Masters: Reykjavik competition resumes today, but that didn't stop the rest of the world from creating new headlines this past week. Here's what you might have missed.
This week's edition covers news from April 16 - April 22.
- Read more: News Almost Missed April 15
Roster Changes
- NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold have bolstered their coaching staff with former League of Legends coach Anthony "Zikz" Gray and Jay "DeMars DeRover" Li. The former had stints as a coach with 100 Thieves, TSM, and CLG dating back to 2015.
- BASILISK BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick have added Dwaine "Jangler" Kirkpatrick to their team.
- / Ghost Gaming Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have rounded out their roster with Alex "aproto" Protopapas.
- / DarkZero Esports DarkZero Esports Inactive have finalized their roster with Taylor "Drone" Johnson, Anthony "ZexRow" Colandro, Justin "Trick" Sears, and Adam "Ange" Milian.
- / Zero MarksMen Black Zero MarksMen Black Inactive Tim Timothy Braun Blahst Nathan Brand yiinel Elias Soto Nanners Anderson Lutkehus have formed a new roster consisting of Joseph "bjor" Bjorklund, Kevin "mina" Nguyen, Dayton "Lear" Akau, Jonard "Jonaaa6" Penaflor, Antonio "Enjoy" Billen, and coach Derek "sloth" Diaz.
- Rahmin "ShoukR" Shoukoohi and coach Michael "MaestroMJ3" Bulostin have been released from Built By Gamers Academy Built By Gamers Academy Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli .
- / TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive have brought in Anthony "venture" Ziade as their fifth player. He comes in to replace Carlo "Dcop" Delsol in the active lineup, who is reportedly joining FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #8 GLYPH Conner Garcia Xhowi Luis Enmanuel Corcino Garcia Korsonix Korey Anderson prask Mike Cortbani Fresht Juan Pablo Preciado in the LATAM North scene for the upcoming VCT Stage.
- Two stories from Case Esports Case Esports Inactive : The team parted ways with Alberto "neptuNo" González and announced its Game Changers team, Case Hydra Case Hydra Europe Rank #26 .
- / Sebastian "snikk" Kamiński has joined Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius as the team's fifth player.
- / DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki have officially parted ways with Umberto "mass3R" Artuso and Théo "10K" Navaro.
- All members of Alliance Alliance Inactive have been made inactive and are in search of new opportunities.
- Four members of FUT Female FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk — matrix , Cornelia "Neli" Johansson, Donia "nugget" Khaled, and Ece "Kuripuuya" Selin Balıkdere — have announced that they are in search of new opportunities outside the organization.
- / Evgeniy "Winteryrook" Lenko and Anis "Kheops" Mokrani have become the newest members of Geekay Esports Geekay Esports MENA Rank #6 .
- Sharks Esports Sharks Esports Inactive gaabxx Gabriel Carli prozin Wallacy Sales KILLDREAM João Ferreira Addicted Eduardo Torres have benched their entire roster.
- Border Monsters Border Monsters Latin America North Rank #8 KODA Gerardo Sepúlveda k1yo Ángel Xool mNo Tendux mega have said goodbye to coach Juan "Daykiry" Garcia.
- Shoki "Pepper" Banjo and Seigi "Ask" Yamamoto have been officially released from IGZIST IGZIST Japan Rank #15 RIPablo Shuma Ikeda popogachi Souta Morita Frxeez stand-in Yamada oitaN Masayuki Takahashi
- NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #20 have rounded out their roster with Derialy .
- Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Rank #20 ANNYEON An Seo-jin (안서진) Dipa Yoon Ha-jun (윤하준) Xenus Lee Kyung-ho (이경호) mir Hwang Mir (황미르) GANGAZI Choi Min-yong (최민용) have welcomed former Team T5 Team T5 Inactive 단하나 kaze ELCbis Jr Redwater877 player Moves to their team. His addition leaves the team with one vacant spot to fill.
- / TALON TALON Asia-Pacific Rank #16 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No , a storied esports organization in the APAC region, have announced their six-man roster.
- BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #21 have announced that Lee "LEXY" Jun Hao Xavier has returned to their active roster.
- Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #14 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt foxy Crus Lư Tiến Huy Hyuse tok1o Nia twilight have added Le "Redneval" Quốc Khánh to their team, increasing their roster count to seven. Earlier this week he was released by his previous team, CERBERUS Esports CERBERUS Esports Inactive viness Nguyễn Trung Tín alyaL Hoàng Đức Hùng ting2k5 Dường Mạnh Thắng .
- / True Rippers True Rippers Asia-Pacific Rank #94 Ri0 Atharv Ahire Marcai BatmaN R0meo WAT Lewis Watson RvK Rishi Vijayakumar have welcomed DaFi to their team as a coach.
- SCYTES SCYTES Inactive hoveRR Yaser Akkad Foxy Blitz M7MD Peps Ali Marashi have rounded out their roster with Ali "Peps" Marashi.
- / Team Occupy Team Occupy MENA Rank #21 Black Getoxic tellfeenzo Artem Pashkov swagzor Electus have added former Team Majesty Team Majesty MENA Rank #39 Vamp1r player Taibi "Lyhnj" Youssef to their team as a coach.
