With the conclusion of Champions Tour competition in the Latin America region, the 10 teams traveling to Reykjavík, Iceland to compete in Valorant's first international tournament have been decided.

Representing North America are Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #1 TenZ Tyson Ngo Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Sacy Gustavo Rossi and Version1 Version1 Inactive . While Sentinels need little introduction, the team representing North America alongside them, Version1, made an unexpected run through the Stage 2 North America Challengers Finals top 8. A dark horse of the tournament, Version1 took key wins over Envy and Cloud9 Blue in the 3rd lower bracket round and lower bracket final respectively to secure a spot in the Grand Finals and at Masters: Reykjavík.

Down in South America, Brazil was determining its two representatives for Iceland. After two weeks of top-eight competition, Team Vikings Team Vikings Inactive Veroneze Vinícius Ribeiro Ds Daniel Silva swag João Neto pollo Julio Silva and Sharks Esports Sharks Esports Inactive gaabxx Gabriel Carli prozin Wallacy Sales KILLDREAM João Ferreira Addicted Eduardo Torres stood atop the region, with the former team claiming first place after dropping a single map to Sharks Esports in the grand final, on Ascent. However, Sharks Esports had a similar storyline going into this event. Including their losses to Team Vikings, Sharks Esports have only lost a total of five times since February 10. Two of those losses were to FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #5 kon4n Vitor Hugo mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt nzr Agustin Ibarra , while the other three were at the hands of Team Vikings.

Across the Pacific, Japan finalized its representative for Iceland: Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive . Their fiercest competition was Absolute JUPITER Absolute JUPITER Inactive makiba Miyamoto Akatsuki Laz Ushida Koji crow Maruoka Tomoaki barce Takebayashi Ryo takej Takemori Shogo Reita Oshiro Ryu , who boasted impressive results going into the Stage 2 Challengers Finals. Both teams met twice, in the upper bracket finals and the grand finals. In both encounters, Crazy Raccoon only allowed Absolute JUPITER to take a single map. Absolute JUPITER took Haven in their upper bracket finals meeting, and Bind in their grand finals meeting.

In Korea, many expected Vision Strikers Vision Strikers Inactive stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) to continue their reign of dominance and represent Korea at Masters: Reykjavík. However, it was NUTURN NUTURN Inactive who shined more brightly, defeating GoNGo Prince GoNGo Prince Inactive Gunny Song Keon (송건) Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) Eliza Kang Hee-won (강희원) Lawrence Yoon Hyun (윤현) , Vision Strikers, and DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) without dropping a single map. Despite the impressive looking result for NUTURN, DAMWON Gaming fiercely contested every map in the grand finals.

Further down south in the Southeast Asia region, the all-Thai X10 Esports X10 Esports Inactive Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua roster were heavily favored to represent their region, only dropping sole maps throughout their entire tournament run in the Stage 2 SEA Challengers Finals. After winning the grand finals against FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #3 JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee foxz Itthirit Ngamsaard Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj , they took the top spot in the Asia-Pacific rankings, even besting Crazy Raccoon, who will also be attending Masters: Reykjavík.

The EMEA representatives are FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder and Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #11 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Enzo Enzo Mestari Mistic James Orfila Keiko Georgio Sanassy . To reach the grand finals, both teams had to fend off Gambit Esports and Oxygen Esports respectively to reach the grand finals and qualify for Iceland. Team Liquid eventually came out on top after an explosive five-map series against Fnatic, giving the EMEA region hope for the two teams representing them against international foes.

Rounding out the participants are KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #4 keznit Angelo Mori Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro heat Olavo Marcelo , the sole representatives of the Latin America region. They fought through the Latin American South playoffs while only dropping a single map to 9z Team in the Grand Finals. They would face off against Infinity Esports, the Latin America North champions, and only drop a single map once again in their 3-1 victory.

The 10 Iceland-bound teams are:

Masters: Reykjavík competition will begin on May 24, and conclude on the 30th. The brackets and format for the tournament have yet to be announced.