The highly anticipated year-end tournament , Valorant World Championship 2022 , kicked off yesterday with four of the sixteen teams participating in the opening matches. Day 1 of the tournament ended with Leviatán and Paper Rex beating Team Liquid and EDward Gaming in the Group A stage.
Teams from Group B will face each other today. The group stage is played in a double elimination format. Therefore, each team needs to do their best at this stage and protect their chances as much as possible.
Valorant Champions 2022 Istanbul Group Stage Day 2 started with a show of strength. BOOM Esports went up against OpTic Gaming and won on the first map. LOUD defeated ZETA DIVISION 2-0. Leviatánqualified for the VCT Champions 2022 Istanbul Playoffs after defeating Paper Rex.
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► VCT Champions 2022 Istanbul Group Stage Results Day 1
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Valorant World Championship: Day 2 of the Group Stage featured a total of three matches in the best-of-three (Bo3) format.
ZETA 0 - 2 LOUD
Banned LOUD Haven, banned ZETA Breeze, selected LOUD Ascent, selected ZETA Fracture, banned LOUD Pearl, banned ZETA Icebox and selected Bind as the third map.
| GROUP | MAP | SCORE | WINNING |
|---|---|---|---|
| B2 | Ascent | 8-13 | LOUD |
| B2 | Fracture | 9-13 | LOUD |
Optic Gaming 2 - 1 BOOM Esports
BME banned Ascent, OPTC banned Icebox, BME chose Breeze, chose OPTC Bind, BME banned Pearl, banned OPTC Haven, and Fracture was chosen as the third map.
| GROUP | MAP | SCORE | WINNING |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | Breeze | 16-18 | BOOM Esports |
| B1 | bind | 13-5 | Optical Gaming |
| B1 | Fracture | 13-3 | Optical Gaming |
Paper Rex 0 - 2 Leviatán
Banned LEV Fracture, banned PRX Ascent, selected LEV Haven, selected PRX Bind, banned LEV Icebox, banned PRX Breeze, and Pearl selected as the third map.
| GROUP | MAP | SCORE | WINNING |
|---|---|---|---|
| A3 | Haven | 8-13 | Leviatán |
| A3 | bind | 11-13 | Leviatán |
Here are some highlights from Valorant Champions 2022 Istanbul Group Stage : Day 2:
Leviatán stole the show by beating Paper Rex with a flawless 2-0 win and took their place in the upcoming VCT Champions 2022 Istanbul Playoffs.
OpTic Gaming lost the first map in overtime against BOOM Esports. However, Round 2 and Round 3 went well and defeated BOOM Esports 2-1. OpTic Gaming VCT Champions, who qualified for the next round with this win, is one step closer to participating in the 2022 Istanbul Playoffs.
LEV "adverso" is performing terrific in the first map Heaven and throwing trouble.
ACEEEEEE! What a HOT start for @adversogg 🔥 #VALORANTChampions pic.twitter.com/eqjKUr0Sek
— VALORANT Champions Tour 🇹🇷 (@ValorantEsports) September 1, 2022
"Shyy" gets into trouble with Vandal in round 21 of the Paper Rex-picked Bind map.
. @ShyyFab just took over and got the ACE! #VALORANTChampions pic.twitter.com/wKwuUoGY4A
— VALORANT Champions Tour 🇹🇷 (@ValorantEsports) September 1, 2022
The PRX "mindfreak" is an absolutely scary Astra player. In Haven (map one), he entered the C-site on turn 10 and was able to take down both enemies defending him. He continued to quadruple his double kills and dominated the round for his team.
LOUD “Saadhak” knocked down four players of ZETA DIVISION. On the shard, he eliminated two in zone B and then made his way to zone A, where he picked up the other two kills.
The IGL does it himself 😤 @loud_saadhak | #VALORANTChampions pic.twitter.com/O1xazfvwoY
— VALORANT Champions Tour 🇹🇷 (@ValorantEsports) September 1, 2022
LOUD “Less” plays Chamber, positioning himself perfectly on the A-main and connecting with the first Operator hit. Quickly shifting to the Headhunter, Less destroyed another enemy and was able to fire a secondary shot at the two players who had brought him together.
"It's just too easy!" @loud_less | #VALORANTChampions pic.twitter.com/19oLWmWTdN
— VALORANT Champions Tour 🇹🇷 (@ValorantEsports) September 1, 2022
Crashies managed to eliminate five BOOM Esports players with a spike on the Fracture map (map three) and secured the round.
NO WAYYYYYYY @Crashies #VALORANTChampions pic.twitter.com/2GhnwMHMy1
— VALORANT Champions Tour 🇹🇷 (@ValorantEsports) September 1, 2022
BME's Tehbotol, as a defender, pulled out four players from OpTic Gaming and secured the first round in overtime on Breeze (map one).
The response from @boomesportsid ! #VALORANTChampions pic.twitter.com/z0aHfLOW0V
— VALORANT Champions Tour 🇹🇷 (@ValorantEsports) September 1, 2022
| GROUP | SET | HISTORY | HOUR T |
| D1 | DRX vs. FURIA | Friday, September 2 | 15:00 |
| D2 | Fnatic vs. 100 Thieves | Friday, September 2 | 18:00 |
| B3 | LOUD vs. Optical Gaming | Friday, September 2 | 21:00 |
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