Paper Rex wins VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: APAC Stage 1 Challengers

VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: APAC Stage 1 Challengers has come to an end. At the championship, which was held online from March 10 to 27, 20 teams from the Asia-Pacific region competed for a prize pool of $150,000, as well as two tickets to the VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Stage 1 Masters - Reykjavík. The winner of the championship was the Indonesian team Paper Rex, which in the grand final was stronger than XERXIA with a score of 3:2 (Fracture - 13:4; Split - 8:13; Icebox - 13:6; Breeze - 11:13; Haven - 13: 8).

The tournament for the future winner started with a confident performance at the group stage, during which the Indonesian team defeated Fancy United Esports (2:0) and Persija Esports (2:1). Having made it to the playoffs, Paper Rex continued its confident march, beating South Built Esports (2:0), XERXIA (2:0) and Bleed eSports (2:0) in a row.

In the decisive confrontation of the championship, the team again outplayed XERXIA (3:2), thus earning $30,000.

The current roster for VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Masters Stage 1 - Reykjavík is as follows: FunPlus Phoenix, Fnatic, G2 Esports, OpTic Gaming, The Guard, XERXIA, Paper Rex, ZETA DIVISION and DRX.

Results of VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: APAC Stage 1 Challengers

• 1st place: Paper Rex - $30,000 + slot at VCT 2022: Masters Stage 1 - Reykjavík.
• 2nd place: XERXIA - $20,000 + slot at VCT 2022: Masters Stage 1 - Reykjavík.
• 3rd place: Bleed eSports - $12,500 + 50 points.
• 4th place: BOOM Esports — $10,000 + 45 points.
• 5th-6th place: FULL SENSE and Persija Esports — $8,750 + 40 points.
• 7th-8th place: South Built Esports and Made in Thailand — $7,500 + 35 points.
• 9th-12th place: Velocity Gaming, ONIC Esports, Bonkers and CERBERUS Esports — $5,000 + 20 points.
• 13th-16th place: Oblivion Force, NAOS Esports, Fancy United Esports and No Namers — $4,000.
• 17th-18th place: Griffin E-Sports and Action PH - $2,500.
• 19th-20th place: Global Esports and Team Big BAAM — $2,000.