stew arrives from JD Gaming, the team that knocked EDG out of the Stage 2 play-ins. ZmjjKK was Stage 1 MVP; EDG then lost to TYLOO despite an 11–1 all-time record against them. Fans questioned the timing.
TYLOO, JD Gaming, Global Esports, Karmine Corp and Nongshim RedForce have never been here. Five orgs from three regions.
100 Thieves against T1, then JD Gaming against FUT Esports. The team that beat the champions at the Esports World Cup, the team that has never left groups, and the last Chinese debutant.
The EMEA points leaders, one map short of a perfect night.
Both maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
TYLOO, Xi Lai Gaming, EDward Gaming and JD Gaming all lost their openers. Every one of them now plays a match where a loss ends their Champions. The first is Oct 1.
Pistols and a Sheriff against a full buy on match point. The official short.
FUT EsportsJD GamingAscent 13–1, then Summit 13–10. The EMEA points leaders needed twenty-four rounds for the first map and a real second one. JD Gaming, at their first international, face T1 in the elimination match; Chinese teams are 0–4 at home.
EDward Gaming against Global Esports, then JD Gaming against T1. The last two Chinese teams, the Pacific champions, and the team that has never left the groups. Two of them go home.
Three maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
They took Abyss 13–3 in between. It was the only map a Chinese team won on the second elimination day.
Three Champions, three group exits. The fourth comes down to one match with FUT Esports.
TYLOO and JD Gaming are out. Global Esports, Karmine Corp and Nongshim each play one match for a playoff spot; Karmine Corp and Nongshim play each other.
One T1 player, three to find. The official short.
T1JD GamingLotus 13–11 to T1, Abyss 13–3 to JD Gaming, Haven 13–5 to T1. JD Gaming’s first international ends in the groups. T1 play FUT Esports in the Group A decider on Oct 4, one win from leaving the groups for the first time.
EDward Gaming and JD Gaming lost their elimination matches a day after TYLOO and Xi Lai Gaming lost theirs. The first Champions held in China goes to the playoffs without a Chinese team.
The fan-storylines of VALORANT Champions Shanghai. Updated after each match day.
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