Following Leviatán Leviatán Latin America South Rank #1 tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena Mazino Roberto Rivas aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee 's win over XSET XSET Inactive in Copenhagen, the first 10 teams attending Valorant Champions 2022 are now confirmed.
Of the 10 teams who qualified via circuit points, a large majority were confirmed when they reached Masters Copenhagen via each regional circuit. This was the case for North America, Brazil, Korea and Asia-Pacific. The teams at the top of the standings in EMEA, Japan and LATAM still had their fates on the line.
International debutants Guild Esports Guild Esports Inactive had the chance to knock either FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks or FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder off the top two slots, but the draw pit FPX against Guild in the lower bracket. The latter lost 2-1, confirming that FPX and FNATIC would be the first representatives of EMEA in Turkey.
In Japan, NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #6 YoWamu thiefy Masato Tsujita Pepper Shoki Banjo Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) Wolverine Cho Hyun-tae (조현태) had a slim chance of sending ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #7 Laz Ushida Koji yuran Yushin Hato hiroronn Hiroki Yanai Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe to the East Asia LCQ, but they would have to finish third in Copenhagen. Ultimately, FPX knocked them out in Group B's decider, which meant NORTHEPTION accrued only 200 points. As such, ZETA DIVISION's 475 points were enough to book their tickets to Istanbul.
The final region to define its representative via circuit points was LATAM. KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro heat Olavo Marcelo qualified to Masters Copenhagen via the LATAM/BR LCQ after Leviatán bested them in the regional circuit, and an unlucky groups run saw OpTic eliminate them from the tournament. As a result, Leviatán needed just one win in the playoffs into which they were seeded to secure more points than KRÜ, and they got there by eliminating XSET in the lower bracket.
Every team currently participating in Masters Copenhagen that isn't directly seeded into Champions is already locked for their regional LCQ.
In total, there will be 16 teams in Turkey between September 2 and 18, but only one can come out Valorant World Champion. The remaining six teams will be defined in August, through the six regional Last Chance Qualifiers.
Valorant Champions will feature the following teams:
- OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive
- XSET XSET Inactive
- FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 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 Rank #1 Quick Gabriel Lima saadhak Matias Delipetro Less Felipe de Loyola tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira
- Leviatán Leviatán Latin America South Rank #1 tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena Mazino Roberto Rivas aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee
- DRX DRX Korea Rank #1 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 Rank #7 Laz Ushida Koji yuran Yushin Hato hiroronn Hiroki Yanai Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe
- Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov
- XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #85 basbabe Atsadrawut Khunthong aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew D4rf Vickyz Sakthithat Phattharaampornchal siraphop Siraphop Honghirun
- NA LCQ
- EMEA LCQ
- South America LCQ
- South America LCQ
- East Asia LCQ
- APAC LCQ