VALORANT Champions Tour Masters Berlin recap: Day 7
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A view of the tournament stage at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2021: Stage 3 Masters on September 9, 2021 in Berlin, Germany.
BERLIN, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 9: A view of the tournament stage at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2021: Stage 3 Masters on September 9, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)

VALORANT Champions Tour Masters Berlin recap: Day 7

With the last day of eliminations all done, we move onto the quarterfinals

Day 7 of VALORANT Champions Tour Masters Berlin was the last day of group stages and eliminations. Teams fought it out for the last spots to make it to Quarterfinals and decide their fate, but also the fate of their home regions.

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VALORANT Masters Berlin Day 7 Game Highlights

Match A5 — SuperMassive Blaze v Acend (1-2): A highly anticipated rematch. After Acend beat them 2-0 earlier in the bracket, SMB was coming to prove they deserved to be here. They took Ascent in swift fashion, 13-6, but Acend took the next map. The last map, Split, was back and forth, with a 6-6 half. But Acend pulled ahead, taking the map 13-10 and winning the match. SMB were caught, many times, making mistakes and rushing in without key intel. Acend took an off-angle, which forced SMB into several unfavorable match ups.

Match C5 — Crazy Raccoon v Gambit Esports (0-2): This match was not as clean as many may have expected. Gambit struggled in the first half of both games: 5-7 Attacking on Ascent and 4-8 Defending on Icebox. But after the half was done, they rallied themselves to strong comebacks, 13-8 on Ascent and 14-12 on Icebox in OT.  It felt as though Crazy Raccoon struggled to break through the pace set by Gambit, and it was their ultimate undoing.

Match D6 — F4Q v Sentinels (1-2): This was more of a show match, as F4Q was already out of Masters contention. There were some great plays, though. F4Q also got a map on Sentinels, something very few teams can say.

Stat Highlights from VALORANT Masters Berlin

Stats provided by vlr.gg and runitback.gg.

Top five players based on Average Combat Score

  1. Team Envy’s Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker: 291.3
  2. Vivo Keyd’s Olavo “heat” Marcelo: 280.3
  3. Sentinels’ Tyson “TenZ” Ngo: 279.0
  4. 100 Thieves’ Peter “Asuna” Mazuryk: 270.6
  5. Acend’s Mehmet Yağız “cNed” İpek: 262.1

Top 5 players based on Kill/Death Ratio

  1. Vision Striker’s Goo “Rb” Sang-Min: 1.64
  2. Team Envy’s Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker: 1.53
  3. Vision Striker’s Kim “MaKo” Myeong-kwan: 1.53
  4. Gambit Esports’ Bogdan “Sheydos” Naumov: 1.50
  5. Sentinels’ Tyson “TenZ” Ngo: 1.46

Top 5 players based on First Kill/First Death Differential

  1. Vivo Keyd’s Olavo “heat” Marcelo: +17
  2. KRÜ Esports’ Juan Pablo “NagZ” Lopez Miranda: +16
  3. Acend’s Aleksander “zeek” Zygmunt: +13
  4. Team Envy’s Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker: +12
  5. Gambit Esports Nikita “d3ffo” Sudakov: +11

Top five agents pick rates

  1. Jett: 80%
  2. Sova: 61%
  3. Astra: 58%
  4. Skye: 53%
  5. Sage 50%
Team Acend poses after a victory and avoiding elimination at Masters 3 Berlin
Team Acend poses after a victory and avoiding elimination at Masters 3 Berlin | Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games

VALORANT Masters Berlin Group Standings

Italicized teams qualify to Quaterfinals

Group A

Vision Strikers: 2-0 (4-0)

Acend: 2-1 (4-3)

SuperMassive Blaze: 1-2 (3-3)

Paper Rex: 0-2 (1-4)

Group B

Team Envy: 2-0 (4-0)

KRÜ Esports: 2-1 (4-3)

Vivo Keyd: 1-2 (0-4)

ZETA DIVISION: 0-2 (1-4)

Group C

100 Thieves: 2-0 (4-1)

Gambit Esports: 2-1 (5-2)

Crazy Raccoon: 1-2 (3-5)

Havan Liberty: 0-2 (0-4)

Group D

G2 Esports: 3-1 (7-3)

Sentinels: 2-1 (4-3)

F4Q: 0-3 (1-6)

Sentinels' Jared "zombs" Gitlin focuses up as he readies for the match
Sentinels’ Jared “zombs” Gitlin focuses up as he readies for the match | Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games

The day’s impact on VALORANT Masters Berlin

With things finalized, several regions had their fate decided. Two had them decided yesterday.

With Acend and Gambit both winning their matches on Thursday, Acend knocked Fnatic down to 3rd in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Gambit is for sure locked in (no teams can catch up in terms of points), but there is a chance that SuperMassive Blaze and G2 dethrone Acend and take 2nd. Fnatic now needs an EMEA team to win Berlin, or they go to LCQ.

With Crazy Raccoon’s loss, Japan’s bracket is finalized. ZETA will go to LCQ and Northeption is out for good.

Every region still has teams in play, and it’s possible for several orgs to make it to Champions automatically if their current team in Berlin wins. The following will break down each individual region. These are based on the current points standings.

Teams in bold are in/played in Berlin.

Commentator analysts Mitch "MitchMan" McBride and Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire pose for the camera
Commentator analysts Mitch “MitchMan” McBride and Tom “Tombizz” Bissmire pose for the camera | Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games

North America

Going to Champions: Sentinels

Based on Current points, may automatically qualify for Champions: Team Envy

Will qualify for Champions if NA wins Berlin: 100 Thieves

Going to NA LCQ: Version1, FaZe Clan, XSET, Luminosity Gaming, Cloud 9 Blue, Gen.G Esports, Rise

Will qualify for NA LCQ if NA wins Berlin: TSM

Europe, Middle East, Africa

Going to Champions: Gambit Esports

Based on Current points, may automatically qualify for Champions: Acend

Will qualify for Champions if EMEA wins Berlin: Fnatic

Going to EMEA LCQ: Team Liquid, G2 Esports, SuperMassive Blaze, Futbolist, Oxygen Esports, Guild Esports

Will qualify for EMEA LCQ if EMEA wins Berlin: forZe

Brazil – Finalized

Going to Champions: Team Vikings, Keyd Stars

Going to SA LCQ: Havan Liberty, Furia Esports, Gamelanders Blue, Sharks Esports

Japan – Finalized

Going to Champions: Crazy Raccoon

Going to APAC LCQ: ZETA DIVISION, REJECT

Esports commentators and analysts discuss the day’s matches and outcomes on the desk at Masters 3 Berlin | Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games

Korea

Going to Champions: Vision Strikers

Will qualify for Champions if KR wins Berlin: NUTURN Gaming

Going to APAC LCQ: F4Q

Will qualify for NA LCQ if NA wins Berlin: DAMWON Gaming

Southeast Asia – Finalized

Going to Champions: X10 Esports, Team Secret

Going to APAC LCQ: Paper Rex, Full Sense, BOOM Esports

Latin America

Going to Champions: KRÜ Esports

Will qualify for Champions if LATAM wins Berlin: Six Karma

Going to SA LCQ: Australs, Infinity, LAZER

Will qualify for SA LCQ if NA wins Berlin: Border Monsters

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Landon Summers
Attending university on my Master's in Mathematics, working as an on-campus tutor and writing about what I enjoy. For Upcomer, I mainly write about Valorant and esports, combining my love of Math and video games! I also love food, Pokémon and League!