All eyes might be on the VCT playoffs around the world, but the Valorant world still continued to produce new headlines nonetheless. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from June 11 - June 17.
- Read more: News Almost Missed June 10
Roster Changes
- Daniel "Danimal"
Booth stepped down from the head coaching position at
Soniqs
Soniqs Inactive earlier this week. Just yesterday, he was announced as the new head coach of XSET
XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl , who saw the departure of former head coach Daniel "Ducky" Duong the day prior, on the 15th.
- Acend signed the roster of
UNtapped
UNtapped Inactive mediKa Annika Lambertz Nariel Yaren Cirit Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig Lil Bob as their Game Changers team. The squad will compete in Game Changers EMEA as Acend Rising
Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agéli .
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Rebels Gaming
Rebels Gaming Inactive added former Arroz
Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro member tomaszy to their team.
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Alliance Coven
Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist rounded out their roster with Tina "Joliinaa" Agéli and Ece "Kuripuuya" Selin Balıkdere.
- Caner "CyderX"
Demir recently revealed that he had terminated his contract with
Papara SuperMassive
Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #35 sterben Emre Demirci skylen Asil Yalçın SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan Izzy Baran Yılmaz , and that he is now in search of new opportunities as a free agent.
- // 9z Team signed the roster of
SUBANSE A LA CHAMBETA
SUBANSE A LA CHAMBETA Inactive Nanu micaela Micaela Ferreyra reshi Anqh covas Nathane Queiroz . The squad will compete in Game Changers LATAM as 9z Team GC
9z Team GC Latin America South Rank #14 ponix Isidora Valentina Vásquez Muñoz Adenina Mikaela Univaso babzzz Bárbara Moniz none nicky .
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Ivy
joined
FiRePOWER
FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #10 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela azul Lynn reshi Flossie , increasing the team's player count to six.
- Felipe "skye"
Skye Lim revealed that he has departed
No Namers
No Namers Inactive bryce Bryce Lee shiba Zhan Teng Toh after being with the roster's core since February, when they competed under the Galaxy Esports
Galaxy Esports Inactive banner.
- / Chloe "Chloettw"
Wong departed
Nigma Galaxy Female
Nigma Galaxy Female Inactive and joined Orangutan X
Orangutan X Inactive Japips Erumaa Elmarian Haessel CaspeR Neha Sottany Twirly Sway to round out their roster.
- Kiran "Rossi"
Rossi announced his retirement from competition earlier this week. He was previously a member of
Medal Esports
Medal Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #55 Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Kibojn Jayesh Negi Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar vibhoRR Vibhor Vaid psy Simar Sethi .
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Revenant Esports
Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar dos9 Zhumagali Dastan sultan Sultan Akbay skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed welcomed Shailesh "blackhawk" Dalvi and Kasif "Paradox" Sayyed to their team.
- /
CrYsTaL
revealed that he had benched himself from the active roster of
MLC Esports
MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh .
- / Jalal "kelevra"
Mohammed Ghazi revealed that he had terminated his contract with
NASR Esports
NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin 7ssk7 Artur Kurshin Avez Hazem Khaled xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius . The day after, he announced that he would be pausing his activities as a player and transitioning to a coach/analyst role, and that he would be looking for a new team to join.
- / Mikhail "Willow"
Ryabov announced that he is in search of a new team. He was previously the coach of
Piercer Esports
Piercer Esports Inactive Nartzie Elyes Zoghlami .
- Former
Team RA'AD
Team RA'AD MENA Rank #3 Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby Shniider Yousef Osama chrollo Omar Hussein Depyro Nour Sherif SkaNoodles Yousef Mohamed Yassien Yassien Ahmed player Zyad "zyad" Mohamed announced that he is looking for new opportunities as a free agent.
