When it comes to VALORANT, most of the time the community discusses major events in major regions. Indeed, in this article we’ll be shifting the focus to the South Asian region. Here, Nodwin has organized an event with Riot Games to focus on lesser known teams offering great competition – the VALORANT Conquerors Championship 2021!
Event Background
Hosted by the collaboration of NODWIN Gaming and Riot Games, this Minor Online event looks to shake things up in the South Asian region.
Accordingly, with $33,000 on the line, the event looks to run from the 20th August to the 29th, inviting teams that have all earned their spot. Apart from the prize, a single seed for the APAC Last Chance Qualifier is on the line for first place.
It’s at this Qualifier that teams can earn a spot at the VALORANT Champions event!
Anyways, the following are the competitors heading into this weekend’s event:
- Velocity Gaming – India Qualifier 1
- Global Esports – India Qualifier 2
- Salt Esports – PK and AF Qualifier 1
- Team Exploit – PK and AF Qualifier 2
- Damaru Gaming – Nepal and Bhutan
- Crash Landin on You – Sri Lanka and Maldives
- Exceeli Esports – Bangladesh
- Enigma Gaming- Wildcard
With that being said, let’s dive into the format.
Format
Although it’s only 8 teams, the format is quite detailed and varying.
Kicking things off, the Playoffs run from 20th to the 22nd August with the following details:
- 2 groups of 4 in a GSL format
- Best of three matches
- Top 2 move on to the Finals
The groups have been split as follows:
- Group A – Crash Landin on You, Exceeli Esports, Team Exploit, Velocity Gaming
- Group B – Damaru Gaming, Enigma Gaming, Global Esports, Salt Esports
Later, next weekend, the Finals will wrap things up with a Double Elimination bracket. Here, all matches except the Grand Final will be BO3, with the final match an epic BO5.
Schedule for the VALORANT Conquerors Championship 2021
In order to find the entire schedule in your very own timezone, we highly recommend visiting the official event page here.
Otherwise, as outlined in the format, matches will only be played in the weekends.
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Predictions
With so many teams hailing from so many regions, it’s tough to make predictions. However, what we can do first is to isolate the top threats from each of the multiple regions and move forward from there.
- India – Velocity Gaming
- PK and AF – Salt Esports
Hailing from the larger regions, these two teams are likely the favourites to take that final available seed. Having already proven themselves in the stage 1 qualifiers of their respective regions, it’s hard to argue.
Of course, the lesser region teams can still offer a surprise, especially since they are lesser known.
Otherwise, the Wildcard of Enigma Gaming is originally from India where they are ranked lower than the two other Indian teams in attendance.
Beyond competition, this event is a great opportunity for VALORANT to keep growing in the South Asian region especially in the long run.
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