Four teams from North America have been determined for the upcoming VCT’s Challengers Finals event. Along with the qualifications, they have also been seeded accordingly from the fixtures they played all over the weekend. The Challengers Final iteration is scheduled to be played from April 30 – May 2.
The list of the teams that made through the Challengers 2 is as follows:
- Sentinels
- Cloud9 Blue
- NRG
- Andbox
(The above teams have sequenced as per their seedings)
Throughout the recently concluded event, we saw 8 teams lock horns in the Upper Bracket Quarter-Finals with the losers going down to the Lower Bracket rounds. Among the UBQF teams, Cloud9 Blue were able to maintain a flawless run over T1, Andbox, and NRG despite the roster changes they underwent which saw Skyler “Relyks” Weaver stepping down from the roster, eventually getting replaced by Ricky “floppy” Kemery who recently made the switch from Cloud9’s inactive CSGO roster to their Valorant division. Also, Andbox were able to upset Stage 1 Master Champions Sentinels, who later beat the former in the Lower bracket round 3 but former C9B member Daniel “Vice” Kim and his men were able to book themselves a berth at the Challengers finals event.
Grand Finals summary
In the Grand Finale, Sentinels faced off Cloud Blue in a Best of 5 affairs where the latter team looked destitute and listless as Tyson “TenZ” Ngo (who has been on loan at Sentinels) and his side was able to seal the 3-0 whitewash after forcing overtime on the final map Split.
- Match: Cloud9 Blue Vs Sentinels
- Prize Money: Winner takes away $20,000 USD
- Format: Best of 5
The match-up started with Sentinels breeze past C9 on their own map, picking Bind, 13-4 after a strong first half on their attack. The action continued on Haven where both the sides were tied 6-6 at the switch but the Mitch “mitch” Semago led side couldn’t maintain their rhythm as Sentinels went on to clinch their map pick 13-6. It all came down to a do-or-die situation for C9 on Split where the latter looked strong for the first time in the series, going up 8-4 on their defense but were unable to defy the wrath of the defending champions.
Map pick data
- Bind (Picked by Cloud9, Won by Sentinels, Final Score 13:4)
- Haven (Picked by Sentinels, Won by Sentinels, Final Score 13:6)
- Split (Picked by Cloud9, Won by Sentinels, Final Score 12:14)
The Finals event would begin from April 30 with the fixtures already been determined by the game organizer according to final seedings and are as follows:
100 Thieves Vs Andbox: 30th April @ 00:30 IST
Version1 Vs Sentinels: 30th April @ 00:30 IST
Team Envy Vs Cloud9 Blue: 30th April @ 00:30 IST
XSET Vs NRG: 30th April @ 00:30 IST
These Eight teams would compete for 2 open spots at the VCT Masters event to be held on LAN in Reykjavik, Iceland.
