VCT Challengers competition is underway, and with it came a host of new headlines. Here's what you might have missed.

This week's edition covers news from April 23 - April 29.

• Read more: News Almost Missed April 22

Roster Changes

• / YFP Gaming YFP Gaming North America Rank #30 cheatcode Shaun Quinto Jerk Justin Milani Rebo Christopher Heindel Lin Alex Gariépy have re-entered Valorant by signing the core of Radiance Radiance Inactive Rebo Christopher Heindel FIEND Zander Bates venture Anthony Ziade sSef Youssef Daghache cheatcode Shaun Quinto plus former Renegades Renegades Inactive players Justin "Jerk" Milani and Alex "Lin" Gariépy.
• / Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy North America Rank # Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm Virtyy Leandro Moreno Nurfed James McFadden Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust coach Andy "Avhyno" Sanschagrin has revealed that he is no longer with the team, and is in search of new opportunities as a coach/analyst.
• / Akrew Akrew North America Rank #23 gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo have added former Tundra Esports Tundra Esports Inactive bonkar Malkolm Rench Nille Nichlas Busk krea6on Vilius Malinauskas coaches Salah "salah" Barakat and Joseph "Strong" Edwards to their team.
• / HEET HEET Europe Rank #27 Kinguyen Nguyen Thach Monstrum Jake Byrne Remoy Emil Schlichter waddle Wadir Taraki ec1s Adam Eccles have welcomed three new members to their team: Nguyen "Kinguyen" Thach as a player, Adil "elemeNt" Maufroid as head coach, and Ciaran "Cizza" Dillon as assistant coach.
• Former Case Esports Case Esports Europe Rank #72 falltw Alexandr Chernukhin Ambi Štěpán Beránek Yurii Salvador Gasco roxie Povilas Krivelis Wolfen Berkant Joshkun player Carles "XeoN" Garcia has announced his retirement from professional play.
• / Arctic Arctic Europe Rank #0 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius l0udly Marius Žilinskas Dext Norbert Paulovčák TugaTV Rui Ribeiro synsi Jere Virtanen have completed their roster with Rui "TugaTV" Ribeiro and Jere "synsi" Virtanen.
• / KOI KOI Europe Rank # Famsii Ramses Koivukangas Sacake Ladislav Sachr PHYRN Oskar Palmqvist Shrew Gabriel Gessle neptuNo Alberto González have announced that Joona "H1ber" Parviainen has departed the team and entered free agency.
• / PENTA PENTA Inactive have parted ways with their entire roster.
• / After competing with Guild X Guild X Europe Rank #0 aNNja Anja Vasalic Smurfette Yağmur Gündüz cinnamon Klaudia Beczkiewicz roxi Vivian Schilling victoria Victoria Ukasova for a little over a month, Anja "aNNja" Vasalic has been made an official member of the team.
• / Case Esports Case Esports Europe Rank #72 falltw Alexandr Chernukhin Ambi Štěpán Beránek Yurii Salvador Gasco roxie Povilas Krivelis Wolfen Berkant Joshkun have rounded out their roster with former Wave Esports Wave Esports Europe Rank #25 Bgg Vladislav Boev ozzy Oscar Scott DeepMans Yiğithan Kesici Felix Felix Gerling Click Haydem Ali player Povilas "roxie" Krivelis.
• Wave Esports Wave Esports Europe Rank #25 Bgg Vladislav Boev ozzy Oscar Scott DeepMans Yiğithan Kesici Felix Felix Gerling Click Haydem Ali have announced their new roster and head coach Andreas . The new members joining include former EXCEL EXCEL Europe Rank #61 Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski FoxieGG Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim player Oscar "ozzy" Scott, former PENTA PENTA Inactive player Felix "Felix" Gerling, and Haydem "Click" Ali.
• Two stories from Finest: Gilad "ALIVE" Hakim and Ben "RECIDENT" Battash departed the main roster and Viv and Serdni joined the female roster.
• / Futbolist JEFF Futbolist JEFF Europe Rank #0 Gia Süreyya Bayel Sephia Reyhan Şimşek proxima Aslıhan Uslu Ritha Zeynep Sualp ness Neslişah Demir have bid farewell to their previous roster consisting of Donia "nugget" Khaled, Ece "Kuripuuya" Selin Balıkdere, matr1x , Cornelia "Neli" Johansson, and Zehra "Felipa" Durak. That announcement came a day after the organization welcomed a new, all-Turkish roster comprised of Zeynep "Ritha" Sualp, Aslıhan "proxima" Uslu, Süreyya "Gia" Bayel, Neslişah "ness" Demir, Reyhan "Sephia" Şimşek, and coach Mert "KEY" Çelebi.
