The " 2022 VALORANT Game Changers Championship ( VCT Game Changers Championship)" was held in Berlin, Germany, from November 15 (Tuesday) to November 21 (Monday), 2022 (Japan time), to determine the first female world champion of VALORANT. Changers Championship)" held in Berlin, Germany.FENNEL HOTELAVA, the women's division of the professional e-sports team "FENNEL" operated by Fennel Corporation, participated as the Japanese team representing East Asia, and finished in the top 8. According to Esports Charts, which provides data on the distribution of e-sports events, the highest number of simultaneous viewers for the Brazilian team "Team Liquid" was 153,267, which shows how much attention VALORANT has received in Japan.
Played against strong teams from the first round. Ended up in the top 8
The VCT Game Changers Championship is an e-sports competition in which all eight teams that win the regional qualifiers in North America, Brazil, EMEA, APAC, Latin America, and East Asia compete for the title of VALORANT's first female world champion.
This was the first world tournament exclusively for women, and as it was the world's largest official tournament, it attracted a great deal of attention from all over the world.
FENNEL HOTELAVA's first appearance in the world tournament was against " Team Liquid," a strong Brazilian team that has won all the "Game Changers Brazil" tournaments.
FENNEL HOTELAVA won one map on the second map, but lost 1-2.
In the Losers Bracket, where a loss means elimination, they faced the EMEA team " GUILD X " and lost 0-2, despite a super play by KOHAL. The first female competitor in the world was defeated in the last 8 rounds.
"FENNEL HOTELAVA" reflected on a successful World Tournament, including the one-map victory against a strong opponent with several years of experience and the experience of playing in an offline spectator tournament.
Next season, he will not only aim to win again as the East Asian champion, but will also work to make the new culture of VCT Game Changers an even bigger success.