All participants of the VCT 2022 playoffs: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers became known

The group stage of VCT 2022: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers has ended, following which six teams made it to the championship playoffs. The remaining members will compete for three spots on the VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Masters Stage 1 - Reykjavík in April.

Group A

The winner of the first group was the FunPlus Phoenix team, which won four victories in the first stage of the championship and also lost to LDN UTD (1:2). The team M3 Champions (Gambit) was next, which also got four victories, but lost to FunPlus Phoenix (1:2), due to which they failed to take the first place. The last participant in the VCT 2022: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers playoffs from Group A was Team Liquid, which finished the group stage with three wins and two losses.

Group A final standings

Command

Result

Number of rounds

Round difference

one

Fun Plus Phoenix

4-1

166-146

+20

2

M3 Champions (Gambit)

4-1

144-86

+58

3

Team Liquid

3-2

119-120

-one

4

Natus Vincere

2-3

134-154

-15

five

LDN UTD

2-3

107-132

-25

6

BIG

0-5

122-159

-37

Group B

The undisputed leader of Group B was the Fnatic team, which won five victories in the group stage of the championship, losing only two maps. The G2 Esports team is next, having won three victories and lost two matches. The Guild Esports team finished with a similar result, which jumped into the last car of the VCT 2022 playoffs: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers.

Group B final standings

Command

Result

Number of rounds

Round difference

one

Fnatic

5-0

146-95

+51

2

G2 Esports

3-2

134-115

+19

3

Guild Esports

3-2

144-129

+15

4

BBL Esports

2-3

104-120

-16

five

Acend

2-3

125-143

-eighteen

6

Super Massive Blaze

0-5

96-147

-51

VCT 2022 Playoff Seeding: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers

• M3 Champions (Gambit) - Guild Esports.
• G2 Esports - Team Liquid.
• Fnatic - M3 Champions (Gambit)/Guild Esports.
• FunPlus Phoenix - G2 Esports/Team Liquid.

VCT 2022 Intermediate Results: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers

• 1st place: TBD.
• 2nd place: TBD.
• 3rd place: TBD.
• 4th place: TBD.
• 5th-6th place: TBD.
• 7th-8th place: Natus Vincere — €12,000 + 45 points.
• 7th-8th place: BBL Esports — €12,000 + 45 points.
• 9th-10th place: LDN UTD - €10,000 + 40 points.
• 9th-10th place: Acend — €10,000 + 40 points.
• 11th-12th place: BIG — €8,000 + 35 points + place in Relegation.
• 11th-12th place: SuperMassive Blaze — €8,000 + 35 points + place in Relegation.

VCT 2022: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers runs from February 11 to March 27 online. Twelve teams from Europe, the CIS and Turkey are competing for a prize pool of €200,000, as well as three tickets to the VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Masters Stage 1 - Reykjavík, which will take place in April.