• Former Futbolist JEFF Futbolist JEFF Europe Rank #0 Gia Süreyya Bayel Sephia Reyhan Şimşek proxima Aslıhan Uslu Ritha Zeynep Sualp ness Neslişah Demir player Zehra "Felipa" Durak has become the newest member of BBL Queens BBL Queens Europe Rank #0 minemosynE Minem Alkir Nariel Yaren Cirit Banshee eva Nur Çakır .
• Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Brazil Rank # v1xen Gabriel Martins xand Alexandre Zizi bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa cauanzin Cauan Pereira Jonn Walney Reis have bid farewell to coach Rogerio "RoY" Lopez. Additionally, coach Vinícius "fluyr" Menegatti has announced his departure from the team.
• Felipe "flainzz" Saldanha has announced his departure from INGAMING Esports INGAMING Esports Inactive . The team now has two active members.
• Stars Horizon Stars Horizon Brazil Rank # pdr Pedro Henrique Maverick Henrique Tozatto flainzz Felipe Saldanha NANZIN Renan Echternacht artzin Arthur Araujo have bid farewell to Lucas "BELKY" Belchior, leaving the team with no active players.
• MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank # deNaro Matheus Hipólito mNdS Rafael Mendes jzz João Pedro gtn Gustavo Moura have parted ways with Sergio "txddy" Francisco.
• ODDIK ODDIK Brazil Rank #14 have released their remaining three members: Matheus "fra" Fragozo, Miguel "snw" Marcondes, and Carlos "axeddy" Alberto.
• / Skull Cracker Skull Cracker Latin America North Rank #14 TwoPotz Matias Gutierrez Guga JDRelax Juan David Gonzalez Borrero BREKK Alejandro Henao Lopez MiniNiwde Lenin Mateo have bid farewell to Oscar "Peloncito" Israel Palacios Martinez as he joins E-Xolos LAZER E-Xolos LAZER Latin America North Rank #3 DaveeyS Santiago Galvis Ruiz jfoeN Jesus Taboada BandiCoot Michael Mancipe Feniz Thomas Molina Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez .
• / Border Monsters Border Monsters Latin America North Rank #4 Josegxbo nolan Nolan Martinez Herro Jose Merida alca Cristóbal Cancino adi Marco Maureira have brought Jose "Herro" Merida back to the active lineup to complete their roster of five.
• Six Karma Six Karma Latin America North Rank #1 MatiS Matias Salgado BEAST Julian David Lauandos 6ixtos Fearay Closer Daniel Ataco have unveiled their full roster, featuring new additions 6ixtos and Matias "MatiS" Salgado.
• FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank # Wyz Luis Hernandez Mited Luis Gutierrez xander Alexander Lopez Dcop Carlo Delsol Torrify Kolby Bruzzo have announced Alexander "xander" Lopez as the third member of their roster.
• / Talon Esports Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank # GabbyDiz gnaru markL Mark Ed Lester Alex UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Drei have revealed their coach: In "Creative" Moo-keun (인무근)
• Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Rank # WIX NakJi Chibab Moves Jeong Hi Lee Jeong-ha (이정하) have rounded out their roster with former 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) player Lee "Jeong Hi" Jeong-ha (이정하).
• / Crest Gaming Zst Crest Gaming Zst Japan Rank #0 kobra Ha Su-hyun sakurai SamuraiDeeper Kazuki Nouno NeruFi Syouta Alpha have welcomed Ha "kobra" Su-hyun, sakurai , and coach PenKim to their team.
• DetonatioN Gaming White DetonatioN Gaming White Japan Rank #0 Killer HSK Kim Hae-seong Pepper Shoki Banjo barce Takebayashi Ryo Suggest Seo Jae-young (서재영) SSeeS Tomonori Okimura Melofovia Hirotaka Okazaki have bolstered their roster with former IGZIST IGZIST Japan Rank # Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) GangPin thiefy oitaN Masayuki Takahashi poem Yumeki Shibasaki RIPablo Shuma Ikeda player Shoki "Pepper" Banjo and former ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Laz Ushida Koji crow Maruoka Tomoaki Dep Yuuma Hisamoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe TENNN Tenta Asai player and streamer Takebayashi "barce" Ryo.
• / XPLDZ XPLDZ MENA Rank # moner Kirill Matsanov purp0 Semyon Borchev chrollo Omar Hussein Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby TERNOS Abdo Gebril have expanded their roster to six members with Kirill "moner" Matsanov.
• Fox Gaming have announced their main and female rosters.

Results & Standings

• The BoomTV Proving Grounds $10k April Anarchy open qualifier came to a close late last week, and Cosmic Divide Cosmic Divide North America Rank #28 nerve Michael Yerrow icy Jacob Lange ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak syfi Samir Karimov and Skwirel Warriers Skwirel Warriers North America Rank # ethos Alan Ruan KOLER Yannick Blanchette bew Brandon Roberts WeDid Matthew Suchan ALEKSANDAR Aleksandar Hinojosa emerged victorious over Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy North America Rank # Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm Virtyy Leandro Moreno Nurfed James McFadden Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust in the upper final and lower final respectively to qualify for the main event.
• dart monkeys dart monkeys North America Rank # nmutuA Autumn Morgan bunny bee eskay Evelyn Hollis Isla grimoire won the April edition of Game Changers Academy 2022 by defeating randos randos North America Rank # in the grand finals.
• Zero MarksMen Black Zero MarksMen Black North America Rank #55 mina Kevin Nguyen Lear Dayton Akau Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor bjor Joseph Bjorklund Enjoy Antonio Billen defeated Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #27 Boostio Kelden Pupello C0M Corbin Lee Apoth Vincent Le Reformed Jeffrey Lu jawgemo Alexander Mor in the grand finals of the NSG Summer Championship Open 3 to take first place in the event.
• The qualifiers of the Game Changers EMEA Series II, and of the 32 teams that have advanced to the main event, only Guild X Guild X Europe Rank #0 aNNja Anja Vasalic Smurfette Yağmur Gündüz cinnamon Klaudia Beczkiewicz roxi Vivian Schilling victoria Victoria Ukasova and Fire Flux Fierce Fire Flux Fierce Europe Rank #0 Kleisy jduh Ceyda Kondu Lateu Hilal Yaşar rayka Zeynep Kalkan Liyan will go into the event with an undefeated record.
• In the VRL Northern Europe Open Qualifier, Divinity Divinity Europe Rank #198 ALLIN Ivan Yukin Tian Vadim Filkin kENZ Andrey Efimov pyrolll Artur Minin Optimist George Kazmin and HEET HEET Europe Rank #27 Kinguyen Nguyen Thach Monstrum Jake Byrne Remoy Emil Schlichter waddle Wadir Taraki ec1s Adam Eccles have secured their spots in the promotional tournament, while H2O H2O Europe Rank # Alyx Alex Morrow ri4d Riad Smajilovic FakeAnanas Alex Semec Hadi Hadi Jalali Jaf defeated Tactical Five Tactical Five Europe Rank #0 m4xikk Maksim Zvalnev xenp1o rexxtoned Quv3n JAMTER in the consolation final to claim the third promotional tournament spot.
• The VRL DACH relegation playoffs concluded, and V1Champions V1Champions Inactive HighKitty Fabian Schultze McKonsti Konstantin Helm Barcode Kevin Bana rAsk Roberts Ribakovs xanarchy Nico Janssen , Ovation eSports Ovation eSports Europe Rank #70 Matrixx Iljas Amagow DisisJohn Leosen Leonardo Hennrich Happen NKLS Jan Niklas Benn , and SPARX Esports SPARX Esports Europe Rank #0 zolters Mykola Balzhi Keodo Skayuf Gustavs Auders Extreme Hristiyan Trifonov HaxZorus qualified for the second stage of VRL DACH: Evolution, which begins in May.
• Real Betis Real Betis Europe Rank # Daniel0 Daniel Bolufer Guardy Antonio Guardiola VARES Luis Olivares Vity Victor Medina Iglesias Rexs defeated BISONS ECLUB BISONS ECLUB Europe Rank # Boom Daniel Jiménez krysyS meisoN Juan Carlos Chacón hastack Sergio Fernández Martínez xikii Victor Garcia in the VRL Spain promotion to qualify for Stage 2 of VRL Spain: Rising.
• In the closed qualifier of VRL Turkey: Birlik Stage 2, Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #137 Mykoz Mert Demirci Burzzy Burak Özveren Elite Efe Teber jonx sian Mustafa Tabakoglu SoyeR Burak Soyer Theia Yusuf Kahraman and Galakticos Galakticos Europe Rank #63 m1tez Muhammed Tezcan DeadInk hatex Cüneyd Baş sturNN Eren Oduncular SasuKe Ufuk Göktaş are on the cusp of securing a spot in the regular season through the upper bracket finals, while IF Parla Esports IF Parla Esports Europe Rank # Draven İsmet Eroğlu MerSa Mert Saatcı Ruxic Uğur Güç bora Bora Oğuz jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent await the loser of the aforementioned match in the lower final.
