Brazil and Northe America have a rivalry like no other.
The first match in this derby was Sentinels vs Team Vikings in Masters 2 2021. Sentinels proved victorious In their second international match against Team Vikings. The match was a swift 2-0 win for the VCT NA side.
NA would continue their domination against Brazil for the rest of 2021 where the regions would play eachother a total of 3 more times. By the end of the year the Intercontinental Derby was 4-0 for the Americans. The matches were:
SEN v TVKS (NA1-0BR)
100T v LBR (NA2-0BR)
NV v VK (NA3-0BR)comeback on haven
SEN v FUR (NA4-0BR)
All of these matches were 2-0's other than the FURIA vs Sentinels match. Where a controversial prolonged Tech Pause halted the Brazilians side miracal comeback on haven and saw the departure of the brazilians in the Decider match in Champions 2021. In the offseason of the 21/22 season Team Vikings dropped their roster Where the duo saadhak and Sacy would join up with free agents pANcada, aspas and Less to form the team Pancada e amigos. The team would compete in the Open and Closed Qualifiers for VCTBR 2022 Where they would fail to drop a single game.
CBLOL side LOUD would spot the talent in the team and sign the squad to compete in the upcoming Tournament.
LOUD would go on to win every game in the VCT split only dropping 1 map to NiP's brazillian team easilly qualifying for the first Masters of the year in Reykjavik. LOUD's first match against a North American team would be in the Upper Bracket Finals, against the team they would face many times over the next year and would form the biggest rivalry in Esports of the year. This team was North American Side OpTic.
The upper bracket final showed Brazillian talent with a 2-1 victory for LOUD. However the American Side would defeat the Brazillians in a 3-0 game resembling their own most recent finals against Gambit.
2022 was a busy year for the derby where the regions would play eachother another 6 times all of these games were OpTic vs LOUD. The games were:
OPTC v LOUD (NA4-1BR) [UBF M1)
OPTC v LOUD (NA5-1BR) [GF M1]
OPTC v LOUD (NA6-1BR) [LBF Group A M2]
OPTC v LOUD (NA7-1BR) [UBF group B Champions]
OPTC v LOUD (NA7-2BR) [UBF Champions]
OPTC v LOUD (NA7-3BR) [GF Champions]
The OpTic v Loud rivalry ended the year with a 3-3 draw between the teams. and in the first event of the next year the teams would have a chance to play eachother again VCT LOCK//IN. In the off season prior to LOCK//IN LOUD players pANcada and Sacy would be aquired by Sentinels the OpTic squad would be signed by Frachising side NRG Esports. The squads were different but their cores were the same.
LOCK//IN was the biggest event ever in valorant esports with a historic 32 participating team Ironically The only match between Brazil and Norh America in this event was between the two squads NRG and LOUD. The game ended in a 2-1 win for LOUD. ending the 7 month long tie between the two squads. Since the start of 2023 BR and NA have played eachother another 6 times. In the Americas League.
C9 v LOUD (NA7-4BR)
NRG v MIBR (NA7-5BR)
SEN v LOUD (NA7-6BR)
EG v FUR (NA7-7BR)
SEN v MIBR (NA8-7BR)
EG v LOUD (NA8-8BR)
The Intercontinetial Derby is currently in an 8-8 draw. The next game in the derby will be C9 vs FURIA. A tiebreaker.
The tiebreaker will be starting in 14 hours. Keep it booked in!
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