Acend is the first Valorant World Champion. The European team based in Austria won the final of the Champions Berlin with 3:2 (11:13; 13:07; 3:13; 14:12; 13:8) against Gambit Esports from Russia.

"It feels incredible," said the visibly happy Acend professional Santeri "Bonecold" Sassi after the success in the interview of the tournament stream. According to the Finn at the service of the e-sports organization based in Vöcklabruck, it was a rocky road to success: "We had ups and downs. We won the European Masters and then lost to supposedly weaker teams. The team has worked so hard on themselves. I think we totally deserved it.»

Acend was considered Outsiders at Valorant World Championship

Before the final, Acend was considered an outsider against the Russians from Gambit, who were considered the best Valorant teams in the world. The success was hard-won.

The final of the first Valorant World Championship went the full distance of five cards and was largely balanced. The exception was the third Map Fracture, which Gambit clearly won with a score of 13:3.

Instead of breaking in, however, Acend came back into the game – also thanks to Aleksander "zeek" Zygmunt, who was playing big at that moment. "I just tried my best after this terrible game on Fracture. I ran right out in the next match and hit the opponents, " the Polish e-sportsman said after the final. "We had to forget the map and it worked. It doesn't matter, we are world champions.»