Edward Gaming, better known as “EDG” has just made history as being the first team representing China to win a VCT international event, Champions 2024. EDG, fighting for over three weeks and six matches at the Champions 2024 alone, only lost 7 of the 21 maps played. With this being China’s first year with a dedicated VCT League (VCT CN), this is nothing less than a statement made that the new region to beat has arrived.
Where It All Began
With Valorant being fully released to the public in June of 2020, it was released in China in July of 2023, a near three-year disadvantage for the newly crowned champions. With the majority of the roster being signed in 2021, EDG did not get to play their first VCT Major Tournament until August of 2022. Despite winning the East Asia Last Chance Qualifier, it did not secure a trophy for the team, rather a guaranteed spot at the Champions 2022. This was a disappointing event for EDG, finishing 13th of the 16 teams.
The Road to Champions
The next two years required a lot of tweaks and refinement, but they were not scared of the long road ahead. With the next VCT event being 6 months later, EDG would end up placing 30th of 32. Only three months later, the Champions China Qualifier Tournament began. Edward Gaming found themselves once again showing what they are capable of, finishing first of the 12 teams from VCT CN and securing a spot at the most craved event of the year, Champions 2023. EDG went on to placing sixth of eight teams at Masters 2023 and sixth again of 16 at Champions 2023, ending there season with little hope for the future.
The Final Stretch
China Kickoff starts the 2024 VCT Season with EDG, once again showing they are the best of the region, finishing first of the 11 Chinese based teams. This first place finish secured a spot for the Masters Madrid 2024 where they, in EDG fashion, finished sixth of the eight teams. Back to the drawing board yet again for the ranked number one team from China, making people question the skill of this upcoming region. Not even a month later, Edward Gaming once again crowned themselves the best of China, winning China Stage 1, and securing their spot at the last Masters 2024 where they finished seventh of 12. Once more EDG went on to finish first at China Stage 2, securing their second seat at a Champions event. A week later, EDG secured their spot in the playoffs after eliminating Pacific’s number one ranked team, Paper Rex.
EDG Makes History
EDG went on to beat China’s second ranked team, America’s third and then first ranked team. Leading to the Grand Finals versus the European based Team Heretics. Team Heretics went through a lower bracket run facing both American teams that EDG sent to the lower bracket. With both teams having the momentum and drive to win Champions 2024 and their first trophy, EDG’s star duelist “ZmjKK” went on to end each map with a positive kill/death ratio, breaking the kill record of any Valorant best of five match, and was awarded the first MVP award in Valorant history. Not only did EDG make history winning China’s first trophy, there is a new record and team to beat. Fans of EDG should be ecstatic of the performance and commitment this team has shown, despite finishing a lot of their international tournaments with low placements, they can now say they are the Valorant World Champions.
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