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Enigma Gaming have announced the appointment of Lukas “yb” Gröning as their coach, the organization announced on Twitter. The 30-year-old’s move to Enigma Gaming marks his first foray into VALORANT, bringing an end to an approximately nine-year career as a player and coach in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. 

Riot Games’ statement on the one-day break for VALORANT Champions contains details on the upcoming VCT season, new in-game features for VALORANT esports, offseason competitions, and a global tournament for the all-female Game Changers circuit.

X10 CRIT have been ousted from VALORANT Champions after losing 1-2 in the quarter-finals against Masters 3 Berlin champions of Gambit. One of the event’s breakthrough teams ended their VCT campaign on a strong note with victories against Keyd Stars and Envy.

The VALORANT Champions playoffs have claimed its victims. Team Secret and Cloud9 were all sent home in the quarter-finals. They were knocked out by Acend and Team Liquid, respectively, who will move on to the semi-finals. 

Cloud9 has announced the composition of its new Cloud9 Academy roster built around coach Gaël “vexel” Attal and former C9 Blue player Michael “poiz” Possis.

Team Secret and X10 CRIT have booked spots in VALORANT Champions playoffs following victory over Team Vikings and Envy, respectively, on the last day of the group stage.

After six days packed full of VALORANT action, VALORANT Champions is approaching its last elimination day, during which we will learn the final eight playoff teams. Meanwhile, five teams have already qualified for the quarter-finals, with the last three to be determined today.

Cloud9 beat FULL SENSE 2-0 in Group D’s lower bracket after losing in the opening round to Fnatic, and have now survived the elimination match.

The Filipino powerhouse have sent Crazy Raccoon packing from VALORANT Champions 2021 following a dominant 2-0 victory in Group C’s elimination match. 

ZETA DIVISION have brought Northeption’s duo of Tenta “TENNN” Asai and Shota “SugarZ3ro” Watanabe to the lineup, and transfer deal of REJECT’s Yuma “Dep” Hashimoto with Ryumon “Reita” Oshiro. Meanwhile, Ryo “barce” Takebayashi will move to ZETA’s streamer division, while Miyamoto “makiba” Akastuki will be inactive for the 2022 season.