VCT EMEA Kickoff is the inaugural tournament of the VCT EMEA League. The 12 teams from the league will face off in a double-bracket tournament. The top 2 teams will qualify for VCT Masters Bangkok. Let’s look at everything that happened during VCT EMEA Kickoff Week 2.

The first match of the week was between Team Liquid and FUT Esports. TL had just come off a win against Moviestar Koi in the event's first round. On the other hand, FUT Esports was one of the four teams that received a bye due to qualifying for VALORANT Champions 2024. FUT Esport defeated Team Liquid in a clean sweep, with the scoreline being 2-0. The player who stole the show was qRaxs, the Turkish initiator for FUT Esports. He ended the game with seven first kills and a KDA of 37/28/15 while playing just Fade and Kay/0. Next, we saw the VALORANT Champions 2024 runner-ups in Team Heretics take on Gentle Mates. This game was all about the return of Miniboo, who ended the game with the most and first kills during the series. Following these two games, we had the lower bracket matches of the league. Karmine Corp faced off against GIANTX. Sadly, purp0 and tomaszy were too much to handle as GIANTX completed the reverse sweep. FNATIC took on NAVI in the second elimination match. FNATIC proved once again the mentality monsters that they are, completing the comeback and knocking out NAVI. The second last match was between Team Liquid and Apeks. This match was a showdown between florescent and Keiko. Keiko ended the game with a K:D of 22 and 50% headshot accuracy while playing Astra and Omen.

On the other hand, florescent ended the game with a KDA of 62/51/14 and 14 first kills. The last game of the week was between Gentle Mates and Moviestar KOI. This series was similar to a seesaw, with both teams winning their map picks. Ultimately, Gentle Mates decimated KOI on the decider map, winning the series 2-1. Here is a list of all matches that are slated to take place during VCT EMEA Kickoff Week 3:
Upper Bracket Semifinals:FUT Esports vs Team VitalityBBL Esports vs Team Heretics
Lower Bracket Matches:Gentle Mates vs FNATICGIANTX vs Team Liquid.
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