{"id":21273,"date":"2022-06-28T01:22:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T05:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=21273"},"modified":"2022-06-28T01:22:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T05:22:09","slug":"fnatic-funplus-phoenix-and-guild-esports-seal-copenhagen-masters-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/fnatic-funplus-phoenix-and-guild-esports-seal-copenhagen-masters-berth\/","title":{"rendered":"Fnatic, FunPlus Phoenix and Guild Esports seal Copenhagen Masters berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/\" title=\"Valorant betting guide\">Valorant<\/a> Champions Tour EMEA Stage 2 has been played to a conclusion, with three teams sealing their spots in the Copenhagen Masters. Fnatic, FunPlus Phoenix, and Guild Esports are the deserved participants in the Stage 2 Masters.<\/p>\n<p>VCT EMEA Stage 2 started on May 13, with 12 teams coming together to compete for a spot in the Masters and a piece of the $212,421 prize pool. After a riveting six weeks of action, the EU&#8217;s best teams have been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Fnatic currently holds the title after defeating FunPlus Phoenix on the last day of the challengers. They swept FunPlus, who were the EMEA reigning champions, 3-0 in the grand final.<\/p>\n<p>FunPlus defeated G2 Esports 3-1 in March to become the European champions. Unfortunately, they were unable to feature in the Reykjavik Masters due to travel restrictions in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CHAMPIONS OF EMEA! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FNCWIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FNCWIN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1s7SyAAciN\">pic.twitter.com\/1s7SyAAciN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FNATIC (@FNATIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FNATIC\/status\/1541108712387084288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fnatic&#8217;s run in the Stage 2 challengers was near perfect. Out of five group stage best-of-3 matches, they only lost two maps, one to FPX in week 1 and the other to G2 on the final group stage day.<\/p>\n<p>It was more of the same in the playoff upper bracket semifinal, as they won FPX 2-1 while sweeping Guild Esports 2-0 in the upper bracket final to reach the grand final.<\/p>\n<p>After losing to Fnatic, FPX had to reach the grand final through the lower bracket. They defeated Acend, M3 Champions, and Guild to seal their grand final spot.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it seems like all the action in the lower bracket zapped FPX&#8217;s juices. Despite being one of the two teams to come close to handing Fnatic a loss, they crumbled in the grand final.<\/p>\n<p>While the grand finals result shows a 3-0 sweep, it was no cakewalk for Fnatic, who were the heavy favorites with a $1.50 winning odd across esports betting platforms. The UK-based team had to win two of the three maps in overtime.<\/p>\n<p>The game started on Split, which was FPX&#8217;s map choice. Although FPX maintained control of the environment, they failed to close out the game in regular time. Fnatic&#8217;s precise reading of FPX&#8217;s attacking schemes helped them secure the victory in overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Devastated by the result, FPX completely lost their way on the second map. They were blown out of the water with a 13-5 victory on Icebox.<\/p>\n<p>Although Haven was another closely-contested map thanks to a second-half comeback by FPX, Fnatic won 15-13 in overtime. The newly-acquired Emir Ali &#8220;Alfajer&#8221; Beder was the star of the show, finishing the series with a +26 kills-deaths and a game-high average combat score of 306.<\/p>\n<p>European teams had a ridiculously poor outing in the Stage 1 Masters and will be looking to better that performance. Fnatic failed to make it out of Group A on the back of two sweeps by Ninjas in Pyjamas and ZETA DIVISION.<\/p>\n<p>The Copenhagen Masters will commence on July 10 and will run to July 24. All 12 teams from different regions will slug it out for a larger piece of the yet-to-be-disclosed prize pool and points for the 2022 Valorant Champions Tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028<a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022 Valorant Champions Tour EMEA Stage 2 has been played to a conclusion, with three teams sealing their spots&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":20053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[711,4,109,669,1431,1150,2269],"class_list":["post-21273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-copenhagen","tag-featured","tag-fnatic","tag-funplus-phoenix","tag-guild-esports","tag-valorant","tag-valorant-champions-tour-emea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21274,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21273\/revisions\/21274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}