Attacking Soul Esports Attacking Soul Esports Inactive monk Wang Haoyu (王浩宇) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) YHchen Chen Yuhan (陳昱瀚) Zero1 Meng Zhen Ren (任梦真) and EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) have qualified to Masters Tokyo. The two squads earned their berths by placing first and second, respectively, in the FGC Valorant Invitational: Act 1.

Both teams stood as title contenders from the start of the FGC event, taking first place in each of their groups without dropping a single map. Attacking Soul had to overcome the likes of FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix China Rank #5 Autumn Kale Dunne Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) and KONE eSports Club KONE eSports Club Inactive sword9 Li Wei (李卫) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) LuoK1ng Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏) , while EDG stepped over Totoro Gaming Totoro Gaming Inactive FengF Song Xuefeng (宋学锋) ICEKING Cheng Wanpeng (程万鹏) Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) YOU Yip Man Ho heybay Ho Shun Hei and Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #13 Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Shion7 Zhang Haozhe (张昊泽) Cangshu Zheng Yujun (手郑宇峻) Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) TvirusLuke Chen Cheng-ching SpiritZ1 Lin Dingyu (林定宇) .

In the playoffs, the two finalists would automatically qualify to Masters Tokyo. Attacking Soul were the first to falter, in a 2-1 loss to KONE that sent them to the lower bracket. EDG dropped map to FunPlus Phoenix, but still comfortably reached the grand final through the upper bracket. Attacking Soul had to clinch series from Totoro, FPX, and KONE to reach the grand final.

EDG and Attacking Soul — whose duelist role is occupied by ex-EDG Qu "Life" Donghao (瞿东豪) — fought back-and-forth in the grand final, where the latter claimed a 3-2 win that won them the tournament. In doing so, Attacking Soul also received the first seed for their country heading into Masters Tokyo, while EDG were left as the #2 seed.

EDG at LOCK//IN EDG are back for a third LAN. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)

Attacking Soul are the third team to represent China abroad. EDG were the first — after an unexpected but flawless run through the East Asian LCQ — and were soon joined by FunPlus Phoenix at LOCK//IN. EDG remain the only Chinese team to represent the country at every international LAN the country has been able to qualify to.

Masters Tokyo takes place from June 11 to 26. There are still 10 slots open in the 12-team tournament, four of which belong to EMEA due to FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder 's LOCK//IN win.

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