• After two rounds of matches in the April edition of the Liga Gamers Club Série A group stage, Team Vikings Team Vikings Brazil Rank #3 Veroneze Vinícius Ribeiro Ds Daniel Silva swag João Neto pollo Julio Silva KenzmPs Simão Azevedo and Reign Reign Brazil Rank # gbzw woddy Gabriel Cressoni rajadaJJ k0chilo sw Jadisson Rayan sit atop the standings undefeated with 2-0 and 1-0 records respectively.
• In the fourth edition of Gaming Culture - Girl Power, Stars Horizon Fem Stars Horizon Fem Brazil Rank # Larischz Lara Gilardoni Mel Melissa Souza isa1 Isabele Glym sayuri Camila Obam mittens Diana Trevisan and Cruzeiro Esports Cruzeiro Esports Brazil Rank #26 ori napeR Camila Naper maze Kécia Farias vene Nayla Youssef bubu Bruna De Cesare have advanced in the bracket following wins over Tropicaos Tropicaos Brazil Rank # mizi Mirella Gomes luiza Luiza Parron lule Luiza Meira blu Victoriah Ceniz and B4 Angels B4 Angels Brazil Rank #19 let Letícia Dias tayhuhu Taynah Yukimi Jelly Krysme jules Julia Dominguez respectively. Matches will continue later today, April 29 with TBK Esports Female TBK Esports Female Brazil Rank # giacomiN Maria Eduarda Giacomin Bia Beatriz Terra Dani Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira taking on LUSA White LUSA White Brazil Rank # Dvyno Demétrio Devoyno Arraes Champzera Joaquim Alves pMdr1 Pedro Henrique BladeZ Gustavo Zoppello and Gamelanders Purple Gamelanders Purple Brazil Rank #13 biazik Beatriz Begnossi antG Antônia Garcia isaa Isabeli Esser lissa Giulia Lissa Joojina Letícia Paiva facing off against ODDIK Bright ODDIK Bright Brazil Rank #0 m4ndzin stand-in isla Larissa Rodrigues mindle Elaine Takahashi nAny Aninha .
• The open qualifier of Stage 2 LATAM North has concluded, and Team Cruelty Team Cruelty Latin America Rank # Jow Juan Camilo Preciado Ordoñez stand-in Ryu Baez otaQ Darker and Border Monsters Border Monsters Latin America North Rank #4 Josegxbo nolan Nolan Martinez Herro Jose Merida alca Cristóbal Cancino adi Marco Maureira have advanced to the challengers league. LATAM South open qualifier competition will take place later today, April 29.
• Six teams remain in the open qualifier of Stage 2 Challengers Indonesia. The remaining teams are Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Asia-Pacific Rank #25 Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang P1ERCEE Riky Efrizal Cud Thomas Alfiantino budimeisteR Oliver Budi Wangge sayoo Willy Ivandra , Dewa United Esports Dewa United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #85 FrizzNatsz Frizky Satyawarman madel Agesta Maulana klipp Grant Hadiputra Sylvette Palimo Prayoga Bocah Andres Satya Wibowo Dragy Febrian , Babi Guling Babi Guling Inactive OnigiRi Nico Alvanius Maskon Justin Adams vascalizz Rey Sebastian Pardede no1syboy Sergio Rahardja Spyko Rochino Belial , Team Alay Team Alay Asia-Pacific Rank # roserade OWEN ray4c vS WoodenTesla Zee , Mawar Dandelion Mawar Dandelion Asia-Pacific Rank # limitado DHITO KLOPZ Kappa NeXs , and Hike Digital Esports Hike Digital Esports Asia-Pacific Rank # raphh Radya Ramadhanta Einarhkays Akhmad Azwardie S. zhar Rayhan Filardhi Azhar Lilo Ryan Betrand mika Michael Setiawan .
• In the third round of the Road to VCT 2022: Stage 2, Kantic 2.0 Kantic 2.0 Asia-Pacific Rank # BDDQ meodayngu Nguyễn Nghĩa Minh MaTryXs Matthis Metharam tozz To Duy Antoine Bouvery Imcarnus Elian Lopez , Cat Gang Cat Gang Asia-Pacific Rank # Duckyquee justreggae Phạm Bảo Ngọc LilHieu Lưu Chí Hiếu Roki Shyn Foxzz Trần Nhật Trung , and Dominus Esports Dominus Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #156 r1ce1 omgV l0wk3y Storm Rambo have all qualified for Stage 2 Vietnam Challengers.
