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)
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)
nephh
Marcus Tan
Flex1n
Lo Rui (罗瑞)
Knight
Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔)
Yosemite
Wang Lei (王磊)
,
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 #3
LuoK1ng
Zhang Zhan Peng (张展鹏)
Kai
Lu Zhinan (卢智楠)
FengF
Song Xuefeng (宋学锋)
heybay
Ho Shun Hei
Biank
Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞)
(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
Scales
Zhang Zhen (张震)
slowly
Kelun Sun (孙克伦)
Ninebody
Ding Yi (丁毅)
coldfish
Pengzhi Xiang (向鹏志)
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:
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EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming China Rank #1 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunji (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东)
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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)
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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) nephh Marcus Tan Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) Yosemite Wang Lei (王磊)
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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)
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Trace Esports
Trace Esports China Rank #3 LuoK1ng Zhang Zhan Peng (张展鹏) Kai Lu Zhinan (卢智楠) FengF Song Xuefeng (宋学锋) heybay Ho Shun Hei Biank Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞)
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TYLOO
TYLOO China Rank #8 Scales Zhang Zhen (张震) slowly Kelun Sun (孙克伦) Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) coldfish Pengzhi Xiang (向鹏志) AAK Shi Yekai (施叶凯) hfmi0dzjc9z7 Zhang Juncheng (张峻程) Eren Yang Zhengwei (杨曾威)
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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)
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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)
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Royal Never Give Up
Royal Never Give Up Inactive HaTo Wang Rui (王睿) 4ErWa Xiaonuo
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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)
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Dragon Ranger Gaming
Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #4 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
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Shenzhen NTER
Shenzhen NTER Inactive AC Wei Jiacong (韦家聪) Scales Zhang Zhen (张震) Fuller Lin Yifan (林逸凡)