Valorant Champions Seoul: Results, groups, updates, and more! (2024)

The Valorant Champions Seoul kicked off on August 1 and, after four days of action, the first round of the group stage matches is already over.

Starting from August 6 and until August 7 the teams that won their opening game will play in a Winners Match against the other victorious side in their group. The winner of the Winners Match will qualify for the playoffs while the loser will play against the winner of their group's Elimination Match.

Here's how each group and bracket is looking, including information about previous results and what's to come:

Groups

The Valorant Champions Seoul has four groups. Here's a look at each one of them:

Group A

Group A's action began with a DRX victory over KRÜ Esports. The South Korean team lost Haven but redeemed themselves with victories two 13-6 victories on Abyss and Bind. Meanwhile, Fnatic ran over Bilibili Gaming and defeated the Chinse side on Bind and Lotus.

The Winners Match saw the South Korean lineup defeating Fnatic as they pushed the Europeans to the Lower Bracket. Eventually, Fnatic defeated KRÜ Esports in the elimination match.

Results

These are Group A's scores so far:

Opening Matches

Fnatic 2-0 Bilibili Gaming (13-9 Bind, 13-4 Lotus)
DRX 2-1 KRÜ Esports (2-13 Haven, 13-6 Abyss, 13-6 Bind)

Winners Match

Fnatic vs. DRX

Elimination Match

Group B

The action kicked off in Seoul with a match between the champions of the VCT Masters Madrid and the champions of the VCT Masters Shanghai. In a very one-sided match, Gen.G Esports defeated Sentinels and moved to the Winners Match. Shortly after, Team Heretics obtained EMEA's first victory in this year's edition of the Valorant Champions after two overtime wins against FunPlus Phoenix.

Unexpectedly, Team Heretics defeated Gen.G Esports to clinch the first seed in Group B. It was the South Koreans' second international defeat this season as their last one was at the VCT Masters Madrid grand finals.

On August 8, Sentinels defeated FunPlus Phoenix and moved to the final Elimination Match. There, they surprisingly defeated Gen.G Esports in a one-sided series.

Results

These are Group B's scores so far:

Opening Matches

Gen.G Esports 2-0 Sentinels (13-8 Haven, 13-7 Ascent)
Team Heretics 2-1 FunPlus Phoenix (14-12 Abyss, 9-13 Bind, 15-13 Lotus)

Winners Match

Team Heretics 2-1 Gen.G Esports (11-13 Abyss, 13-11 Lotus, 13-10 Bind)

Elimination Match

Sentinels 2-0 FunPlus Phoenix (13-8 Bind, 13-5 Lotus)

Elimination Match

Sentinels 2-0 Gen.G Esports (13-9 Lotus, 13-6 Icebox)

Group C

Leviatán's return to the Valorant Champions began with a 2-0 victory against Talon Esports, which was the Pacific's first defeat in the tournament following Gen.G Esports and DRX's victories. Meanwhile, Trace Esports obtained China's first win in the tournament after defeating Team Vitality.

Surprisingly, Trace Esports succeeded at defeating the VCT Americas 2024 champions Leviatán. In the elimination match, Leviatán defeated Team Vitality with victories on Icebox and Sunset to take the group's second seed.

Results

These are Group C's scores so far:

Opening Matches

Leviatán 2-0 Talon Esports (13-11 Bind, 13-8 Ascent)
Trace Esports 2-1 Team Vitality (15-13 Ascent, 7-13 Sunset, 13-7 Bind)

Winners Match

Leviatán vs. Trace Esports (August 7)

Elimination Match

Team Vitality 2-0 Talon Esports (13-6 Lotus, 13-8 Sunset)

Elimination Match

Leviatán 2-0 Team Vitality (14-12 Icebox, 13-4 Sunset)

Group D

Last but not least, Group D's action began with G2 Esports' brilliant 2-0 victory over the Valorant Champions 2022 grand finalists Paper Rex. The game was followed by a 2-0 win for EDward Gaming against FUT Esports.

G2 Esports became the first team to qualify for the playoffs from Group D. The last spot was given to EDward Gaming after knocking out Paper Rex.

Results

These are Group D's scores so far:

Opening Matches

G2 Esports 2-0 Paper Rex (13-8 Icebox, 13-9 Lotus)
EDward Gaming 2-0 FUT Esports (13-9 Lotus, 13-10 Bind)

Winners Match

G2 Esports 2-1 EDward Gaming (8-13 Icebox, 13-11 Haven, 13-11 Bind)

Elimination Match

Paper Rex 2-0 FUT Esports (13-11 Sunset, 13-6 Bind)

Elimination Match

EDward Gaming 2-1 Paper Rex (3-13 Icebox, 13-8 Sunset, 13-4 Lotus)

Valorant Champions playoff results and schedule

Here are the results of the playoff matches, divided by Upper Bracket and Lower Bracket:

Upper Bracket

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals

Sentinels 2-0 DRX (15-13 Sunset, 13-8 Haven)
EDward Gaming 2-0 Trace Esports (13-7 Bind, 13-10 Sunset)
Leviatán 2-0 G2 Esports (16-14 Icebox, 13-5 Abyss)
Team Heretics 2-0 Fnatic (13-3 Lotus, 14-12 Abyss)

Upper Bracket Semifinals

EDward Gaming 2-1 Sentinels (9-13 Haven, 13-9 Lotus, 13-6 Sunset)
Leviatán 2-0 Team Heretics (15-13 Icebox, 13-10 Lotus)

Upper Bracket Final

EDward Gaming vs. Leviatán

Lower Bracket

Lower Bracket First Round

DRX 2-0 Trace Esports (13-3 Lotus, 13-5 Abyss)
Fnatic 2-0 G2 Esports (13-3 Haven, 13-11 Bind)

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

Team Heretics vs. DRX

Sentinels 2-1 Fnatic (13-11 Sunset, 9-13 Bind, 13-6 Lotus)