League of Legends events have been developing very actively in Southeast Asia for many years, and many strong teams have emerged. The Vietnam VCS region, which is above the wild card and has the qualification to compete in the global finals, has received many praises. The 2019 MSI Mid-Season Championship Finals and the group stage were held in Vietnam. The host PVB team doubled the later champion G2 team, which once again left a deep impression on people. In the field dominated by the competition zone, the VCS team always made the audience feel bright. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the world in 2020, people's lifestyles have undergone earth-shaking changes. Affected by epidemic prevention policies, the Vietnam VCS division team has missed all international competitions in League of Legends for two consecutive years, which is a considerable loss for the teams in this division and audiences around the world.
2022 MSI midseason championship VCS region finally got the opportunity to participate. Since the Spring Championship GAM needs to participate in the Southeast Asian Games , the MSI qualification was replaced by the runner-up SGB team, but they still lived up to the expectations and broke into the group stage, and finally stopped the confrontation match with 2 wins and 8 losses. People are also more looking forward to the VCS team being able to bring more performance in the global finals at the end of the year. The teams representing the VCS region to compete in the global finals this year are the overlords of the competition region GAM and SGB teams, but this hard-won journey is still full of difficulties, and the two teams have encountered setbacks to varying degrees on visa issues.
As the start of the Global Finals Finals is approaching, the SGB team is still running around to get a visa. According to their official recommendations, the team's jungler Beanj, mid laner Froggy, and bottom lane Shogun are still in visa rejection. At this time, there are only 6 days left before they have the last chance to apply for a visa and rush to Mexico to participate in the finals in time. If the three players still cannot be approved, then the SGB team may barely participate in the competition with the three main players absent, and the overall strength will be greatly reduced.
Riot game has always provided great support to the participating teams in terms of visas when holding international competitions, striving to ensure that all teams can participate in the competition with a complete lineup to ensure the viewing of the competition. The 2021 Global Finals was even more changed from the original plan to Iceland thousands of miles away because the LCS team was unable to obtain a visa. However, due to the influence of Vietnam's domestic policies and the embassy, it is still unknown whether SGB and GAM can participate in the entire competition in the end. Previously, Riot had a precedent for providing temporary loans for teams with incomplete lineups due to force majeure. The PSG team in the PCS region drew loan personnel from other teams twice in the 2021 MSI and 2021 Global Finals. Perhaps this will be the final solution to the issue of Vietnamese team participation.