Results & Standings
- NSG Summer Championship Open 10 winner:
Built By Gamers Academy
Built By Gamers Academy Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli | runner-up: YFP Gaming
YFP Gaming North America Rank #18 jakee Jake Anderson Will William Cheng penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever fiziq Lucas Blow
- Sakura Cup #7 winner:
Native Gaming White
Native Gaming White Inactive scourge Sky Kages Apidaez Shelby Gervais slaze Sophia Ramirez LunaFox Luna Ryan ARIANARCHIST Ariane Lafrenière | runner-up: Misfits Black
Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson
- Jack Link's Wild Side Rumble winner:
Steam Tseal
Steam Tseal Inactive | runner-up:
- NSG Summer Championship Georgetown LAN winner:
TAMU Maroon
TAMU Maroon North America Rank #111 Bing Chilling Anthony Huang NXBLE Joe Maldonado JoBa Joseph Barker austifrosti Nabber Nicholas Barrionuevo | runner-up: we live here btw
we live here btw Inactive
- VRL Spain Playoffs qualified teams:
Arctic
Arctic Inactive , UCAM Esports Club
UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #15 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira azury Luca Sammer Quick Fabián Pereira , Rebels Gaming
Rebels Gaming Inactive , Movistar Riders
Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando , Case Esports
Case Esports Inactive , Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin
- Circuito Tormenta Season 2 playoffs qualified teams:
KPI Gaming
KPI Gaming Europe Rank #13 zeddy Nikolai Lapko B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Insider Artem Puzanov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu Kiles Vlad Shvets , BISONS ECLUB
BISONS ECLUB Inactive krysyS Tomás Molina meisoN Juan Carlos Chacón xikii Victor Garcia , ZETA Gaming
ZETA Gaming Europe Rank #147 Michel Michel del Castillo , Team Galaga
Team Galaga Europe Rank #72 xKyjote Iñaki Cuesta Martinez APEX FacePalm Tereshchenko Artyom mrcarrito Raúl Gala desire Artem Kolisnyk
- Agents Series 2022 Split 1 playoffs winner:
Yutoru
Yutoru Inactive Lando Limp Alessandro Ferri | runner-up: Mkers
Mkers Inactive forgetw0w Ibragim Dalsaev wackie Rikardo Birjukov mass3R Umberto Artuso N A I S Alessandro Montanari caydeN Yari Olmi
- Rebels #3 remaining teams:
FUT Female
FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk , Papara SuperMassive Female
Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül , Sangal Rebels
Sangal Rebels Inactive Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN
- Stage 2 Challengers Brazil playoffs qualified teams:
MIBR
MIBR Brazil Rank #21 mazin Matheus Araújo artzin Arthur Araujo Palla Davi Alcides rich Gabriel Rosa liazzi Felipe Galiazzi , Los Grandes
Los Grandes Inactive prince Lorran S. Ferreira CTC Caio Torres pleets Marcelo Leite , FURIA
FURIA Brazil Rank #6 xand Alexandre Zizi mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt nzr Agustin Ibarra , Keyd Stars
Keyd Stars Inactive , LOUD
LOUD Brazil Rank #1 pANcada Bryan Luna saadhak Matias Delipetro Less Felipe de Loyola tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , Ninjas In Pyjamas
Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive
- / Stage 2 Challengers LATAM Playoffs qualified teams (LATAM South):
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro heat Olavo Marcelo , Leviatán
Leviatán Latin America South Rank #1 tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena Mazino Roberto Rivas aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee
- Game Changers LATAM North Open 3 remaining teams:
FiRePOWER
FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #10 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela azul Lynn reshi Flossie , Skull Cracker Quartz
Skull Cracker Quartz Inactive Lied Andrehs Rage Eliana Avila , Akave Esports GC
Akave Esports GC Latin America North Rank #9 mmonch JuW Ivy Andrehs LiNLiN Heather Aileen Aguilar Sam , Deportivo Cali Esports
Deportivo Cali Esports Inactive Kikirucha pulpony s4int Buñuelita
- Stage 2 Challengers Korea playoffs qualified teams:
World Game Star
World Game Star Korea Rank #25 Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) YUNSEUNG Xander apeX , Maru Gaming
Maru Gaming Korea Rank #21 Arduino ANNYEON Ssun Kim Sun-rae (김선래) JaEU pr0xy Lee Do-kyeong (이도경) oonzmlp , DAMWON Gaming
DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) , SPEAR GAMING
SPEAR GAMING Inactive , DRX
DRX Korea Rank #2 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) , Incheon On Sla2ers
Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #16 Gravity wezzy VaNish froz XirZz
- Stage 2 Challengers Japan playoffs remaining teams:
NORTHEPTION
NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #17 HaReeee thiefy Masato Tsujita Pepper Shoki Banjo Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) , ZETA DIVISION
ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #10 Laz Ushida Koji yuran Yushin Hato hiroronn Hiroki Yanai Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe , Crazy Raccoon
Crazy Raccoon Inactive
- Pizza Hut Champions Cup remaining teams:
Team Falcons
Team Falcons MENA Rank #1 Sand Mark Emad stand-in Akai SpYzera Abed Doughan Moh Mohammad Bin Oti KHaaLiD Khalid Al Talib , Team Rapid
Team Rapid Inactive , vSlash Esports
vSlash Esports Inactive Ebeeee DVDOV Abdulrahman Alawadhi Carlito vAgue Saif Al Ameri , YaLLa Esports
YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan
Other News & Rumors
- According to a report from Dot Esports reporter George Geddes, CLG are looking to field a male roster in the upcoming months. They have also reportedly applied for partnership in the franchised league, coming in 2023. The organization currently fields a North American Game Changers team in Valorant.
- A recent report from 1pv reporter neL has revealed that G2 Esports are looking to leave the European Valorant scene and join the fray in North America. This news comes after the organization applied for spots in the 2023 franchised league in both North America and Europe, with the team likely to remain in Europe should they be rejected from the North American league. Should G2 be confirmed for the North American league, they would have to drop a majority of their current squad, as a maximum of two players from outside the region will be allowed on a roster.
- ZETA Division have announced that they are looking to field a Japanese Game Changers roster for Game Changers APAC.