With just over a week to spare,
KOI
KOI
Europe
Rank #30
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
sheydos
Bogdan Naumov
Filu
Dawid Czarnecki
flyuh
Xavier Carlson
soulcas
Dom Sulcas
have confirmed their lineup for the upcoming VCT season. The new announcement features similar names to the squad fielded for the OFF//SEASON Crossfire Cup, with a few changes.
Kamil "kamo"
Frąckowiak and Tobias "ShadoW"
Flodström are now official, with Grzegorz "grubinho"
Ryczko joining as fifth and Mark "aer0z"
Ochoa as assistant coach. Both
sheydos
and
starxo
remain, and previous in-game leader Jose "koldamenta"
Luis Aranguren is absent from the announcement. Finally
Wolfen
and
trexx
have since joined different teams,
Case Esports
Case Esports
Inactive
and
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #1
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
Sayf
Saif Jibraeel
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
, respectively.
Four of the players participated in the Crossfire Cup, as KOI received a direct invite to the playoffs. They went out in the quarterfinals, losing 3-2 to Case Esports. This event was the only off-season tournament the team played in.
Their newest addition,
grubinho
, is no stranger to Spanish orgs. He first caught the eye of the scene with free agent team
Chakalaka
Chakalaka
Inactive
frontside
Kamil Moroń
AjMERiTO
Kacper Barszcz
Nitro
Karol Przedpełski
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
, during a close match against then European champions,
Team Heretics
Team Heretics
Europe
Rank #2
MiniBoo
Dominykas Lukaševičius
Wo0t
Mert Alkan
RieNs
Enes Ecirli
benjyfishy
Benjamin David Fish
Boo
Ričardas Lukaševičius
. He continued to play with Polish teams such as
Illuminar Gaming
Illuminar Gaming
Inactive
AjMERiTO
Kacper Barszcz
frontside
Kamil Moroń
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
Nitro
Karol Przedpełski
snikk
Sebastian Kamiński
,
AWARIA
AWARIA
Inactive
YouBreak
Piotr Chodoła
Katu
Kacper Twórz
Stix
Wojciech Chamielec
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
saiko
Kacper Kucharski
, and
Invicta Gaming
Invicta Gaming
Inactive
YouBreak
Piotr Chodoła
Katu
Kacper Twórz
Stix
Wojciech Chamielec
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
saiko
Kacper Kucharski
until 2022.
Team Heretics would be his first international team, joining them for Stage 2 of the Spanish VRL. They narrowly avoided relegation, finishing the season in eighth with a 7-11 record. The return of pAura helped their off-season performance, reaching the semi-final of the Red Bull Home Ground qualifier and win the inaugural Crossfire Cup.
He joined
Anonymo Esports
Anonymo Esports
Inactive
belmonte
Kacper Mordak
xuss
Tselmeg Tsolmon
Stix
Wojciech Chamielec
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
Katu
Kacper Twórz
for 2023, where he remained for Challengers, finishing in the top four on both occasions. In the off-season he returned to Spain with
UCAM Esports Club
UCAM Esports Club
Europe
Rank #14
Flickless
Karel Maeckelbergh
Polvi
Niko Polvinen
bucher
Maximilian Bucher
Quick
Fabián Pereira
YuNo
Eloy García
, reaching the final of the 2023 Crossfire Cup and top four in the Mandatory Cup.
Also joining from UCAM is assistant coach
aer0z
. He moved on to Valorant in 2022 following a seven year Counter-Strike career, playing for and coaching various Spanish teams. He first joined
ZETA Gaming
ZETA Gaming
Europe
Rank #199
d3mur
Demir Boğa
falltw
Alexandr Chernukhin
Lele
Leandro de Nittis
N A I S
Alessandro Montanari
Z3RO
Giordano Macioce
, reaching the top four in the Spanish T2 circuit. From there he was picked up by UCAM as their head coach, leading them to two consecutive top three finishes in Challengers Spain.
KOI
KOI
Europe
Rank #30
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
sheydos
Bogdan Naumov
Filu
Dawid Czarnecki
flyuh
Xavier Carlson
soulcas
Dom Sulcas
's new lineup will debut against
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #12
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
on February 21:
- Kamil "kamo" Frąckowiak
- Tobias "ShadoW" Flodström
- Grzegorz "grubinho" Ryczko
- Patryk "starxo" Kopczynski
- Bogdan "sheydos" Naumov
- André "BARBARR" Möller (Head coach)
- Mark "aer0z" Ochoa (Assistant Coach)
- Tyler "Bambino" Jay (Analyst)
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