According to Esports Charts, the grand finals reached a peak viewership of 1089,068 people in each language and platform. This surpassed the 1 066,257 high number set by the KRU and Gambit semifinals from the day prior, and narrowly beat the previous high forVALORANT at 1 085 850 peak viewers set during the Masters Reykjavik grand finals between Sentinels and Fnatic. The new record set during the finals of the Champions is an impressive achievement, since a few North American teams were eliminated from the competition days before the final match. and only teams from the EMEA region were still competing on Sunday. In 2021, North American VCT events have consistently been the top of the line in high viewing figures than other regional tournaments. Acends victory over Gambit signaled the end of the inaugural year of the VALORANT Champions Tour, but there are big plans for 2022. On Dec. 10th, Riot officially announced its return to the VCTs, wherein a new format is included: Challengers events, offseason series, country-based leagues, and more Game Changers events. VCT returns in February 2022 with first qualifiers for first series of regional Challenger events. Please follow us on YouTube for more esports news and analysis.