Valorant Esports China has announced the teams that will compete for three slots to represent the Chinese region this August in Los Angeles.
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Valorant Champions will include 16 teams, with China having three teams to represent them. Unlike the Americas, Pacific, and EMEA representatives that are set in stone along with their Masters Tokyo qualification and the upcoming respective Last Chance Qualifiers, 12 Chinese teams will have battle it out in order to make it to Los Angeles.
While the format is yet to be announced, the playoffs will be held from July 3-16 in Shanghai, China, marking the first offline event for the region. Amongst the 12 teams, four had already qualified for the playoffs earlier based on the results of FGC Valorant Invitational: Act 1 and 2, while the rest of the participants played through a preliminary Swiss stage one month earlier in June.
EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) Muggle Tang Shijun (唐时俊) CHICHOO Wan Shunji (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东) and 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) , fresh off their Tokyo appearance, will be hot coming into the tournament, with teams like Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #5 B3ar Yang Zhanxiong (杨瞻雄) whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) Levius Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中) Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) Yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Biank Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞) , FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix China Rank #2 Autumn Kale Dunne Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好) , Trace Esports Trace Esports China Rank #4 LuoK1ng Zhang Zhan Peng (张展鹏) Kai Lu Zhinan (卢智楠) cxyy Cui Xinyu (崔新宇) FengF Song Xuefeng (宋学锋) YOU Yip Man Ho heybay Ho Shun Hei (ex- 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 TYLOO TYLOO China Rank #8 Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) slowly Kelun Sun (孙克伦) Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) ICEKING Cheng Wanpeng (程万鹏) AAK Shi Yekai (施叶凯) hfmi0dzjc9z7 Zhang Juncheng (张峻程) Eren Yang Zhengwei (杨曾威) posing a threat as dark horses to be reckoned with.
The complete list of participants is as follows:
- EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) Muggle Tang Shijun (唐时俊) CHICHOO Wan Shunji (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东)
- 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)
- Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #5 B3ar Yang Zhanxiong (杨瞻雄) whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) Levius Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中) Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) Yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Biank Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞)
- FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix China Rank #2 Autumn Kale Dunne Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好)
- Trace Esports Trace Esports China Rank #4 LuoK1ng Zhang Zhan Peng (张展鹏) Kai Lu Zhinan (卢智楠) cxyy Cui Xinyu (崔新宇) FengF Song Xuefeng (宋学锋) YOU Yip Man Ho heybay Ho Shun Hei
- TYLOO TYLOO China Rank #8 Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) slowly Kelun Sun (孙克伦) Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) ICEKING Cheng Wanpeng (程万鹏) AAK Shi Yekai (施叶凯) hfmi0dzjc9z7 Zhang Juncheng (张峻程) Eren Yang Zhengwei (杨曾威)
- Weibo Gaming Weibo Gaming China Rank #12 TryTryz Lu Shiwei (卢世炜) Star1og Jun Chao Liang (梁竣超) DRK R1ckLeexD Li Xu (李旭)
- Monarch Effect Monarch Effect Inactive Babyblue Geng Haoran (耿浩然) Cyah Deng Enping (邓恩平) aluba Zhong Haojun (钟皓钧) LINK Wen Xuan Zhong (钟文轩) FFs Leung Cheuk Nam (梁卓南)
- Royal Never Give Up Royal Never Give Up Inactive HaTo Wang Rui (王睿) 4ErWa Xiaonuo
- Four Angry Men Four Angry Men China Rank #15 Ace Weng Jiajin (翁家進) suyjing Wang Sicheng (王斯澄) XuAN Zhang Luxuan (张陆轩) WsLeo Huang Pinwei (黄品维)
- Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #3 nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Shion7 Zhang Haozhe (张昊泽) Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) TvirusLuke Chen Cheng-ching
- Shenzhen NTER Shenzhen NTER Inactive AC Wei Jiacong (韦家聪) Scales Zhang Zhen (张震) Fuller Lin Yifan (林逸凡)