]

agreed, but xset came very close at the end

All regions kinda have their 2nd good team, but at the end only the 1st ones can really go to upper finals/lower finals

Marshal_D_Teach [#18]

All regions kinda have their 2nd good team, but at the end only the 1st ones can really go to upper finals/lower finals

exactly my point

nah, they need some improvement but they're showing great promise after this champions

Americas is best region

astroversed [#16]

agreed, but xset came very close at the end

they werent ever cosidered as actual title contenders

Kibe [#14]

stop talking shit about "1 team region"

Tu não entendeu, ele quis dizer que o Brasil com um tamanho consideravelmente menor de times competitivos conseguiu um Montar um super time, o que é um fato.

drapion [#22]

they werent ever cosidered as actual title contenders

they beat FPX (2-0), FNATIC (2-0) at LAN, and were extremely close to beating LEV and FPX again in both tournaments (double OT maps to LEV, 14-16 to FPX). Had they won a few more rounds, they would've been title contenders.