Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #15
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Enzo
Enzo Mestari
Mistic
James Orfila
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
have benched inaugural member Travis "L1NK"
Mendoza; Aurimas "Dreamas"
Zablockis will play in his place for the remainder of Stage 2: Challengers.
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L1NK has been a part of Liquid ever since they were known as
fish123
fish123
Inactive
Kryptix
James Affleck
ScreaM
Adil Benrlitom
L1NK
Travis Mendoza
ec1s
Adam Eccles
soulcas
Dom Sulcas
. Liquid were a powerhouse in the EMEA region, placing fourth at Masters 2: Reykjavik, nearly qualifying for Masters 3: Berlin, and finishing in the top four of Champions 2021 after their defeat to
Acend
Acend
Europe
Rank #11
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
musashi
Alessio Xhaferi
pyrolll
Artur Minin
cullumx
Nikolaj Cullum Andersen
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
, the eventual winners.
After a stellar run in the latter half of 2021, Team Liquid hoped to keep the momentum going for Stage 1: Challengers. L1NK and company finished with a 3-2 record and entered as the third seed from Group A. However, Liquid placed fourth after defeats to
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
Inactive
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
Zyppan
Pontus Eek
ANGE1
Kyrylo Karasov
Shao
Andrey Kiprsky
ardiis
Ardis Svarenieks
and
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
Inactive
.
After FPX were unable to attend Masters 1: Reykjavik, Team Liquid were sent as the EMEA third seed. They made their last-minute inclusion worthwhile, finishing as the top seed from Group B after swiftly defeating
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports
Latin America South
Rank #3
keznit
Angelo Mori
Klaus
Nicolas Ferrari
Shyy
Fabian Usnayo
Melser
Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro
heat
Olavo Marcelo
and
XERXIA Esports
XERXIA Esports
Asia-Pacific
Rank #87
aLerT
Wattanachok Yingnakorn
Potter
Sutthichai Promsrikaew
b3ta
Puwadon Jaisuekul
siraphop
Siraphop Honghirun
. But Team Liquid were stopped in the upper bracket by eventual finalist
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Rank #1
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
Less
Felipe de Loyola
tuyz
Arthur Andrade
cauanzin
Cauan Pereira
, and ultimately placed in the top eight after their loss to eventual bronze medalist
ZETA DIVISION
ZETA DIVISION
Japan
Rank #9
Laz
Ushida Koji
yuran
Yushin Hato
hiroronn
Hiroki Yanai
Dep
Yuma Hashimoto
SugarZ3ro
Shota Watanabe
. After Masters, Liquid made the tough decision to cut head coach Connor "Sliggy"
Blomfield, citing internal differences as the reason for his departure.
Dreamas recently played for
OG LDN UTD
OG LDN UTD
Inactive
, a team which he had been a part of since October 2021. They made their mark on Redbull Homeground, where they finished in the top eight. OGLU were able to qualify in the second closed qualifier of Stage 1: Challengers after defeating
EXCEL
EXCEL
Inactive
Moe40
Muhammad Hariff
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
Foxie
Tyler Lowton
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
. However, Dreamas and his team weren't able to qualify for playoffs, finishing with a 2-3 record. As a result, Dreamas was dropped from OG LDN UTD for ex-
Alliance
Alliance
Inactive
member Tautvydas "hype"
Paldavicius, just before the second stage.
Team Liquid are currently 2-1 in Group B, and are set to battle
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere
Europe
Rank #6
ANGE1
Kyrylo Karasov
Shao
Andrey Kiprsky
Zyppan
Pontus Eek
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
ardiis
Ardis Svarenieks
today.
With the benching of L1NK,
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #15
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Enzo
Enzo Mestari
Mistic
James Orfila
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
are now: