London Clash: Fnatic Valorant to play in UK for the first time

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 21/10/2025

UK-based esports organisation Fnatic have announced a new event called London Clash for their Valorant team.

The event, held by Fnatic and sponsors Sony INZONE, will see the Fnatic VCT EMEA team play a match in the UK for the first time.

It’s an exciting time for UK esports fans as London is also hosting the UK’s first VCT major next year with Valorant Masters London 2026.

The event will take place on Sunday, November 9th 2025, with a weekend of fan events and an exclusive afterparty also planned.

No other details have yet been revealed for the event, including what team Fnatic will face and if it will be streamed.

But the major question on everyone’s mind is who will be playing for Fnatic.

We’re only two weeks into the VCT off-season, but there have already been plenty of roster changes and rumours.

Just yesterday, Valorant Masters Toronto champions Paper Rex announced the departure of mindfreak.

Fnatic fans are keenly awaiting news of the popular Fnatic roster after the team heartbreakingly lost in the Valorant Champions Paris final.

There have been reports that Jake ‘Boaster’ Howlett will remain with the team rather than leave or retire.

That would be a huge relief to the Valorant community, who sent out a ton of love to Boaster after the Champions loss.

It seems this London Clash event will feature either the current Fnatic roster or a new, unnanounced roster for the 2026 VCT season.

Fnatic’s heartbreaking 2025 VCT season

The 2025 competitive Valorant season was a story of almosts for Fnatic.

The team attended multiple international VCT events but finished in second place at every single one of them.

After winning VCT EMEA Stage 1, Fnatic had an amazing run but lost to Paper Rex in the Valorant Masters Toronto final.

Fnatic then attended the Esports World Cup but lost 2-3 to their EMEA rivals, Team Heretics.

Then, after barely qualifying for Valorant Champions Paris, it looked like it was finally going to be Fnatic’s time.

They went on an incredible run, but had to sub out Emir ‘Alfajer’ Beder against Paper Rex due to a medical emergency.

Miraculously, Fnatic won and earned revenge for the Toronto finals with emergency substitute Domagoj ‘Doma‘ Fancev, who only had 16 hours’ notice and only four hours’ sleep.

It looked like Fnatic were going to be unbeatable but they weren’t able to take down NRG in the final.

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

In my seven years of esports writing, I've introuduced esports coverage to newspapers, interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry, and driven viewers mad with the puns in my YouTube scripts. I'm most proud of the latter.

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