DAMWON Gaming
DAMWON Gaming
Korea
Rank #3
exy
Park Geun-cheol (박근철)
t3xture
Kim Na-ra (김나라)
Bangnan
Jung Min-u (정민우)
Esperanza
Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철)
Hate
Lee Ye-hun (이예훈)
have announced the addition of FPS veteran Kang "solo"
Geun-chul (강근철) as head coach after news of his retirement from active play last month.
solo's career in Valorant started with
PROPARTY
PROPARTY
Inactive
allow
Park Sang-wook (박상욱)
Suggest
Seo Jae-young (서재영)
peri
Jung Bum-ki (정범기)
solo
Kang Geun-chul (강근철)
Lakia
Kim Jong-min (김종민)
back in October 2020 after making the transition from CS:GO. The team later became
NUTURN
NUTURN
Inactive
and took Challengers Korea by storm, despite a loss at Masters 1 to
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)
. In Stage 2, solo led NUTURN to a Masters berth and qualified for Reykjavik. There, the team found relative success, but lost to the likes of
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #1
Kanpeki
Eric Xu
TenZ
Tyson Ngo
ShahZaM
Shahzeb Khan
SicK
Hunter Mims
dapr
Michael Gulino
and
FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Rank #6
Enzo
Enzo Mestari
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Boaster
Jake Howlett
Mistic
James Orfila
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
, finishing third.
DAMWON were one map away from qualifying for Masters Berlin in Stage 3, but fell to
F4Q
F4Q
Korea
Rank #0
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
Hermes
Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱)
Estrella
fiveK
Yoo Sung-min (유성민)
GOLD
Geum Chang-wan (금창완)
in the semifinals, consequently placing them in the APAC LCQ. There, DAMWON lost to
Global Esports
Global Esports
Asia-Pacific
Rank #9
SkRossi
Ganesh Gangadhar
Lightningfast
Abhirup Choudhury
Kohliii
Pranav Kohli
HellrangeR
Bhavin Kotwani
KappA
Akshay Sinkar
skillZ
Jayanth Ramesh
in their first match before mounting a comeback in the lower bracket where they were stopped by
FULL SENSE
FULL SENSE
Asia-Pacific
Rank #6
JohnOlsen
Chanawin Nakchain
ChAlalala
Chanitpak Suwanaprateep
PTC
Kititkawin Rattanasukol
LAMMYSNAX
Elamrahim Khanpathan
THEE
Thanaphat Limpaphan
, the eventual APAC LCQ winner, in the lower-bracket finals.
solo soon after announced his retirement as a player on Twitter, before hinting a switch into a coaching role, which he is now fulfilling.
With a veteran presence added to the roster,
DAMWON Gaming
DAMWON Gaming
Korea
Rank #3
exy
Park Geun-cheol (박근철)
t3xture
Kim Na-ra (김나라)
Bangnan
Jung Min-u (정민우)
Esperanza
Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철)
Hate
Lee Ye-hun (이예훈)
are: