The American team, Evil Geniuses, became the best team in the world by winning the grand finals of Valorant Champions 2023 against the team Paper Rex with a score of 3:1. They dominated the match from the very first map.
In addition to the title of the best team in the world and the trophy, Evil Geniuses received $1 million, while Paper Rex, who took second place, received $400,000. This is just from the prize pool. Additionally, each team participating in the tournament will receive at least $1,250,000 from the sale of skins, more about this in our article.
This is the second championship trophy heading to the American region. The last world championship concluded with the victory of the Brazilian team LOUD, while the first Valorant Champions was won by the team from the EMEA region, Acend. Therefore, the statistics look bleak for the Pacific region, as after Paper Rex's defeat, their region remains without a trophy, just like the new China region.
Grand Finals
The grand finals took place in a best-of-three format, but Evil Geniuses needed 4 maps to become world champions. Everything began on the map Split, where the Evil Geniuses demonstrated a confident game on the enemy's pick and won with a score of 13:11. The map Ascent, chosen by Evil Geniuses, was a tough battle, and thanks to the incredible gameplay of Ilya "something" Petrov on Reyna, it was won by the team Paper Rex.
In the last two maps, Paper Rex lost confidence and began to outplay themselves in terms of agent selection. On the Bind map, something, instead of playing Reyna, which he had been consistently playing and showed a confident game on the previous map, picked the agent Breach. Such "mind games" led to a crushing defeat for Paper Rex with a score of 5:13. The match ended on the Lotus map, where Evil Geniuses had a win rate of over 70% before the match, so their victory on it was not a surprise for viewers and analysts.
Valorant Champions 2023 took place from August 6th to 26th in Los Angeles, USA. 16 teams competed for a prize pool of $2,250,000 and the title of the best team in the world. Detailed statistics and results of each match can be found on the tournament page.
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