G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #213 rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup have announced the departure of Anastasia "Glance" Anisimova, Sarah "sarah" Ahmed, and coach Robertas "Carcass" Mikuckis nearly a month after their third-place finish at the Game Changers Championship 2023: São Paulo.
Glance and Carcass were present throughout their initial dominance of the EMEA Game Changers scene leading up to G2's crowning as the first-ever Game Changers world champions in 2022.
Heading into the 2023 season, G2 saw the departure of Julia "juliano" Kiran and eventually Maryam "Mary" Maher as Vivian "roxi" Schilling and sarah were onboarded in their place. The team still managed to take home two first-place finishes, but stumbled in Stage III, where EMEA's first seed at Brazil was up for grabs.
G2 have been the best-performing EMEA team at both Game Changers Championships. (Photo: Adela Sznajder/Riot Games)
Despite being matched up against Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #6 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil in their opening match at São Paulo, G2 silenced the crowd with a quick 2-0 to send Team Liquid to the lower bracket. Riding the momentum into their next matchup against Team SMG GC Team SMG GC Inactive enerii Odella Abraham Alexy Alexy Francisco shirazi Kelly Jaudian Kamiyu Camille Enriquez , the squad recovered from a 1-0 deficit to win the series 2-1 and meet Shopify Rebellion Shopify Rebellion North America Rank #25 meL Melanie Capone alexis Alexis Guarrasi Noia Nicole Tierce sarahcat Sarah Simpson in the upper final.
Unfortunately, G2's luck began to run out as they were defeated by North America's juggernaut and sent to meet Team Liquid in the lower final. This time around, however, their opponents flipped the script and eliminated G2 after two quick maps in convincing manner, accompanied by the roar of the home crowd.
With their season over, the organization began looking ahead at possible roster changes and allowed Carcass to explore his options before releasing Glance.
Now down to three, G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #213 rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup is: