It’s the final opportunity for one of the remaining eight North American VALORANT teams to secure the last spot at VCT Champions 2022 in Istanbul. The NA Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) will feature a double-elimination bracket with one prize up for grabs: the third and final NA spot at Champions.
The pool of teams includes the third through 10th ranked NA teams from this year’s VCT competition. The top two teams, OpTic and XSET, have already secured their spots at Champions. The bracket will seed the highest-ranked teams against the lowest in the opening round.
Which team will make it all the way through the grand finals and reach VCT Champions in Istanbul?
Participating teams at the NA LCQ
Here are the eight teams competing at the NA LCQ, along with their player rosters and coaching staff:
1. The Guard
2. FaZe Clan
3. NRG
4. Shopify Rebellion (former Luminosity)
5. Cloud9
6. 100 Thieves
7. Evil Geniuses
8. Sentinels
NA LCQ bracket
Here is the full bracket for the NA LCQ:
All matches are best-of-three, except for the lower final and grand final, which will be best-of-five.
Schedule and scores
The bracket will be played out from Thursday, Aug. 4 to Sunday, Aug. 7, and then resume from Thursday, Aug. 11 to Sunday, Aug. 14.
All times listed are in CT and subject to change or delays.
Aug. 4
3pm CT: The Guard 2-1 Sentinels (SEN 15-13 on Breeze, The Guard 13-10 on Ascent, The Guard 15-13 on Icebox)
6pm CT: FaZe 2-1 EG (EG 13-11 on Icebox, FaZe 15-13 on Breeze, FaZe 19-17 on Ascent)
Aug. 5
3pm CT: 100T 2-1 NRG (NRG 13-11 on Icebox, 100T 13-7 on Bind, 100T 13-9 on Ascent)
6pm CT: C9 2-0 Shopify (C9 13-10 on Ascent, C9 17-15 on Fracture)
Aug. 6
3pm CT: The Guard 2-0 C9 (The Guard 13-9 on Fracture, The Guard 13-11 on Ascent)
6pm CT: Sentinels 2-0 Shopify (Sentinels 13-8 on Breeze, Sentinels 17-15 on Fracture)
Aug. 7
3pm CT: FaZe 2-1 100T (FaZe 13-6 on Haven, 100T 13-8 on Breeze, FaZe 13-9 on Ascent)
6pm CT: NRG 2-0 EG (NRG 13-6 on Haven, NRG 14-12 on Icebox)
Aug. 11
3pm CT: 100T 2-1 Sentinels (Sentinels 17-15 on Fracture, 100T 13-7 on Breeze, 100T 13-11 on Haven)
6pm CT: C9 2-0 NRG (C9 13-7 on Breeze, C9 13-8 on Icebox)
Aug. 12
3pm CT: The Guard 2-0 FaZe (The Guard 13-5 on Haven, The Guard 13-7 on Icebox)
6pm CT: 100T 2-0 C9 (100T 13-7 on Ascent, 100T 13-10 on Fracture)
Aug. 13
3pm CT: 100T 3-0 FaZe (100T 13-10 on Icebox, 100T 13-6 on Breeze, 100T 13-3 on Ascent)
Aug. 14
3pm CT: 100T 3-0 The Guard (100T 13-7 on Icebox, 100T 13-6 on Fracture, 100T 13-9 on Haven)
100T has qualified for VCT Champions 2022.