Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #7 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin GSR Ognjen Bondžić kamo Kamil Frąckowiak trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Kicks Kimmie Laasner have completed their 2024 VCT roster with the additions of Enzo "Enzo" Mestari, James "Mistic" Orfila and Georgio "keiko" Sanassy, who all hail from EMEA Ascension runner-up Apeks Apeks Inactive .

Composed of mainly former FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #17 crashies Austin Roberts kaajak Kajetan Haremski Cloud Kirill Nehozhin Alfajer Emir Ali Beder players, Apeks entered the competitive scene at the start of the year and took the Northern Europe Challengers scene by storm after winning both splits while only dropping a single match.

Their placement earned them a spot in Ascension's group stage, where the team emerged as Group B's top seed after finishing with a 4-0 record. After sending both SAW SAW Inactive Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa Addicted Eduardo Torres cunhaa David Cunha and Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk to the lower bracket to meet Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #13 Proxh Yusuf Emre Tunc marteen Martin Pátek Minny Patrik Hušek in the grand final, Apeks were expected to take the series in a manner that mirrored their past victory over the French organization.

Unfortunately for Apeks, however, Gentle Mates surprised nearly everyone by quickly sweeping their opponents in a quick 3-0 to claim their spot in the 2024 EMEA League.

apeks loss image Apeks were one series away from a partnership slot in the EMEA League. Photo: Hara Amorós/Riot Games

Team Liquid had a less-than-stable year themselves. The organization struggled in their international debut at LOCK//IN against Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #37 natz Jonathan Adiputra Zeus Jhian Vega , but were able to regain their footing by upsetting FNATIC in the grand final of the EMEA League to secure a spot at Masters: Tokyo's playoffs, where they finished among the top six.

However, their biggest chance to perform at Champions failed to yield any notable performance as the team went winless in Group D following back-to-back losses against Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #21 Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat and LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #1 lukxo Lucca Travaioli DaviH David Cruz Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia erde Roberto Lobos tkzin Enzo Zimiani loan .

Shortly after their run in Los Angeles, the organization began making changes to the roster by releasing Dom "soulcas" Sulcas, Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel and former in-game leader Igor "Redgar" Vlasov to make way for the Apeks three.

Now complete and ready to compete, Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #7 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin GSR Ognjen Bondžić kamo Kamil Frąckowiak trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Kicks Kimmie Laasner is: