As teams began their preparations for their respective regions' Last Chance Qualifier events, the cycle of news around the world continued. Here are some headlines from around the world that you might have missed.

Read more: September 17 recap

Roster Changes

• Logan "skuba" Jenkins, fiziq , and "scourge" have been benched from the Pioneers Pioneers Inactive jmoh Jason Mohandessi wedid Matthew Suchan thief Brady Dever Critical Tristan Trinacty lineup. These announcements leave Jason "jmoh" Mohandessi as the only remaining member of the roster.
• A story from late last week, the roster of Good Fellas Good Fellas Inactive Rebo Christopher Heindel venture Anthony Ziade FIEND Zander Bates sSef Youssef Daghache cheatcode Shaun Quinto have been signed by Radiance Radiance Inactive Rebo Christopher Heindel FIEND Zander Bates venture Anthony Ziade sSef Youssef Daghache cheatcode Shaun Quinto . The team features Christopher "Rebo" Heindel and Zander "FIEND" Bates, formerly of Moon Raccoons Moon Raccoons Inactive icy Jacob Lange tech ZK Timothy Ly , and Youssef "sSef" Daghache, formerly of Spacestation Gaming Spacestation Gaming Inactive Boostio Kelden Pupello Pr0phie Magno Ramos roca Daniel Gustaferri DXN David Nguyen trial . This leaves Anthony "venture" Ziade and Shaun "cheatcode" Quinto as the final two members to round out the roster.
• UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #12 Buld Michał Sokal B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Famsii Ramses Valentino Erasmus Koivukangas OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira Jesse Adam Čtvrtníček have parted ways with Hampus "Supmah" Svensson, marking the end of a tenure that began in early July. The team is still competing in the LVP Rising Series #4, and have enlisted the help of Adam "Jesse" Čtvrtníček, formerly of Inactive , as a stand-in for their matches.
• Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench have said goodbye to coach Samuli "BAITO" Karppinen. This announcement comes after the team confirmed Joona "H1ber" Parviainen about two weeks ago.
• XSET Female XSET Female Inactive Petra Petra Stoker kr4sylya Anastasia Khlobystina zAAz Zainab Turkie mimi Michaela Lintrup juliano Julia Kiran have officially left CS:GO and entered into the European Game Changers scene. However, the team will not compete under XSET going forward. Sources close to VLR.gg have indicated that XSET are looking for a female team to represent them in Game Changers North America.
• Emre "Dubbin" Eldelek, one of the founding members of Serenity Black Serenity Black Inactive Add3r Jack Hayashi Neon Austin Hedge Aiko James Sandberg Nick Nicholas Sahawneh , has departed from the team and entered into free agency.
• Inactive have welcomed Erim "Mavera" Sasal to their coaching staff. He is the team's second coach alongside Salih "marqnue" Onaran.
• Rizkie "BerserX" Adla Kusuma has departed from the roster of Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #26 ray4c Rayvaldo Chandra SCar Lmemore Hagai Kristen Yesyurun parscofield Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce . He is the second person from Alter Ego's original roster to leave the team, which was announced in October of 2020.
• / Eren "Quantum" Arslan has become the head coach of Anubis Gaming Anubis Gaming Inactive .
• Former CS:GO commentator Keith "Seaside" LaFortune has been announced as the head coach for Knights Academy Knights Academy Inactive .
• / KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Rank #53 VIPEX verity AleZ Alejandro Martinez Nevado SebZz delamac Movv have announced that they have parted ways with their mostly Spanish roster and have acquired the fully Russian ex-Singularity roster.
• Alex "Lin" Gariépy and Vincent "Apoth" Le have left VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama .
• DarkZero Esports DarkZero Esports Inactive coach Zack "huuaw" Solomon has revealed that he is no longer a part of the team. huuaw has been a part of the DarkZero team core since they were known as Kooky Koalas Kooky Koalas Inactive Ange Adam Milian Andersin Andy Collins ScrewFace Kyle Jensen Harmon Nick Harmon , and noted that the decision to split from the organization was a "mutual decision based on differences in style with the team".
• Project X Project X Inactive klaudia Klaudia Beczkiewicz Glance Anastasia Anisimova Smurfette Yağmur Gündüz Kim Sophia Benfakir roxi Vivian Schilling have been announced as Guild Esports' Game Changers team, and will compete under the name Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos .
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #5 Crewen Ali Eren Sargin Lar0k Yusuf Kaan Kanber Loita Utku Kart Rosé Eren Erzan lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan have announced additions to their management. Berke "Vlad" Kantürk, Sezgin Kalaycı, and Özgür "Root" Alagül have joined the organization as head coach, mental coach, and general manager respectively.
• Rishi "RvK" Vijayakumar has joined Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan Xan Ng artn Ayrton Soh , marking the end of the team's rebuild of their roster that finished in fourth place in the Valorant Conquerors Championship playoffs.
• Version1 have announced their Game Changers roster, VersionX VersionX Inactive . The team consists of the members of Just Breathe Just Breathe Inactive m1lky Kiara Blue Kukilakilaokalani Makua Natty Natalia Jackson Karra Aara Lee caydia Zoe Servais rushhh Rachel Lynn Hang , sans Zoe "caydia" Servais. In her place, VersionX have added Naomi "Naomi" Sauvola, who played on CLG Red CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo until earlier this month.

Results

• The group stage of the Predator Esports Circuit has concluded. The teams that have advanced to the playoffs include DR Esports DR Esports Inactive R1N Rabbet Francis Danison Buñag Jremy Jeremy Cabrera PBD , South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique , Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #135 kellyS Kelly Sedillo JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Zeus Jhian Vega Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma , and Zeal Esports Zeal Esports Inactive .
• / The LVP Rising Series #4 Spanish Qualifier has come to an end. The eight teams that have advanced are Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin , TOOOLS esports TOOOLS esports Inactive Kuudo Francesc Valls , Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando , UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #12 Buld Michał Sokal B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Famsii Ramses Valentino Erasmus Koivukangas OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira Jesse Adam Čtvrtníček , SUPRMODE Gaming SUPRMODE Gaming Inactive tankzor Artyom Bond yuudai Danila Ovchinnikov SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Vlady Vladislav Trofimov , Crypto Esports Crypto Esports Inactive , 19esports 19esports Inactive , and Case Esports Case Esports Inactive . Their next matches will be in the group stage, which begins next week.

Matches to watch

• The Strike Arabia Championship: Finals are set to conclude soon. Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #10 Shniider Yousef Osama RockeT Ahmed Mohamed Tarbosh Youssef Mohamed Depyro Nour Sherif Sand Mark Emad have advanced to the grand finals, leaving Anubis Gaming Anubis Gaming Inactive and Piercer Esports Piercer Esports Inactive Nartzie Elyes Zoghlami to duke it out in the lower final. The winner of the tournament will go on to compete in the EMEA Last Chance Qualifier for a spot at Valorant Champions.
• Trident Esports Trident Esports Inactive Howie Hao-Quang Nguyen Blessed Arvin Latkaee MKII Myth Matthew Tarnawskyj MaiShiu Matthew Wu Bonobo Jason Jia and Chiefs ESC Chiefs ESC Inactive (formerly PEACE PEACE Inactive koro David Shiers Nation Joshua Penman tensai Benny Phan clutchyy Corbyn De Klerk WRONSKI Michael Wronski Ciko Ben Easterbrook ) are set to clash in the grand finals of LPL Winter Cup Legends 2021.

Other News

• According to a report by George Geddes of Upcomer, Quan "dicey" Tran, the inactive sixth man for 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #3 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban Asuna Peter Mazuryk vora Jordan Pulwer Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont bang Sean Bezerra , is in discussions with Knights Knights Inactive . Should he join the team, he will replace Terry "dsr" Rioux, who mutually parted ways with the organization earlier this month.