Vietnamese e-sport fans cheered as V Gaming brought their best game and won the Arena of Valor International Championship 2022 on July 10.

Photo: Kenh14

V Gaming: From Zero to Hero

In previous tournaments, V Gaming was known as an average team. After becoming the runners-up of the AIC 2021, their rank improved and AIC 2022 was considered their big break.

V Gaming's lineup in the grand final includes Nguyen Van Hieu (BirdLB, position: Dark Slayer lane), Nguyen Quang Hai (Quang Hai, position: jungle), Nguyen Quoc Huy (Maris, position: mid lane), Lam Van Hoang (HoàngTĐ, position: Abyssal Dragon lane), Dang Huy Truong (ĐHT, position: mid lane), Nguyen Quoc Han (Han, position: support).

The start of the tournament was not so good for V Gaming. In Group Stage Phase 1, they lost two matches, but still qualified for Phase 2 with only one win.

In Phase 2, they topped Group D and also won their first knockout match with a dominating score of 3-0 against Team Flash.

In their second Knockout stage match, V Gaming showed a spirited performance against Taiwanese team Bikertopia Esports as they won the game with a scoreline of 4-1 and qualified for the Upper Bracket Final.

The Upper Bracket Final did not go as expected for the team, as they lost to ONE Team with a scoreline of 4–1. After dropping into the Lower Bracket, V Gaming again faced Bikertopia Esports in the Lower Bracket Final. This time, they got a hard-fought victory with a scoreline of 4-3 and moved to the Grand Finals.

Photo: V Gaming Faecbook

V Gaming started the finale with a bad loss. They looked good throughout the match, until they made a fatal mistake in the dragon’s cave which wiped out the whole Team. However, V Gaming made an outstanding performance in the following games, won the remaining matches.

Defeating ONE Team (Taiwan, China), V Gaming came up from the losing bracket to became the champion and won $US $700,000 (VND 16 billion). Meanwhile, the runner-up team will be awarded with US $350,000 (about 8 billion VND).

This year's final MVP also belonged to V Gaming's member - Maris. Maris received the prized of US $30,000.

Player Maris shed tears as V Gaming become champion of the AIC 2022. Video: V Gaming Facebook

2022 Calendar to Celebrate "Homeland View from the Sea" Winners Dozen of beautiful photos from the "Homeland View from the Sea" national photo contest will be featured in a 2022 calendar.

Winners of VinFuture’s $4.5m global sci-tech prizes announced ● The VinFuture Prize is aligned with one or more of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is grounded in recognising proven, real-life impact ...

Vietnam Qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup The Vietnam team successfully converted four consecutive spot kicks compared to just one by Myanmar, thus sealing their place in the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian ...