Following the final match of the Swiss Stage, Riot Games drew the opening playoff matches for VALORANT Masters Bangkok.
The Swiss Stage is officially over and now we're headed to the Playoffs of VALORANT Masters Bangkok. Four teams remain, one from each International League, hoping to raise the trophy of the year's first Masters event.
Let's take a look at who is left and how they'll match up in the opening round of the playoffs.
All VALORANT Masters Bangkok teams in the Playoff Stage
As previously stated, there are four teams left in the tournament. Each one represents a different region of the game, with EMEA and China qualifying first, followed by the representatives of Pacific and then Americas.
Here's each team and their journey thus far:
- Team Vitality - After reverse sweeping Team Liquid in the Kickoff final of EMEA, VIT drew T1 to start Masters Bangkok. A swift 2:0 victory sent them to the Pacific's other team, DRX. They'd give up a map against them in a very close series, but Team Vitality punched their playoff ticket first.
- Edward Gaming - The reigning world champions lost early on in the CN Kickoff, but fought through the lower bracket to win the whole thing. Slot them into Masters Bangkok where both opening maps they played went to a lengthy overtime. Still, they'd overcome TL and G2 to advance.
- T1 - T1 fell to DRX twice in the Pacific Kickoff to take second place. They then lost to Team Vitality to start Masters Bangkok. Following that, they decimated Trace Esports and got their revenge against DRX finally to be the third team to make the playoffs.
- G2 Esports - The last team to qualify for Masters Bangkok Playoffs is G2, the first seed of Americas. Marked as a favorite to win the entire thing, they took out CN's Trace, but fell hard against world champion EDG. The bounce back against Team Liquid sent them through.
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VALORANT Masters Bangkok playoff draw
After G2 Esports qualified for the VALORANT Masters Bangkok Playoff Stage, the draw for the Upper Semifinals took place. Take a look at Riot Games following the script, as noted by T1's stax in their post-match press conference.
That gave us the Edward Gaming vs. T1 match stax said would happen. And a Team Vitality vs. G2 Esports series that this writing has been hoping for ever since the two teams debuted at their respective Kickoff tournaments.
The playoffs begin for VALORANT Masters Bangkok on February 27, 2025 at 2 a.m. PST. So, stay tuned to esports.gg for more esports news and VALORANT coverage.
