Following LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee 's win over XSET XSET Inactive in Copenhagen, the first 10 teams attending Valorant Champions 2022 are now confirmed.
Of the 10 teams who qualified via circuit points, a large majority were confirmed when they reached Masters Copenhagen via each regional circuit. This was the case for North America, Brazil, Korea and Asia-Pacific. The teams at the top of the standings in EMEA, Japan and LATAM still had their fates on the line.
International debutants Guild Esports Guild Esports Inactive had the chance to knock either FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks or FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder off the top two slots, but the draw pit FPX against Guild in the lower bracket. The latter lost 2-1, confirming that FPX and FNATIC would be the first representatives of EMEA in Turkey.
In Japan, NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #20 had a slim chance of sending ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori to the East Asia LCQ, but they would have to finish third in Copenhagen. Ultimately, FPX knocked them out in Group B's decider, which meant NORTHEPTION accrued only 200 points. As such, ZETA DIVISION's 475 points were enough to book their tickets to Istanbul.
The final region to define its representative via circuit points was LATAM. KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro qualified to Masters Copenhagen via the LATAM/BR LCQ after Leviatán bested them in the regional circuit, and an unlucky groups run saw OpTic eliminate them from the tournament. As a result, Leviatán needed just one win in the playoffs into which they were seeded to secure more points than KRÜ, and they got there by eliminating XSET in the lower bracket.
Every team currently participating in Masters Copenhagen that isn't directly seeded into Champions is already locked for their regional LCQ.
In total, there will be 16 teams in Turkey between September 2 and 18, but only one can come out Valorant World Champion. The remaining six teams will be defined in August, through the six regional Last Chance Qualifiers.
Valorant Champions will feature the following teams:
- OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive
- XSET XSET Inactive
- FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder
- FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks
- LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira
- LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee
- DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민)
- ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori
- Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov
- XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #28
- NA LCQ
- EMEA LCQ
- South America LCQ
- South America LCQ
- East Asia LCQ
- APAC LCQ