Masters: Reykjavik competition resumes today, but that didn't stop the rest of the world from creating new headlines this past week. Here's what you might have missed.
This week's edition covers news from April 16 - April 22.
- Read more: News Almost Missed April 15
Roster Changes
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NRG Esports
NRG Esports North America Rank #7 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh crashies Austin Roberts Victor Victor Wong Ethan Ethan Arnold have bolstered their coaching staff with former League of Legends coach Anthony "Zikz" Gray and Jay "DeMars DeRover" Li. The former had stints as a coach with 100 Thieves, TSM, and CLG dating back to 2015.
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BASILISK
BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick have added Dwaine "Jangler" Kirkpatrick to their team.
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Ghost Gaming
Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have rounded out their roster with Alex "aproto" Protopapas.
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DarkZero Esports
DarkZero Esports Inactive ScrewFace Kyle Jensen Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson have finalized their roster with Taylor "Drone" Johnson, Anthony "ZexRow" Colandro, Justin "Trick" Sears, and Adam "Ange" Milian.
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Zero MarksMen Black
Zero MarksMen Black Inactive Tim Timothy Braun Blahst Nathan Brand yiinel Elias Soto Nanners Anderson Lutkehus have formed a new roster consisting of Joseph "bjor" Bjorklund, Kevin "mina" Nguyen, Dayton "Lear" Akau, Jonard "Jonaaa6" Penaflor, Antonio "Enjoy" Billen, and coach Derek "sloth" Diaz.
- Rahmin "ShoukR"
Shoukoohi and coach Michael "MaestroMJ3"
Bulostin have been released from
Built By Gamers Academy
Built By Gamers Academy Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli .
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TSM Academy
TSM Academy Inactive have brought in Anthony "venture" Ziade as their fifth player. He comes in to replace Carlo "Dcop" Delsol in the active lineup, who is reportedly joining FUSION
FUSION Latin America North Rank #8 Fresht Juan Pablo Preciado Winter Rei ezznap Faber Murillo RAINMAKER Javier Cruz in the LATAM North scene for the upcoming VCT Stage.
- Two stories from
Case Esports
Case Esports Inactive : The team parted ways with Alberto "neptuNo" González and announced its Game Changers team, Case Hydra
Case Hydra Europe Rank #23 .
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Kamiński has joined
Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius as the team's fifth player.
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DSYRE
DSYRE Europe Rank #3 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki have officially parted ways with Umberto "mass3R" Artuso and Théo "10K" Navaro.
- All members of
Alliance
Alliance Inactive have been made inactive and are in search of new opportunities.
- Four members of
FUT Female
FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk — matrix , Cornelia "Neli" Johansson, Donia "nugget" Khaled, and Ece "Kuripuuya" Selin Balıkdere — have announced that they are in search of new opportunities outside the organization.
- / Evgeniy "Winteryrook"
Lenko and Anis "Kheops"
Mokrani have become the newest members of
Geekay Esports
Geekay Esports MENA Rank #9 .
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Sharks Esports
Sharks Esports Inactive gaabxx Gabriel Carli prozin Wallacy Sales KILLDREAM João Ferreira Addicted Eduardo Torres have benched their entire roster.
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Border Monsters
Border Monsters Inactive Josegxbo Jose Gabriel Quintana Violence Jesus Alexandro Cervantes Hernandez Tiger Anthony Colon pancho Miguel Gomez Ezy HellFull Andres Vallejo natas have said goodbye to coach Juan "Daykiry" Garcia.
- Shoki "Pepper"
Banjo and Seigi "Ask"
Yamamoto have been officially released from
IGZIST
IGZIST Japan Rank #33 RIPablo Shuma Ikeda Yamada oitaN Masayuki Takahashi kobra Ha Su-hyun allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱)
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NORTHEPTION
NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #12 Tempura HaReeee thiefy Masato Tsujita Pepper Shoki Banjo Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) Wolverine Cho Hyun-tae (조현태) have rounded out their roster with Derialy .
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Maru Gaming
Maru Gaming Korea Rank #23 Arduino ANNYEON Ssun Kim Sun-rae (김선래) JaEU pr0xy Lee Do-kyeong (이도경) oonzmlp have welcomed former Team T5
Team T5 Inactive 단하나 kaze ELCbis Jr Redwater877 player Moves to their team. His addition leaves the team with one vacant spot to fill.
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Talon Esports
Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #15 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam Surf Thanachart Rungapajaratkul ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No , a storied esports organization in the APAC region, have announced their six-man roster.
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BLEED
BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #16 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) Retla Jorell Teo Deryeon Derrick Yee crazyguy Ngô Công Anh have announced that Lee "LEXY" Jun Hao Xavier has returned to their active roster.
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Fancy United Esports
Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Kishi Ngô Trường Huy Crus Lư Tiến Huy f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn twilight gin Phan Văn Gin have added Le "Redneval" Quốc Khánh to their team, increasing their roster count to seven. Earlier this week he was released by his previous team, CERBERUS Esports
CERBERUS Esports Inactive viness Nguyễn Trung Tín alyaL Hoàng Đức Hùng ting2k5 Dường Mạnh Thắng .
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True Rippers
True Rippers Asia-Pacific Rank #8 Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo Aryu Philip Vergara d1srupt Nereus Lico GauRanG DEATHMAKER Debanjan Das hellff Sagnik Roy have welcomed DaFi to their team as a coach.
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SCYTES
SCYTES Inactive hoveRR Yaser Akkad Foxy Blitz M7MD Peps Ali Marashi have rounded out their roster with Ali "Peps" Marashi.
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Team Occupy
Team Occupy MENA Rank #16 Black Getoxic tellfeenzo Artem Pashkov swagzor Electus have added former Team Majesty
Team Majesty Inactive wLn Ahmed Shata Anoxai Anton Sobolev Fyco Swayy Alexey Lyapin player Taibi "Lyhnj" Youssef to their team as a coach.
Results & Standings
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Ghost Gaming
Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid had an undefeated run in the April edition of the Knights Circuit Monthly, which ended in a victory over TSM
TSM North America Rank #11 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter POISED Kevin Ngo aproto Alex Protopapas in the grand finals.
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T1
T1 Korea Rank #3 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Sayaplayer Ha Jeong-woo (하정우) Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo Carpe Lee Jae-hyeok (이재혁) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) xccurate Kevin Susanto claimed victory in the NSG Summer Championship Open 2 by defeating Knights Academy
Knights Academy Inactive in the grand finals.
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together we are terrific
together we are terrific Inactive c4Lypso Abdo Agha mummAy Anthony DiPaolo LeviathanAG Aleko Gabuniya PureR Bryce Lovell Andersin Andy Collins won the Toronto Valorant Viper's Pit $10K without dropping a map. Their tournament run culminated in a grand finals victory over VIRTUOSO
VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama .
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XX Chromosome
XX Chromosome Inactive proxima Aslıhan Uslu ness Neslişah Demir Gia Süreyya Bayel Ritha Zeynep Sualp Sephia Reyhan Şimşek finished in first place in the Rebels #1 playoffs without losing a single map. Their run ended in a 3-0 grand finals victory over Papara SuperMassive Female
Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül .
- The closed qualifier of the April edition of the Liga Gamers Club Série A concluded with
Unemployed
Unemployed Inactive francez Felipe Mello swag João Neto fooX rood Rodrigo Gomes forbanz defeating REiGN
REiGN Inactive Siduzord Renan Siduoski Tooug ind1n rajadaJJ Champzera Joaquim Alves in the grand finals. They, alongside puGG
puGG Inactive ind1n Tooug Igaum Higor Barbosa Siduzord Renan Siduoski Celin , Tuzzy E-Sports
Tuzzy E-Sports Inactive lz Luiz Reche Zap Brenno Roberto vhz Vinicius Santana rhz Igor Aran pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros , and ODDIK
ODDIK Inactive , have qualified for the main event.
