VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Stage 2 Masters Copenhagen Overview

The second International tournament of the year is just around the corner, and once again we will be able to see the best teams from around the globe fight for the right of calling themselves the best team in the world.

Eleven teams will try to dethrone Masters Reykjavík winners OpTic Gaming, in one of the most stacked international events in the history of competitive Valorant.

Most of the teams that attended Masters Reykjavík, the first international event of the year, will also be attending Masters Copenhagen, with the exception being FunPlus Phoenix which despite having qualified for Masters Reykjavík wasn’t able to attend the event due to visas issues but this time will be representing EMEA at Masters Copenhagen.

Leviatán that after finishing in second place in the LATAM Stage 1 Challengers playoffs last time, and losing to Ninjas in Pyjamas at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: South America Stage 1 Playoffs 3-0, this time we’re able to dethrone KRÜ Esports and win LATAM securing a direct invite to Masters Copenhagen.

However, KRÜ Esports will also be in the tournament after defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas 3-0 in an upset win at the LATAM Last Chance Qualifier, leaving the Brazilian second seed that attended the last international event out of Masters Copenhagen, and qualifying Leviatan directly for the playoffs, while LOUD, the vice-champions at Masters Reykjavík, will have to play the group stage this time.

Guild Esports will make their debut on the international stage after a great Stage 2 performance by the UK organization, which finished in third place and guaranteed their ticket to the group stage at Masters Copenhagen.

Another team that will be making its debut on the international stage is Northeption from Japan who will be replacing the Masters Reykjavík fan-favorite team Zeta Division, who was able to finish third in the international event, in the biggest cinderella story competitive Valorant has ever seen.

XSET joins this group of newcomers to the international stage. After being one of the most consistent teams in the region for the past year the team was finally able to break through the fourth-place curse and won the North American VCT, directly qualifying for the playoffs at Masters Copenhagen.

The Format

Masters Copenhagen format will be similar to the format used at Masters Reykjavík.

Just like at Masters Reykjavík we will have two stages, the Group Stage and the playoffs.

The Group Stage starts on the 10th of June and ends on the 13th of the same month. It will have Two double-elimination format (GSL) groups. These groups will have the 8 lowest seeded teams, with each group having four teams.

All the matches will be a best-of-three and the top two teams from each group will then advance to the Playoffs.

Playoffs start on the 14th of July and end on the 24th of the same month. The playoffs will have a double-elimination bracket, and eight teams will participate in this stage, the four high seeds are automatically qualified for the playoffs and don’t need to play the group stage, and the four qualified teams from the group stage.

In this stage, all matches will be a best-of-three, except the Lower Final and Grand Final which will be a best-of-five.

Teams

Twelve will be the number of teams from all around the globe that are going to attend Masters Copenhagen.

From North America we have two representatives, OpTic Gaming, the Masters Reykjavík champions who were placed in Group A, and XSET, the current North American champions that will be doing their debut on the international stage, and will only enter the action in the Playoffs phase.

EMEA continues to be the region with the most representatives. Fnatic is once again back at the international stage but this time as the EMEA champions, and will only enter in the Playoffs phase.

FunPlus Phoenix were the EMEA vice-champions and after not being able to attend the last International event due to visa issues, the squad will do their real international debut at this event and were placed in Group B.

To round up the EMEA representatives we have Guild Esports. The third-place finisher in the EMEA VCT will be competing in Group A and are doing their international debut, after a great playoff performance in the EMEA VCT Stage 2.

APAC brings us the same two representatives as last time. Paper Rex who once again won the APAC VCT and are through to the Playoff phase, and XERXIA who finished second for the second time in a row and were placed in Group B.

DRX continued its dominance over the Korean scene and is once again present at an international event. The Korean super team was placed in Group B and is looking to finally have a great run at an international event.

Latam is bringing two representatives to a Masters event for the first time ever. Leviatán ended the era of dominance from KRÜ Esports and were crowned the kings of Latam.

The team will be going directly into the Playoffs since KRÜ Esports managed to defeat Ninjas in Pyjamas at the Latam Last Chance Qualifier and also qualified for Masters Copenhagen.

KRÜ Esports was placed in Group A.

Talking about Group A teams, Brazilian representatives LOUD are also in Group A. The vice-champions of Masters Copenhagen will play the group phase, since fellow compatriot Ninjas in Pyjamas didn’t manage to defeat KRÜ Esports, which would have sent LOUD directly to the Playoffs phase.

It’s also the first time in the history of international events that Brazil will only have one representative.

Last but not least, Northeption is the new champion from Japan and will look to prove that Zeta Division performance at Masters Copenhagen wasn’t a fluke.

The Japanese team will play in Group B.

Where you can watch it

There are a lot of ways to watch Masters Copenhagen. You can start by watching Riot Games Valorant main broadcast on either Twitch or Youtube.

However, every region around the world will have its official broadcast, so if you want to watch the games in your native language, or you are even trying to practice a new language that you are learning this is perfect for you.

If none of these options are your cup of tea, you also have multiple watch parties, done by multiple streamers from all around the globe that received broadcast rights from Riot Games Valorant.

This means you will be able to watch the games with some of your favorite streamers while you interact with them and many other Valorant lovers in the chat.

You have a vast list of options to choose from when it comes to watching party streams, with streamers from all over the globe so I’m sure you will find at least one that you know or will like watching.

Masters Copenhagen has every ingredient needed to be a great tournament, and it’s going to be great to see the best teams from all around the world competing against each other once again.