FUT Esports
FUT Esports
Europe
Rank #7
xeus
Doğan Gözgen
MrFaliN
Furkan Yeğen
yetujey
Eray Budak
AtaKaptan
Ata Tan
cNed
Mehmet Yağız İpek
qRaxs
Doğukan Balaban
have transferred star duelist Konuralp "qw1"
Şahin to
Fire Flux Esports
Fire Flux Esports
Europe
Rank #15
, marking the end of the player's two year tenure with the organization.
First donning FUT's jersey in 2021, qw1 played an integral role in the team's rise to glory through the Regional Leagues as he and his teammates took home the crown in the 2022 VRL Finals, reverse-sweeping
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #8
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
Sayf
Saif Jibraeel
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
.
Eager to maintain their results amid the 2023 VCT, qw1 and the rest of FUT stumbled at LOCK//IN after a top sixteen finish, but were able to regain their footing by qualifying to Masters: Tokyo after a solid showing in the EMEA League.
Unfortunately, the roster struggled in Japan and were only able to claim victory against
Attacking Soul Esports
Attacking Soul Esports
Inactive
monk
Wang Haoyu (王浩宇)
Yuicaw
Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑)
YHchen
Chen Yuhan (陳昱瀚)
Zero1
Meng Zhen Ren (任梦真)
before being sent home following losses to grand finalists
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
North America
Rank #22
Derrek
Derrek Ha
NaturE
Nicholas Garrison
supamen
Phat Le
and
DRX
DRX
Korea
Rank #4
Flashback
Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
Athan
Na Ha-jun (나하준)
freeing
No Ha-jun (노하준)
HYUNMIN
Song Hyun-min (송현민)
.
However, thanks to the team's – and
FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Rank #3
crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
's – performance at Masters, FUT automatically qualified to Champions and did not need to participate in the EMEA LCQ. The team was seeded into Group B alongside
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
China
Rank #5
Autumn
Kale Dunne
Life
Qu Donghao (瞿东豪)
AAAAY
Zhang Yang (张杨)
BerLIN
Zhang Bolin (張柏霖)
yosemite
Wang Lei (王磊)
,
T1
T1
Korea
Rank #2
stax
Kim Gu-taek (김구택)
Meteor
Kim Tae-oh (김태오)
Sylvan
Go Young-sup (고영섭)
BuZz
Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철)
iZu
Ham Woo-ju (함우주)
, and Evil Geniuses.
This time around, FUT were able to advance out of groups after besting T1 in both of their matchups. However, those were the only two wins the organization managed to snatch in Los Angeles, as an early loss to
Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Rank #3
mindfreak
Aaron Leonhart
Jinggg
Wang Jing Jie
f0rsakeN
Jason Susanto
d4v41
Khalish Rusyaidee
something
Ilya Petrov
– another grand finalist – sent the team to the lower bracket, where they were eliminated by FNATIC.
Shortly after their bout at Champions, FUT began making changes to their roster by releasing Buğra "MOJJ" Kiraz and sixth man Serhat "Muj" Yüksel. In addition, qw1 was permitted to explore his options as a restricted free agent, leaving the active roster to just three players. The vacant spots were quickly filled by Mehmet "cNed" Yağız İpek and Eray "yetujey" Budak, who made their debuts during the Red Bull Home Ground #4 EMEA Qualifier.
With qw1's transfer to Fire Flux,
FUT Esports
FUT Esports
Europe
Rank #7
xeus
Doğan Gözgen
MrFaliN
Furkan Yeğen
yetujey
Eray Budak
AtaKaptan
Ata Tan
cNed
Mehmet Yağız İpek
qRaxs
Doğukan Balaban
are now: