The Valorant world was ablaze this past week with new headlines and the conclusion of VRL circuits. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from July 2 - July 8.
- Read more: News Almost Missed July 1
Roster Changes
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Team Basilisk
Team Basilisk North America Rank #32 royal Matthew Buick ohai Riley Nguyen kev Kevin Pham Lin Alex Gariépy Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick welcomed Kevin "kev" Pham to their team. They are still one player short of a full roster of five.
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PUGSTARS
PUGSTARS North America Rank #0 DENYA Denis Kosogov intox Liam Wilson Zoestol Mitchell Keaton AntoL Anthony Lariviere said goodbye to Mason "Bewd" Guzman and welcomed Anthony "AntoL" Lariviere as their fourth player.
- / Following the team's win in the second stage of the Regional League DACH,
Angry Titans
Angry Titans Inactive Epzz Andreas Vallvingskog AFoxx Fábio Veigas HearthBeat Marco Soffia Lime Jacob Foster bipo Taranvir Singh bid farewell to assistant coach James "Faustus" Frye as he returns to Overwatch to coach the Paris Eternal in the Overwatch League.
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HEET
HEET Europe Rank #27 Kinguyen Nguyen Thach Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki officially parted ways with assistant coach Caelan "Caelan" Gokani. Additionally, Adam "ec1s" Eccles announced that he was in search of new offers while still under contract with the organization.
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Movistar Riders
Movistar Riders Inactive announced the departure of five players plus head coach Lucas "LRojo" Rojo. Additionally, Victor "KPZET" Steensgaard revealed that he was exploring new options while still under contract with the organization.
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KOVA
KOVA Inactive Supmah Hampus Svensson JESMUND Jesse Terävä Ale Alend Khalaf vicious Benjamin Guilotte shéd Jani Marjanen parted ways with their entire roster.
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FOKUS
FOKUS Europe Rank # JUGi Jakob Hansen bucher Maximilian Bucher YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes vong Vong Nguyen benched Ilari "iluri" Puranen and announced that they would be trialing new players for their roster.
- Nichlas "Nille"
Busk announced that he had officially entered free agency and was in search of new offers. His departure from
Alliance
Alliance Europe Rank #20 MALFOy Claes Søgaard kodazy albert Albert Mikkelsen SEIDER Mathias Seider leaves the squad one player short of a full roster.
- The entire roster of
Dortmund Esports
Dortmund Esports Europe Rank # RxYaL RiickyC Richard Coles SPMAK Markus Talliniemi announced that they were in search of new opportunities following the team's disbandment.
- Oscar "ozzy"
Scott, Felix "Felix"
Gerling, and Yiğithan "DeepMans"
Kesici all revealed that they were in search of new opportunities while still under contract with
Wave Esports
Wave Esports Europe Rank #25 . The organization now has no active players.
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Sangal Esports Female
Sangal Esports Female Europe Rank # Anva Nehir Dinçer dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN Cleopatra Esra Çolak rounded out their roster with Kamila "Narcius" EKİN and Sude "dociless" Sancak, with the latter transferring to the organization from Unknownpros Female
Unknownpros Female Europe Rank # Destina Kardelen Bağış Noodle Mine Arıtürk Luie Gizem Harmankaya Lexa Kader Karaöz .
- Rinaldo "ableJ"
Moda revealed that he had been benched from
FURIA
FURIA Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva Quick Gabriel Lima Mazin Matheus Araújo Khalil Khalil Schmidt nzr Agustin Ibarra 's active roster.
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Stars Horizon
Stars Horizon Brazil Rank # Maverick Henrique Tozatto flainzz Felipe Saldanha NANZIN Renan Echternacht artzin Arthur Araujo parted ways with Pedro "pdr" Henrique.
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Undead Gaming Fem
Undead Gaming Fem Inactive peixinho azul frantastic Francisca Valenzuela Flossie chjna4q said goodbye to Hinataa .
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Movistar Optix
Movistar Optix Latin America South Rank #10 vickt0r Victor Rodriguez D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing GioRuu Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz parted ways with Giulliano "Tuli" Pozo Massone, leaving the squad one player short of a full roster.
- // A story from last week, Daniel "Danielesflo"
Sánchez, Fabian "AztKk"
Iglesias, Andres "HellFull"
Vallejo, Emiliano "solution"
Peralta, and head coach Nicolás "Near"
Gonzalez all departed
FUSION
FUSION Latin America North Rank # Mited Luis Gutierrez Darker xander Alexander Lopez Dcop Carlo Delsol Torrify Kolby Bruzzo and entered free agency.
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REJECT
REJECT Japan Rank #20 takej Takemori Shogo Anthem iNTRO Kang Seung-gyun (강승균) Medusa An Min-cheol Reita Oshiro Ryu bid farewell to "HaReeee" and coach Yusuke "Norisen" Shima.
