Taking part in with heavy hearts, the FUT Esports VALORANT roster representing Turkey has delivered simply the second victory for his or her area at a world VCT match—and most actually the area’s most dominant win on the VCT LOCK//IN.
The sequence began out with a one-sided blowout on Rex Regum Qeon’s choose of Lotus. Even with two duelists on their assault facet, RRQ regarded uncoordinated and disjointed, and FUT punished them spherical after spherical, taking the map by way of a dominant 13-3 scoreline.
RRQ recovered and didn’t get fully blown out on Pearl, taking a 7-5 lead at halftime after their attacking facet. However their unhealthy habits resurfaced on protection and FUT took benefit, recovering from an 11-7 deficit with a streak of six straight rounds highlighted by opening kills and overwhelming map management. MOJJ punctuated the win with a 4K within the post-plant.
Earlier than the sequence even began, an emotional FUT roster stood collectively on stage for a second of silence to pay respect to these misplaced within the latest earthquakes which have decimated Turkey and different surrounding nations, earlier than delivering an enormous win for his or her area. The victory at this time prompted an enormous celebration from the huge FUT watch occasion.
The final and solely win at a world occasion for a staff that competed in Turkey previous to at this time was SuperMassive Blaze’s group stage victory over Paper Rex at Masters Berlin in 2021. No staff out of Turkey even managed to succeed in a world VCT occasion in 2022, regardless of Champions being hosted in Istanbul. The Turkish groups have been unable to get previous the highest EMEA groups like FPX, Fnatic, and Liquid throughout Challengers play.
Turkey additionally misplaced within the Alpha bracket of this occasion, though BBL Esports did hold their own against a dominant DRX team and even took a map off the eventual semifinalists.
With a win beneath their belts, the FUT roster will now await the winner of 100 Thieves vs. EDward Gaming.
