| 2021 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Game | Valorant |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Date | September 10–19, 2021 |
| Administrator | Riot Games |
| Venue(s) | Verti Music Hall |
| Teams | 15 |
| Purse | US$700,000 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Gambit Esports |
| Runner-up | Team Envy |
The 2021 Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 3 Masters, also known as Valorant Masters Berlin 2021, was a global tournament organized by Riot Games for the first first-person shooter game Valorant as part of the Valorant Champions Tour 2021 competitive season. The tournament is the second global LAN tournament to be hosted by the game, and it served as one of the qualifying tournaments leading to its global crowning event of the season, the 2021 Valorant Champions. The tournament was held from September 10–19, 2021, in Berlin, Germany. [1]
Gambit Esports won the championship after defeating Team Envy, via 3–0 sweep in the best-of-5 grand final to become the champions of the tournament and automatically qualify for the Valorant Champions. [2]
The tournament served as one of the qualifying tournaments leading to the world championship with the winner earning an automatic qualification to the global event of the season. [3] With this, it was set to accommodate 16 teams who qualified via the regional Challengers leagues globally, and one of them is Bren Esports who originally qualified for the tournament as the Southeast Asian Challengers Champions. However, due to visa issues and the national restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the team were forced to withdraw from the tournament and has left the tournament with 15 teams. [4] [5]
| Region | Path | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| EMEA | VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Champion | Gambit Esports |
| VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers runner-up | SuperMassive Blaze | |
| VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers third placer | Acend | |
| VCT EMEA Stage 3 Challengers fourth placer | G2 Esports | |
| North America | VCT North America Stage 3 Challengers Champion | Sentinels |
| VCT North America Stage 3 Challengers runner-up | 100 Thieves | |
| VCT North America Stage 3 Challengers third placer | Team Envy | |
| Brazil | VCT Brazil Stage 3 Challengers Champion | Keyd Stars |
| VCT Brazil Stage 3 Challengers runner-up | Havan Liberty | |
| Latin America | VCT LATAM Stage 3 Challengers Champion | KRÜ Esports |
| Southeast Asia | VCT Southeast Asia Stage 3 Challengers Champion | |
| VCT Southeast Asia Stage 3 Challengers runner-up | Paper Rex | |
| Japan | VCT Japan Stage 3 Challengers Champion | ZETA Division |
| VCT Japan Stage 3 Challengers runner-up | Crazy Raccoon | |
| South Korea | VCT Korea Stage 3 Challengers Champion | Vision Strikers |
| VCT Korea Stage 3 Challengers runner-up | Team F4Q |
The group stage was a GSL-style double elimination format, with only two teams per group qualified to the playoffs. All matches in the group stage were a best-of-three series.
| Opening Matches | Winners' Match | Advanced to Playoffs | ||||||||
| Gambit Esports | 2 | |||||||||
| Crazy Raccoon | 0 | |||||||||
| Gambit Esports | 1 | |||||||||
| 100 Thieves | ||||||||||
| 100 Thieves | 2 | |||||||||
| 100 Thieves | 2 | |||||||||
| Havan Liberty | 0 | |||||||||
| Elimination Match | Decider Match | |||||||||
| Crazy Raccoon | 0 | |||||||||
| Gambit Esports | ||||||||||
| Crazy Raccoon | 2 | Gambit Esports | 2 | |||||||
| Havan Liberty | 0 | |||||||||
As a result of Bren Esports' withdrawal from the tournament, the format for this group has been changed from GSL-style double-elimination format to a double round-robin format. [5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G2 Esports (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 114 | 83 | +31 | 7 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sentinels (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 109 | 86 | +23 | 7 | |
| 3 | Team F4Q (E) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 122 | −54 | 4 | Eliminated |
The top two teams from each group qualified for the single-elimination crossover knockout stage. Teams are seeded in which the group winner will be paired against the second-seed of another group, which meant that teams from the same group can only meet until the Final.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||
| C1 | 100 Thieves | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Acend | 1 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | 100 Thieves | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Team Envy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Team Envy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| D2 | Sentinels | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Team Envy | 0 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Gambit Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Vision Strikers | 1 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Gambit Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Gambit Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | G2 Esports | 0 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | G2 Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | KRÜ Esports | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | September 16 | Vision Strikers | 1 | – | 2 | Gambit Esports | Berlin, Germany | |
| 01:00 pm (UTC+2) | Statistics | Verti Music Hall | ||||||
| 2 | Bind | 13 | ||||||
| 13 | Split | 7 | ||||||
| 8 | Icebox | 13 | ||||||
| Quarterfinals | September 16 | G2 Esports | 2 | – | 0 | KRÜ Esports | Berlin, Germany | |
| 04:30 pm (UTC+2) | Statistics | Verti Music Hall | ||||||
| 13 | Icebox | 9 | ||||||
| 13 | Haven | 7 | ||||||
| Quarterfinals | September 17 | 100 Thieves | 2 | – | 1 | Acend | Berlin, Germany | |
| 07:00 pm (UTC+2) | Statistics | Verti Music Hall | ||||||
| 9 | Ascent | 13 | ||||||
| 13 | Haven | 8 | ||||||
| 14 | Breeze | 12 | ||||||
| Quarterfinals | September 17 | Team Envy | 2 | – | 0 | Sentinels | Berlin, Germany | |
| 03:00 pm (UTC+2) | Statistics | Verti Music Hall | ||||||
| 15 | Haven | 13 | ||||||
| 13 | Split | 7 | ||||||
| Semifinals 1 | September 18 | 100 Thieves | 0 | – | 2 | Team Envy | Berlin, Germany | |
| 09:00 pm (UTC+2) | Statistics | Verti Music Hall | ||||||
| 5 | Haven | 13 | ||||||
| 8 | Ascent | 13 | ||||||
| Semifinals 2 | September 18 | Gambit Esports | 2 | – | 0 | G2 Esports | Berlin, Germany | |
| 06:00 pm (UTC+2) | Statistics | Verti Music Hall | ||||||
| 13 | Breeze | 10 | ||||||
| 13 | Icebox | 0 | ||||||
| Grand Final | September 19 | Team Envy | 0 | – | 3 | Gambit Esports | Berlin, Germany | |
| 06:00 pm (UTC+2) | Statistics | Verti Music Hall | ||||||
| 13 | Bind | 15 | ||||||
| 11 | Haven | 13 | ||||||
| 9 | Split | 13 | ||||||
| Qualified for the 2021 Valorant Champions |
| Position | Team Name | Circuit Points | Winnings (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Gambit Esports | — | $225,000 |
 | Team Envy | 375 | $125,000 |
| 3rd–4th | 100 Thieves | 325 | $85,000 |
| G2 Esports | |||
| 5th–8th | Acend | 275 | $25,000 |
| Sentinels | |||
| Vision Strikers | |||
| KRÜ Esports | |||
| 9th–12th | SuperMassive Blaze | 225 | $10,000 |
| Keyd Stars | |||
| Crazy Raccoon | |||
| Team F4Q | |||
| 13th–15th | Paper Rex | 175 | $10,000 |
| ZETA Division | |||
| Havan Liberty | |||
| Withdrew | Bren Esports |
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