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DeToNator
DeToNator Japan Rank #0 K1llgrave FifTy Skyfull Kosuke Nishida are down to three players following the departure of TenzouEz .
- Vince "Flash"
Medado and Francis "Rabbet"
Danison Buñag announced their entrance into free agency from
Rex Regum Qeon
Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #36 2ge James Goopio kellyS Kelly Sedillo kvzx Franz Kevin Dingal Emman Emmanuel Morales Draxii Jose Eduardo D. Jamir Nexi Nathaniel Cabero .
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South Built Esports
South Built Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #38 PapiChulo Frederico Evangelista JA Johnty Arone azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique parted ways with Elmer "micr0" Coloma.
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Bigetron Arctic
Bigetron Arctic Asia-Pacific Rank #25 Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang P1ERCEE Riky Efrizal budimeisteR Oliver Budi Wangge sayoo Willy Ivandra said goodbye to Thomas "Cud" Alfiantino.
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BOOM Esports
BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #15 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin fl1pzjder Saibani Rahmad Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani stand-in BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma tehbotoL David Monangin parted ways with Muhammad "frostmind" Rafi Diandra.
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Orangutan
Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank # Ember Garvit Nehra Ghost Prabhdeep Bhatia Vibhor Vibhor Vaid shooterR Mustafa Kamal tesseract Jon Michael Piga aduka Arsyad Sazali announced Mathanraj "theDoctorr" Munisparan and Felipe "skye" Skye Lim as coach and analyst respectively.
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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 rounded out their roster with former Brave Wolves
Brave Wolves Asia-Pacific Rank # beo Tạ Hồng Thịnh duc7 Hoàng Trung Đức Redneval Le Quốc Khánh K1LLERS Nguyễn Văn Thiện Ko0 Nguyễn Công Minh members Hoàng "Layla" Đức Hùng and Dường "tinggg2k5" Mạnh Thắng.
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Team Big BAAM
Team Big BAAM Inactive Nhatthong2k nTK Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt P1nA2k4 Nguyễn Nam d0rf Phạm Huỳnh Toàn Quốc Mowff Trần Đức Minh Vizzz Hoàng Việt disbanded.
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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 parted ways with Vũ "Acerola" Thượng Toàn, Dường "Freed0m" Chí Tính, Bùi "BMV" Minh Vũ, and manager Meiko .
- Saloni "Meow16K"
Pawar and Akanksha "muffinloop"
Sukhramani announced their departures from
Asteria
Asteria Asia-Pacific Rank #0 muffinloop Akanksha Sukhramani BriTSy Iqra Khan eluwu KiRi kthrs1s Meow16K Saloni Pawar .
Results & Standings (As of July 9)
- NSG Summer Championship 2022 Online Qualifier playoffs winner:
SoaR
SoaR Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor fiziq Lucas Blow v1c Victor Truong Trill Ashley Powell | runner-up: Knights Academy
Knights Academy North America Rank #51 RaM Ram Del Prado Frosty Ashton Rakoske PureVNS Vincent Nguyen riku Chris Piasecki
- Game Changers North America Series II main event winner:
Cloud9 White
Cloud9 White North America Rank #52 Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil kat meL Melanie Capone | runner-up: Shopify Rebellion GC
Shopify Rebellion GC North America Rank #61 flowerful Kayla Horton KP Erika Lytle sonder Diana Zhang Lorri Lorrian Elad bENITA Benita Novshadian
- Northern Europe Regional League Stage 2 playoffs winner:
EXCEL
EXCEL Europe Rank #61 Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski FoxieGG Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim | runner-up: Finest
Finest Europe Rank #17 M4CHINA Ouali Manset dESTRUCTIVEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks bonkar Malkolm Rench
- French Regional League Stage 2 playoffs winner:
Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #13 BONECOLD Santeri Sassi nataNk Nathan Bocqueho baddyG Kamil Graniczka H1ber Joona Parviainen ceNder Jokūbas Labutis | runner-up: MAD Lions
MAD Lions Europe Rank # xms Alexandre Forté Br0die Jack Emmott doma Domagoj Fancev KRAY Calum Knight Polvi Niko Polvinen
