| 2022 VCT: Stage 2 Masters | |
| Game: | Valorant |
| Location: | Copenhagen |
| Date: | July 10–24, 2022 |
| Administrator: | Riot Games |
| Venues: | Forum Copenhagen (semifinals and grand finals) |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Purse: | US $650,000 |
| Champion: | FunPlus Phoenix |
| Runner-Up1: | Paper Rex |
| Runner-Up2: | OpTic Gaming |
| Previous: | 2022: Stage 1 |
| Next: | 2023: Tokyo |
The 2022 Valorant Champions Tour (VCT): Stage 2 Masters, also known as the Valorant Masters Copenhagen, 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.[1]
FunPlus Phoenix of EMEA won their first international event after defeating APAC's Paper Rex in the five-game championship series, 3–2.
Copenhagen was the city chosen to host the competition. All matches were played at Forum Copenhagen.[2]
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.[3]
| Region | Path | Team | ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting in the upper bracket quarterfinals | |||||
| EMEA Stage 2 Challengers winner | Fnatic | FNC | |||
| North America | NA Stage 2 Challengers winner | XSET | XSET | ||
| Asia-Pacific | MYSG Stage 2 Challengers winner ►APAC Stage 2 Challengers winner | Paper Rex | PRX | ||
| Latin America | LATAM South | LATAM South Stage 2 Challengers runner-up ►LATAM Stage 2 Challengers winner | Leviatán | LEV | |
| Starting 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 America | LATAM South | LATAM South Stage 2 Challengers winner ►LATAM Stage 2 Challengers runner-up ►South America Stage 2 Playoff winner | KRÜ Esports | KRÜ | |
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.
| Rank | Team | Winnings (USD) | Circuit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $200,000 | 1,000 | |
| 2nd | $120,000 | 750 | |
| 3rd | $85,000 | 500 | |
| 4th | $65,000 | 400 | |
| 5th–6th | $40,000 | 300 | |
| Leviatán | |||
| 7th–8th | $25,000 | 250 | |
| XSET | |||
| 9th–10th | KRŬ Esports | $15,000 | 200 |
| NORTHEPTION | |||
| 11th–12th | LOUD | $10,000 | 150 |
| XERXIA Esports |