All European teams made it to the knockout round at the first Valorant World Championship. The biggest surprises so far called championsent World Cup in the shooter from Riot Games have succeeded the South Americans from Kru Esports and X10 Crit from Thailand.

While X10 knocked the pros of Team Envy out of the tournament, the e-athletes of Krü defeated the team of the Sentinels. In the quarterfinals, both teams will meet top-class players from Europe on Thursday: Krü will have to deal with Fnatic, X10 with Gambit Esports.

For the last remaining North American team Cloud9, the first knockout round will be a duel with the currently highest-ranked team in the EU ranking Team Liquid. At the start of the quarterfinal games, Acend's e-athletes will meet the Filipino Valorant professionals from Team Secret on Wednesday.