The world currently has its eyes on Masters: Reykjavik, but that didn't stop the rest of the Valorant world from making new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from April 9 - April 15.
- Read more: News Almost Missed April 8
Roster Changes
- A host of players from the
Zero MarksMen Black
Zero MarksMen Black North America Rank #55 syfi Samir Karimov bjor Joseph Bjorklund pho Mike Panza Critical Tristan Trinacty b0i Aaron Thao and Zero MarksMen Silver
Zero MarksMen Silver Inactive hyun Torrify Kolby Bruzzo plaza Waffle rosters have revealed that they are in search of new offers with the future of the team being described by many as "uncertain".
- Cloud9 announced that Chris "Dream"
Myrick had departed
Cloud9 White
Cloud9 White North America Rank #52 Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil kat meL Melanie Capone a week prior to the Game Changers Open Qualifiers. His departure leaves Cloud9 White with performance coach Ryou "MoonChopper" Nishiyama as the team's only coach.
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Gen.G
Gen.G Inactive snirot Edmon Ghanem trial NaturE Nicholas Garrison jcStani Noah Smith have welcomed former Cosmic Divide
Cosmic Divide North America Rank #28 nerve Michael Yerrow icy Jacob Lange ChurmZ Corey Koch mina Kevin Nguyen Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak and DIVIZE
DIVIZE Inactive pwny Josh VanGorder In0X Theodor Bjornsson ChurmZ Corey Koch jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes GMAN Gabriel Ordaz stand-in head coach Traumist to their team as an assistant coach. Additionally, the team has officially parted ways with Anthony "gMd" Guimond and Michael "MkaeL" De Luca.
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XSET
XSET North America Rank #5 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban dephh Rory Jackson zekken Zachary Patrone AYRIN Jordan He BcJ Brendan Jensen have announced Drew "DrewSpark" Spark-Whitworth as the team's analyst. He previously was an analyst for XSET's Rainbow Six: Siege team.
- / Alberto "neptuNo"
González has revealed that he is in search of new offers outside of
Case Esports
Case Esports Europe Rank #72 falltw Alexandr Chernukhin Ambi Štěpán Beránek Yurii Salvador Gasco roxie Povilas Krivelis Wolfen Berkant Joshkun .
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Mandatory
Mandatory Europe Rank # HyP Damien Souville AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard have acquired Tony "Goaster" Richard from Sector One
Sector One Europe Rank # iDEX Sammy Van de Weghe saiko and welcomed former Team BDS
Team BDS Europe Rank #10 bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb kAdavra Thomas Johner logaN Logan Corti rodeN Rodolphe Bianco juseu Elric Belland player Alex "AKUMAAAAA" Lo Bello to their team.
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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 have parted ways with coach Elian "Imcarnus" Lopez.
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Rix.GG Lightning
Rix.GG Lightning Europe Rank #243 Raina Nelly Sosobrado Padge Paige Thomas Ninou Nouhara Marcos LiriLia Asma Boughida OYKU have rounded out their roster with Sophia "Kim" Benfakir and OYKU .
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Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #9 snikk Sebastian Kamiński PoPiFresH Mario González keloqz Cista Wassim lowel Christian Garcia Antoran grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko have added Grzegorz "grubinho" Ryczko to their team.
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AWARIA
AWARIA Inactive YouBreak Piotr Chodoła Katu Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko saiko , the runner-up team from the most recent VRL East: Surge season, has disbanded.
- / Liam "q"
Hoek has revealed that he has officially departed
Piercer Esports
Piercer Esports MENA Rank #4 zodiac Seddik Diani shadow Mahdi Elmahi Nartzie Elyes Zoghlami xenon Vladimir Lobov .
- / Dmitriy "dimasick"
Matvienko and Daniel "ponkt"
Punkt have both announced that they are departing
Finest
Finest Europe Rank #17 dESTRUCTIVEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks bonkar Malkolm Rench and entering free agency.
- Ayşe "schnellÆ"
Ergül has officially departed
Fire Flux Fierce
Fire Flux Fierce Europe Rank #0 jduh Ceyda Kondu Lateu Hilal Yaşar rayka Zeynep Kalkan Liyan Jiex Şura Yıldırım and joined Supermassive Blaze Female
Supermassive Blaze Female Europe Rank #0 Julis Açelya Özgen rainssa Yağmur Şahin dati Lyda schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül .
- Caner "CyderX"
Demir has announced that he is in search of a new team. His announcement leaves
SuperMassive Blaze
SuperMassive Blaze Europe Rank #12 XiSTOU Göktuğ Canciğer skylen Asil Yalçın Brave Eren Kasırga Izzy Baran Yılmaz with four active members.
