2021 Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 3 Masters Explained

2021 VCT: Stage 3 Masters
Sport:Esports
Game:Valorant
Year:2021
Location:Berlin, Germany
Date:September 10–19, 2021
Administrator:Riot Games
Venues:Verti Music Hall
Teams:15
Champion:Gambit Esports
Runners-Up1:Team Envy
Previous:2021: Stage 2
Next:2022: Stage 1

The 2021 Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 3 Masters, also known as Valorant Masters Berlin 2021, was a global tournament organized by Riot Games for the first first-person shooter game Valorant as part of the Valorant Champions Tour 2021 competitive season. The tournament is the second global LAN tournament to be hosted by the game, and it served as one of the qualifying tournaments leading to its global crowning event of the season, the 2021 Valorant Champions. The tournament was held from September 10–19, 2021, in Berlin, Germany.[1]

Gambit Esports won the championship after defeating Team Envy, via 3–0 sweep in the best-of-5 grand final to become the champions of the tournament and automatically qualify for the Valorant Champions.[2]

Background

The tournament served as one of the qualifying tournaments leading to the world championship with the winner earning an automatic qualification to the global event of the season.[3] With this, it was set to accommodate 16 teams who qualified via the regional Challengers leagues globally, and one of them is Bren Esports who originally qualified for the tournament as the Southeast Asian Challengers Champions. However, due to visa issues and the national restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the team were forced to withdraw from the tournament and has left the tournament with 15 teams.[4] [5]

Qualification

Region Path Teams
EMEA VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Champion Gambit Esports
VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers runner-up SuperMassive Blaze
VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers third placer
VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers fourth placer G2 Esports
VCT North America Stage 3 Challengers Champion Sentinels
VCT North America Stage 3 Challengers runner-up 100 Thieves
VCT North America Stage 3 Challengers third placer Team Envy
VCT Brazil Stage 3 Challengers Champion Keyd Stars
VCT Brazil Stage 3 Challengers runner-up Havan Liberty
VCT LATAM Stage 3 Challengers Champion KRÜ Esports
VCT Southeast Asia Stage 3 Challengers Champion Bren Esports
VCT Southeast Asia Stage 3 Challengers runner-up Paper Rex
Japan VCT Japan Stage 3 Challengers Champion ZETA Division
VCT Japan Stage 3 Challengers runner-up Crazy Raccoon
South Korea VCT Korea Stage 3 Challengers Champion Vision Strikers
VCT Korea Stage 3 Challengers runner-up Team F4Q

Group Stage

The group stage was a GSL-style double elimination format, with only two teams per group qualified to the playoffs. All matches in the group stage were a best-of-three series.

Group D

As a result of Bren Esports' withdrawal from the tournament, the format for this group has been changed from GSL-style double-elimination format to a double round-robin format.

Playoffs

The top two teams from each group qualified for the single-elimination crossover knockout stage. Teams are seeded in which the group winner will be paired against the second-seed of another group, which meant that teams from the same group can only meet until the Final.

Grand Final

Final rankings

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the 2021 Valorant Champions
Position Team Name Circuit Points Winnings (USD)
$225,000
375 $125,000
3rd–4th 325 $85,000
G2 Esports
5th–8th 275 $25,000
Sentinels
Vision Strikers
KRÜ Esports
9th–12th SuperMassive Blaze 225 $10,000
Keyd Stars
Crazy Raccoon
Team F4Q
13th–15th 175 $10,000
ZETA Division
Havan Liberty
Bren Esports

Notes and References

  1. News: 2021 VALORANT Champions Tour Stage 3 Masters Berlin: What to know . 23 April 2024 . Yahoo Esports Southeast Asia . 9 September 2021.
  2. News: Rahman . Sharil Abdul . VCT Masters Berlin: Gambit Esports is the champion of the tournament . 23 April 2024 . GosuGamers . 20 September 2021.
  3. News: VCT Stage 3 Masters: Everything You Need to Know . 23 April 2024 . Valorant Esports . 27 August 2021.
  4. Web site: An update on Bren Esports and Valorant Masters Berlin . Twitter . Valorant Esports . 23 April 2024 . Tweet.
  5. News: Dioquino . Delfin . Bren Esports to miss Valorant Masters in Berlin because of visa issues . 23 April 2024 . Rappler . 3 September 2021.