Let's take a look at one of the semifinal matches of the AfreecaTV VALORANT LEAGUE LAN Championship, where such teams as T1 and Paper Rex will play against each other. The loser will leave the tournament, take 3-4th place and earn $10,000 in prize money. The format of the match is bo3. Will the current world vice-champions be able to defeat their opponents? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match are performing this year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
T1 Form
The current playing season of Long Sogpeg for T1 began in January with participation in the Ludwig x Tarik Invitational. The four-team LAN tournament went sadly for xeta and his teammates. T1 lost two matches in a row and left the championship empty-handed. The team's first prize money came at VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where T1 took 17th-32nd place and earned a $5,000 consolation prize. The Korean team's first success came at VCT 2023: Pacific League. The team managed to finish in the top 3 in the regional league, which earned the team $40,000 and a slot at the World Championships. VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo ended with T1 in 9th-10th place in the standings and $25,000 in prize money. Participation in the Valorant World Championship was not as successful for the Koreans as they would have liked. The team failed to get out of the group and took 9-12th place, earning $30,000.
The previous tournament on the professional stage for the T1 team was the TEN Valorant Global Invitational. In the group stage of the tournament, the Koreans first defeated Ledge and EDward Gaming with a score of 9-13 on the Haven map, and then defeated Cloud9 with a score of 13-10 on the Sunset map. The final match of the group T1 played against DRX, who lost to them with the score 7-13 on the map Lotus. The 1-2 statistic put the Korean team into the quarterfinals of the tournament. T1 once again defeated DRX and finished in fourth place, earning a consolation prize of $2,966.16.
Korean team according to the results of the draw of the home tournament AfreecaTV VALORANT LEAGUE went to Group B. Their first opponent was EDward Gaming, which T1 defeated 2-0 (Bind - 14-12, Lotus - 13-6). After that, the Koreans defeated Team Liquid in a full bo3 series (Lotus - 14-16, Breeze - 13-9, Ascent - 13-10). Two wins in a row put the team into the play-offs of the competition.
Recent T1 results stats:
- 2-1 win over Team Liquid
- 2:0 win over EDward Gaming
- 9-13 loss to DRX
- 7-13 defeat of DRX
- 13-10 win over Cloud9
Paper Rex uniforms
Singaporean collective Paper Rex hasn't been very active on the scene since the start of this year, but boasts some decent results. First, f0rsakeN and his teammates took part in VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where they took 17th-32nd place and earned a $5,000 consolation prize. After a lacklustre Long Cognega, the team competed in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Pacific League, a $250,000 championship for teams from the Pacific region. Paper Rex put on a great performance and emerged as champions, making a comeback in the grand finals of the VCT 2023: Pacific League against DRX. The Singaporeans were 0-2 down at first before winning three maps in a row. The win earned Paper Rex slots in VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo and VALORANT Champions 2023, as well as $100,000 in prize money. Third place at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo provided the team with $125,000 in prize money.
Prior to that, the last official tournament for Paper Rex was the VALORANT Champions 2023, the Valorant World Championship. As a result of the draw, Paper Rex were placed in Group A. Their first opponent was KRU Esports. With a 2-0 victory in the opening game, the Singaporean club advanced to the Group A match. Paper Rex defeated EDward Gaming on two maps in a row and secured their place in the final stage of the tournament. The first play-offs opponent for Paper Rex was FUT Esports. F0rsakeN and his teammates won 2-0 (Ascent - 13-10, Pearl - 13-4). In the semifinals of the net winners Paper Rex defeated LOUD in full bo3 series (Lotus - 15-13, Split - 2-13, Pearl - 13-10) and reached the final of the top net of the tournament. Paper Rex defeated Evil Geniuses 2-1 in a tense match (Ascent - 10-13, Bind - 13-9, Pearl - 15-13) to advance to the World Championship Grand Final. But the bo5 match with Evil Geniuses was not successful for Paper Rex. After losing 1-3, the team won the silver medal and was awarded $400,000.
Paper Rex started their performance at AfreecaTV VALORANT LEAGUE in a bad way. The team made it to Group A where they lost to Sentinels 1-2 in their first match. In the elimination game, the Indonesian team defeated FULL SENSE 2-0 (Haven - 18-16, Sunset - 13-6). The deciding match against DRX ended with Paper Rex winning by two maps to a row (Lotus - 13-7, Breeze - 13-6), allowing the Indonesian club to advance to the play-offs stage.
Paper Rex's recent results stats:
- A 2-0 win over DRX
- A 2-0 win over FULL SENSE.
- Defeat Sentinels 1:2
- A 13-5 win over Team Pacific.
- 13-3 win over Roster Hunt
T1 - Paper Rex Match History
Since the beginning of this year the participants of this match have played against each other twice. Both matches took place within the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Pacific League. Paper Rex beat T1 2-0 (Pearl 13-3, Fracture 13-6). In the play-offs of the tournament, Paper Rex again won by two maps (Lotus - 13-10, Fracture - 13-10).
Predicted result of the match T1 - Paper Rex
Paper Rex are successful in this tournament, they beat T1 twice this year and also achieved significant results at the World Championship. Let's bet on the Paper Rex team to win.