• After two rounds of play in the LPL Summer Cup Legends 2022 group stage, BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank # Nozz Noah McClafferty tixx Nick Quinn signed Dale Tang skrawl Justin Lanzon DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky and HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Oceania Rank # Suave Matteo Asido jellyD Angelo Diaz MILKY Ryan Cornwell Fulvous Jason Wu Klockzy Lachlan Burke sit atop their respective group standings with undefeated 2-0 records.
• Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #16 rawfiul Akram Virani Excali Karan Mhaswadkar RvK Rishi Vijayakumar Antidote Sabyasachi Bose Rexy Tejas Kotian won the third season of the WD Black Cup by defeating Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #148 BADlove Jay Patil Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar SmokeA Karan Sharma Pixelzz Aditya Gulhane Rio Atharv Ahire Harshhh Harsh Arora and 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 the contender final and grand final respectively.
• Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #2 Depyro Nour Sherif Shniider Yousef Osama SkaNoodles Yousef Mohamed Sand Mark Emad Avez Hazem Khaled phaze Karim Fouad zyad Zyad Mohamed won the Odyssey Warpros Volume 7 after being knocked to the lower bracket early by XPLDZ XPLDZ MENA Rank # moner Kirill Matsanov purp0 Semyon Borchev chrollo Omar Hussein Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby TERNOS Abdo Gebril . Team RA'AD eventually came back to defeat XPLDZ in the grand finals 3-1.

Other News & Rumors

• NYXL have announced a 16-team LAN in Brooklyn, New York in mid-May, in approximately two weeks.
• Jakub "frs" Czapran has reported on a number of moves happening in various VRL teams. The reported moves include beGenius beGenius Europe Rank # DarkLight BaWaN Loic Martello thebigfiz Julien Auberton Leare Fletcher Brigden-Knight hvoya Aleksandr Eremin adding Aleksandr "hvoya" Eremin and Fletcher "Leare" Brigden-Knight, KOI KOI Europe Rank # Famsii Ramses Koivukangas Sacake Ladislav Sachr PHYRN Oskar Palmqvist Shrew Gabriel Gessle neptuNo Alberto González in discussions with Ramses "Famsii" Koivukangas to replace Joona "H1ber" Parviainen, Maks "kamyk" Rychlewski's addition to Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Europe Rank # GatsH Guillaume Kalka vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov lyNxi Felix Björklund jannyXD João Daniel kamyk Maks Rychlewski to fill in a spot for Alessio "musashi" Xhaferi, and BIG BIG Europe Rank #19 Twisten Karel Ašenbrener Kaspe Kasper Timonen musashi Alessio Xhaferi luckeRRR Niels Jasiek Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk AslaN Ceyhun Aslan 's roster shuffle which could see Niels "luckeRRR" Jasiek and mushashi replacing Fatih "gob b" Dayik and Kasper "Kaspe" Timonen.
• According to a report from Bo Hoogland, German esports organization ALTERNATE aTTaX (formerly known as Team ALTERNATE) are set to sign V1Champions V1Champions Inactive HighKitty Fabian Schultze McKonsti Konstantin Helm Barcode Kevin Bana rAsk Roberts Ribakovs xanarchy Nico Janssen , which consists of former PENTA PENTA Inactive players Fabian "HighKitty" Schultze, Konstantin "McKonsti" Helm, and Nico "xanarchy" Janssen. The other members set to join ALTERNATE aTTaX are former HEET HEET Europe Rank #27 Kinguyen Nguyen Thach Monstrum Jake Byrne Remoy Emil Schlichter waddle Wadir Taraki ec1s Adam Eccles player Kevin "Barcode" Bana and former Geekay Esports Geekay Esports MENA Rank #8 Kheops Anis Mokrani Winteryrook Evgeniy Lenko wayLander Jan Rahkonen Shehab Shehab Hany RockeT Ahmed Mohamed rheat Marouane Mask player Roberts "rAsk" Ribakovs.
• Legendary CS:GO player Kenny "kennyS" Schrub has trialed for OG OG Europe Rank #0 KONEQT Cista Adel uNKOE Benjamin Chevasson OniBy Theo Tarlier fxy0 Joey Schlosser LaAw Mathieu Plantin and plans to join the roster, according to 1pv reporter neL.
• Former Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Brazil Rank # v1xen Gabriel Martins xand Alexandre Zizi bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa cauanzin Cauan Pereira Jonn Walney Reis coach Vinícius "fluyr" Menegatti has been banned from VCT until May 30 following an incident of "inappropriate comments" during a ranked match while the team was competing in Iceland. fluyr will also be placed on a six-month probationary period, in which his in-game account will be monitored. Additionally, he will be required to complete professionalism training during the course of his suspension.