The groups and opening matches for the Valorant Champions Tour Masters 3 in Berlin have been revealed in a Riot Japan press release.
The opening matches are:
Group A
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Vision Strikers
Vision Strikers
Inactive
stax
Kim Gu-taek (김구택)
Rb
Goo Sang-min (구상민)
Zest
Kim Ki-seok (김기석)
BuZz
Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
vs
Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Rank #1
invy
Adrian Jiggs Reyes
Jinggg
Wang Jing Jie
f0rsakeN
Jason Susanto
d4v41
Khalish Rusyaidee
something
Ilya Petrov
-
Papara SuperMassive
Papara SuperMassive
Europe
Rank #61
vs
Acend
Acend
Inactive
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
musashi
Alessio Xhaferi
pyrolll
Artur Minin
cullumx
Nikolaj Cullum Andersen
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
Group B
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Keyd Stars
Keyd Stars
Inactive
vs
ENVY
ENVY
North America
Rank #4
Eggsterr
Evan Grady
Inspire
Hunter Schline
P0PPIN
Matteo Weber
Rossy
Daniel Abedrabbo
keznit
Angelo Mori
-
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports
Latin America South
Rank #2
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
mwzera
Leonardo Serrati
silentzz
Caio Morita
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
Dantedeu5
Jesús Federico Larrosa
vs
ZETA DIVISION
ZETA DIVISION
Japan
Rank #9
Absol
Kazuki Fujinoki
SyouTa
Shota Aoki
SugarZ3ro
Shota Watanabe
eKo
Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡)
Xdll
Yuto Mizomori
Group C
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Gambit Esports
Gambit Esports
Inactive
Redgar
Igor Vlasov
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
d3ffo
Nikita Sudakov
sheydos
Bogdan Naumov
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
vs
Crazy Raccoon
Crazy Raccoon
Inactive
-
100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Rank #7
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
vora
Jordan Pulwer
Timotino
Timothée Lavigne Dupont
bang
Sean Bezerra
vs
Liberty
Liberty
Inactive
guuih
Guilherme Mariano
pepa
Matheus Colleto
duhT
Eduardo Teixeira
Zanatsu
Carlos Eduardo
tockers
Gabriel Claumann
Group D
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Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #3
N4RRATE
Marshall Massey
Reduxx
Yassin Aboulalazm
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
Kyu
Mirel Braco Hrustemovic
cortezia
Gabriel Cortez
vs
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
Inactive
-
Inactive
vs
F4Q
F4Q
Inactive
Hermes
Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱)
Estrella
Park Gun (박건)
fiveK
Yoo Sung-min (유성민)
GOLD
Geum Chang-wan (금창완)
In an article later released on the Champions Tour website, it's explained that the seeding format is as such:
Teams were first sorted into four draw pools based on a combination of their respective final placements at the Challenger events and their regional strength.
- Pool 1: NA #1, EMEA #1, KR #1, BR #1
- Pool 2: NA #2, EMEA #2, LATAM #1, SEA #1
- Pool 3: JP #1, BR #2, KR #2, EMEA #3
- Pool 4: NA #3, SEA #2, JP #2, EMEA #4
Next, each team in a pool will be randomly drawn into one of the four groups (Groups A-D). If at any point a team is drawn into a group which already has a team from their region, then they get placed into the next alphabetically sequential group. The only exception to this are teams from EMEA, which as a result of having the most representatives at the tournament, can have two teams drawn into a single group.























