The second split of the Valorant Challengers League for North America has ended, with the best two regional teams making it to Americas Ascension.
M80
M80
North America
Rank #1
zander
Alexander Dituri
NiSMO
Marc-Andre Tayar
koalanoob
Gianfranco Potestio
neT
Michael Bernet
BcJ
Brendan Jensen
won the grand finals 2-0 and secured the top seed for NA. The second squad heading to Mexico is
TSM
TSM
North America
Rank #6
seven
Johann Hernandez
gMd
Anthony Guimond
sym
Tyler Porter
POISED
Kevin Ngo
aproto
Alex Protopapas
, who rose above other talent to secure their chance to qualify for VCT Americas.
These two teams from North America will compete against the top two teams from Brazil and LATAM in a single round-robin group stage to begin Americas Ascension. Then, the top four teams from the group stage will face off in a double-elimination format to see which single squad will secure promotion.
M80 demolish TSM in grand finals, completing dominant NA run
Across the entire year, M80 had been the best team in NA Challengers. Their core remained from 2023, when they lost in the Ascension finals to The Guard and just missed out on a spot in franchising. Even with a mid-season swap of nitr0 for neT , M80 remained the frontrunners for the region when the Split 2 playoffs began.
Their first match of the tournament was a close 2-0 win over TSM, with a 14-12 overtime win on Icebox securing the series win. That was followed up by their toughest challenge in the tournament: a 2-1 win over
Oxygen Esports
Oxygen Esports
Inactive
skuba
Logan Jenkins
mitch
Mitch Semago
Verno
Andrew Maust
Reduxx
Yassin Aboulalazm
dapr
Michael Gulino
. After sweeping
Moist x Shopify
Moist x Shopify
North America
Rank #5
oderus
Chad Miller
to secure their Ascension spot, they rematched against TSM in the grand finals and swept them more convincingly than before.
For M80, their coaching stood out across these playoffs. Their triple-Sentinel composition on Lotus was unique and proved near impossible to attack against, as TSM found out in the grand finals.
BcJ and M80 halt any attempt at an attack from TSM.zander and koalanoob ended the tournament with the best stats across all teams, reaching a match rating of 1.26 and 1.25 respectively.
TSM had a tough final Challengers series, but their run to Ascension was unexpected. The squad eliminated great teams in the lower bracket to earn their Ascension spot, including Oxygen Esports and Moist x Shopify Rebellion. Their standout was sym , who was the spearhead for their engages and was key in their lower-bracket run. In their wins against Oxygen and MXS that secured them the second seed, sym combined for 32 first kills across both matches, nearly more than the rest of his team combined.
Ascension
The Americas version of the Ascension tournament starts on September 10 in Monterrey, Mexico. After a group stage, the best four teams will compete in a double-elimination tournament starting September 18 to see who will VCT Americas.
The teams qualified for Americas Ascension are:
The teams qualified for Ascension are:
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Galorys
Galorys Brazil Rank #2 Urango Victor Rodrigues rood Rodrigo Gomes Evilkyk Kayke Arrais lukxo Lucca Travaioli Sato (Brazil)
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2Game Esports
2Game Esports Brazil Rank #4 Zap Brenno Roberto pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros lz Luiz Reche spike silentzz Caio Morita (Brazil)
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RETA Esports
RETA Esports Latin America North Unranked suther Tomás Zurita delz1k Joaquin Espinoza NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez snw Miguel Marcondes murizzz Murillo Tuchtenhagen (LATAM North)
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All Knights
All Knights Latin America South Unranked NicoMachine Nicolas Valla Cebando Ezequiel Ramos Dantedeu5 adverso Benjamín Poblete tinchoff Martin Garcia (LATAM South)
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M80
M80 North America Rank #1 zander Alexander Dituri NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio neT Michael Bernet BcJ Brendan Jensen (North America)
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TSM
TSM North America Rank #6 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter POISED Kevin Ngo aproto Alex Protopapas (North America)