Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield has stepped down as the Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak head coach, citing internal differences as the reason for his departure.
Thank you for all the support you have given me @TeamLiquid and to all the fans, you have been amazing
I had some of the best memories with the guys and learnt so much
Sliggy joined Liquid alongside the fish123 fish123 Inactive Kryptix James Affleck ScreaM Adil Benrlitom L1NK Travis Mendoza ec1s Adam Eccles soulcas Dom Sulcas roster when the organization first signed its Valorant team. Under Sliggy, Liquid were a powerhouse in the EMEA region, placing fourth at Masters 2: Reykjavik, nearly qualifying for Masters 3: Berlin after a tough bout with Gambit Esports Gambit Esports Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Chronicle Timofey Khromov d3ffo Nikita Sudakov sheydos Bogdan Naumov nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin , and placing top-four at Champions after their defeat to fellow EMEA team and eventual winners Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk .
After their dominant run at the latter half of 2021, Team Liquid hoped to keep their momentum going for Stage 1: Challengers. The team finished with a 3-2 record and was slotted as the group A third-seed. They began their playoffs with a win over G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive , but later lost to FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks . Following a lower bracket victory over Guild Esports Guild Esports Inactive , Liquid lost their rematch to G2 to finish the tournament in fourth.
Team Liquid replaced FPX for Masters after the latter was unable to attend, and the team quickly made the most of their last minute inclusion. They finished on top of Group B after swiftly defeating KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro and XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #29 b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul Siraww Siraphop Honghirun bnwgiggs . But Team Liquid were stopped in the upper bracket by LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , and were ultimately knocked out by ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori , placing top-eight.
Liquid has analyst signed to the team's staff, Jake "Bacon9" Lloyd, but no other coach to lead the team. The organization has yet to announce a replacement for Sliggy.
Team Liquid are set to battle BIG BIG Inactive in their first match of the Stage 2: EMEA Challengers group stage.
Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak are now: