China’s international VALORANT debut attracts largest opening match viewership at a VCT event

Both excitement and expectations were high for the international VALORANT debut of EDward Gaming and the region of China, and the opening match at Champions 2022 between EDG and Paper Rex today delivered plenty of thrills and views.

Before the conclusion of map one, which also saw the competitive debut of the map Pearl, the match reached a peak viewership of at least 760,000 viewers, according to Esports Charts. This figure is easily the highest viewership figure for the opening match of any international VCT event yet. During map two, it reached over 786,000 viewers, surpassing the grand finals of VCT Masters Copenhagen.