FunPlus Phoenix —vinner VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen
/VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen has ended. As part of the championship, which was held from July 10 to 24 in Copenhagen at the Forum, twelve participants from Europe, North and South America, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia competed for a prize pool of $650,000, as well as ranking points required to get to VALORANT Champions 2022. The winner of the tournament was the FunPlus Phoenix team, which outplayed Paper Rex with a score of 3:2 in the grand final (Bind - 13:3; Icebox - 7:13; Fracture - 13:7; Haven - 7:13; Breeze - 13:9).
The championship for the future winner began with a difficult performance at the group stage, where FunPlus Phoenix managed to lose to DRX (1:2), and also get victories over XERXIA (2:1) and Northeption (2:0).
Group B results
Place | Team | Result | Number of rounds | Round difference |
---|---|---|---|---|
one | DRX | 2-0 | 60-34 | +26 |
2 | Fun Plus Phoenix | 2-1 | 87-87 | 0 |
3 | Northeption | 1-2 | 64-86 | -22 |
four | XERXIA | 0-2 | 69-73 | -four |
Having made it to the playoffs, the European team immediately lost to Fnatic (0:2), but then turned on to beat Guild Esports (2:1), DRX (2:0), Fnatic (2:1) and OpTic Gaming (3: one). Well, in the grand final of the championship, FunPlus Phoenix was stronger than Paper Rex (3:2), thanks to which she earned $200,000 and 1,000 points.
ANGE1 and VALORANT Champions 2022 are next in line, where FunPlus Phoenix will go as the main favorite. The championship itself will be held from 2 to 18 September in Istanbul.
VALORANT Champions Tour 2022 Grand Final: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen
The final confrontation of the entire championship started on the Bind map, which became the choice of the Asian team. However, Paper Rex obviously did not expect such a rebuff from the opponent, who showed two tough halves and quickly took the lead in the series - 13:3.
The teams then moved to the Icebox map, which became the choice of FunPlus Phoenix. Now the team from Southeast Asia began to take the initiative into their own hands, having an overwhelming advantage in both halves. As a result, Paper Rex managed to rehabilitate itself for the failure at its own peak and equalized the score in the series — 13:7.
Next, the teams moved to the Fracture map, which again became the choice of Paper Rex. And again, the initiative passed into the hands of another team, as FunPlus Phoenix literally broke the opponent's defense and again took the lead in the series — 13:7.
The fourth map of the fight was Haven, which turned out to be the pick of FunPlus Phoenix. Here the audience again saw a relatively equal first half. However, after the change of sides, the intrigue finally disappeared from the server, as Paper Rex managed to develop its advantage and turn the fate of the match to the destroyer — 13:7.
Everything was decided on the Breeze map, where there was a little more struggle than on all the previous ones combined. And yet, at the very end of the meeting, FunPlus Phoenix managed to turn on at full capacity, thanks to which the team scored the first victory in the international tournament - 13:9.
Results of VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen
- 1st place: FunPlus Phoenix - $200,000 + 1,000 points
- 2nd place: Paper Rex - $120,000 + 750 points
- 3rd place: OpTic Gaming — $85,000 + 500 points
- 4th place: Fnatic — $65,000 + 400 points
- 5th-6th place: Leviatán and DRX — $40,000 + 300 points
- 7th-8th place: Guild Esports and XSET — $25,000 + 250 points
- 9th-10th place: Northeption and KRÜ Esports — $15,000 + 200 points
- 11th-12th place: XERXIA and LOUD — $10,000 + 150 points