On August 17, Beijing time, LEV defeated TH 2-0 in the second round of the Valorant World Championship upper bracket, and LEV advanced to the upper bracket finals.

Photo 1: Mori Winter Harbor

Defender TH: Neon, Hunter, Viper, Qile, Guyco

Attackers: Swift Wind, Qile, Viper, Hunter, Poseidon

After winning the pistol round in the first half, LEV won a three-game winning streak. After TH scored the first point of the first half in the 4th round, he continued to be dominated by LEV, and even if TH used a timeout, it could not stop LEV's attack. In the 9th round, TH returned to defend point A and finally got the second point. THE TH DEFENSE GRADUALLY FOUND ITS RHYTHM, AND TH WENT ON A FOUR-GAME WINNING STREAK IN THE FINAL ROUNDS OF THE FIRST HALF, LEVING 7-5 TH IN THE FIRST HALF.

Entering the second half, the two sides played very anxiously, but TH played a lot more rhythmic on the offensive end, TH tied the score twice in the second half, and successfully won the attack point B in the 17th round, and TH overtook the score and played a timeout for LEV. TH played a wave of four consecutive wins, in the 20th round, TH attacked point A and went down, LEV returned to defend point A, and the endgame was two and one fight, and LEV scored the second point in the second half. LEV chased the points all the way and dragged the game into overtime. In overtime, LEV won 15-13 against Mori Winter Harbor.

Photo 2: Lianhua Ancient City

Defenders: Rez, Zero, Shadow, Black Dream, Iron Arm

Attacker TH: Viper, Rez, Black Dream, Wonder, Shadow

In the first half, TH won the pistol round on the attacking side, and LEV successfully defended TH's attack in rounds 3 and 5 to pull back two points. In the 6th round, TH attacked point A, and TH's supplementary shots coordinated to tear apart Lev's defense. TH went on a four-game winning streak, with the LEV defense dropping points and using the first timeout after losing in round nine. In the 10th round, the LEV return defense point B forced demolition blaster was successfully won. The last two rounds of the first half were won by TH, and the score of the first half was 8-4 LEV.

In the second half, LEV won four in a row on the attacking side to tie the score at 8. TH used a timeout to adjust, but the timeout didn't have any effect, and LEV's offense was overwhelming, and LEV went on a seven-game winning streak. TH used the second timeout to adjust, the timeout had an effect, and in the 20th round, TH returned to defend Zone B, and Boo Black Dream Amplified TH to get the first point of the second half. TH chased two points in a row, and in the 22nd round, LEV attacked C point and successfully got the match point. In the 23rd round, LEV attacked point C Anbao, and LEV successfully won the endgame with three hits and two hits, and LEV won Lianhua Ancient City 13-10.