The best Valorant teams in the world are ready to compete in VCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin. Prior to the start of the tournament, Riot Games gathered most of the competitors for a pre-Masters press conference.
Each player representative was asked which team they thought would advance from their own groups and make it to the VCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin Playoffs.
Aside from choosing their own teams, they shared their predictions on who else would move forward.
VCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin Group Stage
| GROUP A |
| Vision Strikers |
| Paper Rex |
| SuperMassive Blaze |
| Acend |
| GROUP B |
| Vivo Keyd |
| Team Envy |
| KRÜ Esports |
| Zeta Division |
| GROUP C |
| Gambit Esports |
| Crazy Raccoon |
| 100 Thieves |
| Havan Liberty |
| GROUP D |
| Sentinels |
| G2 Esports |
| F4Q |
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VCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin Group Stage format
The tournament’s group stage format has all 15 teams split into 4 different groups of four, playing in a double-elimination format, except for Group D which has only three teams playing in a double round-robin.
All matches are best-of-three, with the top two teams advancing to the Playoffs.
Valorant pro player Group Stage predictions
(Update: Bren Esports will not attend Masters Berlin)
| VALORANT PRO PLAYER | PREDICTION OF TEAMS THAT WILL ADVANCE TO THE PLAYOFFS |
| Sentinels’ Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan | G2 Esports |
| G2 Esports’ Oscar “mixwell” Cañellas Colocho | Sentinels |
| Acend Club’s Patryk “starxo” Kopczyński | SuperMassive Blaze |
| Gambit Esports’ Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin | 100 Thieves |
| SuperMassive Blaze’s Eren “Brave” Kasırga | Acend |
| Paper Rex’s Benedict “Benkai” Tan | Vision Strikers |
| Vision Strikers’ Kim “Lakia” Jong-min | Acend |
| F4Q’s Yoo “fiveK” Sung-min | Sentinels |
| KRÜ Esports’ Roberto “Mazino” Bugueño | Team Envy |
| 100 Thieves’ Joshua “Steel” Nissan | Gambit Esports |
| Vivo Keyd’s Olavo “heat” Marcelo | Team Envy or KRÜ Esports |
| Team Envy’s Victor “Victor” Wong | Vivo Keyd |
Havan Liberty, Zeta Division, and Crazy Raccoon were no present at the pre-tournament press conference.
Masters Berlin begins on September 10 with an opening match between SuperMassive Blaze and Acend at 9:00 p.m. GMT+8. Fans can watch the action live on Valorant’s official Twitch and YouTube channel.
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