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FUT JEFF
FUT JEFF Inactive Gia Süreyya Bayel Sephia Reyhan Şimşek proxima Aslıhan Uslu Ritha Zeynep Sualp ness Neslişah Demir coach Hazım "casteLL0" Orhun Dalbeyler has been released from the team.
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BBL Queens
BBL Queens Europe Rank #0 Vania minemosynE Minem Alkir Banshee eva Nur Çakır are down to four players following the departure of Kevser "Xecriona" Aydın.
- Soner "jeyj7y"
Eren Kent has joined
Parla Esports
Parla Esports Europe Rank # Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım lauress Toprak Kaynak Draven İsmet Eroğlu Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent from Surreal Esports
Surreal Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım Masic Alfajer Emir Ali Beder RieNs Enes Ecirli . Additionally, the rest of the Surreal Esports roster has revealed that they are looking for new offers.
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Gamelanders Blue
Gamelanders Blue Inactive dgzin Douglas Silva chase Davi Mello fuzari Deivid Fuzari Brinks have benched Vínicius "v1nny" Gonçalves.
- Gabriel "v1xen"
Martins and Jonathan "JhoW"
Glória have both revealed that they have been made inactive members of
Keyd Stars
Keyd Stars Brazil Rank #1 mwzera Leonardo Serrati heat Olavo Marcelo murizzz Murillo Tuchtenhagen rhz RgLMeister Matheus Rodigoli .
- Matheus "RgLMeister"
Rodigoli and Pedro "pdr"
Henrique have both announced that they have been released from
INGAMING Esports
INGAMING Esports Inactive .
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Bren Esports
Bren Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #0 Symbol Boggs Ramos have announced Boggs "Symbol" Ramos as the final member of their roster.
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Bonkers
Bonkers Oceania Rank # WAT Lewis Watson Ciko Ben Easterbrook taxx Mark Mijic MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari have completed their roster with Mark "taxx" Mijic, Michael "M1kE" Smith, Jesse , and coach Abhishek "GodspeedxD" Bajaj.
Results & Standings
- The first open qualifier of the Nerd Street Summer Championship kicked off with
Nearest Airport
Nearest Airport North America Rank # Andersin Andy Collins Aleko Aleko Gabuniya c4Lypso Abdo Agha Governor Peter No Precision Colin O'Neill taking first place in the event by beating Complexity
Complexity Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan trial Governor Peter No truo Robert Pham jcrueL Joel Cruel agM Michael Abood .
- The sixth edition of the Sakura Cup ended with
randoms
randoms North America Rank # taking the tournament off of a grand finals win over Immortals
Immortals North America Rank # tupperware Kay Kaylen Ruddell sarahcat Sarah Simpson jen .
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Alter Ego Celestè
Alter Ego Celestè Asia-Pacific Rank #188 Eisberg July Kusuma enerii Odella Abraham Ayumiii Nurul Aini nabbsky defeated Bren Esports Victress
Bren Esports Victress Asia-Pacific Rank # Twirly Aly shirazi zini Alexy Mikkasie 3-1 to take home 20 circuit points in the second Open event in Game Changers APAC.
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NAOS Esports
NAOS Esports Asia-Pacific Rank # NDG Mojer Ulan blurred Shaun Matthew Maglasang jEEE Emmanuel Jonathan Buenavidez Kakarot Oscar Farin Jr. took the Predator Kings of PH 2022 trophy after a win over Action PH
Action PH Inactive theDoctorr Mathanraj Munisparan in the grand finals.
- The first of four teams have secured their place in playoffs of The Esports Club - Challenger Series. They are:
Enigma Gaming
Enigma Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #16 rawfiul Akram Virani Excali Karan Mhaswadkar RvK Rishi Vijayakumar Antidote Sabyasachi Bose Rexy Tejas Kotian , Medal Esports
Medal Esports Asia-Pacific Rank # FOX Tanmay Verma DcRulz tricky Prish Valvani BadmaN Saharyar Shaikh ezzy Rishabh Gupta godvexy Sameer Sharma , Reckoning Esports
Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #148 BADlove Jay Patil Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar Pixelzz Aditya Gulhane Rio Atharv Ahire Harshhh Harsh Arora , and M42 Esports
M42 Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #0 HyPer Shelin Patel V3nom Ankit Panth RiX Aakash More .
