After a miraculous reverse sweep in yesterday’s semifinal and almost a year to the day since their failed VALORANT Champions Tour Ascension bid, you’d think the scriptwriters had M80 penned for redemption against 2Game. Unfortunately for the North American roster, it wouldn’t be their day—again.

Brazilian underdogs 2GAME will instead earn the coveted VCT 2025 Americas slot after a narrow 3-2 grand final victory at the Ascension tournament yesterday. M80 was up 2-1 in the final and were one solid Haven away from tasting top-flight VALORANT next season, but the Brazilian squad rallied to take the fourth and fifth map with relative ease, consigning the North American team to another year in the Challenger circuit.