Korea's T1 and regional winners will all break the seal and win the Valorant Masters Bangkok
Mar 04, 2025
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Riot Games said T1, who represented VCT Pacific, won the final winner's place by defeating EMEA winner Tim Vitality, previous year's Champions and CN winner Edward Gaming, and America's No. 1 team, G2 Esports, in the playoffs of the 'Valorant Masters Bangkok' held at UOB Live in Bangkok, Thailand from April 27 to March 2. T1 has topped the international tournament for the first time since joining the Valorant International League as a member of Pacific in 2023.
T1, which advanced to the playoffs with a 2-0 complete victory over South Korea's DRX, the winner of the VCT Pacific Kickoff, in the final match of the Swiss stage, was unfortunately defeated 1-2 in the match against Edward Gaming on February 27. T1, which went down to the lower group, lost the first set to Team Vitality on Feb. 28 after a close game of extra time, but continued its life by winning two or three sets, and on March 1, it reached the final with a 3-1 set score after a sweaty neck-and-neck race against Edward Gaming, who lost in the first round of the playoffs.
The final opponent was powerhouse G2 Esports, which defeated both Team Vitality and Edward Gaming 2-0 in the playoffs. T1 got off to a shaky start with a 5-13 rout in the first set at 'Loters', but caught up with his chosen battlefield, 'Haven', taking it 13-9. T1, who led 11-8 in the `Abyss' but lost five rounds, won 15-13 after two extra games in the fourth set, leading the game to five sets.
In the last five sets in 'Pearl', T1 led 8-4 in the first half, but gave up seven of the eight rounds in the second half, allowing the turnaround and giving up match points first. But with a 10-12 loss, T1 pulled into extra time with a stunning concentration and did not miss the lead by taking the first round first throughout the three extra-time, eventually winning 16-14 to the throne of Masters Bangkok.
As T1 failed to make it to the Champions stage last year, it made a major reshuffle. It recruited Kim Gu-taek, who joined in mid-2024, and Yoo Byung-chul, who worked with him during his DRX years, and added Kim Tae-oh, who has the experience of winning the Masters Shanghai while working for Gen.G in 2024. In addition to this, T1 was evaluated as a dream team by recruiting Ko Young-seop, who is considered the first generation of `Valorant' e-sports. Despite getting a great modifier, T1 failed to cross the DRX wall twice in a row in the VCT Pacific kickoff, unfortunately finishing second.
It was not easy for T1, who participated in the Masters Bangkok as the runner-up in the VCT Pacific Kickoff. He faced an early elimination crisis after being completely defeated by Team Vitality in the first match of the Swiss stage, but survived by beating Trace Esports and DRX. In the first playoff game, he was completely defeated by Edward Gaming, but later reached the top with consecutive defeats of G2 esports following Team Vitality and Edward Gaming. In particular, T1 won the championship by capturing all four playoff games played for four days.
Kim Tae-oh, who won his second consecutive Masters Cup, was named the Masters Bangkok MVP and received the Masters bracelet as an injury. "I'm grateful that I'm in history while playing my favorite game," Kim Tae-oh said. "I won't forget this moment and I'll try to lift more cups in the future."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
