Teams from throughout the globe will be vying for the last tickets to Champions Istanbul later this year.
The Champions 2022 tournament, scheduled to take place in Istanbul later in September, is still a ways off after the thrilling grand final between Paper Rex and FunPlus Phoenix last weekend. However, there are still the Last Chance Qualifiers to complete out the sixteen teams that will be competing at the year-ending competition for VALORANT by selecting six teams from the six regions.
The Last Chance Qualifiers, or LCQ, will be held in each of the six regions that make up VCT 2022 to select the lone team from each zone to join the 10 already pre-qualified teams based on circuit points. The teams from each region will compete in their own LCQ, which will begin on separate dates and end on August 14th.
Mechanics & Dates
The following are the dates for each LCQ:
- APAC: 1 – 7 August
- South America: 6 – 14 August
- North America: 7 – 14 August
- EMEA: 7 – 14 August
- East Asia (KR & JP): 8 – 14 August
The other regions will disclose their confirmed mechanics for the LCQ in the following days; as of right now, only APAC has released them. The LCQ will be played in a double-elimination bracket format for APAC.
Teams competing
There will be a varied number of teams competing in each region. Based on their total accrued Circuit Points from the VCT 2022, each team has earned the right to compete.
The participating teams for Apac are:
- Bleed eSports
- Onic Esports
- BOOM Esports
- Made in Thailand
- Team Secret
- Fancy United Esports
- Griffin eSports
- CERBERUS Esports
- Alter Ego
- ORDER
For North America, the teams are:
- The Guard
- FaZe Clan
- Cloud9
- Shopify Rebellion
- NRG
- 100 Thieves
- Evil Geniuses
- Sentinels
The teams for South America are:
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Keyd Stars
- FURIA Esports
- TBK Esports
- KRÜ Esports
- FUSION
- E-Xolos LAZER
- 9z Team
The teams for EMEA are:
- G2 Esports
- Guild Esports
- Team Liquid
- XBM3 Champions
- Acend
- BBL Esports
- Natus Vincere
- OG
The teams for East Asia are:
- Maru Gaming
- DAMWON Gaming
- On Sla2ers
- NORTHEPTION
- Crazy Raccoon
- REJECT
- EDward Gaming
- KONE
Teams to keep an eye out for include Northeption and Crazy Raccoon from East Asia—both teams have participated in Masters before and would like the opportunity to play again—Guild Esports and M3 Champions from EMEA, KRU Esports and Keyd Stars from South America, Team Secret and BOOM Esports from APAC, The Guard and Sentinels from North America.
where to watch
The following official VALORANT streams as well as language-specific channels will broadcast each of the LCQ:
- Twitch: VALORANTesports3
YouTube: VALORANT Esports
