OpTic Gaming reached the final of the VCT 2022 upper bracket: Stage 2 Masters Copenhagen

OpTic Gaming outplayed DRX 2-1 to advance to the upper bracket final of VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen. Here, the North American team will meet with Paper Rex, who outplayed Fnatic a little earlier with a score of 2:0. In turn, the South Korean team fell into the lower bracket of the championship, where they will play with FunPlus Phoenix.

The final semi-final started on the map Fracture, which became the choice of the North American team. However, the audience didn't manage to see the fight, as OpTic Gaming took only one round on defense. After the switchover, the North Americans never managed to wake up, while DRX quickly got the necessary rounds and took the lead in the series - 13:4.

Next, the teams moved to the Breeze map, which turned out to be the DRX's choice. This time the situation changed radically, because now the North American team had the initiative. As a result, OpTic Gaming confidently coped with the difficulties and equalized the score in the series — 13:4.

Everything was decided on the Bind map, where there was a little more struggle. Nevertheless, the North American team managed to withstand the onslaught of DRX, thanks to which they made it to the final of the upper bracket of VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen - 13:11.

Recall that a little earlier, the Paper Rex team defeated Fnatic with a score of 2:0 as part of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen.

VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen takes place July 10-24 in Copenhagen in a mixed format. The first weeks of the championship will be held in a studio format, while the final three days will take place at the Forum venue. As part of the championship, twelve participants from Europe, the Americas, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia compete for a prize pool of $650,000, as well as ranking points needed to qualify for VALORANT Champions 2022.

VALORANT Champions Tour 2022 Intermediate Results: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen

• 1st place: $200,000 + 1000 points
• 2nd place: $120,000 + 750 points
• 3rd place: $85,000 + 500 points
• 4th place: $65,000 + 400 points
• 5th-6th place: $40,000 + 300 points
• 7th-8th place: Guild Esports and XSET — $25,000 + 250 points
• 9th-10th place: Northeption and KRÜ Esports — $15,000 + 200 points
• 11th-12th place: XERXIA and LOUD — $10,000 + 150 points