June is gone, and July is here. Nonetheless, the Valorant world continued to produce new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from July 25 - July 1.
- Read more: News Almost Missed July 24
Roster Changes
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TSM Academy
TSM Academy North America Rank #20 sym Tyler Porter Harmful Mohammed Choudhary ZK Timothy Ly venture Anthony Ziade Rebo Christopher Heindel introduced Christopher "Rebo" Heindel as the newest member of their team. The squad is still one player short of a full five-man roster.
- Sky "scourge"
Kages recently became the newest official member of
Native Gaming White
Native Gaming White Inactive scourge Sky Kages Apidaez Shelby Gervais slaze Sophia Ramirez LunaFox Luna Ryan ARIANARCHIST Ariane Lafrenière .
- Jack "Add3r"
Hayashi revealed that he had been released from
Knights Academy
Knights Academy North America Rank #51 RaM Ram Del Prado Frosty Ashton Rakoske PureVNS Vincent Nguyen riku Chris Piasecki and is in search of new opportunities as an unrestricted free agent.
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Complexity GX3
Complexity GX3 North America Rank #0 panini Vannesa Emory clawdia Claudia Che refinnej Jennifer Le L4CE Lacey Dilworth Maddie Madison Mann moved Annie "Aniemal" Lee and Alice "alimonstr" Lew off the team's active roster, with the former moving to a content creator position with the team, and the latter moving to a management role. To fill in their vacancies, the team added Claudia "clawdia" Che and Vannesa "panini" Emory to round out their roster.
- Samir "syfi"
Karimov announced that he is in search of a new team. His departure from
Cosmic Divide
Cosmic Divide North America Rank #28 nerve Michael Yerrow icy Jacob Lange ChurmZ Corey Koch mina Kevin Nguyen Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak leave the squad with four active members.
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CLG Red
CLG Red North America Rank #97 itnothan Han Nguyen amnesia Anyssa Rios rise Melanie Tetreault ciao Ciao Li kellysama Kelly Luong revealed their all-new roster, featuring new members Ciao "ciao" Li and Kelly "kellysama" Luong.
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Zero MarksMen Black
Zero MarksMen Black North America Rank #55 syfi Samir Karimov bjor Joseph Bjorklund pho Mike Panza Critical Tristan Trinacty b0i Aaron Thao acquired the core of Pho Lovers
Pho Lovers Inactive and Tristan "Critical" Trinacty, who recently played with YFP Gaming
YFP Gaming North America Rank #30 ALEKSANDAR Aleksandar Hinojosa instinct Mike McGinniss w0rldw1de Matthew Mannine kirei Peter Dang Agility Noah Drake . The announcement also means that Jonard "Jonaaa6" Penaflor, Kevin "mina" Nguyen, Dayton "Lear" Akau, Antonio "Enjoy" Billen, and coach Derek "sloth" Diaz have departed the organization and entered free agency.
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Misfits Black
Misfits Black North America Rank # florescent Ava Eugene kxtieoh Zoe Zoe Servais korosu stand-in Slandy Presley Anderson Vernina Vernina Gozum unveiled their new roster, featuring new additions Zoe "Zoe" Servais, kxtieoh , florescent , and coach Gregory "Grego" McAllen. However, florescent is still not eligible to play in Game Changers, so the team also announced that korosu would be filling in until Game Changers Series III North America. The announcement also marks the end of Madelynn "Mady" Saye and Chloe "chloe" Wong's time with the organization.
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Arctic
Arctic Inactive parted ways with Rui "VTaguT" Ribeiro, Jere "synsi" Virtanen, and Norbert "Dext" Paulovčák.
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OG LDN UTD
OG LDN UTD Europe Rank # Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius feqew Lukas Petrauskas Destrian Tomas Linikas MOLSI Michał Łącki hype Tautvydas Paldavicius head coach Tommaso "joYnt" Gavioli was released from the organization. His departure leaves Tyler "Bambino" Jay as the team's only remaining coach.
