Shopify Rebellion Gold makes their third VALORANT Game Changers Championship grand final as they beat MIBR in the GCC 2025 lower bracket final.
Back-to-back champions Shopify Rebellion Gold get a shot at a three-peat as they survive elimination against MIBR GC, 3-1. With this win, they book a rematch against Team Liquid in the grand final of VALORANT Game Changers Championship 2025.
Previous memories for MIBR, eagerness for meL
This loss puts MIBR at a 3rd place exit. In last year's Game Changers Championship, they also fell to SR, albeit in the grand final. "I think that last year, we couldn't enter the game - we didn't do anything, we just died," Camila "sayuri" Obam recalled. "[This time] was different: we played our game but... we lost, you know? At least we weren't afraid, we could take our mouse and play."
"I think since I got here in Korea, since the first day, every memory that I created was special to me. This event was special to me. One of the most precious things to me is being able to play in a championship and stage like this," Giulia "lissA" Lissa said.
I think there's a lot of passion in this grand final. Losing to Team Liquid unlocked a level of passion I didn't even know I had left in me. We've all been trying very hard for this event [and] the whole year leading up to [GCC 2025]," said Melanie "meL" Capone.
"When we lost [against TL], at first it hurt, it stung, and then I was like, 'nah, we need to get back there. We need to win [against MIBR]. We just need to play VALORANT again.' [Team Liquid] is a great team, they're a great opponent, they're fun to play [against], I just want to play some good VALORANT [with] them again," she added.
SRG take down MIBR, again
This is not the first time Shopify Rebellion Gold has stood in the path of MIBR GC at this event. The two teams first clashed in the upper bracket quarterfinals. This resulted in a sweeping 2-0 victory for SRG. That involved a 13-1 map.
This time, though, SRG had to exert more effort to wrestle the win from MIBR.
The first map looked like it was going to MIBR, but SRG took the win away with six consecutive rounds to end the map 13-11.
Next map, MIBR closed out the first half 9-3, and it was simple for them to close it out, 13-6.
The third map, Corrode, was dictated by momentum and streaks. First, MIBR opened with a six-round win streak, which was followed by eight from SRG. MIBR broke this streak with a win in round 15, but SRG swung back with five more rounds, closing the game and placing themselves at match point.
Map 4, Abyss, was quickly taken over by SRG in the beginning half. They closed it out 8-4, and they were poised to win shortly after. MIBR fought back briefly but were unable to stop SRG from
