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When is VCT Champions 2021?

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The 2021 VALORANT Champions Tour concludes with one final event. The long and winding road to Champions has seen hundreds of teams from almost a dozen regions compete for circuit points over the course of the year. At the end of the year, 11 teams will have earned a spot at the event based on their qualification point ranking in their region.  One team, Gambit, automatically qualified for Champions after winning VCT Masters Berlin in September, and the remaining four teams will qualify through the Last Chance Qualifier in October.

BIG qualify for BLAST Fall Final over G2

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Time Stamp: September 22, 2021 2:00 PM - Modified On: September 22, 2021 - Published By:
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The German squad have managed to beat G2 and lock in their place in the BLAST Fall Final alongside NIP from Group B. Newest addition Nicklas "⁠gade⁠" Gade led the scoreboard for BIG throughout the series after his team won their pick of Dust2 and made a recovery on Inferno from being behind 5-10 at half-time. Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz and company move on to face NIP once more in the group in order to decide the winner of Group B, while G2 will now have to play in the BLAST

BIG eliminate MIBR from BLAST Fall groups

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Time Stamp: September 21, 2021 4:51 PM - Modified On: September 21, 2021 - Published By:
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It was a comfortable win for BIG as they swept MIBR 2-0 after two commanding performances on Mirage and Nuke, and a much a much-needed victory following their defeat against NIP in the opening round. Staying alive, the Germans will face G2 on Wednesday and fight to secure a spot in BLAST Premier Fall Final. The winner of the match will then face NIP later in the day to crown the winner of the group. k1to showed up on Mirage with a 1.61 rating MIBR failed to get going on

NIP defeat BIG 2-0 in BLAST Premier Fall Group B opening match

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Time Stamp: September 20, 2021 3:41 PM - Modified On: September 20, 2021 - Published By:
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NIP took BIG by storm and secured the second BLAST Premier Fall Groups Group B opening match with a 2-0 victory, setting up an upper-bracket final match against G2 on Tuesday for a spot in the Fall Finals. The outcome of this series was the preferred one for Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković, who says that G2 have NIP’s number as they beat them several times before, including at the BLAST Premier Spring Final. BIG, who are now under the orders of Nikola "⁠LEGIJA⁠" Ninić ever since Dustin "⁠DuDe⁠" Großmann put aside

Riot reveals TFT Reckoning Worlds format, players, and schedule

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Time Stamp: September 20, 2021 10:28 AM - Modified On: September 20, 2021 - Published By:
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Details for the fifth Teamfight Tactics World Championship were revealed today by Riot Games, who introduced the players from every region and the format for Reckoning Worlds.  Scheduled to take place from Oct. 1 to 4, the TFT World Championship will showcase a total of 20 tacticians from eight regions around the globe. Initially, Reckoning Worlds was supposed to take place in China this year but was moved to a digital event due to the COVID-19 Delta variant at the end of August. With competition beginning on Oct. 1, Riot

PGL confirms CS:GO Major will be in Stockholm

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PGL, the tournament organizer tasked with organizing the first CS:GO Major in more than two years, has confirmed that the $2 million tournament will be held in Stockholm, Sweden as originally planned, following months of uncertainty and several talks with the Swedish government. The confirmation comes after Sweden removed all possible restrictions for esports events in the country, allowing a full house for indoor events and relaxing the travel restrictions for esports players. There has been a slight change of dates as the Major was previously scheduled to kick off

PGL confirms Major will take place in Stockholm

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Time Stamp: September 17, 2021 3:01 AM - Modified On: September 17, 2021 - Published By:
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Update: The Major has been moved to start on October 26. PGL has announced that the upcoming Major will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, as originally planned. The confirmation came after the Swedish government announced last Tuesday that it would further ease pandemic-related restrictions in the country, removing the final hurdle preventing the Major from taking place as intended with indoor events allowed to run at full capacity from late September on. The tournament organizers will begin ticket sales for the $2 million event on September 22 and aim to

ESL announce Pro Tour changes and 2022 calendar; Rio Major under consideration

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2021 8:04 AM - Modified On: September 15, 2021 - Published By:
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ESL has revealed the tournament calendar for the remainder of 2021 and for 2022 and announced significant changes to the ESL Pro Tour structure, mainly revolving around the expansion of ESL Pro League and the way teams qualify for the event. The organizers have also shared that the IEM Rio Major is under consideration with Valve for 2022 after the plans for the 2020 Rio Major were scrapped amid the coronavirus pandemic. From 2022 on, every tournament in the Pro Tour structure has been brought under the ESL brand, with

LEGIJA steps in as interim head coach in BIG, DuDe takes leave

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2021 6:46 AM - Modified On: September 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Dustin "⁠DuDe⁠" Großmann is taking a break from coaching BIG due to personal reasons, with LEGIJA set to replace him in the role in the meantime, as first reported by Dexerto and confirmed by the German organization's CGO Christian Lenz. LEGIJA will step back into his old role in the German squad, having previously coached a different iteration of the team in 2018-2019. The 30-year-old officially returns under the wings of the BIG organization, having already been working with them behind the scenes as an assistant coach since May following

MAD Lions go undefeated in Fantasyexpo Champions to qualify for BLAST Showdown

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Time Stamp: September 9, 2021 6:13 PM - Modified On: September 9, 2021 - Published By:
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MAD Lions have secured a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown after completing a clean run in Fantasyexpo EU Champions Fall, beating Into the Breach and Illuminar in the group stage best-of-ones before tallying 2-0 victories in the playoffs against Sprout in the semi-finals and FunPlus Phoenix in the final. The squad under the orders of Jakub "⁠kuben⁠" Gurczynski, who currently sit right outside of the top 50 in the ranking, showed great form in the whole tournament. But they were particularly impressive in the playoffs as both of