Acend defeated Gambit esports in a Best of 5 Grand Final at Valorant Champions to become the first team in the game’s history to be crowned World Champion. Not losing a single match up until the Grand Finals, Acend did not slow down and made history by defeating Gambit in a 5 map thriller.
Valorant Champions was the final tournament of Valorant Champions Tour 2021 and consisted of 16 of the best teams from around the world. The tournament had a prize pool of 1 million dollars with the winner taking home $350,000 of it. The teams would also get 50% of the collection from the Champions skin collection and as of December 8th, $7.5 million had been raised from the Champions collection for the qualified teams.
ACEND vs GAMBIT ESPORTS – GRAND FINAL
- Map 1 (Breeze) – Acend (11 – 13) Gambit Esports
- Map 2 (Ascent) – Acend (13 – 7) Gambit Esports
- Map 3 (Fracture) – Acend (3 – 13) Gambit Esports
- Map 4 (Icebox) – Acend (14 – 12) Gambit Esports
- Map 5 (Split) – Acend (13 – 8) Gambit Esports
Both the teams came into the tie undefeated, winning every game in the Group Stage and of course the playoffs. Acend beat Scream’s Team Liquid in the Semis while Gambit avoided an upset at the hands of KRU esports (who had already defeated fnatic and Sentinels).
The best of 5 Grand final went the full distance with both teams winning their map picks up, the game had to be decided on Split to crown a champion.
It was Polish gunn ‘starxo’ and Turk ‘cNed’ that stood out for Acend with 83 and 80 kills each in the series to give their side the win. Over on the Gambit side, ‘nAts’ did all he could with 93 frags but it wasn’t enough.
Acend fought tooth and nail and were always in control of Split from the start and won out the game easily to etch their name in history books.
Valorant Champions Tour 2022 will kick off in the New Year and the planned events have already been announced by Riot Games. It will include two Masters events in April and July, and one Champions tournament in September organized by third-party TOs.
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