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who cars?
who cars? Europe Rank # Masked Mikkel Fuglsang Davud David Alexander Vig mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl AKIMB0 Benjamin Kronborg sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen added Simon "Falkun" Jakobsen to their team as a coach. His addition shifts NFist 's role in the team back to an analyst position.
- / Emil "Remoy"
Schlichter recently revealed that he had been released from
HEET
HEET Europe Rank #27 Kinguyen Nguyen Thach Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki and is looking for a new team to compete with.
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Into The Breach Prime
Into The Breach Prime Europe Rank # Puffy Kaitlyn Naughton kyo Tinylady Hosana Kmiecik nugget Donia Khaled reinforced their roster with Kaitlyn "Puffy" Naughton and coach Soufiane "MaskiHooks" Maski.
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TENSTAR Nova
TENSTAR Nova Europe Rank #0 Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir sia Siana Yoldez Matri Nelo Mathilde Beltoise parted ways with Nouhara "Ninou" Marcos and rounded out their roster with Siana "sia" Yoldez Matri and Sophia "Kim" Benfakir.
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Anorthosis Famagusta Esports
Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Europe Rank #194 KhA George Kostalas TheoW Theodoros Kasiolas eXampL Stavros Zazanis bzt Renátó Bárányos coach Mo "Sgt Leo" Samir announced that he had mutually parted ways with the roster, and that he is in search of a new team.
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Entropiq
Entropiq Europe Rank #0 marteen Pjotr Petr Janiš ROUSIK Daniel Rous SH0UTy Michal Glacner Hasaa Radim Haša parted ways with their roster.
- / Daniela "Jupi"
Gradl announced that after being inactive from competition for a short while, she is ready to explore new options in professional play. Her official exit from
Rix.GG Lightning
Rix.GG Lightning Europe Rank #243 Raina Nelly Sosobrado Padge Paige Thomas Ninou Nouhara Marcos LiriLia Asma Boughida OYKU leaves the team with three active players.
- After competing with the team as an unofficial player since late March, Lara "Larischz"
Gilardoni officially became a member of
Stars Horizon Venus
Stars Horizon Venus Inactive Larischz Lara Gilardoni Mel Melissa Souza isa1 Isabele Glym sayuri Camila Obam mittens Diana Trevisan .
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Stars Horizon
Stars Horizon Brazil Rank # Maverick Henrique Tozatto flainzz Felipe Saldanha NANZIN Renan Echternacht artzin Arthur Araujo head coach Lucas "Kamino" Kamino joined Team Liquid Brazil
Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank # daiki Natalia Vilela nat1 Natalia Meneses naxy Ana Beatriz bstrdd Paula Naguil drn Paola Caroline as the team's analyst.
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Skull Cracker Fem
Skull Cracker Fem Latin America Rank # GuterWoman Kyarix Lied Tura Buffala Rage player "laskat" announced that she was stepping down from the team and retiring from competition.
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Leviatán
Leviatán Latin America South Rank #18 Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro adverso Benjamín Poblete kiNgg Francisco Aravena Shyy Fabian Usnayo substitute player Matías "vaiZ" Barría revealed that he is in search of new opportunities as a free agent.
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DetonatioN Gaming White
DetonatioN Gaming White Japan Rank #0 HSK Kim Hae-seong Pepper Shoki Banjo barce Takebayashi Ryo Suggest Seo Jae-young (서재영) SSeeS Tomonori Okimura Melofovia Hirotaka Okazaki parted ways with Killer .
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NORTHEPTION
NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #8 Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) JoXJo Cho Byung-yeon (조병연) BlackWiz Kohei Mikami xnfri Tomoki Mariya Derialy Daichi Doi officially bid farewell to Xandrite .
