LOUD is the first semi-finalist of VALORANT Champions 2022

Team LOUD outplayed Leviatán with a score of 2:0, thanks to which they made it to the semi-finals of VALORANT Champions 2022. Here, bzkA's wards will play with the winner of the DRX match - FunPlus Phoenix. In turn, the Chilean team falls into the lower bracket of the championship, where they will get another chance to get into the grand final.

The first quarter-final started on the Icebox map, which became the choice of the Brazilian team. However, the confrontation started with a confident defense against the representatives of Leviatán, who managed to get a two-fold advantage in the score — 8:4. After the switch of sides, the situation turned on its head, as now the Brazilians began to recoup, which led to overtime. Here, the LOUD players did not let go, thanks to which they took the lead in the series — 14:12.

Next, the teams moved to the Haven map, which turned out to be the choice of Leviatán. It is noteworthy that the first half was at least in some kind of struggle, albeit with a slight margin in favor of the Brazilians - 7:5. However, in the second half, the nominal "hosts" disappeared from the server somewhere, allowing the opponent to get full control over the situation. As a result, LOUD played confidently in the second half, thus closing the series in their favor — 13:6.

VALORANT Champions 2022 takes place from August 31 to September 18 in Istanbul at the Volkswagen Arena. As part of the championship, sixteen teams from Europe, North and South America, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, China and Southeast Asia are fighting for a total prize pool of $1,000,000.

VALORANT Champions 2022 Interim Results

• 1st place: TBD
• 2nd place: TBD
• 3rd place: TBD
• 4th place: TBD
• 5th-6th place: TBD
• 7th-8th place: TBD
• 9th-12th place: Paper Rex, KRÜ Esports, 100 Thieves ZETA DIVISION — $25,000
• 13th-16th place: BOOM Esports, XERXIA, FURIA Esports and EDward Gaming — $15,000