GSL Format (group stage) Double Elimination (playoffs)
Venue(s)
Volkswagen Arena Istanbul
Teams
16
Purse
$1,000,000 USD[1]
Final positions
Champions
LOUD
Runner-up
OpTic Gaming
MVP
Bryan "pAncada" Luna (LOUD)[2]
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2023 →
The 2022 Valorant Champions was an esports tournament for the video game Valorant. This was the second edition of the Valorant Champions, the crowning event of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) for the 2022 Valorant competitive season. The tournament was held from August 31 to September 18, 2022, in Istanbul, Turkey.[3][4][5]
"Fire Again" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Ashnikko.[6]
Acend were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the event after losing to G2 Esports in the VCT 2022: EMEA Last Chance Qualifier.[7]
LOUD won the Valorant world championship after defeating OpTic Gaming in the finals by a score of 3–1.[8]
^Zucker, Coby (8 September 2022). "Everything you need to know about Champions 2022 playoffs". Upcomer. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
^Lozano, Kurt (September 19, 2022). "LOUD win VALORANT Champions 2022 with 3-1 rout over OpTic". Yahoo News. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
^Zucker, Coby (May 13, 2022). "Riot Games announces VALORANT Champions 2022 will be in Istanbul". Upcomer. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
^Šimić, Ivan (May 13, 2022). "VCT is coming to Copenhagen and Istanbul in 2022". Esports Insider. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
^"Valorant Champions 2022: Everything you need to know". valorantesports.com. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
^"Riot releases VALORANT Champions 2022 anthem 'Fire Again'". Dot Esports. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^Manske, Nadine (August 9, 2022). "A new VCT champion will be crowned in 2022 after G2 send Acend home from EMEA LCQ". Dot Esports. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
^Klimentov, Mikhail (September 18, 2022). "LOUD wins 'Valorant' world championship, defeating OpTic in Istanbul". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
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