At the start of the summer season at the Valorant Challengers of the EMEA region, which includes Europe, the teams of Acend and BBL Esports won their matches.
Especially for Acend, the 2-0 opening win against OG LDN UTD was an important exclamation point. With two new players, the reigning Valorant World Champion wants to make the premiere season at the Challengers forgotten, when they narrowly avoided relegation.
"Before the match I was stressed, but after the first rounds it got better," one of Acend's new recruits Vakaris "vakk" Bebravičius explained after the victory in the livestream of the tournament. "Everything worked perfectly and I'm happy about it.»
This means that Acend is currently at the top of the strong Challengers Group A, in which the three best teams of the previous season will compete with FunPlus Phoenix, G2 Esports and Fnatic. The group is supplemented by climbers and DACH-Meister FOKUS.
Also at number one for the moment, but in Group B: BBL Esports. The Turkish team secured the interim lead in the standings with a 2-1 victory over Natus Vincere.
