Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Unranked
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
Rossy
Daniel Abedrabbo
v1c
Victor Truong
moose
Kaleb Jayne
OXY
Francis Hoang
have completed their roster with Jaccob "yay"
Whiteaker, Jordan "Zellsis"
Montemurro, Mateja "qpert"
Mijovic, and coach Matthew "mCe"
Elmore. The team's new additions join from
OpTic Gaming
OpTic Gaming
Inactive
,
Version1
Version1
Inactive
and
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Unranked
N4RRATE
Marshall Massey
bang
Sean Bezerra
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
zekken
Zachary Patrone
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
,
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Unranked
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
, and
The Guard
The Guard
Inactive
JonahP
Jonah Pulice
trent
Trent Cairns
neT
Michael Bernet
valyn
Jacob Batio
tex
Ian Botsch
respectively.
This is Cloud9 VALORANT 2023
Shortly after Valorant Champions 2022 came to a close, reports surfaced from Dot Esports forecasting the additions of yay, zellsis, and mCe to round out the C9 core of Anthony "vanity" Malaspina, Erick "Xeppaa" Bach, and Nathan "leaf" Orf.
yay joins C9 after a successful year with OpTic, where he and the now-former Green Wall rose to the top of North America, qualifying for every international event in the 2022 VCT competition year, and were even crowned the Stage 1 Masters: Reykjavik champions. OpTic made a deep run at Valorant Champions, only falling to
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Unranked
dgzin
Douglas Silva
v1nny
Vínicius Gonçalves
pANcada
Bryan Luna
tuyz
Arthur Andrade
cauanzin
Cauan Pereira
in the upper bracket final and grand final to finish runner-up in the capstone event of the year.
yay's new teammates, zellsis and qpert, join after spending stints with Sentinels and Team Liquid as player and analyst respectively. While qpert explored time as an assistant coach for The Guard and Team Liquid, he previously played in various Valorant Regional Leagues in the first half of 2022 with
PENTA
PENTA
Inactive
and
Sector One
Sector One
Inactive
Alyx
Alex Morrow
poegii
Yenthe Segers
q
Liam Hoek
dash
MaximN
Maxim Nonglaire
.
qpert also aided mCe, C9's new head coach, during the 2022 NA LCQ as an assistant coach for The Guard. That team was also a top contender throughout 2022, clinching the top North American spot going into Masters: Reykjavik. While The Guard missed out on attending Stage 2 Masters: Copenhagen, they made a statement by qualifying for the grand finals through the upper bracket, defeating Sentinels, Cloud9, and
FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan
Inactive
POISED
Kevin Ngo
mummAy
Anthony DiPaolo
TiGG
Tanner Spanu
BABYBAY
Andrej Francisty
supamen
Phat Le
along their way. Unfortunately, the team was usurped by
100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Unranked
zander
Alexander Dituri
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
eeiu
Daniel Vucenovic
Boostio
Kelden Pupello
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
in the grand finals, bringing their competition year to an abrupt close.
Recently, the team officially bid farewell to Rahul "curry" Nemani. C9 also said goodbye to Mitch "mitch" Semago, the final member of the organization's original Valorant squad, at the beginning of the month.
The 2023 competition year for the VCT will kick off on February 13 with the Champions Tour 2023 Kickoff Tournament in São Paulo, Brazil, and will feature all 30 partnered teams from the three major regions.
Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Unranked
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
Rossy
Daniel Abedrabbo
v1c
Victor Truong
moose
Kaleb Jayne
OXY
Francis Hoang
is now:
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