VLR.gg's fifth edition of News Almost Missed is here, once again bundling news stories from around the world that didn't find its way into a full article.

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Roster Changes

• SAW SAW Europe Rank #13 Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira k1zpawn Ian Rebelo Addicted Eduardo Torres Cunha20 David Cunha have made their first roster change since February 2021. The squad removed long-time players Alexandre "Phatt" Silva and Gabriel "starkk" Marques after some disappointing campaigns through Europe. They now welcome Rui "VTaguT" Ribeiro as their new Smoker, after a long time with FTW Esports FTW Esports Inactive sww Diogo Lopes furyan Afonso de Sousa aztex Miguel Tavares Ptf0x João Coelho , and Ian "k1zpawn" Rebelo, following his breakout performance as Sentinel and second Duelist for Project S Project S Inactive Bati Miguel Batista k1zpawn Ian Rebelo jannyXD João Daniel LionClaw Tiago Moreira silenttt Nuno Rodrigues during Red Bull Campus Clutch.
• FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #3 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban assistant coach Ali "Mr BBR" Osman Büber has departed from the team after about a month with the squad. Futbolist finished the most recent Challengers Turkey stage in 5th-6th after losses to Thunderbolts Gaming in the upper quarterfinals and Besiktas Esports in the 2nd round of the lower bracket.
• Keyd Stars Athenas Keyd Stars Athenas Inactive have been reduced to just three following the benching of Beatriz "biazik" Begnossi, due to a "disagreement in the team regarding me and another player." Earlier this week, the team lost coach Matheus "porto" Porto.
• Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz Kassandra Shire heist rose have added Lynn "Lynn" Clarke to their roster, bringing their player count up to 6. This is the first time the team has made an addition since bringing on Jackson "Jaxsen" Popelka to the team as their head coach earlier this month.

Results

• Teal Seam Teal Seam Inactive renz Austin Dickman furbsa Hunter Mcmillan Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor d1msumboi Erik Almhjell Cade3k Cade Warren emerged victorious in the Nerd Street Gamers Summer Championship July qualifier, only dropping maps to Fenrir in the Group Stage and Professional Malders in the round of 16. They have qualified for the Nerd Street Gamers Summer Championship alongside YFP Gaming YFP Gaming North America Rank #23 penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever bones Ethan Le Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor fiziq Lucas Blow , which will take place in mid August.
• Down in Oceania, Nebula Nebula Inactive rurlz Jesse taxx Mark Mijic kalth Minimise Jackson White and PEACE PEACE Inactive koro David Shiers Nation Joshua Penman tensai Benny Phan clutchyy Corbyn De Klerk WRONSKI Michael Wronski Ciko Ben Easterbrook became the first two teams to qualify for the Oceania Tour Stage 03 finals by defeating Mindfreak and Villains Esports respectively. They join Team Bliss Team Bliss Inactive tsR Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky eezy Steven Tran daiK Bernard Chau junglew0w Ty O'Donnell Fweshest Christian Bartolillo , ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun , Straight Outta The Zoo Straight Outta The Zoo Inactive M1kE Michael Smith NiceHacks Chris Wahle GRIEFANG Dutti Sudhish Dutt punda Lachlan Bamford Yifang Yifang Chen , and Wildcard Gaming Wildcard Gaming Inactive InfrequeNt Jesse Barker rDeeW Riley Wilkinson signed Dale Tang Nozz Noah McClafferty SWERL Ali Kobraee , who all qualified from the first closed qualifier that took place earlier this month.

Matches to Watch

• Over in Korea, the stage 3 challengers group stage main has nearly concluded. The only matches left to be played out are two decider matches. In the group C decider, Unknown Unknown Inactive INTER LuZ Lim Ui-jun (임의준) and World Game Star World Game Star Korea Rank #24 Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) YUNSEUNG Xander Felix Park Hyeon-ho (박현호) apeX will face off to join Vision Strikers Vision Strikers Inactive 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) as one of the two qualifying teams from group C. Similarly, in the group D decider, GochuGaru GochuGaru Inactive godko Chibab Kim Young-hyun (김영현) Slash Park Jin-Sol NakJi Kim Sang-hyeop (김상협) climax Maeng Ju-ho (맹주호) and Alpha Six Gaming Alpha Six Gaming Inactive 공차노 Agnes Ye Hyun-seo (예현서) RAY Edge 이제중학생 잼민이탈출 Epple Gunny Song Keon (송건) will battle it out in hopes of qualifying for the stage 3 challengers playoffs, which will take place late next week.
• In the Indian Valorant scene, Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #65 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Polvi Niko Polvinen Benkai Benedict Tan Russ Russel Mendes and Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Inactive will meet for the 19th time in the grand finals of the first season of The Esports Club Gauntlet. In their many meetings, Velocity Gaming have the slight edge in number of series wins, at 10. However, in their last 8 meetings, Global Esports have won six out of the eight matches.

Other News

• In Europe, XSET's Female CS:GO team has recently participated in Birds of Prey: Episode 1 and took second place. They have not been seen in any official CS:GO matches since April. Whether or not they will make the official transition from CS:GO to Valorant is yet to be seen.
• A rift between the Kaos Latin Gamers players and their sponsor occurred when Constanza "conir" Reyes posted a twitlonger about her situation regarding the roster's upcoming matches in VCT LAS. The highlights of the post include some players being owed a month of pay, Kaos Latin Gamers refusing to assist the team with passport-related expenses (so they can play on LAN in Mexico), and a complication regarding what name the roster would compete under.
• Sharks Esports Sharks Esports Inactive gaabxx Gabriel Carli prozin Wallacy Sales KILLDREAM João Ferreira Addicted Eduardo Torres are once again travelling to Europe, but this time it's not to face off against international competition on LAN. They will be bootcamping in Serbia for 12 days to prepare for Masters: Berlin, which will be held in just over a month.
• AG AG Inactive watasink Oleg Salomin Kleimon Alexander Gushin Panic Leonid Pozdnyakov dreAms Adel Smirnov Hunts Said Alamani 's Said "Hunts" Alamani has been suspended from official Valorant tournaments for six months, due to boosting and selling accounts. The player was found guilty of violating Section 7.3.9 of the Global Competition Policy, which concerns itself with unsportsmanlike conduct. Because of his actions, AG have been disqualified from CIS Stage 3: Challengers 2 and end their VCT participation with a technical loss.

Eutalyx contributed to this recap.