The Valorant Masters Copenhagen 2022, also known as Valorant Masters 2022 Stage 2, was an international esports tournament organized by Riot Games for the first-person shooter game Valorant, as part of the Valorant Champions Tour's 2022 competitive season. The tournament ran from July 10–24, 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
FunPlus Phoenix of EMEA won their first international event after defeating APAC's Paper Rex in the five-game championship series, 3–2.
Venue Copenhagen was the city chosen to host the competition. All matches were played at Forum Copenhagen. Copenhagen, DenmarkForum Copenhagen
Qualification and format Similar with the previous Masters, the champion teams from the Asia-Pacific; EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) and North America Stage 2 Challengers were all directly qualified to the upper bracket quarterfinals. Which of the two regions Latin America and Brazil win the South America Playoff (the match between two runner-up teams from Challengers of twos) will get quarterfinals spot for their Challengers winner. The remaining eight teams were seeded in the GSL formatted group stage and were divided into two groups of four teams. RegionPathTeamIDStarting in the upper bracket quarterfinals EMEA Stage 2 Challengers winner Fnatic FNC North America NA Stage 2 Challengers winner XSET XSETAsia-Pacific MYSG Stage 2 Challengers winner►APAC Stage 2 Challengers winner Paper Rex PRXLatin AmericaLATAM South LATAM South Stage 2 Challengers runner-up►LATAM Stage 2 Challengers winner Leviatán LEVStarting in the group stage EMEA Stage 2 Challengers runner-up FunPlus Phoenix FPX EMEA Stage 2 Challengers third-place Guild Esports GLD North America NA Stage 2 Challengers runner-up OpTic Gaming OPTC Asia-Pacific Thailand Thailand Stage 2 Challengers winner►APAC Stage 2 Challengers runner-up XERXIA Esports XIA South Korea KR Stage 2 Challengers winner DRX DRX Japan JP Stage 2 Challengers winner NORTHEPTION NTH Brazil BR Stage 2 Challengers winner LOUD LOUD Latin AmericaLATAM South LATAM South Stage 2 Challengers winner►LATAM Stage 2 Challengers runner-up►South America Stage 2 Playoff winner KRÜ Esports KRÜ
Group stage Group A
Group B
Playoffs All seeded teams and the teams qualified from the group stage qualified for the knockout playoffs. All matches were in a best-of-three series, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Finals, which were a best-of-five series.
All times are in Central European Summer Time, UTC+02.
Upper Bracket - Round 1
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Lower Bracket - Round 1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals Lower Bracket Semifinal Upper / Lower Bracket Final
Grand Final
Final standings Rank Team Winnings (USD) Circuit Points 1st FunPlus Phoenix $200,000 1,000 2nd Paper Rex $120,000 750 3rd OpTic Gaming $85,000 500 4th Fnatic $65,000 4005th–6th DRX $40,000 300 Leviatán7th–8th Guild Esports $25,000 250 XSET9th–10th KRŬ Esports $15,000 200 NORTHEPTION11th–12th LOUD $10,000 150 XERXIA Esports Source:
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