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BLEED
BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #10 bid farewell to Lee "LEXY" Jun Hao Xavier and coach Aaron "Eno" Cheah. In light of the announcement, manager Charnjit "s3rius" Singh Mudhar revealed that he was going to fill in as assistant coach for the team.
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Sharper Esport
Sharper Esport Asia-Pacific Rank #21 niffy Patcharapon Junman jazper Acetics Teerapat Jinyong newgen Thanadol Kitautcharanukul Changee Nong Chang said goodbye to Puwadon "b3ta" Jaisuekul, who left the team to join Made in Thailand
Made in Thailand Asia-Pacific Rank #0 Kadoom wannafly Jirayu Meesuk AloNeFillz Palapoom Thaikum kongared Nantapol Boonying b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul . In b3ta's place, the team added former Sainuahualouis
Sainuahualouis Asia-Pacific Rank # Leviathan GUrepeek CHADO Flashii Bruno player jazper to their roster as their fifth.
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Fancy United Esports
Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #34 Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Suka Nguyễn Văn Tiến n1zzy Nguyễn Tấn Thành f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn increased their player count to eight following the addition of former CERBERUS Esports
CERBERUS Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #42 Akashi Châu Hoàn Thiện Nhân Lok1 Nguyễn Trung Tín Kishi Ngô Trường Huy Layla Hoàng Đức Hùng tinggg2k5 Dường Mạnh Thắng player Nguyễn "Suka" Văn Tiến.
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REIGN
REIGN Oceania Rank # MaiShiu Matthew Wu jtxue Jesse Tang punda Lachlan Bamford xsus Raymond Wang Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson revealed their new roster, featuring new members Jackson "Minimise" White, Raymond "xsus" Wang, and coach Ayesha "Mythica" Samman. This announcement also marks the end of ESUH , Tyson "pan1K" Missak, and Jurkey64 's time with the team.
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MLC Esports
MLC Esports MENA Rank # MenT ACHRF Adjabi Cheraf zMART Amokrane Ahmed N1suh Lemignon welcomed back Jalal "kelevra" Mohammed Ghazi to their team as a coach, and rounded out their roster with MenT .
Results & Standings
- NSG Summer Championship Bakersfield LAN winner:
Resonate
Resonate Inactive contii Norman Yeung Cain Nathan Lee fletcher Fletcher Christian Playboi Joe Joe Velis Nahsie Eishan Jaffer | runner-up: LEET SQUAD LANNERS
LEET SQUAD LANNERS Inactive
- Knights Circuit Championship winner:
DarkZero Esports
DarkZero Esports Inactive ScrewFace Kyle Jensen Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson | runner-up: together we are terrific
together we are terrific Inactive c4Lypso Abdo Agha mummAy Anthony DiPaolo Aleko Aleko Gabuniya PureR Bryce Lovell Andersin Andy Collins
- / NorQuest Esports Series Grand Finale winner:
H34DHUNT3RZ
H34DHUNT3RZ North America Rank # sacred Tanay Dammoju Sugarfree Kamden Hijada GLYPH Conner Garcia | runner-up: Teal Seam
Teal Seam North America Rank #29 renz Austin Dickman furbsa Hunter Mcmillan Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor d1msumboi Erik Almhjell Cade3k Cade Warren
- Campeonato de Elite Stage 1 playoffs remaining teams:
Arroz
Arroz Europe Rank # rlz Miguel Martins Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado , RESET
RESET Europe Rank # Akira Rui Barbosa k0mpa Carlos Nunes furyan Afonso de Sousa nasK Diogo Barros silenttt Nuno Rodrigues , Heracles Gaming
