Champions competition has the attention of the Valorant esports world currently, but that didn't stop everyone else from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's recap covers news from Sept. 4 - Sept. 10
- Read more: News Almost Missed Sept. 3
Roster Changes
- Preston "Juv3nile" Dornon announced his departure from TSM TSM North America Rank #14 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook .
- / After an NA LCQ with The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch , Mateja "qpert" Mijovic is working an analyst with Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak for their Champions run.
- Former TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise player Rachel "rachell" Kujawa joined Astralis's Female CS:GO team, confirming her exit from competitive Valorant.
- / Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench welcomed Carles "XeoN" Garcia as the team's new head coach.
- GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #201 H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca signed Campeonato de Elite second-place finishers RESET RESET Inactive Akira Rui Barbosa k0mpa Carlos Nunes furyan Afonso de Sousa nasK Diogo Barros silenttt Nuno Rodrigues .
- / Case Esports Case Esports Inactive bid farewell to Alexandr "falltw" Chernukhin.
- / Antonio "antonio" Atanasov announced that he was in search of a new team. He was previously a part of Cyber Wolves Esports Cyber Wolves Esports Inactive ALMO Albert Mościcki Freyy Krystian Konopka Hitch Martin Srp pyrolll Artur Minin tatzuki Jovan Milovanovic .
- / Into The Breach Prime Into The Breach Prime Inactive welcomed Zehra "Felipa" Durak and Panda to their team.
- Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #14 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt Celasun Emir Celasun umu7 Umut Pekdoğan bid farewell to Burak "glovee" Yıldırım, who was transferred to Galakticos Galakticos Europe Rank #148 DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Bard0lf Emir Çinkılıç sterben Emre Demirci MOJJ Buğra Kiraz qw1 Konuralp Şahin glovee Burak Yıldırım .
- Burak "Burzzy" Özveren and Efe "Elite" Teber both announced that they were searching for new opportunities while under contract with Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #196 DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin Yigox cacan Mert Çaçan .
- / OnlyFins OnlyFins Europe Rank #58 nixoon Niko Pasonen Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää Kalkkuna BODYCATCHER Paulus Paulus Paakki welcomed Dumbbell as their new head coach.
- Benjamin "bnj" Rabinovich revealed that his time with 9z Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares had come to a close, and that he was looking for a new team as a free agent.
- 6ixtos announced that he had departed Six Karma Six Karma Latin America North Rank #3 Mephisto KILLY rowancy Constantino Grijalva Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez otaQ and was looking for a new team as a free agent.
- SPEAR GAMING announced their Game Changers team, SPEAR GAMING Female SPEAR GAMING Female Inactive YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) Haneul .
- TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise welcomed Koko to their team as performance coach.
- / The ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun roster has officially split from the organization, according to a tweet from Riley "rDeeW" Wilkinson. The news comes after ORDER reportedly failed to find a buyer to keep the organization's employees and team salaries in operation.
- NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius player Mutaz "mTz1" Herbawi announced that he had departed the organization and was looking for a new team as a free agent.
Results & Standings
- Contenders Legion Athena Series winner: TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise | runner-up: Into The Breach Prime Into The Breach Prime Inactive
- TGH x Birds of Prey Episode 4 remaining teams: Rebels Velvet Rebels Velvet Europe Rank #41 , Case Hydra Case Hydra Europe Rank #23 , Rix.GG Lightning Rix.GG Lightning Inactive , Fire Flux Fierce Fire Flux Fierce Inactive jduh Ceyda Kondu Lateu Hilal Yaşar rayka Zeynep Kalkan Liyan Jiex Şura Yıldırım
Other News & Rumors
- According to a report from Dot Esports, the teams that are set to be announced as part of the 2023 franchised league following the conclusion of Valorant Champions will need to submit an official roster to Riot by October. The 30 teams that will be announced for the league next year are reportedly going to be announced on Monday, September 26.
- According to a report from Alejandro "anonimotum" Gomis on Blix.gg, Case Esports Case Esports Inactive are set to overhaul their roster. The organization will reportedly retain Berkant "Wolfen" Joshkun and Salvador "Yurii" Gasco and part with Štěpán "Ambi" Beránek. According to the report, the trio that will join Case's new roster include Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius, Marco "HearthBeat" Soffia, and Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki.
Eutalyx contributed to this recap.