Challengers Leagues are now reaching their Grand Finals and the post-LOCK//IN roster moves have begun. Although there is plenty of action, teams all around the world continue to make new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from Mar. 05 to Mar. 11
- Last Week: News Almost Missed March 04
Roster Changes
- Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson welcomed the final member of their roster Carlee "Carlee" Gress.
- MAD Lions MAD Lions Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad bjor Joseph Bjorklund N4RRATE Marshall Massey Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears announced the addition of a strategic coach in Zach "Eley" Stauffer.
- FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le announced the signing of Hamboigas Hamboigas Inactive di^ Diane Tran refinnej Jennifer Le sHMeaty Emma Choe Maddie Madison Mann panini Vannesa Emory . The team will now be known as FaZe Clan GC FaZe Clan GC Inactive Maddie Madison Mann sHMeaty Emma Choe di^ Diane Tran refinnej Jennifer Le .
- Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #3 TenZ Tyson Ngo Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Sacy Gustavo Rossi moved Hunter "SicK" Mims to an inactive position while he deals with personal issues.
- GODSENT IRIS GODSENT IRIS Inactive niciplesss Nikolett Keszeli Nessa Vanessa Ahlström Melzz Melinda BlomQvist released their roster.
- UNtapped UNtapped Inactive mediKa Annika Lambertz Nariel Yaren Cirit Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig Lil Bob announced the revival of their roster ahead of Game Changers EMEA.
- / G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Unranked rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup welcomed Vivian "roxi" Schilling following Julia "juliano" Kiran's departure just days ago.
- / Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive moved João "jannyXD" Daniel to the bench.
- who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #179 fexayy mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl Klusia Jonas Colkær Thomsen Nille Nichlas Busk sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen parted ways with Mads "MTE" Elgaard and assistant coach Simon "Falkun" Jakobsen. The shuffle also saw David "Davud" Alexander Vig become a substitute/content creator.
- / Thunderbolts Gaming Thunderbolts Gaming Inactive Antsy Yağız Güngör Yato Cem Saat re1sxd İlyas Çalışkan corr0 Mehmet Alp Vural DubzWoW Mustafa Doğan ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar moved Kutluay "VPNCNP" Kutlu, Enes "jonx" Güngör, and Ibrahim "lurzy0y0" Sandıkcı to the bench. The team also parted with Mustafa "DubzWoW" Doğan.
- İstanbul Wildcats İstanbul Wildcats Europe Rank #75 baha Baha Gözmen dRKY Onur Bora Genç sh1va Arda Özkaya MERZ Emre Aktaş deminatiX Akın Tak parted ways with head coach Kaan "Leader" Taşpınar and coach Armağan "L1X1NN" Yeğin.
- FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #4 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban announced the departure of assistant coach Nafi "NEDNAGG" Ercan Durmuş.
- / Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #83 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Ri0 Atharv Ahire tryst Jit Choudhury trinxty Naqshab Khan DcRulz Daivik Chauhan saun Saunskar Sane welcomed back theDoctorr as coach following a short stint with Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh .
- / MLT Esports MLT Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #20 tesseract Jon Michael Piga traNz rite2ace Tejas Sawant azys Azis Nandang rawfiul Akram Virani LeVi Rajiv Satpute parted ways with Simon "Blas" Jimuel Blas and Troy "Yort" Hiramia in favor of Jay "LuffysaN" Patil and Atharv "Ri0" Ahire.
- Medal Esports Medal Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #42 Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Kibojn Jayesh Negi Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar vibhoRR Vibhor Vaid psy Simar Sethi welcomed Daivik "DcRulz" Chauhan and head coach Vikrant "hacker" Pujari.
- GeeKay Esports Cherry GeeKay Esports Cherry Inactive Sandra Sandra Sherif Pinkalie Julie Lim Natakodo Natasha Kodo jduh Ceyda Kondu welcomed a new roster consisting of Julie "Pinkalie" Lim, Donia "nugget" Khaled, Natasha "Natakodo" Kodo, Ceyda "jduh" Kondu, and substitute "Sou" .
- / Sengoku Gaming Sengoku Gaming Japan Rank #6 Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) NOBITA Misaya gatorada Hideki Nishida parted ways with "Vici" .
- / BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #25 Lafura kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida parted with "nura" and Kim "Ssun" Sun-rae (김선래) in favor of "SID" and "YAYA" .
Results & Standings
- CVAL North: Winter winner: Northwood University Northwood University North America Rank #5 dip Braden Dippel Dark3st benjii Benjamin Park Tyler Boat | runner-up: Mizzou Esports Mizzou Esports North America Rank #75 xelA Alex Cheun wPanda Mason Lubinsky Conch Connor Aoun Ponder Jack Ponder PIGGY Devin Donnelly
- CVAL East: Winter winner: Fisher Navy Fisher Navy North America Rank #6 toozy Anthony De Leon VYX Ramiro Ortiz Pa1nt Amarri Peak chloric neptune Jason Tran | runner-up: FIU Varsity FIU Varsity North America Rank #41 Waffle plaza tokyo Sebastien Lima cryptX Kyle Morgado Furzaan
- CVAL South: Winter winner: UST Esports UST Esports North America Rank #2 nate Nathanael Miles Xhowi Luis Enmanuel Corcino Garcia seyq GLYPH Conner Garcia Korsonix Korey Anderson | runner-up: OC Esports OC Esports North America Rank #130 saint Owen Boulanger dev Voe Wheaties John Wheat ShadowCoreTV
- CVAL West: Winter winner: Demigods @ UCSD Demigods @ UCSD North America Rank #36 Chrome Kaden Jackson frost 469matt WicK tsalad Melvin | runner-up: UCR Blue UCR Blue North America Rank #15 Azulite Soop Ben Nguyen Vyx Andrew
- Project V: Stage 1 Division 1 winner: Yes I'm here Yes I'm here Inactive McKonsti Konstantin Helm nixoon Niko Pasonen Mikelelle Mikael Talliniemi shy supremjo | runner-up: Sissi State Punks Sissi State Punks Europe Rank #91 Terrox ico Kubfu RIX
- Valorant East: United - Season 2 - Stage 1 - Last Chance Qualifier qualified teams: onliners onliners Inactive , calamity L calamity L Europe Rank #112 bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Krishan Patel
- Project V: PRO Weekly #5 - Bracket 1 winner: Permitta eSports Permitta eSports Inactive Happen Alexander Dudenhöfer Daveeski David Pawlowski quantumrino GENETICZZ RxYaL Onur Yilmaz Movi | runner-up: eSports Cologne eSports Cologne Europe Rank #52 mX cookiez Shiroto Temuujin Nguyen EmreS deSwit Riccardo Puppo
- Project V: PRO Weekly #5 - Bracket 2 winner: Big Blue Charizard Big Blue Charizard Europe Rank #188 noumit Timon Meier Flaqqo Filip Avramovic Richy Atom Fabian Mauel | runner-up: Doomster Doomster Inactive
- Valorant Open Tour France 2023: Stage 2 winner: Colors Esport Colors Esport Europe Rank #66 askoo Olivier Soth hAwksinho Sulaimane Kabous Shak0w Clovis Lallier Pie Pierrick Jeandel izana | runner-up: booskaHS booskaHS Inactive khe0ps Tony Marques NRK Pedretti Charles 10K Théo Navaro bRAAHH Damian Lillard
- VCL Brazil remaining teams: The Union The Union Inactive Askia GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira pancc Fillipe Martins ntk Lucas Martins raafa Rafael Lima , RED Canids RED Canids Brazil Rank #3 Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo cortezia Gabriel Cortez v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves CTC Caio Torres gaabxx Gabriel Carli , TBK Esports TBK Esports Brazil Rank #20 RND Ronaldo Kanashiro prozin Wallacy Sales bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa deNaro Matheus Hipólito Brinks , Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive , ODDIK ODDIK Inactive , TropiCaos TropiCaos Inactive Fatmarino Matheus Marino mNdS Rafael Mendes xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves
- VCL East remaining teams: Acend Acend Europe Rank #9 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk , Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Inactive LUKYYY Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka SH0UTyy Michal Glacner Hasaa Radim Haša Enrik Michal Vejvoda patagod Patrik Bojkovský , Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz
- VCL Northern Europe remaining teams: HSDIRR HSDIRR Inactive Ale Alend Khalaf vicious Benjamin Guilotte lyNxi Felix Björklund Meddo Johan Renbjörk Lundborg freddan , Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #7 hype Tautvydas Paldavicius kaajak Kajetan Haremski MOLSI Michał Łącki soulcas Dom Sulcas AvovA Auni Chahade , FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #48 Lime Jacob Foster bucher Maximilian Bucher SEIDER Mathias Seider al0rante Felix Brandl YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes
- VCL France remaining teams: SBG SBG Inactive APO Tom Bonnion stand-in TakaS Jonathan Paupard logaN Logan Corti Wailers Wailers Locart beyAz Beyazit Körpe nataNk Nathan Bocqueho , Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #20 CyvOph Clement Millard SoOn Terence Tarlier HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard
- VCL Turkey remaining teams: S2G Esports S2G Esports Europe Rank #89 lauress Toprak Kaynak Patrui Göktuğ Uyan AsLanM4shadoW Ali Osman Balta jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent russ Batuhan Malgaç , Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #32 sterben Emre Demirci skylen Asil Yalçın hiro Emirhan Kat SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır Izzy Baran Yılmaz
