David Beckham's Guild Esports signs Swedish Valorant roster to compete in First Strike

David Beckham-owned Guild Esports has officially entered rapidly-rising Valorant competitive scene. European organisation anunced its intention to participate in upcoming Valorant First Sky tournament and also unveiled its inaugural roster for competition.

Guild Esports Valorant squad anunced

Guild Esports' Valorant roster comprises of all Swedish players who participated in various Valorant tournaments under ir previous moniker, Bonk. team consists of William “draken” Sundin, Filip “Goffe” Gauffin, Yacine “Yacine” Laghmari, Leo “Leo” Janneson and Malkolm “bonkar” Rench. Draken, Goffe and Yacine are former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players (CS:GO). Bonkar was Sweden's first Valorant player. He previously played Paladins and has won two Paladins World Championships.

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Guild Esports' Valorant roster already appears promising, especially after roster secured a top-two finish in recent Ignition Series and Mandatory.gg Cup tournaments. team will make its official debut as members of Guild Esports in vember, participating in qualifiers for inaugural edition of Valorant First Sky. 

open European qualifiers for Valorant First Sky is scheduled for vember 9 to 16. Only top eight teams will qualify for main event which will take place from December 3 to 6. Valorant First Strike: Europe -  main event - will be played in a series of best-of-three games. 

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All about Beckham's Guild

Earlier this month, David Beckham's Guild became first esports organisation in UK to successfully complete its public market flotation on London Stock Exchange. Guild completed its listing with a market capitalisation of £41.2 million. Launched at an opening price of 8.00 pence per share, as of w, Guild Esports share price has dropped to 6.90 pence per share. 

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Carleton Curtis, executive chairman of Guild Esports, said investment will be used to aid expansion in or territories and y plan to field rosters for most of premier gaming titles. With Beckham as face of organisation, Guild might look to add more rosters as y plan to penetrate esports market in rth America. "It will provide us with cache, credibility and capital to fulfil our ambition to become one of world's top 10 e-sports franchises within three years," Curtis said in a press release.

new Valorant roster fits in line with ir all European rosters. Guild Esports currently boasts an active Rocket League roster that features European talents like Joseph 'ly' Kidd, Thomas 'ThO.' Binkhorst, Kyle 'Scrub Killa' Robertson and Kieran 'meqza' Durell. In addition, Guild also has pro FIFA player Niklas “NRaseck” Raseck in ir ranks. 

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(Im Credits: Guild Esports, David Beckham Instagram)