The Japan representative at Masters Reykjavik, Crazy Raccoon, will seek to build on their success from Stage 2 and perhaps represent Japan with another team at the upcoming Masters Berlin.
ZETA DIVISION (previously known as Absolute JUPITER) and Northeption qualified as the two highest performers in Group A of the first week, while Crazy Raccoon and BlackBird Ignis topped Group B. Meanwhile, FENNEL, Feeling, REJECT, and Insomnia qualified from the week 2.
This time around, only five teams were requalified from Stage 2. BlackBird Ignis, Feeling, and Insomnia are the new kids on the block and will attempt to initiate upsets against the better teams. While FAV Gaming did not qualify, three of its former players that participated in Stage 2 will continue to do so as they now power the other teams: Hideki “Fisker” Sasaki (Crazy Raccoon), Daiki “Minty” Kato (Crazy Raccoon), and Jeong “TENSAI” Seung-jin (FENNEL).
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The playoffs will take place from August 12 to 15, and will continue until a victor is determined in Sunday’s grand final series, which will decide not only who wins the grand prize of JP¥2,000,000 (~US$9,071), but also two prestigious spots at Masters Berlin.
VCT Japan Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs’ Bracket
With the seeding decided, the playoffs bracket has been set. VALORANT Japan has revealed the opening matchups of the playoffs’ double-elimination bracket following the conclusion of the Challengers week.
ZETA DIVISION and Insomnia will face off against each other as part of the opening triad at 11.00 SGT (UTC+8), followed by REJECT up against Northeption scheduled two hours later from the opening match. BlackBird Ignis squares off against FENNEL in the third wave of matches. The defending champion, Crazy Raccoon, will take on Feeling at 20.00.
The bracket and playing order of the first round of the VCT Japan Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs are shown below:
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