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 Inactive 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 Inactive and is in search of new opportunities as an unrestricted free agent.
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Complexity GX3
Complexity GX3 North America Rank #99 clawdia Claudia Che Karra Aara Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil 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 Inactive ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak renz Austin Dickman tokyo Sebastien Lima syfi Samir Karimov leave the squad with four active members.
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CLG Red
CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo revealed their all-new roster, featuring new members Ciao "ciao" Li and Kelly "ksama" Luong.
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Zero MarksMen Black
Zero MarksMen Black North America Rank #16 Tim Timothy Braun Blahst Nathan Brand yiinel Elias Soto Nanners Anderson Lutkehus kev Kevin Pham acquired the core of Valkyrae Gaming
Valkyrae Gaming Inactive bjor Joseph Bjorklund pho Mike Panza Shawn12590 Shawn O'Riley snirot Edmon Ghanem and Tristan "Critical" Trinacty, who recently played with YFP Gaming
YFP Gaming North America Rank #10 GLYPH Conner Garcia shonk William Kittrell Rebo Christopher Heindel d1msumboi Erik Almhjell . 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 #16 panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson 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 Inactive 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? Inactive mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl freddan vakk Vakaris Bebravičius chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk 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 Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi 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 Inactive reinforced their roster with Kaitlyn "Puffy" Naughton and coach Soufiane "MaskiHooks" Maski.
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TENSTAR Nova
TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir 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 Inactive coach Mo "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 Inactive ROUSIK 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 Inactive 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 .
- Former
Stars Horizon
Stars Horizon Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva head coach Lucas "Kamino" Kamino joined Team Liquid Brazil
Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #32 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil as the team's analyst.
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Skull Cracker Quartz
Skull Cracker Quartz Latin America Rank #27 Lied Ellie AlexaIsHot Alexa Somoza Andrehs Nem0 sabooboo Rage Eliana Avila 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 #1 Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon kiNgg Francisco Aravena nzr Agustin Ibarra Mazino Roberto Rivas 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 FocusMe
DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #20 xnfri Tomoki Mariya Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto takej Takemori Shogo Suggest Seo Jae-young (서재영) parted ways with Killer .
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NORTHEPTION
NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #7 wai officially bid farewell to Xandrite .
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BLEED
BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #2 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Deryeon Derrick Yee crazyguy Ngô Công Anh yay Jaccob Whiteaker Egoist Javier Chua 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 #22 BossShi KRX Jirayu Samnual Jele Acetics Teerapat Jinyong PinOcchiOs Teerasak Kedaim said goodbye to Puwadon "b3ta" Jaisuekul, who left the team to join Made in Thailand
Made in Thailand Asia-Pacific Rank #3 Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong AloNeFillz Palapoom Thaikum kongared Nantapol Boonying Kntz Krit Chaiprasit cgrs Patiphan Porsi seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen . In b3ta's place, the team added former Sainuahualouis
Sainuahualouis Inactive Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee MERjie CHADO Flashii Bruno player jazper to their roster as their fifth.
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Fancy United Esports
Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Suka Nguyễn Văn Tiến Crus Lư Tiến Huy f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn gin Phan Văn Gin increased their player count to eight following the addition of former CERBERUS Esports
CERBERUS Esports Inactive viness Nguyễn Trung Tín alyaL Hoàng Đức Hùng tinggg2k5 Dường Mạnh Thắng player Nguyễn "Suka" Văn Tiến.
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REIGN
REIGN Inactive MaiShiu Matthew Wu xsus Raymond Wang Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith 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 Inactive MenT Nisuh 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 North America Rank #18 contii Norman Yeung Cain Nathan Lee Playboi Joe Joe Velis andrew Andrew Bautista 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 LeviathanAG Aleko Gabuniya PureR Bryce Lovell Andersin Andy Collins
- / NorQuest Esports Series Grand Finale winner:
H34DHUNT3RZ
H34DHUNT3RZ Inactive sacred Tanay Dammoju Sugarfree Kamden Hijada GLYPH Conner Garcia | runner-up: Teal Seam
