With the conclusion of the North American LCQ, all 16 teams that are set to appear in Valorant Champions 2022 have been confirmed.

Prior to the LCQs, OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive , XSET XSET Inactive , FNATIC FNATIC Europe Unranked Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder , FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks , LOUD LOUD Brazil Unranked Quick Gabriel Lima saadhak Matias Delipetro Less Felipe de Loyola tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , Leviatán Leviatán Latin America South Unranked tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena Mazino Roberto Rivas aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee , DRX DRX Korea Unranked stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) , ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Unranked Laz Ushida Koji yuran Yushin Hato hiroronn Hiroki Yanai Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe , Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Unranked mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov , and XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked basbabe Atsadrawut Khunthong aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew D4rf Vickyz Sakthithat Phattharaampornchal siraphop Siraphop Honghirun through circuit points throughout Stage 1 and Stage 2. That left six slots up for grabs in five Last Chance Qualifier events around the globe: North America, South America, EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and East Asia.

North America

In North America, 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Unranked bang Sean Bezerra Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk throttled The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch after overcoming a lower bracket run initiated by an upper semifinals loss to FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le . After sending fan favorite Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked TenZ Tyson Ngo Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Sacy Gustavo Rossi out of the tournament in their first lower bracket match, 100 Thieves continued wreaking havoc on the lower bracket, defeating Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach runi Dylan Cade moose Kaleb Jayne vanity Anthony Malaspina OXY Francis Hoang and FaZe Clan in the lower bracket final.

2-0 and 3-0 wins respectively put 100 Thieves on the precipice of qualifying for Istanbul, but they had to defeat The Guard, who had only dropped a single map to Sentinels prior to the grand finals. Another 3-0 victory against The Guard sent the Thieves back to the world stage, but this time with only one remaining member from the team's last international appearance: Peter "Asuna" Mazuryk.

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Over in Europe, the list of entrants for the LCQ was stacked to the brim with talent. The field of eight teams were either previous LAN attendees, hungry underdog rosters looking to get their first taste of offline play, or champions of a previous international event.

Despite the potential of all the teams present, only one would secure the sole EMEA LCQ spot at Champions. Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Unranked Jamppi Elias Olkkonen nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Enzo Enzo Mestari Mistic James Orfila Keiko Georgio Sanassy handily disposed of BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Unranked Elite Efe Teber pAura Melih Karaduran Brave Eren Kasırga reazy Kaan Ürpek QutionerX Doğukan Dural and Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Unranked ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Zyppan Pontus Eek SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin ardiis Ardis Svarenieks en route to the upper bracket final against M3 Champions M3 Champions Inactive Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev purp0 Semyon Borchev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Redgar Igor Vlasov , who had defeated Acend Acend Europe Unranked ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka chiwa Egor Stepanyuk Vuubit Roope Eilola and OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. M3 Champions managed to defeat Liquid after five overtime rounds in the last map of their bo3 series, putting themselves one step closer to their first international berth since Valorant Champions 2021.

Down but not out, Liquid rallied back in a hard-fought match against G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive to secure a rematch against M3 Champions. Despite stumbling in the first map of the series, Liquid were able to find their footing and eventually defeat their opponents, punching their ticket to Istanbul for their second Valorant Champions appearance.

The headshot machine returns to the international stage. (Photo credit: Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)

South America

Held in São Paulo, Brazil, the South American LCQ was the only LCQ event which had two spots at champions up for grabs. Seasoned LAN veterans KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Unranked keznit Angelo Mori Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro heat Olavo Marcelo were making their second ever LCQ appearance, with the first being the Stage 2 LATAM/BR LCQ for the 12th and final spot at Masters: Copenhagen. However, a group stage exit from the second Masters event of the year meant that interregional rival Leviatán would claim the sole LATAM circuit point seat at Champions.

In front of the Brazilian crowd, KRÜ didn't let the pressure get to them, only relinquishing a single map to TBK Esports TBK Esports Brazil Unranked RND Ronaldo Kanashiro prince Lorran S. Ferreira prozin Wallacy Sales deNaro Matheus Hipólito Brinks in the upper quarterfinals. Their other two matches against Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive and FURIA FURIA Brazil Unranked kon4n Vitor Hugo mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt nzr Agustin Ibarra in the upper semifinals and upper final respectively also went their way, and ended in 2-0 and 3-0 victories. Their victory against FURIA granted them the first of two tickets to Istanbul from the event.

Despite stumbling in the upper bracket final, FURIA remained poised to not let a second opportunity to secure a spot at Champions slip through their fingers once again. However, their opponents, TBK Esports, had been on a tear in the lower bracket after being defeated by KRÜ in the upper bracket. Despite TBK's formidable efforts, they weren't able to overcome their opponents, and FURIA defeated TBK 3-0 to clinch the other Champions slot.

Photo credit: Riot Games Brasil

Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific LCQ had more entrants than any other region, with ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun once again returning to the regional stage from Oceania to face off against the best that APAC had to offer. However, with Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Unranked invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes BORKUM Jim Timbreza JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Jremy Jeremy Cabrera NDG Noel De Guia being the only team to have previously attended an international event, the stakes were higher than ever for every team competing.

BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Unranked sScary Nutchapon Matarat Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) Retla Jorell Teo Deryeon Derrick Yee yay Jaccob Whiteaker and BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma ended up rising to the top, clashing in the upper final after defeating Team Secret and ONIC G ONIC G Inactive respectively in the upper semifinals. After a nail-biting series, BOOM defeated BLEED 2-1, advancing to the grand final while BLEED had one final chance for a rematch through the lower final.

Their opponents ended up being ONIC G, who were also poised to secure a rematch against BOOM after falling to them in the upper semifinals. However, another nail-biter saw ONIC G defeat BLEED, making the final match of the APAC LCQ an all-Indonesian grand final. Once again, both teams were evenly matched, but after four maps, BOOM had come out on top, claiming the APAC LCQ trophy and securing their first ticket to the international stage in the team's history.

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East Asia

Out in the East Asian LCQ, EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Unranked 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) wreaked havoc on the Korean and Japanese teams that they faced. In fact, EDward Gaming didn't drop a single map the entire event, but did require eight overtime rounds ending in a 21-19 scoreline in the second map of their upper bracket final match against NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Unranked YoWamu thiefy Masato Tsujita Pepper Shoki Banjo Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) Wolverine Cho Hyun-tae (조현태) to continue their undefeated streak into the grand final.

Their opponents ended up being Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Unranked Gravity wezzy VaNish froz XirZz , who EDward Gaming defeated in the upper quarterfinals. Similarly to their previous encounter, EDward Gaming triumphed over On Sla2ers 3-0 to punch their ticket to the world stage and become China's first international representatives in Valorant history.

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The teams that will compete in Istanbul beginning at the end of the month are: