Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #17
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Enzo
Enzo Mestari
Mistic
James Orfila
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
closed out the group stage of the AfreecaTV Valorant League with a 2-0 sweep of
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
WoodAy1
Lin Weihong (林伟宏)
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)
. In a match to decide the fourth and final playoff spot, EDG never really got it going and was made quick work of by TL. After Champions, EDG has struggled to maintain the form that we saw at the international LANS this year.
After defeating
Fancy United Esports
Fancy United Esports
Asia-Pacific
Rank #7
YESicaN
Đinh Đình Đạt
Kishi
Ngô Trường Huy
Crus
Lư Tiến Huy
f1cio
Hoàng Ngọc Sơn
twilight
gin
Phan Văn Gin
2-1 earlier in the day, EDG had a chance to qualify for the playoffs against Team Liquid. Team Liquid's playoff chances looked good against
T1
T1
Korea
Rank #3
stax
Kim Gu-taek (김구택)
Sayaplayer
Ha Jeong-woo (하정우)
Rossy
Daniel Abedrabbo
Carpe
Lee Jae-hyeok (이재혁)
iZu
Ham Woo-ju (함우주)
xccurate
Kevin Susanto
earlier in the day but ended up losing a three-map thriller to send them into the lower bracket.
The opening map of Haven started off promising for EDG. With the score tied 2-2, EDG won a thrifty round behind ZmjjKK to put them ahead 3-2. This would be the last time that EDG would lead in the match, as TL won seven straight rounds to take a 9-3 lead at the half.
After once again trading the opening two rounds of the half, TL made quick work of EDG to take the opening map 13-5. TL was led by another huge map from Jamppi , recording 19 kills to only 8 deaths. Even though Jamppi shined, it was a balanced attack for TL as every member of the team recorded an ACS of over 200 and a rating above 1.00.
Jammpi had a huge match against EDG. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
EDG struggled, with their superstar ZmjKK only recording 5 kills on the map and no one on the team going positive.
Lotus was more of the same for TL, jumping out to an 11-1 lead at the half after a strong 9-0 start to the map. After winning pistol and bonus to cut the lead to 11-3, TL bounced back with two round wins to take the map 13-3.
TL was led by Jamppi who posted 19 kills once again, and new additions
Keiko
and
Enzo
provided 16 and 15 kills respectively. After posting a 277 ACS against T1 earlier in the day, Jamppi responded with an even higher ACS of 283 against EDG.
TL claims the last playoff spot in the tournament and will face red-hot
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #4
TenZ
Tyson Ngo
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
zekken
Zachary Patrone
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
Sacy
Gustavo Rossi
tomorrow in the first semifinal match. T1 and
Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Rank #1
mindfreak
Aaron Leonhart
Jinggg
Wang Jing Jie
f0rsakeN
Jason Susanto
d4v41
Khalish Rusyaidee
something
Ilya Petrov
will play immediately after in the second semifinal.
EDG is eliminated from the tournament with the loss and will look to regain their form going into 2024.