Teal Seam Inactive 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 Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro , RESET
RESET Inactive Akira Rui Barbosa k0mpa Carlos Nunes furyan Afonso de Sousa nasK Diogo Barros silenttt Nuno Rodrigues , Heracles Gaming
Heracles Gaming Inactive LionClaw Tiago Moreira Dizayn Ozan Yagiz
- French Regional League playoffs remaining teams:
Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #46 Destrian Tomas Linikas Kicks Kimmie Laasner runneR Emil Trajkovski ceNder Jokūbas Labutis Sayf Saif Jibraeel , Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp Europe Rank #139 ZE1SH Ahmed El Sheikh Nivera Nabil Benrlitom xms Alexandre Forté sh1n Ryad Ensaad , MAD Lions
MAD Lions Inactive KRAY Calum Knight
- East Regional League Stage 2 monthly cup #2 winner:
Finest Overwolf Origin
Finest Overwolf Origin Inactive doNinja Shay Mandil dips1 David Artenyan Ooriime Paul Gouin Xivi Yarin Gartzi Anq Ilya Matyash | runner-up: Rapid Ninjas
Rapid Ninjas Europe Rank #53 ikke Martin Erdei Barcode Kevin Bana oli Olivér Paksi arbie Kornel Holecz
- LEAGUES.GG BEACON Split #1 playoffs winner:
unsigned
unsigned Inactive siJk Arseniy Nikolaev eleo Leonard Kulish pat Patryk Chrzan | runner-up: OnlyFins
OnlyFins Europe Rank #13 Vuubit Roope Eilola Feeqn Okko Pajari nixoon Niko Pasonen Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää Snowi Otto Rautiainen
- Turkish Regional League Stage 2 playoffs remaining teams:
FUT Esports
FUT Esports Europe Rank #8 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen AtaKaptan Ata Tan qRaxs Doğukan Balaban qw1 Konuralp Şahin , Fire Flux Esports
Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #11 Wo0t Mert Alkan yetujey Eray Budak sociablEE Volkan Yonal Ruxic Uğur Güç w0zzip Zafer Gungor
- Ultimasters AOC #3 main event winner:
DELIRA
DELIRA Inactive sw Jadisson Rayan MATTyx Matheus Almice cidZzZ Mateus Piber / DIRETORIA
DIRETORIA Inactive GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira havoc Ilan Eloy pancc Fillipe Martins jnt gobera Vitor Gobo | runner-up: DELIRA
DELIRA Inactive sw Jadisson Rayan MATTyx Matheus Almice cidZzZ Mateus Piber / DIRETORIA
DIRETORIA Inactive GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira havoc Ilan Eloy pancc Fillipe Martins jnt gobera Vitor Gobo
- / VCT Stage 2 LATAM/BR LCQ winner:
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro axeddy Carlos Alberto | runner-up: Ninjas In Pyjamas
Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive
- / Game Changers LATAM South Open 3 remaining teams:
KRÜ BLAZE
KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Unranked kalita Keila Nava conir Constanza Reyes romi Romina Alvarez micaela Micaela Ferreyra shyz Luisa Minarelli , Undead Gaming Fem
Undead Gaming Fem Latin America South Rank #330 Morita Dae jeyjey sumi minuty , 9z Team GC
9z Team GC Latin America South Rank #106 Vivii Saikiwi ponix Isidora Valentina Vásqquez Muñoz Daiyana Ingrid Guimarães Adenina Karina Mikaela Univaso Fumero
- / Game Changers LATAM North Open 3 winner:
FiRePOWER
FiRePOWER Latin America North Rank #12 Ivy ICamii Chloee Asia JuW mmonch | runner-up: Skull Cracker Quartz
Skull Cracker Quartz Latin America Rank #27 Lied Ellie AlexaIsHot Alexa Somoza Andrehs Nem0 sabooboo Rage Eliana Avila
- VCT Stage 2 Japan Challengers Playoffs winner:
NORTHEPTION
NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #7 wai | runner-up: ZETA DIVISION
ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Laz Ushida Koji Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe
- VCT Stage 2 Challengers Korea playoffs winner:
DRX
DRX Korea Rank #1 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) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) | runner-up: Maru Gaming
Maru Gaming Inactive Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) Felix Park Hyeon-ho (박현호) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
- Game Changers APAC Open Overtime 1st-2nd place teams:
Orangutan X
Orangutan X Asia-Pacific Rank #23 Japips Erumaa Elmarian Haessel CaspeR Neha Sottany Twirly , ZOL Meraki
ZOL Meraki Inactive Lucidity mandu
- Game Changers APAC Open Overtime lower bracket remaining teams:
X10 Sapphire
X10 Sapphire Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong Babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul , Nigma Galaxy Female
Nigma Galaxy Female Inactive , W Streak Esports Female
W Streak Esports Female Inactive Dolph Kanittha Aungsuwanpanich Noxy Ornsiripim Intuwan rosey Natchanan Marksup mimii Kanyanat Khosuriya Newky Kewalin Maneerat cuppycake Pimpat Tanyong , BIGG SCYTHE
BIGG SCYTHE Inactive yaamorii Anatasya Aura oreopheliaa Risalma Agnia crescents Daltha Amellia skyelyse Milka marche Meidy Safira Permata
- The Esports Club Community Cup main event winner:
Revenant Esports
Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #28 JoshS Joshua Miles Santos Ching Enrico Perez | runner-up: Lethal Esports
Lethal Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #59 khelthuzad Shahul Hameed LuciA Anil Kumar sh1vy Shivam Ajmani Rossi Kiran Rossi
Other News & Rumors
- Multiple reports from Dot Esports and Dexerto have detailed happenings around
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix Inactive 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? Inactive mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl freddan vakk Vakaris Bebravičius chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk player Mikkel "Masked" Fuglsang, Alliance
Alliance Inactive player SEIDER , and former incognito
incognito Europe Rank #31 adm1k Adam Siemieniec snikk Sebastian Kamiński westside 4Gruch darkosek 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.