Xi Lai Gaming eliminates Sentinels in Champions teams

The elimination recreation for Group A at Valorant Champions 2025 pitted one of the vital standard groups in Valorant towards the most effective Chinese Ascension crew thus far.

Xi Lai Gaming

Xi Lai Gaming

China
Rank #2

Viva
Lifan Ran (冉立凡)








NoMan
James Man








Rarga
Arthur Churyumov








happywei
Deng Minwei (邓闵维)








coconut
Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖)

defeated

Sentinels

Sentinels

North America
Rank #5

N4RRATE
Marshall Massey








bang
Sean Bezerra








Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro








zekken
Zachary Patrone








johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid

2-1, in a rematch of the higher bracket quarterfinals from Masters Toronto that went the Ascension-winners’ manner this time round.

The first map of the sequence was Abyss, with each groups operating related compositions. The solely change between the 2 was the double-Duelist from XLG, whereas Sentinels as a substitute opted for double-Initiator.

bang
began the sequence robust to safe the primary pistol with a 1v1 win, however

Viva
positioned himself completely to win the bonus simply.

N4RRATE
lurking up mid prompted some points for the XLG protection, however the finish of the half confirmed some constructive indicators from

Rarga
as XLG entered the half solely down 7-5.

Sentinel received the second pistol, however

coconut
and Viva transformed the eco to stop Sentinels from operating away with the map. Some clear XLG post-plants tied the sport 8-8, however Sentinels bought forward and at all times managed to stop XLG from getting to a different tie, and

zekken
ended the map 13-10.

zekken survives and wins Abyss over XLG.

Next up was Lotus, with the groups persevering with to stray in another way from one another compositionally. XLG introduced again its triple-Sentinel composition from VCT China, whereas Sentinels ran a extra commonplace composition with double-Controller. Sentinels continued their pistol win fee, however Rarga on Sage prevented the bonus conversion.

NoMan
was touchdown some nice nets to stop retakes from Sentinels, as they took the lead on assault facet and by no means relinquished. Rarga and

happywei
led the crew to a 9-3 lead on the half.

Sentinels saved up their pistol spherical dominance to begin the comeback on Lotus, and transformed the bonus to make it a actuality. XLG received their first protection spherical on spherical 17 due to coconut, and on the ultimate spherical earlier than time beyond regulation, discovered a C web site retake down 4v5 to win Lotus 13-11 and take the sequence to map three.

XLG shut out Lotus with a C web site retake.

Last up was Haven, with each groups operating the identical composition for the primary time within the sequence. Both had Neon because the solo Duelist, Killjoy because the Sentinel, and double-Controller with Viper and Omen. Rarga instantly stomped over Sentinels’ A web site maintain with a triple kill on low HP, getting XLG their first pistol win. Sentinels had been fast to get three rounds again, however XLG confirmed resilience to struggle again and get a small 7-5 lead on the half.

Sentinels received the second pistol to tie the sequence, however misplaced the bonus to relinquish the lead. Now attacking, Sentinels struggled towards the unlocked Rarga on Neon, whereas each NoMan and happywei additionally racked up double-digit kills in a half to complete Haven 13-8 to win the sequence 2-1.

The finest participant of the sequence was happywei, who stepped up on a distinct agent each map and nonetheless outfragged everybody else within the foyer. He ended the sequence with a 1.34 sequence score, 262 ACS, 63 kills, 81% KAST, and 169 ADR.

With this win, XLG stays alive at Champions 2025, with their subsequent match towards GIANTX to see which crew makes it to the playoff stage. As for Sentinels, their VCT 2025 season ends within the group levels of Champions, unable to win a match and bowing out alongside the 2024 champions in

EDward Gaming

EDward Gaming

China
Rank #3

ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)








no one
Wang Senxu (王森旭)








CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)








Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)








Jieni7
Zhang Juntai (张君泰)

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