Heracles Gaming Europe Rank # sw Diogo Lopes LionClaw Tiago Moreira SHADOWMIGLITO Nuno Pereira Dizayn Ozan Yagiz Motaa Rodrigo Mota az Miguel Tavares
- French Regional League playoffs remaining teams:
Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #13 BONECOLD Santeri Sassi nataNk Nathan Bocqueho baddyG Kamil Graniczka H1ber Joona Parviainen ceNder Jokūbas Labutis , Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp Europe Rank # Amilwa Amine Saidi TakaS Jonathan Paupard mikee Michael Lim SHIN Ryad Ensaad Newzera Alexis Humbert , MAD Lions
MAD Lions Europe Rank # xms Alexandre Forté Br0die Jack Emmott doma Domagoj Fancev KRAY Calum Knight Polvi Niko Polvinen
- East Regional League Stage 2 monthly cup #2 winner:
Finest Overwolf Origin
Finest Overwolf Origin Europe Rank # doNinja Shay Mandil dips1 David Artenyan xivi Yarin Gartzi Anq Ilya Matyash | runner-up: Rapid Ninjas
Rapid Ninjas Europe Rank # ikke Martin Erdei arbie Kornel Holecz hussaR Bence Huszár Kwixy Patrik Liesinger Chadi Farsang Balázs
- LEAGUES.GG BEACON Split #1 playoffs winner:
unsigned
unsigned Europe Rank # canefis James Barry siJk Arseniy Nikolaev eleo Leonard Kulish Louitan Louis Beresford pat Patryk Chrzan | runner-up: OnlyFins
OnlyFins Europe Rank # rEplan Ville Ijäs mwc Mark Salur nixoon Niko Pasonen Vuubit Roope Eilola Limpe Linus Räty
- Turkish Regional League Stage 2 playoffs remaining teams:
FUT Esports
FUT Esports Europe Rank #18 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen Muj Serhat Yüksel MOJJ Buğra Kiraz qRaxs Doğukan Balaban qw1 Konuralp Şahin , Fire Flux Esports
Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #41 sociablEE Volkan Yonal sterben Emre Demirci
- Ultimasters AOC #3 main event winner:
DELIRA
DELIRA Brazil Rank # sw Jadisson Rayan MATTyx Matheus Almice Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo Vengeance Diego Luksys duhT Eduardo Teixeira / DIRETORIA
DIRETORIA Inactive GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira havoc Ilan Eloy pancc jnt gobera Vitor Gobo | runner-up: DELIRA
DELIRA Brazil Rank # sw Jadisson Rayan MATTyx Matheus Almice Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo Vengeance Diego Luksys duhT Eduardo Teixeira / DIRETORIA
DIRETORIA Inactive GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira havoc Ilan Eloy pancc jnt gobera Vitor Gobo
- / VCT Stage 2 LATAM/BR LCQ winner:
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #1 delz1k Joaquin Espinoza NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Mazino Roberto Rivas keznit Angelo Mori | runner-up: Ninjas In Pyjamas
Ninjas In Pyjamas Brazil Rank # v1xen Gabriel Martins xand Alexandre Zizi bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa cauanzin Cauan Pereira Jonn Walney Reis
- / Game Changers LATAM South Open 3 remaining teams:
KRÜ Fem
KRÜ Fem Latin America South Rank # kalita Keila Nava conir romi Romina Alvarez consu Consuelo Rivas baesht , Undead Gaming Fem
Undead Gaming Fem Inactive peixinho azul frantastic Francisca Valenzuela Flossie chjna4q , 9z Team Fem
9z Team Fem Latin America South Rank # reshi Nanu micaela Anqh covinhas
- / Game Changers LATAM North Open 3 winner:
FiRePOWER
FiRePOWER Latin America North Rank # Ivy Jianna JuW mmonch vaLentina LiNLiN | runner-up: Skull Cracker Fem
Skull Cracker Fem Latin America Rank # GuterWoman Kyarix Lied Tura Buffala Rage
- VCT Stage 2 Japan Challengers Playoffs winner:
NORTHEPTION
NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #8 Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) JoXJo Cho Byung-yeon (조병연) BlackWiz Kohei Mikami xnfri Tomoki Mariya Derialy Daichi Doi | runner-up: ZETA DIVISION
ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Xdll Yuto Mizomori stand-in Laz Ushida Koji crow Maruoka Tomoaki Dep Yuuma Hisamoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe
- VCT Stage 2 Challengers Korea playoffs winner:
DRX
DRX Korea Rank # stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-Min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) | runner-up: Maru Gaming
Maru Gaming Korea Rank # WIX Kim Doo-heon (김두헌) NakJi Kim Sang-hyeop (김상협) Chibab Kim Young-hyun (김영현) Moves Park Jun-seo (박준서) Jeong Hi Lee Jeong-ha (이정하)
- Game Changers APAC Open Overtime 1st-2nd place teams:
Orangutan Female
Orangutan Female Asia-Pacific Rank # Lax Chloettw Chloe Wong CaspeR Neha Sottany Japips Kachow oreopheliaa Risalma Agnia Sway , ZOL Meraki
ZOL Meraki Asia-Pacific Rank # Lucidity mija capriciouS bes Kamiyu PIETY
- Game Changers APAC Open Overtime lower bracket remaining teams:
X10 Sapphire
X10 Sapphire Asia-Pacific Rank # Poly JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Babytz alyssa , Nigma Galaxy Female
Nigma Galaxy Female Inactive Alluka Tiara Pleno Ayaaa Shara Koshikawa Ivory Regina Lopez Tr1cks Kyung-In Lee Hanuh gWenn Salsabila Kultsum , W Streak Esports Female
W Streak Esports Female Asia-Pacific Rank # Dolph Kanittha Aungsuwanpanich Noxy Kewalee Intuwan rosey Natchanan Marksup mimii Kanyanat Khosuriya Newky Kewalin Maneerat cuppycake Pimpat Tanyong , BIGG SCYTHE
BIGG SCYTHE Asia-Pacific Rank #0 Yaamori Anatasya Aura Hisoka Bella Victoria Mochiyx Tan Yee Xuan babyGver scaroo Keane Andiani aphrolyn
- The Esports Club Community Cup main event winner:
Revenant Esports
Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank # Paradox Kasif Sayyed Logistaa Arnav Jit Kalra KnightRider Abhay Mulchandani Whimp Saaransh Dang blackhawk Shailesh Dalvi | runner-up: Lethal Esports
Lethal Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #0 Marzil Agneya Koushik Andr0idDDD sens3i LuciA Anil Kumar Cybell sh1vy Shivam Ajmani
Other News & Rumors
- Multiple reports from Dot Esports and Dexerto have detailed happenings around
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix Europe Rank #11 SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks and their troubles getting Andrey "Shao" Kiprsky, Kyrylo "ANGE1" Karasov, and Dmitry "SUYGETSU" Ilyushin to Masters: Copenhagen due to travel restrictions for Russian and Ukranian citizens, which affect the aforementioned trio. While it was revealed that FPX are confident that ANGE1 will be able to attend the event despite Ukranian adult males being required to remain in the county due to the Russian invasion of the country, SUYGETSU and Shao's chances of attending the event were reported as "50/50" according to Dot Esports. According to Dexerto, FPX are eyeing who cars?
who cars? Europe Rank # Masked Mikkel Fuglsang Davud David Alexander Vig mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl AKIMB0 Benjamin Kronborg sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen player Mikkel "Masked" Fuglsang, Alliance
Alliance Europe Rank #20 MALFOy Claes Søgaard kodazy albert Albert Mikkelsen SEIDER Mathias Seider player SEIDER , and former incognito
incognito Europe Rank #0 avis Kosti AjMERiTO Kacper Barszcz PROFEK Sferon Tomasz Biniak player Przemek "KEREME" Bogdanowicz as stand-ins
- Ticket sales for Masters: Copenhagen have officially gone live on tixr.
- NORTHEPTION announced that they will be fielding a Game Changers roster, and have opened an application for potential applicants to begin the trial process for the team.