VCT EMEA Challengers Stage 1 Main Event - Week 1 Group B Recap

It was Nikita "Derke" Sirmitev, who showed his potential and mechanics to win the series for Fnatic. The Raze player held a 1.40 rating and 294 ACS to win the game. Fnatic had a wonderful attacking performance, outscoring their opponents by 7-2. Besides, they also held G2 at 6 rounds in the first half.

The competition started head-to-head as both teams won consecutive rounds on Papara SuperMassive’s pick, Ascent. Two Turkish Jett players, Mehmet Yağız "cNed" İpek and Baran "Izzy" Yılmaz had a duel and it resulted in cNed’s favor after 26 rounds. cNed held a 1.52 rating, 310 ACS and 1.61 K/D, smurfing on his opponents. However, Izzy’s 22-kill Jett performance was also a great effort but it wasn’t enough.

The second map was one-sided for the side of Acend. Despite winning the opening rounds, SuperMassive Blaze failed to keep up with the pace and won four rounds, all during the first half. Acend swept their opponents while on the defending side. Once again, cNed’s performance was on another level as he ended the game with a 1.52 rating and 321 ACS, playing Sage.

The last series of Group B started with Guild Esports’s dominance on Breeze. The European team grabbed an easy 13-6 win over BBL Esports to start their journey strongly. Doğukan "QutionerX" Dural’s 17-kill Jett performance only brought them six rounds but Guild Esports’ team effort was on another level for sure. Almost all the players had similar statistics.

Lastly, Guild showed no mercy on BBL’s pick, Haven. Nikita "trexx" Cherednichenko had a monstrous 26-kill Sova performance to close out the series in two games. Once again, Guild’s team efforts were much better which handed them the victory.

VCT 2022 - EMEA - Stage 1 - Challengers - Main Event will continue on February 18. You can find more information on events page