Nongshim RedForce against the champions NRG, then Karmine Corp against Xi Lai Gaming. Four teams, one group, the one nobody wanted.
Both maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
Blue in Shanghai. Stage 1 went 0–5; the Stage 2 playoffs went 3–0; the opener here went 2–0.
TYLOO and Nongshim lost theirs. Global Esports play tomorrow against Vitality; JD Gaming are still to open.
Five kills, no round. It did not matter. Karmine Corp were never behind on either map.
Xi Lai Gaming
Karmine CorpSunset 13–3, Abyss 13–6. The team that went 0–5 in April won its first Champions match in two maps. Karmine Corp meet NRG in the winners’ match on Sept 29; Xi Lai face Nongshim in the elimination match, and Chinese teams are 0–2 at home.
Liquid against TYLOO, then Nongshim against Xi Lai Gaming. The loser of each is out of Champions. Two Chinese teams play with the home run on the line.
Both maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
Two maps by two rounds each. Karmine Corp next, with a playoff spot on it.
Five kills with the pistol, on a night Xi Lai Gaming lost both maps by two rounds. The official short.
Nongshim RedForceXi Lai GamingSummit 13–11, Sunset 13–11. Xi Lai Gaming are out at 0–2, the second Chinese team eliminated at home in one night. Nongshim play Karmine Corp in the Group D decider on Oct 3.
TYLOO and Xi Lai Gaming are eliminated. EDward Gaming face Global Esports and JD Gaming face T1 on Oct 2, and a loss ends the home run.
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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