- In the playoffs of The Esports Club Challenger Series,
Velocity Gaming
Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #18 adrnking Adrian Setiawan Hoax Aman Yadav sayoo Willy Ivandra Venka Venkatesh Sharma Kohliii Pranav Kohli , True Rippers
True Rippers Asia-Pacific Rank #8 Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo Aryu Philip Vergara d1srupt Nereus Lico GauRanG DEATHMAKER Debanjan Das hellff Sagnik Roy , and Reckoning Esports
Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #28 RvK Rishi Vijayakumar DOXZ3R Soumyadeep Dey LBY Eisuke Kuraoka karam1l Norbu Tsering remain in the upper bracket following their wins over Lethal Esports
Lethal Esports Inactive khelthuzad Shahul Hameed LuciA Anil Kumar sh1vy Shivam Ajmani Rossi Kiran Rossi , M42 Esports
M42 Esports Inactive HyPer Shelin Patel V3nom Ankit Panth RiX Aakash More , and Medal Esports
Medal Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #56 Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Kibojn Jayesh Negi Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar vibhoRR Vibhor Vaid psy Simar Sethi respectively. Matches will resume tomorrow, April 23 with Revenant Esports
Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar dos9 Zhumagali Dastan sultan Sultan Akbay skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed taking on Enigma Gaming
Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh .
- The first week of the LPL Summer Cup Legends 2022 group stage saw
BOBO
BOBO Oceania Rank #5 M1kE Michael Smith Exirst Crunchy Ethan Laker Nozz Noah McClafferty Zauqk , KRAKEN ESC
KRAKEN ESC Inactive sungy pyua Kyuu Daniel Seo Art , Bonkers
Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert , and HONEY BADGERS
HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun win their matches against Funcrew
Funcrew Oceania Rank #10 skrawl Justin Lanzon YAKUZA Yifang Yifang Chen MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari , Gungahlin Warriors
Gungahlin Warriors Inactive Moshu raymen Senti3nt Lax Lehgzy , East LA
East LA Inactive AMNESTY Matteo Asido IKANA indie azoh Aidan Harris exempt Carlos Pupo Nation Joshua Penman , and WithYouWithMe
WithYouWithMe Inactive Yuna Martin Nguyen binjo MKII Marsh William Marshall respectively.
- The open qualifier of the second stage of the Oceania Tour has concluded, and
BOBO
BOBO Oceania Rank #5 M1kE Michael Smith Exirst Crunchy Ethan Laker Nozz Noah McClafferty Zauqk , Mindfreak
Mindfreak Inactive tensai Benny Phan soju Jay Jeong Dutti Sudhish Dutt Chax Chax Stipanovic , Catgirls
Catgirls Inactive kyoto Dylan B Autumn Kale Dunne SWERL Ali Kobraee pl1xx Christopher Li LEW Luis Hibbert ninim John Slayo , HONEY BADGERS
HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun , Bonkers
Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert , Iconic
Iconic Inactive Cliqahh punda Lachlan Bamford pan1K Tyson Missak xsus Raymond Wang ESUH Eisah Razi TOUT , and Funcrew
Funcrew Oceania Rank #10 skrawl Justin Lanzon YAKUZA Yifang Yifang Chen MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari have all qualified for the group stage. Group stage competition begins next week, on April 30.
Other News & Rumors
- Jakub "frs" Czapran has reported on a number of moves happening in various VRL teams. The reported moves include
Movistar Riders
Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando looking to round out their roster with Mikołaj "Mickebwoy" Chojnacki and Bence "szimpli" Soós, DSYRE
DSYRE Europe Rank #3 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki adding Alexandr "SimonD4rk" Skovbel and finalizing David "Davidp" Prins, and Arctic
Arctic Inactive bringing on Rui "VTaguT" Ribeiro and Jere "synsi" Virtanen.
- According to a report from Bo Hoogland,
Keyd Stars
Keyd Stars Inactive are in early discussions to sell Olavo "heat" Marcelo later this year. He has not been moved off the active roster for the upcoming VCT qualifiers, however.