- Campeonato de Elite Stage 1 playoffs winner:
Arroz
Arroz Europe Rank # rlz Miguel Martins Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado | runner-up: RESET
RESET Europe Rank # Akira Rui Barbosa k0mpa Carlos Nunes furyan Afonso de Sousa nasK Diogo Barros silenttt Nuno Rodrigues
- / DACH Regional League Stage 2 playoffs winner:
Angry Titans
Angry Titans Inactive Epzz Andreas Vallvingskog AFoxx Fábio Veigas HearthBeat Marco Soffia Lime Jacob Foster bipo Taranvir Singh | runner-up: DSYRE
DSYRE Europe Rank #0 Maru Marc Samuel Begley SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Davidp David Prins murii Murat Korkmaz
- East Regional League playoffs winner:
TENSTAR
TENSTAR Europe Rank # YouBreak Piotr Chodoła Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec | runner-up: Diamant Esports
Diamant Esports Inactive tatzuki Jovan Milovanovic Prti Ivan Erak bmblbe Paolo Peloza Grmekista Tilen Grmek
- MEDUSA Series playoffs winner:
Acend Rising
Acend Rising Europe Rank # amy Amy Lai mediKa Annika Lambertz Samsi Samantha Caddell h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina jade Jade Duffy | runner-up: Guild X
Guild X Europe Rank #0 aNNja Anja Vasalic Smurfette Yağmur Gündüz cinnamon Klaudia Beczkiewicz roxi Vivian Schilling victoria Victoria Ukasova
- Rebels #4 winner:
Supermassive Blaze Female
Supermassive Blaze Female Europe Rank #0 Julis Açelya Özgen rainssa Yağmur Şahin dati Lyda schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül | runner-up: Sangal Esports Female
Sangal Esports Female Europe Rank # Anva Nehir Dinçer dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN Cleopatra Esra Çolak
- Protocolo: Gêneses 2022 main event winner:
Team Liquid Brazil
Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank # daiki Natalia Vilela nat1 Natalia Meneses naxy Ana Beatriz bstrdd Paula Naguil drn Paola Caroline | runner-up: Gamelanders Purple
Gamelanders Purple Brazil Rank #13 biazik Beatriz Begnossi antG Antônia Garcia isaa Isabeli Esser lissa Giulia Lissa Joojina Letícia Paiva
- FGC VALORANT Invitational 2022 Act 3 playoffs winner:
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming China Rank #3 ZmjjKK Yongkang Zheng (郑永康) nobody Sen Xu Wang (王森旭) Life Dong Hao Qu (瞿东豪) CHICHOO Shun Zhi Wan (万顺治) Haodong Hao Dong Guo (郭浩东) | runner-up: KONE eSC
KONE eSC China Rank #4 sword9 Li Wei (李卫) Yosemite Lei Wang Knight Yuxiang Liu Ninebody Yi Ding LuoK1ng Zhang Zhan Peng (张展鹏)
- BLEED Summer Open remaining teams:
Gaimin Gladiators
Gaimin Gladiators Inactive FREY Ingram Tan dzii Daven Cheong STYRON Tidus Goh nephh Marcus Tan artn Ayrton Soh , Alpha Esports Pro
Alpha Esports Pro Inactive Yort Troy Hiramia d0rf Phạm Huỳnh Toàn Quốc gin Phan Văn Gin Ching Enrico Perez ChrisM Christian Rosquillo , NAOS Esports
NAOS Esports Asia-Pacific Rank # NDG Mojer Ulan blurred Shaun Matthew Maglasang jEEE Emmanuel Jonathan Buenavidez Kakarot Oscar Farin Jr.
- Oceania Tour Championship main event remaining teams:
BOBO
BOBO Oceania Rank # Nozz Noah McClafferty tixx Nick Quinn signed Dale Tang skrawl Justin Lanzon DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky , ORDER
ORDER Oceania Rank #1 WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun
- MENA Regional League playoffs winner:
Team Falcons
Team Falcons MENA Rank # alvar Khaled Abdullah OuTLaW Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Salem SpYzera Abed Doughan Fr4nky Ibrahim Alrubaian Moh Mohammad Bin Oti | runner-up: Geekay Esports
Geekay Esports MENA Rank #8 Kheops Anis Mokrani Winteryrook Evgeniy Lenko wayLander Jan Rahkonen Shehab Shehab Hany RockeT Ahmed Mohamed
Other News & Rumors
- Riot penalized
Los Grandes
Los Grandes Brazil Rank # gustt1nha prince CTC Caio Torres pleets Marcelo Leite RND coach Washington "thon" Araujo for offensive comments towards a tournament official. His team, Los Grandes, were been fined R$ 5,000 for the offense.
- According to dust2.br reporter Gabriel Melo,
FURIA
FURIA Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva Quick Gabriel Lima Mazin Matheus Araújo Khalil Khalil Schmidt nzr Agustin Ibarra have shown interest in acquiring former Gamelanders Blue
Gamelanders Blue Inactive dgzin Douglas Silva chase Davi Mello fuzari Deivid Fuzari Brinks player Douglas "dgzin" Silva to replace Rinaldo "ableJ" Moda, who was moved to the team's bench this past week.