Liquid

First team to win EMEA championship twice (2021 stage 2 and now)

Actually these playoffs have felt a lot like 2021 Masters 2 qualifiers (Reykjavik). Fnatic coming second while still arguably being the best team, Liquid turning on against all the odds and taking the victory. FPX(NaVi) were one of the favorites, but fell off a bit when it mattered(here they made it but as 4th seed). Kind of similar vibes IMO.

its even more impressive because across regions, most of the teams that qualified to tokyo are the same teams that did well in lock in, these are the teams that have cores. teams like liquid and t1 who are much newer teams improved so fast and did so well this season, and even more so liquid getting the dub.