The Guard qualified for VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Masters Stage 1 - Reykjavík

The Guard team defeated Cloud9 (3:0) as part of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers and reached the grand finals of the competition. With this victory, the team qualified for VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Masters Stage 1 - Reykjavík, which will be held from April 10 to 24.

In the lower bracket final of VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers, the team crushed the favorite in the face of Cloud9. And if The Guard had a hard time on the first map, then on Haven and Split the team confidently closed the opponent, ending the series with a score of 3:0.

Now the team will face OpTic Gaming to compete for the right to become the winner of VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers.

The current roster for VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Masters Stage 1 - Reykjavík is as follows: FunPlus Phoenix, Fnatic, G2 Esports, OpTic Gaming, The Guard, XERXIA and Paper Rex.

VCT 2022 Intermediate Results: North America Stage 1 Challengers

• 1st place: TBD.
• 2nd place: TBD.
• 3rd place: Cloud9 — $26,000 + 55 points.
• 4th place: XSET — $20,000 + 50 points.
• 5th-6th place: Version1 — $14,000 + 45 points.
• 5th-6th place: Luminosity Gaming — $14,000 + 45 points.
  
• 7th-8th place: Sentinels — $10,000 + 40 points.
• 7th-8th place: Knights — $10,000 + 40 points.
  
• 9th-12th place: Evil Geniuses — $6,000 + 35 points.
• 9th-12th place: Rise — $6,000 + 35 points.
• 9th-12th place: NRG — $6,000 + 35 points.
• 9th-12th place: 100 Thieves — $6,000 + 35 points.

VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers runs from February 11 to March 27 online. Twelve North American teams are competing for a $200,000 prize pool, as well as two tickets to the VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Masters Stage 1 in Reykjavik.