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Roster Changes

• Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #2 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) parted ways with coach Matthew "mCe" Elmore, ending a tenure with the team that began in February. mCe is notably the former coach of Chaos Esports Club, whose core recently reunited under Cloud9 Blue.
• Obey Alliance Obey Alliance Inactive BlackMoose Shawn Fox Sworns Gurinder Mahey soojai Soojai Shin supermonkey Andrew Mirza have signed SUPER SQUAD SUPER SQUAD Inactive Boltzy Angel Garcia supermonkey Andrew Mirza . The team recently competed in the Nerd Street Gamers Summer Championship last chance qualifier, but failed to qualify for the Summer Championship after falling to NRG Esports in the round of 16.
• SoaR SoaR Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor fiziq Lucas Blow v1c Victor Truong Trill Ashley Powell and Denis "DENYA" Kosogov have split, bringing SoaR's player count down to three players. DENYA is now looking for a new team as an unrestricted free agent.
• Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench have bid farewell to Théo "10K" Navaro. This departure comes after the team finished in third place in Dreamhack Beyond: Europe.
• Juan "grizzly" Maggi, Fernando "Fross" Gallagher, and Danilo "UNNSTO" Pilarche have departed from 9z Team 9z Team Latin America South Rank #4 Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon suther Tomás Zurita delz1k Joaquin Espinoza NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez Mikey Tap Luciano Pensa . This change comes after 9z missed out on qualifying for the LATAM Challengers Playoffs after suffering a defeat at the hands of Australs Australs Latin America South Rank #6 17leanndro Sekiro TAFG nx1 Kramz mrtn in the playoff decider.
• Magno "Pr0phie" Ramos has been released from Complexity Complexity Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan trial Governor Peter No truo Robert Pham jcrueL Joel Cruel agM Michael Abood . He initially trialed with the team in May, and was confirmed as an official member a month afterwards, in June.

Results

• Inactive and Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #3 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have secured their spots for Masters: Berlin. Only one more spot remains for North America, and XSET XSET Inactive and ENVY ENVY North America Rank #2 canezerra Alex Banyasz Eggsterr Inspire Hunter Schline P0PPIN Matteo Weber ion2x are chomping at the bit to secure the last spot for Valorant's second international competition. The two teams will face off after the conclusion of the 100 Thieves/Sentinels match.
• Across the Pacific, in Korea, Vision Strikers Vision Strikers Inactive stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) and F4Q F4Q Inactive Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) Estrella Park Gun (박건) fiveK Yoo Sung-min (유성민) GOLD Geum Chang-wan (금창완) have punched their tickets to Masters: Berlin after victories over TNL Esports TNL Esports Inactive TS Yu Tae-seok (유태석) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) and DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) respectively.

Matches to Watch

• Over in South Asia, the final three matches of the Valorant Conquerors Championship Wildcard Qualifier are set to begin. The first match will feature Team XO Team XO Inactive taking on Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh in the upper final.
• In Oceania, the final four matches of Oceania Tour Stage 3 will be underway soon, with the upper final and 3rd lower round matches taking place at the same time. In the upper bracket, ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun and Wildcard Gaming Wildcard Gaming Inactive InfrequeNt Jesse Barker rDeeW Riley Wilkinson signed Dale Tang Nozz Noah McClafferty SWERL Ali Kobraee will face off, while in the lower bracket, Mindfreak Mindfreak Inactive tensai Benny Phan soju Jay Jeong Dutti Sudhish Dutt Chax Chax Stipanovic and PEACE PEACE Inactive koro David Shiers Nation Joshua Penman tensai Benny Phan clutchyy Corbyn De Klerk WRONSKI Michael Wronski Ciko Ben Easterbrook are battling to keep their tournament hopes alive.
• More matches in the Stage 3 Japan Challengers Playoffs are underway. NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #5 and Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive have already secured their spot in the upper final, and are on the cusp of securing a spot in Masters: Berlin.
• In Latin America, Six Karma Six Karma Latin America North Rank #2 Mephisto KILLY Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez otaQ Panaek Ryu , KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro , INFINITY INFINITY Inactive ligasa Rodrigo Castillo MatiS Matias Salgado bnj Benjamin Rabinovich , and Australs Australs Latin America South Rank #6 17leanndro Sekiro TAFG nx1 Kramz mrtn will begin battling it out for their region's only spot in Masters: Berlin. The first match will feature Six Karma and KRÜ Esports from LATAM South, while the following match will feature the Infinity Esports and Australs, the two qualifying teams from LATAM North.

Other News

• Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #6 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang player Ricky "floppy" Kemery will be temporarily returning to CS:GO competition by competing with Extra Salt for an ESEA Cash Cup. While not officially benched, floppy has been inactive from the Cloud9 Blue roster since Stage 3 Challengers 1.
• After being discovered to have been using a bug in-game, X10 Esports X10 Esports Inactive Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua have been warned and will be penalized in the next series that they play. Their next match is against Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Rank #30 Wixoss No1 Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống nTK Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt Somethai Trần Lê Huy Khiêm P1nA Nguyễn Nam Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy in the group stages of the SEA Challengers playoffs.