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Acend has made it to the Valorant Champions playoffs after defeating Team Envy 2-0. With the victory, Acend is now the fourth European team to make it to the top eight. Despite Acend facing a shaky start during its first match, the team looked a lot more composed and was able to get past Envy’s defences. With Sentinels already out of the event, Team Envy and Cloud9 Blue will have to win their respective Elimination matches to keep North America’s hopes alive at Valorant Champions.
Acend vs Team Envy Match 1 - Ascent (Acend won 13-8)
After getting a comfortable 8-4 lead in the first half, Acend ended the match with a 13-8 scoreline. Vladyslav “kiles” Shvets looked unstoppable with the player topping the scoreboard with 18 kills and 11 deaths.
Acend vs Team Envy Match 2 - Bind (Acend won 13-11)
Acend needed to win the map to become the fourth European team to make it to Europe, and Mehmet “cNed” Yağız İpek helped Acend do just that. Acend got an impressive 9-3 lead in the first half and was looking to get an easy qualification to the playoffs but Envy managed to hold off for a while. After going back and forth in the second half, Acend finally ended the game 13-11.
Acend is through to the playoffs but Team Envy is not out yet. Team Envy and Cloud9 Blue are still in the competition as the only North American representatives and the teams will be looking to claw their way back into the playoffs.
Valorant Champions: Where to watch
Valorant Champions is being streamed on Trovo for the first time ever along with the official YouTube and Twitch channels. Here are the official links for the English streams.
Trovo: https://trovo.live/games/RiotGames
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/valorant
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA1d3HFGFUmkKr2JIUA5Vlw
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