the VALORANT Champions Tour Europe Stage 1: Challengers 2 ended this Sunday and gave fans one hell of a show for this start of the 2022 VCT season. He will have seen G2 Esports win, qualifying directly for the EMEA Challengers.
G2 failed to qualify for the VALORANT Champions at the end of 2021, losing to Guild Esports in the Lower Brackets final but had however been in the semi-finals of the Berlin Masters. The German team experienced have a great year 2021 and came back strong at the start of the 2022 season. After a disappointing performance at Challengers 1, winning no match and being eliminated first, the formation did not want to admit defeat and rode on the competition during this second edition of the Challengers 2022.
It makes a course without major burrs, quickly advancing to the Closed Qualifier and getting his revenge in the first match against Alliance, who had eliminated them in the previous edition, on the score from 2-1. G2 then continued their momentum, winning 2-1 against TENSTAR, to meet in Upper Final against EXCEL. Despite a match that remained very tight and an excellent performance from Excel and particularly Chiwawa, the support of the team, G2 won 3-1 to qualify for the EMEA Challengers.
On the EXCEL side, the training then found in the Lower Bracket final against LDN UTD, who achieved a clear Lower Bracket, not conceding any map and winning against Rebels Gaming, TENSTAR and Vitality to find themselves in the final. The Lithuanian team did not give a chance to the formation of Excel and easily won the match 3-0, taking second place and therefore winning his qualification for the EMEA Challengers.