The new Valorant World Champion comes from Brazil: The LOUD team won the Valorant World Championship, the final game of the Champions, with a score of 3:1 against Optic Gaming from North America.
"I don't have words to describe these feelings, " LOUDs Matias "Saadhak" Delipetro said in an interview after handing over the cup.
Valorant Champions: LOUD wins close final
However, the path to the title was contested and for the most part equalized in the final. Two of the four maps were not decided until the extension. Especially the third duel of the teams on the Map Breeze resembled a marathon. It was only after 30 rounds played that LOUD was able to celebrate the victory at a score of 16:14.
In the end, the line-up of the Brazilian organization played itself into a frenzy. After a 7:5 lead at halftime on the final Map Haven, the team managed a six-round winning streak. The map success was synonymous with the final victory.
VCT 2023: Incredible Year of LOUD
It is the crowning conclusion of an incredible year for the Valorant professionals. Only in February of this year the team was signed by LOUD. Two months later, they celebrated their first tournament victory at the Brazilian Challengers. This was followed by the Masters premiere in Reykjavik, at the end of which the second place was taken. At that time, one team was better, the World Cup final opponent OpTic.
The success is also a first: due to the success of the Brazilian e-sports organization, for the first time in the history of Valorant, no team from North America or the EMEA region, which includes Europe, is at the top of the shooter from Riot Games.
Fnatic, Team Liquid and FPX without a chance
While it was an almost perfect tournament for the Brazilians from LOUD – only in the preliminary round they conceded a bust against the later final opponent OpTic Gaming -, the European representatives in the field of participants can look back on a mixed tournament.
Although all three teams managed to qualify for the playoffs, one elimination followed after the other. Round after round, Team Liquid, Fnatic and FunPlus Phoenix said goodbye to the World Championship one after the other.
