August 15, 2025 | 10:56am
MANILA, Philippines — Paper Rex has secured a ticket to Tokyo, the venue for the ultimate two days of Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Pacific Stage 2 in addition to the upcoming Valorant Champions in Paris — the culminating occasion of the Valorant Champions Tour.
Having dominated the Masters Toronto final June, Paper Rex soared to the leaderboard in championship factors amongst VCT Pacific Groups to ensure itself a spot in Valorant Champions Paris.
The qualification comes after Paper Rex swept Masters Bangkok winner T1, 2-0, within the higher bracket semifinals of the VCT Pacific Stage 2 playoffs.
T1’s map decide of Sundown noticed each groups commerce leads. However finally, the Paper Rex specific took a cushty result in take the opening map, 13-8.
In Paper Rex’s decide of Bind, the Masters Toronto winner was on level in its defensive aspect, mounting a 8-4 lead, not giving the South Korean squad any leeway to make errors. Paper Rex continued its domination, ending the map at 13-6 to punch a ticket to each Tokyo and Paris.
“I feel crucial factor is we’ve got extra time to work on visas, work on our sport, so I am actually happy that we managed to [qualify early]. We now have [the] time.” shared Paper Rex’ coach Alexandre “alecks” Sallé.
With Paper Rex’ qualification, Patrick “PatMen” Mendoza grew to become the sixth Filipino to achieve the Valorant Champions, the final being Crew Secret, whose all-Filipino staff certified for Valorant Champions Berlin again in 2021.
With a qualification berth secured, Paper Rex is now centered on profitable VCT Pacific Stage 2 by first taking down fellow Southeast Asian group, Talon, within the higher bracket finals on August 17 at 4 p.m. (Manila time).