Team BDS
Team BDS
Inactive
bramz
Bayram Ben Redjeb
have confirmed the signing of the former
Edelweiss Esports
Edelweiss Esports
Inactive
mikee
Michael Lim
KONEQT
Cista Adel
player Guillaume "GatsH"
Kalka, as previously reported by VLR.gg.
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With GatsH at its forefront, Edelweiss has slowly crawled through the European ranks and have shown promise as a rising French squad. Most recently, they matched their best VCT placement, finishing in the top-16 of the Challengers open qualifier. The squad was also very close to qualifying for the Valorant Open Tour France Main Event, scoring a record top-eight finish.
BDS, meanwhile, look to re-establish themselves in the top flight of Europe. After being on the brink of qualifying for the Stage 2: EMEA Challengers Playoffs, the team started off Stage 3 with a disappointing performance, losing two straight games after being invited directly to the Challengers closed qualifier.
In spite of their early exit, the team's bottom four placement still gave them automatic seeding into Challengers 2 alongside
Rix.GG Thunder
Rix.GG Thunder
Inactive
Mickebwoy
Mikołaj Chojnacki
memset
Laurent Werly
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Oliwer Fahlander
frei
Aaron Frei
Luzuh
Joseph Loose
,
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #23
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
and
FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Rank #6
crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
. They'll be joined by four teams from the closed qualifier. If the Frenchmen manage to reach the Grand Final, they'll be on their way for their first EMEA Challengers Playoffs event.
Team BDS
Team BDS
Inactive
bramz
Bayram Ben Redjeb
are now: