Spanish multi-sports membership FC Barcelona has formally entered ladies’s VALORANT esports with its Barça eSports GC roster.
The membership already fields League of Legends and VALORANT groups and now goals to qualify for the annual VALORANT Sport Changers Championship later this yr.
Regardless of its wealthy historical past in conventional sports activities, FC Barcelona expanded into esports in 2019 with a Rocket League roster.
Since 2024, the membership has additionally been competing in VALORANT’s tier-two ecosystem as a part of the Challengers Spain: Rising circuit. Its most notable achievements to this point embody the 2024 Rising Cut up 2 trophy and a high 10 end at VCT Ascension EMEA in the identical yr.
“This all-female workforce types a part of FC Barcelona’s dedication to selling initiatives that foster equality and inclusion in sport, one of many cornerstones of being ‘Greater than a Membership’,” the official press launch said.
Launched in 2021, Sport Changers is VALORANT’s international esports ecosystem devoted to offering a secure and aggressive surroundings for girls and different marginalised genders.
FC Barcelona VALORANT Sport Changers Roster
Barça eSports GC options 5 gamers with loads of aggressive expertise throughout tier-two VALORANT and the Sport Changers circuit. Try the total line-up under:
- María ‘Toki’ Pérez (IGL and Controller)
- Alba ‘Annie’ García (Flex)
- Paula ‘devilasxa’ Martínez (Sentinel)
- Eylül ‘miyori’ Sarıoğlu (Duelist)
- İlayda ‘Lyda’ Güzeldere (Initiator)
- Fabián ‘Fast’ Pereira (Coach)
Each Toki and devilasxa competed ultimately yr’s Sport Changers Championship, albeit with completely different organisations, GIANTX and SK Nebula, respectively. Furthermore, Toki and Annie beforehand performed collectively for Case Hydra in 2023.
Lyda has participated in each version of Sport Changers since its inception, whereas miyori made her GC debut in 2023 as a younger duelist prodigy.
The gamers are additional supported by Fast, who shall be teaching his first esports workforce after his retirement from aggressive VALORANT final yr.
Barça eSports GC will make its debut at the moment at 6 PM BST within the VALORANT GC EMEA Closed Qualifier, aiming to advance to the Stage 1. All matches shall be broadcast on the membership’s official Twitch channel.