- In the Oceania Tour Stage 2 open qualifier,
Mindfreak
Mindfreak Oceania Rank #0 tensai Benny Phan soju Jay Jeong Dutti Sudhish Dutt Chax Chax Stipanovic , Catgirls
Catgirls Inactive kyoto Dylan B Autumn Kale Dunne SWERL Ali Kobraee pl1xx Chris Li LEW Luis Hibbert ninim John Slayo , HONEY BADGERS
HONEY BADGERS Oceania Rank # Suave Matteo Asido jellyD Angelo Diaz MILKY Ryan Cornwell Fulvous Jason Wu Autumn Kale Dunne Klockzy Lachlan Burke , and BOBO
BOBO Oceania Rank # Nozz Noah McClafferty tixx Nick Quinn signed Dale Tang skrawl Justin Lanzon DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky have advanced to the semifinals in the round of 8. Meanwhile, WithYouWithMe
WithYouWithMe Inactive Yuna Martin Nguyen binjo Prophet Marsh William Marshall , Iconic
Iconic Inactive Cliqahh punda Lachlan Bamford pan1K Tyson Missak xsus Raymond Wang ESUH TOUT , Funcrew
Funcrew Oceania Rank #0 norsin Norsin Yawanis andy LEW Luis Hibbert Fweshest Christian Bartolillo eezy Steven Tran , and Bonkers
Bonkers Oceania Rank # WAT Lewis Watson Ciko Ben Easterbrook taxx Mark Mijic MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari have been knocked down to the lower bracket. Tournament play will continue tomorrow, April 16.
Other News & Rumors
- According to a report from Dot Esports, former
Brimstone Gaming
Brimstone Gaming Inactive dynamic reach plat1num Munkhdul Baterdene fletcher Fletcher Christian epathy Ngawang Chonjor and The Mafia
The Mafia Inactive Jerk Justin Milani dynamic d1msumboi Erik Almhjell member dynamic is set to join T1
T1 North America Rank #13 thwifo Zander Kim xeta Son Seon-ho (손선호) ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) steel Joshua Nissan to replace Johann "seven" Hernandez. seven is reportedly set to join TSM
TSM North America Rank #7 gMd Anthony Guimond seven Johann Hernandez Subroza Yassine Taoufik corey Corey Nigra Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo alongside recently released Gen.G
Gen.G Inactive snirot Edmon Ghanem trial NaturE Nicholas Garrison jcStani Noah Smith player Anthony "gMd" Guimond.
- / An April 10 report from Max "purest" Katz has revealed that
Soniqs
Soniqs North America Rank #14 iyen Iyengaran Raju Crunchy Ethan Laker dizzyLife Kyran Crombie shonk William Kittrell runi Dylan Cade are set to add former Zero MarksMen Black
Zero MarksMen Black North America Rank #55 syfi Samir Karimov bjor Joseph Bjorklund pho Mike Panza Critical Tristan Trinacty b0i Aaron Thao players Dylan "runi" Cade and William "shonk" Kittrell, as well as Moon Raccoons
Moon Raccoons Inactive ApeX zeldris Elijah Hawkins w0rldw1de Matthew Mannine Dark3st Cohburg coach Daniel "Danimal" Booth.
- / According to a report from Jakub "frs" Czapran,
EXCEL
EXCEL Europe Rank #61 Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski FoxieGG Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim are set to complete their roster with Team Queso
Team Queso Europe Rank #43 UNFAKE Bartosz Bernacki k1zpawn Ian Rebelo xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Katu player Tyler "FoxieGG" Lowton and Finest
Finest Europe Rank #17 dESTRUCTIVEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks bonkar Malkolm Rench player Gilad "ALIVE" Hakim.
- / An April 14 report from Jakub "frs" Czapran has revealed that
Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #9 snikk Sebastian Kamiński PoPiFresH Mario González keloqz Cista Wassim lowel Christian Garcia Antoran grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko are looking to complete their roster with former Anonymo Mentos
Anonymo Mentos Europe Rank #93 vilczek NOKOCU Michał Michałów Kamisseq Kamil Lepper nyczu Szymon Kulik kvmilhvh player Sebastian "snikk" Kamiński.
- Vilius "krea6on"
Malinauskas has been suspended for the duration of Stage 2. This has come after the former
Tundra Esports
Tundra Esports Inactive bonkar Malkolm Rench Nille Nichlas Busk krea6on Vilius Malinauskas member violated several policies during a ranked match.
- / According to an April 11 report from Jakub "frs" Czapran,
Acend
Acend Europe Rank #3 L1NK Travis Mendoza vakk Vakaris Bebravičius MONSTEERR Ondřej Petrů cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek starxo Patryk Kopczynski are in talks with Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #13 BONECOLD Santeri Sassi nataNk Nathan Bocqueho baddyG Kamil Graniczka H1ber Joona Parviainen ceNder Jokūbas Labutis player Vakaris "vakk" Bebravičius. The team is also interested in Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming Europe Rank #4 russ Batuhan Malgaç Jesse Adam Čtvrtníček ShadoW Tobias Flodström Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego Kiles Vlad Shvets player Ondřej "MONSTEERR" Petrů, according to the report.
- According to a report from Bo "BoDork" Hoogland, Team PWR are actively scouting for a roster in Valorant, with Oceania as the organization's primary region of interest. The team is also looking at options in the Southeast Asian scene and North American scene.
redlight contributed to this recap.