Which team won Valorant Champions 2022?

LOUD won Valorant Champions 2022. The Brazilian team defeated OpTic Gaming 3–1 in the grand final at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.

The tournament ran from August 31 through September 18, 2022, and served as the second global championship of the Valorant Champions Tour. LOUD entered the event as Brazil’s regional circuit representative and survived a double-elimination playoff bracket. The final was a best-of-five series, unlike most earlier knockout matches, which used best-of-three format.

The result is easy to confuse with the 2022 Masters events. OpTic Gaming defeated LOUD at Masters Reykjavík earlier that year, while FunPlus Phoenix won Masters Copenhagen. Champions was the season-ending world championship, and LOUD reversed its earlier loss to OpTic by winning the decisive Istanbul final. LOUD’s Erick “aspas” Santos was named tournament MVP, while OpTic finished second.