- VCL Spain winner: Case Esports Case Esports Inactive | runner-up: Team Queso Team Queso Inactive mezoky Boom Daniel Jiménez
- VCL DACH remaining teams: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski , CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #5 elllement Dragan Milanović aNguiSt Ross Pendleton DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz
- VCL Italy remaining teams: DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #3 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki , GMT Esports GMT Esports Inactive N A I S Alessandro Montanari AFoxx Fábio Veigas
- VCL Portugal winner: SAW SAW Europe Rank #12 Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa Addicted Eduardo Torres Cunha20 David Cunha | runner-up: GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #193 Cal Callum Burgoyne H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Kayn Tiago Teixeira Dos Santos Hiiro Eric Brassac Caim Hugo Fonseca
- VCL Vietnam remaining teams: Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Kishi Ngô Trường Huy Crus Lư Tiến Huy f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn gin Phan Văn Gin , Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Inactive Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống BMV Bùi Minh Vũ alyaL Hoàng Đức Hùng P1nA Nguyễn Nam d0rf Phạm Huỳnh Toàn Quốc ViV Hoàng Việt , Tim Tài Trơ Tim Tài Trơ Inactive Redneval Le Quốc Khánh viness Nguyễn Trung Tín Juu Trần Thái Vỹ Daicute Nguyễn Anh Minh Thông BOSS
- / VCL Taiwan/Hong Kong remaining teams: ONE Team Esports ONE Team Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 YanLi W1nner Tsai Hong-wei (蔡宏偉) Rainy Li Guo-Shuo (李國碩) ngk XyuS SecreT KiN0 , Griffin E-Sports Griffin E-Sports Inactive Fung3 SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) YRSelect LockM Xing Fuling (邢福凌) sora
- VCL Thailand remaining teams: Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Asia-Pacific Rank #4 Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Taned Teerasawad Kntz Krit Chaiprasit cgrs Patiphan Porsi seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen , Attack All Around Attack All Around Inactive xcool3 Nuttadet Wijit AloNeFillz Palapoom Thaikum kongared Nantapol Boonying niffy Patcharapon Junman b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul SantaGolf Chanitpak Suwanaprateep , Sharper Esport Sharper Esport Asia-Pacific Rank #27 PinOcchiOs Teerasak Kedaim Acetics Teerapat Jinyong niffy Patcharapon Junman xZe Tanawat Kannark
- VCL Indonesia remaining teams: BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #5 ZesBeeW Sha Mohtar Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma , Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Asia-Pacific Rank #28 severiNe Michael Winata Lilo Ryan Betrand budimeisteR Oliver Budi Wangge frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra mika Michael Setiawan vascalizz Rey Sebastian Pardede
- / VCL Malaysia/Singapore remaining teams: BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #9 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) Retla Jorell Teo Deryeon Derrick Yee crazyguy Ngô Công Anh , X10 Esports X10 Esports Inactive Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua
- VCL Philippines remaining teams: NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #6 JA John Timothy Arone PapiChulo Federico Evangelista Mojer Jerome Literal Emman Emmanuel Morales Nexi Nathaniel Cabero , Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #16 marky Mark Anthony Tuling Witz Riley Go DubsteP Jayvee Paguirigan xavi8k Xavier Juan kellyS Kelly Sedillo
- VCL Japan remaining teams: Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive , SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #7 MrTenzouEz Lumo Maxim Demianovskikh tixx Nick Quinn Yotaa Yota Kaouachi Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami , FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #2 TENNN Tenta Asai GON CLZ SyouTa Xdll Yuto Mizomori
- VCL Oceania remaining teams: BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #5 M1kE Michael Smith Exirst Crunchy Ethan Laker Nozz Noah McClafferty Zauqk , 95x Esports 95x Esports Inactive Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky rDeeW Riley Wilkinson LEW Luis Hibbert Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson
Other News & Rumours
- / According to a report by Dot Esports, xQc is set to enter the VALORANT scene with the signing of free agent team Turtle Troop Turtle Troop North America Rank #4 wedid Matthew Suchan Add3r Jack Hayashi stellar Brenden McGrath corey Corey Nigra bdog Brandon Sanders . If the signing is to go through, he would become the third streamer to own a team in North American Challengers League.
- / In another report by Dot Esports, Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov have trialed Ilya "something" Petrov for their roster. If he was to join the team, he would likely take a position as sub.