Results & Standings
- Ghost Gaming Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid had an undefeated run in the April edition of the Knights Circuit Monthly, which ended in a victory over TSM TSM North America Rank #14 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook in the grand finals.
- T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) claimed victory in the NSG Summer Championship Open 2 by defeating Knights Academy Knights Academy Inactive in the grand finals.
- together we are terrific together we are terrific Inactive c4Lypso Abdo Agha mummAy Anthony DiPaolo LeviathanAG Aleko Gabuniya PureR Bryce Lovell LenX Andy Collins won the Toronto Valorant Viper's Pit $10K without dropping a map. Their tournament run culminated in a grand finals victory over VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama .
- XX Chromosome XX Chromosome Inactive proxima Aslıhan Uslu ness Neslişah Demir Gia Süreyya Bayel Ritha Zeynep Sualp Sephia Reyhan Şimşek finished in first place in the Rebels #1 playoffs without losing a single map. Their run ended in a 3-0 grand finals victory over Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül .
- The closed qualifier of the April edition of the Liga Gamers Club Série A concluded with Unemployed Unemployed Inactive francez Felipe Mello swag João Neto fooX rood Rodrigo Gomes forbanz defeating REiGN REiGN Inactive Siduzord Renan Siduoski Tooug ind1n rajadaJJ Champzera Joaquim Alves in the grand finals. They, alongside puGG puGG Inactive ind1n Tooug Igaum Higor Barbosa Siduzord Renan Siduoski Celin , Tuzzy E-Sports Tuzzy E-Sports Inactive lz Luiz Reche Zap Brenno Roberto vhz Vinicius Santana rhz Igor Aran pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros , and ODDIK ODDIK Inactive , have qualified for the main event.
- In the playoffs of The Esports Club Challenger Series, Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #19 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef tesseract Jon Michael Piga Yukxx Yukee Lampa choosie Matthew Lorenzo Te Dignified , True Rippers True Rippers Asia-Pacific Rank #94 Ri0 Atharv Ahire Marcai BatmaN R0meo WAT Lewis Watson RvK Rishi Vijayakumar , and Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #33 123 aplycs Aqil Azfar Mojo Thong Tao Jian Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar Garv ghostxD remain in the upper bracket following their wins over Lethal Esports Lethal Esports Inactive khelthuzad Shahul Hameed LuciA Anil Kumar sh1vy Shivam Ajmani Rossi Kiran Rossi , M42 Esports M42 Esports Inactive HyPer Shelin Patel V3nom Ankit Panth RiX Aakash More , and Medal Esports Medal Esports Inactive Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Kibojn Jayesh Negi psy Simar Sethi LilBOii Vishwaratn Srivastav tryst Jit Choudhury respectively. Matches will resume tomorrow, April 23 with Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed taking on Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh .
- The first week of the LPL Summer Cup Legends 2022 group stage saw BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #4 Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz , KRAKEN ESC KRAKEN ESC Inactive sungy pyua Kyuu Daniel Seo Art , Bonkers Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert , and HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun win their matches against Funcrew Funcrew Oceania Rank #15 skrawl Justin Lanzon YAKUZA Yifang Yifang Chen MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari , Gungahlin Warriors Gungahlin Warriors Inactive Moshu RAMEN Senti3nt Lax Lehgzy , East LA East LA Inactive AMNESTY Matteo Asido IKANA indie azoh Aidan Harris exempt Carlos Pupo Nation Joshua Penman , and WithYouWithMe WithYouWithMe Inactive Yuna Martin Nguyen binjo MKII Marsh William Marshall respectively.
- The open qualifier of the second stage of the Oceania Tour has concluded, and BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #4 Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz , Mindfreak Mindfreak Inactive tensai Benny Phan soju Jay Jeong Dutti Sudhish Dutt Chax Chax Stipanovic , Catgirls Catgirls Inactive kyoto Dylan B Autumn Kale Dunne SWERL Ali Kobraee pl1xx Christopher Li LEW Luis Hibbert ninim John Slayo , HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun , Bonkers Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert , Iconic Iconic Inactive Cliqahh punda Lachlan Bamford pan1K Tyson Missak xsus Raymond Wang ESUH TOUT , and Funcrew Funcrew Oceania Rank #15 skrawl Justin Lanzon YAKUZA Yifang Yifang Chen MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari have all qualified for the group stage. Group stage competition begins next week, on April 30.
Other News & Rumors
- Jakub "frs" Czapran has reported on a number of moves happening in various VRL teams. The reported moves include Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando looking to round out their roster with Mikołaj "Mickebwoy" Chojnacki and Bence "szimpli" Soós, DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki adding Alexandr "SimonD4rk" Skovbel and finalizing David "Davidp" Prins, and Arctic Arctic Inactive bringing on Rui "VTaguT" Ribeiro and Jere "synsi" Virtanen.
- According to a report from Bo Hoogland, Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive are in early discussions to sell Olavo "heat" Marcelo later this year. He has not been moved off the active roster for the upcoming VCT qualifiers, however.