Valorant Champions Tour Stage 2 Masters Reykjavik Day 1 Results

Masters Reykjavik is finally upon us and for the next week, be prepared to spectate some of the best Valorant teams in the world.  The format for the tournament is best-of-three, double elimination, with both teams banning one map each.  In today’s matches, Europe, Latin America, Brazil, the US, Japan, and South Korea are looking to start off on the right foot.

Valorant Champions Tour Stage 2 Masters Reykjavik Day 1 Results

Here are the results for day one of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Stage 2 Masters Reykjavik.

FNATIC (Europe) vs KRÜ Esports (LATAM)

Map	Map Choice	Score
Haven	KRÜ Esports	5 – 13	FNATIC
Icebox	FNATIC	13 – 4	KRÜ Esports

Although it may pain Latin American fans, especially those from Chile, KRÜ Esports were simply outplayed and outgunned in the debut match in Masters 2.  Utility player KRÜ delz1k was absolutely shut down in Game 1 while KRÜ NagZ did not have the duelist showing he had hoped for in Game 2.  For FNATIC, Derke and MAGNUM were the golden players, leading the team to a 2 – 0 victory to start the tournament.

Crazy Raccoon (Japan) vs Version1 (USA)

Map	Map Choice	Score
Ascent	Crazy Raccoon	11 – 13	Version1
Icebox	Version1	13 – 10	Crazy Raccoon

Japan’s Crazy Raccoons gave NA’s Version1 a run for their money.  On the back of CR Munchkin, the Raccoons fielded impressive comeback runs in the second half of both maps.  However, V1’s combination of offense heavy duelists was able to dominate the competition, with V1 Zellsis on Phoenix and V1 penny on Jett for both games.

Match History – https://www.vlr.gg/19072/version1-vs-crazy-raccoon-valorant-champions-tour-stage-2-masters-reykjavik-main-event-ubr1

Shark Esports (Brazil) vs NUTURN (South Korea)

Map	Map Choice	Score
Haven	Shark Esports	13 – 5	NUTURN
Bind	NUTURN	13 – 5	Shark Esports
Ascent	NUTURN	13 – 5	Shark Esports

NUTURN and Shark Esports gave us our first Bind map in the tournament, as the map had previously been banned in the first two matches.  SHK prozin, gaabxx, and deNaro teamed up for an impressive 57-29 KD on Haven while NU peri and Suggest put on a clinic on Bind.  Unfortunately, the Brazilians were thoroughly routed in Ascent, when they gave up 9 straight rounds to start the round.  

You can view a detailed match history over at vlr.gg.