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G2 Esports Won BLAST Valorant Invitational for €50K: Final Places
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BLAST have expanded beyond CS:GO and hosted their own Valorant Ignition Series event, featuring some of the best teams in the world. Here's everything you need to know about it.
While the Valorant competitive scene is taking shape as organizations around the world create star lineups, tournament organizers are also trying to make progress on their own events.
Now BLAST followed in the footsteps of Flashpoint by going from a typical Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event organizer to adding Valorant to their skill set.
They hosted their own European event with a €50 prize pool as four of the continent's best teams battled it out on Earth the near future to prove that they are the best. Here's what you need to know.
G2 Esports win the tournament
The BLAST Valorant Ignition Series event started on September 11th and ended on September 13th - streamed live every minute on Twitch.
Arguably the best team in the world, G2 proved why they were considered the favorites as they dominated their way to the Grand Finals. But despite FunPlus Phoenix being one of their 2-0 casualties, the team managed to get on G2's nerves.
[#VALUE | Ignition Series]@ G2Esports have done it! They edge out @FPX_Esports 3-2 and are you @BLASTValorant Invitational champs!
— Valorant News (@ValorantUpdates) September 13, 2020
6-peat 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Results & final placements: https://t.co/Wk0MaxkTIf pic.twitter.com/8nJAGgfM8a
The game was incredibly promising and G2 needed huge performances and a traction factor to secure the win. The final map went to 13-11 in favor of G2. Notably, G2's Ardis 'ardiis' Svarenieks became the MVP of the tournament.
The @gillette Tournament MVP: @G2ardiis 🔥
— BLAST VALORANT (@BLASTVALORANT) September 13, 2020
With so many impactful performances he was instrumental in taking home the trophy for @G2esports!
CONGRATULATIONS 🏅#TwitchInvitational #BLASTVALORANT pic.twitter.com/IAF9X031qv
BLAST VALORANT Ignition Series Results
G2 Esports, FunPlus Phoenix, Ninjas in Pajamas and Team Liquid battled it out in the BLAST event.
Here's how all three days of pure Valorant play went.
Below is the full schedule for all three days of matches in the Ignition Series.
Friday, 11 September
| Round | commands | CEST | |||
| Upper bracket semi-finals | G2 Esports 2:0 Ninjas in Pajamas | 3:30 PM | |||
| Fun Plus Phoenix 2-0 Team Liquid | 7:30 PM |
Saturday, 12 September
| Round | Соответствие | CEST | |||
| Lower semi-final | Ninjas in Pajamas 0-2 Team Liquid | 3:30 PM | |||
| Upper Bracket Final | G2 Esports 2 -0 Fun Plus Phoenix | 7:30 PM |
Sunday, 13 September
| Round | Соответствие | CEST | |||
| Lower Bracket Final | Team Liquid 0:2 FunPlus Phoenix | 14:30 | |||
| The final | G2 Esports 3-2 FunPlus Phoenix | 6:30 PM |
BLAST Valorant Ignition Series: Final Placements
Here's how each team finished with their respective prize pools after three days of the top four European squads going head to head.
| Placement | Team | Prize money (EUR) |
| 1-th | G2 Esports | 25 000 euro |
| 2-th | FunPlus Phoenix | 12 500 euro |
| 3-th | Team Liquid | 7500 euro |
| 4-th | Ninjas in Pajamas | 5 000 euro |
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