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 #92 Chadi Farsang Balázs , and Diamant Esports Diamant Esports Europe Rank #12 . 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 Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen Fizzy David Figueiredo starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski had no trouble in securing first place during the regular season. They were trailed by DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 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 #236 Luzuh Joseph Loose Louitan Louis Beresford eleo Leonard Kulish , 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 #8 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 #31 saadhak Matias Delipetro Avez Hazem Khaled Elite Efe Teber SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin marteen Martin Pátek and Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #26 CyvOph Clement Millard HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard 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 #211 fexayy mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl 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 #16 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh Polvi Niko Polvinen bucher Maximilian Bucher Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García Burgueño . Arctic Arctic Inactive and Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando qualified in place of KOI KOI Europe Rank #41 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 #14 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt Celasun Emir Celasun umu7 Umut Pekdoğan , who scored a flawless regular season. Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #15 trailed them in second, as FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban and Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #197 DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin Yigox cacan Mert Çaçan both finished with a 4-3 record. Galatasaray Esports Galatasaray Esports Europe Rank #37 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: