DH returned in July after a car accident sidelined him in the spring. Group A gives them 100 Thieves, JD Gaming and FUT.
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.
T1’s fourth Champions. The elimination match against JD Gaming is on Oct 2.
Both maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
100 Thieves
T1Summit 13–8, Ascent 13–9. 100 Thieves meet FUT Esports in the Group A winners’ match on Sept 30. T1 drop to the elimination match against JD Gaming on Oct 2; a loss there would be a fourth Champions without a playoff for T1.
Summit 13–8, Ascent 13–9. The Esports World Cup and Americas Stage 2 champions are 1–0 in the arena where this core finished fourth at Masters Shanghai 2024.
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.
One T1 player, three to find. The official short.
T1
JD 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.
Global Esports against LOUD for the last spot from Group B, then T1 against FUT Esports for the last from Group A. The debutants, the last slot, and the team that has never left the groups.
Seven seconds, per the EMEA channel. It came in the week they went out.
Two dark days, then the upper bracket: the champions NRG against T1, and Paper Rex against LOUD. The loser of each drops to the lower bracket, where the next loss ends it.
The bracket is set. Eight teams, two days of rest, then NRG.
From the Pacific channel, on the day T1 got it.
FUT EsportsT1Sunset 13–10, Ascent 13–10. T1 take the last spot from Group A and play NRG in the upper bracket on Oct 7. FUT Esports, the EMEA points leaders, finish 9th–12th.
Three Champions, three exits in 9th to 12th. The fourth ends with a 2–0 over FUT Esports in the decider and a quarter-final against the reigning champions.
Karmine Corp took Ascent off them in the groups. Nobody else has taken anything. Two more series wins put them in a final.
The official short from the first playoff match.
NRGT1Lotus 13–11, Summit 13–7. The champions are 3–0 in Shanghai and play LOUD in the upper bracket on Oct 10. T1’s first Champions playoffs continue in the lower bracket against Paper Rex on Oct 9.
Paper Rex against T1, then Nongshim against 100 Thieves. Two Bo3s. The loser of each goes home.
Three visits ended in the groups. The fourth has a bracket win in it.
The Pacific channel’s cut.
Two of the longest-serving players in Pacific, in the official short.
Pacific came to the playoffs with three teams. After tonight it has one.
The official short from map one.
Paper RexT1Lotus 13–7 to T1, Ascent 13–6 to Paper Rex, Summit 13–11 to T1. It is T1’s first playoff win at Champions, in their first playoffs. Paper Rex, the team with the most points in the field, finish 7th–8th. T1 play an upper-bracket loser on Oct 11, one loss from out.
100 Thieves against NRG, a rematch of the Esports World Cup final, then T1 against G2. The loser of each goes home. The winners meet in the lower semi on Oct 16.
Three maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
The Pacific channel’s cut.
The Pacific channel, after T1’s exit.
Pacific came to the playoffs with three teams. It leaves with none.
The official short from the last round on Ascent.
Three visits ended in the groups. This one ended two wins from the final.
T1
G2 EsportsLotus 13–11 to G2, Abyss 13–10 to T1, Ascent 13–6 to G2. T1 finish 5th–6th, the best Champions in the org’s history, and Pacific has no team left. G2 are guaranteed 5th–6th, better than the last two Champions, and play 100 Thieves in the lower semi on Oct 16.
The fan-storylines of VALORANT Champions Shanghai. Updated after each match day.
