Connor "Sliggy"
Blomfield has stepped down as the
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #12
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
head coach, citing internal differences as the reason for his departure.
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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 #2
keznit
Angelo Mori
Mazino
Roberto Rivas
adverso
Benjamín Poblete
Shyy
Fabian Usnayo
Melser
Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro
and
XERXIA Esports
XERXIA Esports
Asia-Pacific
Rank #24
. But Team Liquid were stopped in the upper bracket by
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Rank #1
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 #3
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 #12
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
are now: