2022 Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 1 Masters

2022 VCT: Stage 1 Masters
Tournament information
GameValorant
LocationReykjavík, Iceland
DateApril 10–24, 2022
AdministratorRiot Games
Venue(s)Laugardalshöll
Teams12
PurseUS$675,000[1]
Final positions
ChampionsOpTic Gaming
Runner-upLOUD

The 2022 Valorant Champions Tour (VCT): Stage 1 Masters, also known as the Valorant Masters Reykjavík 2022,[2] was an international tournament organized by Riot Games for the first-person shooter game Valorant, as part of the Valorant Champions Tour's 2022 competitive season. The tournament ran from April 10–24, 2022, in Reykjavík, Iceland. The city also previously hosted the 2021 VCT Stage 2 Masters.[3]

Venue

Reykjavík was the city chosen to host the competition. All matches were played at Laugardalshöll without spectators.[4]

Reykjavík, Iceland
Laugardalshöll

Format

Tournament spots

The champion teams from the Asia-Pacific; EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) and North America Stage 1 Challengers were all directly qualified to the upper bracket quarterfinals. Which of the two regions Latin America and Brazil win the South America Playoff (the match between two runner-up teams from Challengers of twos) will get quarterfinals spot for their Challengers winner. The remaining eight teams were seeded in the GSL formatted group stage and were divided into two groups of four teams.[5]

This tournament has 12 spots which are divided below:

Started in Regions
EMEA North America South America Japan S.Korea Asia-Pacific[a]
Brazil Latin America[b]
Knockout stage (4 spots) 1 1 1[c] 0 0 1
Group stage (8 spots) 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total (12 spots) 3 2 3 1 1 2

Qualified teams

FunPlus Phoenix originally qualified for the Stage 1 Masters after winning the 2022 EMEA Stage 1 Challengers; however, due to the travel restrictions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they were not able to field a team and were forced to withdraw from the competition. Riot then decided to replace them with Team Liquid as EMEA's third representative.[6] With this, the squad was still awarded $25,000 and 200 circuit points, which is equivalent to an eighth-place finish — the lowest place they could have earned at the tournament.[7]

Brazil's Challengers runner-up Ninjas in Pyjamas had won Latin America's Challengers runner-up Leviatán in South America Playoff match, leading to South America's spot in Knockout stage was given to Brazil's Challengers winner LOUD instead of Latin America's Challengers winner KRÜ Esports.

Region Path Team ID
Starting in the Knockout stage
EMEA EMEA Stage 1 Challengers runner-up G2 Esports G2
North America NA Stage 1 Challengers winner The Guard TGRD
Asia-Pacific MYSG MYSG Stage 1 Challengers winner
►APAC Stage 1 Challengers winner 		Paper Rex PRX
Brazil BR Stage 1 Challengers winner LOUD LLL
Starting in the group stage
EMEA EMEA Stage 1 Challengers third-place Fnatic FNC
EMEA Stage 1 Challengers fourth-place Team Liquid TL
North America NA Stage 1 Challengers runner-up OpTic Gaming OPTC
Asia-Pacific Thailand Thailand Stage 1 Challengers winner
►APAC Stage 1 Challengers runner-up 		XERXIA XIA
South Korea KR Stage 1 Challengers winner DRX DRX
Japan JP Stage 1 Challengers winner ZETA DIVISION ZETA
Latin America LATAM South LATAM South Stage 1 Challengers runner-up
►LATAM Stage 1 Challengers Winner 		KRÜ Esports KRÜ
Brazil BR Stage 1 Challengers runner-up
►South America Stage 1 Playoff winner 		Ninjas in Pyjamas NIP

Map pool

List of 7 maps are played in this tournament:

  • Ascent
  • Bind
  • Breeze
  • Fracture
  • Haven
  • Icebox
  • Split

Group stage

  • 8 teams are divided into 2 groups of four teams each playing in a GSL-style double-elimination format. Two teams from the EMEA could not be placed in the same group.
  • Games are held in a Bo3 series.
  • 2 teams in each group will qualify for the playoffs.

Group A

Opening MatchesWinner's MatchQualified
DRX1313–2
ZETA DIVISION23–0
DRX1313–2
Ninjas in Pyjamas48–0
Ninjas in Pyjamas1313–2
Fnatic78–0
DRX
ZETA DIVISION
Elimination MatchDecider Match
Ninjas in Pyjamas1310121
ZETA DIVISION1313–2ZETA DIVISION613142
Fnatic711–0

Group B

Opening MatchesWinner's MatchQualified
KRÜ Esports514–0
Team Liquid1316–2
Team Liquid1311172
XERXIA713151
XERXIA1313–2
OpTic Gaming1010–0
Team Liquid
OpTic Gaming
Elimination MatchDecider Match
XERXIA96–0
KRÜ Esports510–0OpTic Gaming1313–2
OpTic Gaming1313–2

Knockout stage

  • 4 seeded teams and 4 teams who qualified for the playoffs will play in a double-elimination tournament.
  • All matches are a Bo3 series, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final, which are a Bo5 series.
  • The seeded team is drawn against the qualified team from groups.
    • Teams from same group will be on opposite sides of the Upper Bracket, meaning they cannot play each other until the Upper Bracket Finals (if both not go down to Lower Bracket).
    • Teams from same side in Upper Bracket will be on opposite sides of the Loser Bracket if both go down, meaning they cannot play each other until the Loser Bracket Semifinals.
Upper Bracket QuarterfinalsUpper Bracket SemifinalsUpper Bracket FinalGrand Final
Match 1
AQG2 Esports1313–2
Match 7
AZETA DIVISION710–0
W1G2 Esports511–0
Match 2
W2LOUD1313–2
AQLOUD133132
Match 11
BTeam Liquid1013101
W7LOUD213132
Match 3
W8OpTic Gaming138111
AQPaper Rex13881
Match 8
ADRX1013132
W3DRX1311131
Match 4
W4OpTic Gaming813152
AQThe Guard713111Match 14
BOpTic Gaming137132W11LOUD91213––0
W13OpTic Gaming131415––3
Lower Bracket Round 1Lower Bracket QuarterfinalsLower Bracket SemifinalsLower Bracket Final
Match 9
Match 5L8DRX111341Match 13
L1ZETA Division134132W5ZETA DIVISION1310132Match 12L11OpTic Gaming151313––3
L2Team Liquid71371W9ZETA DIVISION613132W12ZETA DIVISION1358––0
Match 10W10Paper Rex132101
Match 6L7G2 Esports107–0
L3Paper Rex1313–2W6Paper Rex1313–2
L4The Guard108–0

Final rankings

OpTic Gaming won Valorant Masters Reykjavík 2022
Rank Team Winnings (USD) Circuit Points
1st OpTic Gaming $200,000 750
2nd LOUD $120,000 500
3rd ZETA Division $85,000 400
4th Paper Rex $65,000 300
5th-6th DRX $40,000 250
G2 Esports
7th-8th Team Liquid $25,000 200
The Guard
9th-10th Ninjas in Pyjamas $15,000 150
XERXIA
11th-12th Fnatic $10,000 125
KRÜ Esports

Source:[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Including teams from sub-regions Indonesia, Malaysia+Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan+Hong Kong, Oceania, and South Asia
  2. ^ Latin America has 2 sub-regions LATAM North and LATAM South
  3. ^ To be decided after South America Playoff match

References

  1. ^ "OpTic Gaming wins Champions Tour Stage 1 Masters". Reuters. April 24, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "VALORANT Masters Reykjavík 2022: Format Explained". VALORANT Champions Tour (official YouTube). 2022-03-31.
  3. ^ McLaughlin, Declan (March 11, 2022). "VCT Masters to return to Iceland for Stage 1". Upcomer. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Stage 1 Masters Returns to Reykjavik". valorantesports.com.
  5. ^ "VALORANT MASTERS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW". valorantesports. April 2, 2022.
  6. ^ Miter, Mateusz (March 28, 2022). "FPX unable to attend VCT Masters Reykjavík due to travel restrictions, Team Liquid invited instead". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  7. ^ Zalamea, Nigel (4 April 2022). "Riot Games awards FunPlus Phoenix 8th-place prize at Masters Reykjavik 2022". One Esports. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Stage 1 Masters returns to Reykjavik". valorantesports.com. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.