The final four teams for Valorant Champions Tour North America Stage 1: Masters have been determined following the most recent matches in Challengers 3. They are
Luminosity
Luminosity
Inactive
moose
Kaleb Jayne
mada
Adam Pampuch
dazzLe
Will Loafman
bdog
Brandon Sanders
TiGG
Tanner Spanu
,
FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan
Inactive
POISED
Kevin Ngo
mummAy
Anthony DiPaolo
TiGG
Tanner Spanu
BABYBAY
Andrej Francisty
supamen
Phat Le
,
100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Rank #7
zander
Alexander Dituri
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
eeiu
Daniel Vucenovic
Boostio
Kelden Pupello
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
, and
Gen.G
Gen.G
Korea
Rank #1
Foxy9
Jung Jae-sung (정재성)
t3xture
Kim Na-ra (김나라)
Munchkin
Byeon Sang-beom (변상범)
yoman
Chae Young-moon (채영문)
Karon
Kim Won-tae (김원태)
.
They join
Envy
Envy
Inactive
Marved
Jimmy Nguyen
Victor
Victor Wong
crashies
Austin Roberts
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
yay
Jaccob Whiteaker
,
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #3
N4RRATE
Marshall Massey
bang
Sean Bezerra
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
zekken
Zachary Patrone
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
,
Immortals
Immortals
Inactive
, and
XSET
XSET
Inactive
, who all qualified through Challengers 2. Each of the four teams that qualified for Masters from Challengers 3 also played in the Challengers 2 playoffs.
Luminosity and FaZe Clan qualified first among the final four teams by advancing to the upper bracket finals. This is the second time Luminosity has made it to the upper bracket finals in Challengers, also doing it in the first event of Stage 1.
While Gen.G has not had much success in the playoffs stage of Challengers until Challengers 3, they have flexed their consistency throughout Stage 1 by joining Luminosity as one of only two teams to make it to all three playoff stages of Challengers.
FaZe Clan found success at just the right time after they failed to earn a win in any of the previous Challengers playoffs. Their two straight victories to begin Challengers 3 were enough to launch them into the winners final, to be played tomorrow, and onward into Masters.
100 Thieves qualified after a recent roster change left the team's new starting lineup little time to prepare for this weekend's tournament. Previous runs for the First Strike champions fell short, leading to the team dropping Quan "dicey" Tran and adding Ethan "Ethan" Arnold.
They will all play again next weekend when Masters North America begins next weekend. The event will take place over two consecutive weekends and will be entirely online.
All regions will hold their own Masters tournaments in Stage 1 as the Valorant Champions Tour remains online to begin the year. The second Masters tournament later this year will be an interregional LAN event played in Iceland.
The final four teams to make Masters Europe will be set this weekend upon the completion of their Challengers 3 event. Those teams will look to join
Team Heretics
Team Heretics
Europe
Rank #1
MiniBoo
Dominykas Lukaševičius
Wo0t
Mert Alkan
RieNs
Enes Ecirli
benjyfishy
Benjamin David Fish
Boo
Ričardas Lukaševičius
,
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
Inactive
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
Zyppan
Pontus Eek
ANGE1
Kyrylo Karasov
Shao
Andrey Kiprsky
ardiis
Ardis Svarenieks
,
Alliance
Alliance
Inactive
, and
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Inactive
dimasick
Dmitriy Matvienko
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
Jady
Yaroslav Nikolaev
rhyme
Emir Muminovic
.