Workforce Liquid has turn out to be VCT EMEA Stage 2 champion with a dominant 3-0 victory over GIANTX in yesterday’s Grand Last.
The group has secured the lion’s share of the occasion’s $250,000 (~£185,000) prize pool in addition to the area’s first seed for the VALORANT Champions 2025 Group Stage.
VCT EMEA Stage 2 was the third and last regional competitors within the 2025 VALORANT esports calendar. From July sixteenth till August thirty first, 12 groups battled via a single round-robin Group Stage and a double-elimination Playoffs bracket.
All year long, Workforce Liquid has been among the many top-performing groups of its area. The squad certified for Masters Bangkok and Masters Toronto by securing second place at VCT EMEA Kickoff and third throughout EMEA Stage 1, respectively.
Nevertheless, Workforce Liquid couldn’t advance out of the Group Stage at both of the Masters tournaments.
Workforce Liquid Completes Dominant VCT EMEA Stage Run
Forward of Stage 2, the roster changed Maikls ‘SerialKiller’ Ždanovs with former Workforce Vitality participant Nikita ‘trexx’ Cherednichenko.
This transfer proved profitable, as Workforce Liquid accomplished the Stage 2 Group Stage as the primary seed of Group Omega, shedding solely one in all its 5 Group Stage matches to Karmine Corp. Furthermore, the squad certified for VALORANT Champions early, due to its regional VCT Factors standing.
Workforce Liquid’s dominance continued throughout the playoffs. The group despatched each GIANTX (2-1) and BBL Esports (2-1) to the decrease bracket earlier than re-encountering GIANTX in yesterday’s Grand Last.
Having earned a double map ban veto benefit, Liquid made positive to conclude this 12 months’s VCT EMEA season with a formidable 3-0 sweep. Regardless of GIANTX preventing again valiantly, Bind (13-10), Lotus (13-9), and at last Sundown (13-10) led to Workforce Liquid’s favour.
The roster’s in-game chief (IGL), Ayaz ‘nAts’ Akhmetshin, was topped Grand Finals MVP, delivering 60 kills all through the sequence and a 251 common fight rating (ACS).
With the Stage 2 trophy claimed, Workforce Liquid is subsequent seeking to make an impression at VALORANT Champions in Paris.
The season-ending worldwide VALORANT match will happen from September ninth till October fifth and affords a whopping $2.25m (~£1.66m) prize pool.
Workforce Liquid’s first opponent within the Champions Group Stage would be the VCT Pacific fourth seed, DRX.
