Heroic top Valve's Regional Standings for Europe

Valve has updated its team ranking, which was presented at the end of December and will be used to determine which teams will be handed invites in the Major-qualifying cycle. The ranking is separated into three regions – Europe, America, and Asia.

Heroic found themselves as the new leaders of the European region. Together with Outsiders and FaZe, the Danish giant moved up one position, thus ousting G2 from the first spot by three places.

Another notable change in Europe is the regress of NAVI and Cloud9, who dropped two and three spots, respectively.

The Europe ranking's top 15 is as follows (full ranking):

  1.  Heroic – 1,955 очка (+1 spot)
  2.  Outsiders – 1,939 (+1)
  3.  FaZe – 1,937 (+1)
  4.  G2 – 1,935 (-3)
  5.  fnatic – 1,796 (+2)
  6.  Vitality – 1,768
  7.  NAVI – 1,760 (-2)
  8.  MOUZ – 1,756
  9.  Team Spirit – 1,731
  10.  OG – 1,720
  11.  ENCE – 1,706 (+1)
  12.  Copenhagen Flames – 1,695 (+1)
  13.  Astralis – 1,666 (+1)
  14.  Cloud9 – 1,663 (-3)
  15.  BIG – 1,653 (+1)

Meanwhile, in the American ranking, the position of the top five teams has not changed a bit. Separately, it is worth noting the significant progress of Strife, who gained seven spots and now hold 13th place.

The Americas ranking's top 15 is as follows (full ranking):

  1.  Liquid – 1,915
  2.  FURIA – 1,682
  3.  Complexity – 1,584
  4.  paiN – 1,550
  5.  Fluxo – 1,470
  6.  ATK – 1,467 (+1)
  7.  MIBR – 1,466 (+1)
  8.  EG Black – 1,398 (-2)
  9.  Nouns – 1,392
  10.  TeamOne – 1,387
  11.  9z – 1,352
  12.  00NATION – 1,313
  13.  Strife – 1,309 (+7)
  14.  Evil Geniuses – 1,296 (-1)
  15.  ARCTIC – 1,293

In Asia, Lynn Vision still headline the list. The Chinese team is now ahead of the Mongols from IHC by 76 points. No significant changes took place in the region.

The Asia ranking's top 15 is as follows (full ranking):

  1.  Lynn Vision – 1,386
  2.  IHC – 1,310
  3.  Rare Atom – 1,292 (+1)
  4.  Grayhound – 1,255 (-1)
  5.  NKT – 1,074 (+2)
  6.  VERTEX – 1,054 (-1)
  7.  TYLOO – 1,052 (-1)
  8.  Wings Up – 1,048
  9.  Rooster – 1,027
  10.  ARAVT – 992 (+1)
  11.  Nixuh – 950 (+2)
  12.  Encore – 947
  13.  Bravado – 895 (+1)
  14.  ex-Encore – 884 (+1)
  15.  Lord Rabbit – 829 (+2)

Valve's ranking is based on three factors: a team's prize money earned; their beaten opponents' prize money earned and the number of teams beaten; head-to-head results. Shortly, the company will reveal the exact formula for determining a team's position on the ranking.

Origin: github.com