VCT group stage competition is heating up, and with it came a new wave of headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.

This week's edition covers news from May 7 - May 13.

• Read more: News Almost Missed May 6

Roster Changes

• After joining OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming North America Rank # crashies Austin Roberts FNS Pujan Mehta Victor Victor Wong Marved Jimmy Nguyen yay Jaccob Whiteaker for their Masters: Reykjavik championship run, Jovanni "Jovi" Vera has officially joined the team as an analyst.
• CLG Red CLG Red North America Rank #97 itnothan Han Nguyen clawdia Claudia Che amnesia Anyssa Rios rise Melanie Tetreault have parted ways with April "bungee" Haight.
• / PUGSTARS PUGSTARS North America Rank #0 DENYA Denis Kosogov intox Liam Wilson Bewd Mason Guzman have said goodbye to Kaloyan "iKoniK" Iliev and Kaden "Scrounge" James this past week, leaving the roster with two vacancies.
• / VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO North America Rank #35 King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer Menace Jadin Wagner Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama have made Jadin "Menace" Wagner an official member of their team.
• / After over a year with the organization, T1 T1 North America Rank #13 thwifo Zander Kim xeta Son Seon-ho (손선호) pwny Josh VanGorder steel Joshua Nissan have released head coach David "dd8" Denis. His departure leaves Dakota "Stunner" MacLeod as the team's only coach.
• HEET HEET Europe Rank #27 Kinguyen Nguyen Thach Monstrum Jake Byrne Remoy Emil Schlichter waddle Wadir Taraki ec1s Adam Eccles have rounded out their roster with Adam "ec1s" Eccles.
• / Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Europe Rank #194 benzki Ben Price KhA George Kostalas Theow Theodoros Kasiolas eXampL Stavros Zazanis bzt Renátó Bárányos have revealed their full roster, featuring new additions Ben "benzki" Price, Tereshchenko "FacePalm" Artyom, and Renátó "bzt" Bárányos.
• Sector One Sector One Europe Rank # iDex Sammy Van de Weghe MARCTYLINHO Marcty Bienvenu saiko OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira qpert Mateja Mijovic have announced the final three members of their roster: saiko , Diogo "OLIZERA" Oliveira, and Mateja "qpert" Mijovic.
• / KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Rank #36 jonba Jon Baraiazarra kyrrz Álvaro Reyes shhhack Peter Belej B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Insider Artem Puzanov added Jon "jonba" Baraiazarra, Álvaro "kyrrz" Reyes, and Peter "shhhack" Belej to their roster prior to the start of the regular season of the Spanish Regional League.
• / Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #13 BONECOLD Santeri Sassi nataNk Nathan Bocqueho baddyG Kamil Graniczka H1ber Joona Parviainen ceNder Jokūbas Labutis have announced that after an investigation with Riot Games, substitute player RushManga has had his contract with the organization terminated, and YoZeii will be joining the team as a substitute player in his place.
• TENSTAR TENSTAR Europe Rank # YouBreak Piotr Chodoła Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec have announced an all-Polish roster for the second East Regional League stage.
• / Alliance Alliance Europe Rank #20 Nille Nichlas Busk MALFOy Claes Søgaard kodazy albert Albert Mikkelsen SEIDER Mathias Seider have revealed a new, all-Danish roster. Additionally, Julie "Pinkalie" Lim and Dana "Danah" Al-Madhoun have departed Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Europe Rank # 6sonya Maria Istrate speedowka Xaline Laure Mateos , the team's Game Changers roster.
• / CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #51 BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Leon Leon Roesberg starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski blitzeN Anthony Boquillard SoOn Terence Tarlier have rounded out their roster with Krzysztof "starki" Lewandrowski.
• Pelin "bitterzie" Avşar has announced that she is no longer a part of BBL Queens BBL Queens Europe Rank #0 minemosynE Minem Alkir Nariel Yaren Cirit Banshee eva Nur Çakır , and is looking for a new team as a free agent.
• FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank # Wyz Luis Hernandez Mited Luis Gutierrez xander Alexander Lopez Dcop Carlo Delsol Torrify Kolby Bruzzo have unveiled Juanes "sickLy" Valencia as their new head coach alongside the team's full line of staff members.
• / Juan "grizzly4real" Maggi has been revealed as the new head coach of Movistar Optix Movistar Optix Latin America South Rank #10 vickt0r Victor Rodriguez Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing GioRuu Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz .
• / Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #0 noxxy Jonathan Adiputra adrnking Adrian Setiawan Moji Lastiko Reyanick Kush Bryan Setiawan axeLuvYa Axel Julio deLb Delbert Tanoto 3nable Muhammad-Ridzuan Hazi have announced former Cloud9 Korea Cloud9 Korea Inactive Bazzi Park Jun-ki (박준기) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) Hate Lee Ye-hun (이예훈) xeta Son Seon-ho (손선호) player Kang "Try" Tae-wook (강태욱) as the team's new coach.
• // FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #23 TENSAI Jeong Seung-jin CLZ Jinx Jeong Hong-kyo (정홍교) Kaminari Tonbo JinboongE Kim Jin-won (김진원) have parted ways with Lee "envy" Kang-jae (이강재) and Hiromichi "mittiii" Urahigashi and have added Kaminari , Tonbo , JinboongE , and Johnta to their team as players and coach respectively.
• Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Japan Rank #3 Astell Moon Ji-won (문지원) popogachi Souta Morita Meiy neth Yusuke Matsuda rion Hiroto Tateno have welcomed Hiroto "rion" Tateno back to the team's active roster. He was previously moved to a content creation role for the team in June 2021.
• / BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #35 TORANECO Jemkin Kr1stal Savva Fedorov Xdll Zenakukin have parted ways with Shotaro "Zerost" Ikeda, Vladislav "Simons" Mineev, and Ilya "something" Petrov and welcomed TORANECO and Jemkin and their replacements.
• / Sengoku Gaming Sengoku Gaming Japan Rank #29 Misaya Art Vici something Ilya Petrov Zerost Shotaro Ikeda have revealed their full roster, featuring new additions Vici , Shotaro "Zerost" Ikeda, and Ilya "something" Petrov.
• / Andi "Sleepy" Andana Bangsawan has joined Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #7 Amaterasu Anuj Sharma rite2ace Tejas Sawant hellff Sagnik Roy DEATHMAKER Debanjan Das mw1 Mohit Wakle as the team's consultant.
• / Galaxy Esports Galaxy Esports Asia-Pacific Rank # Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng skye Felipe Skye Lim DxN Shun have announced Bayu "Folkslore" Dwi as the team's new head coach.
• / Avium Esports Avium Esports Asia-Pacific Rank # toggle Meltings Joshua Lim daynos Jia Kyn Au Aanszo Miguel Ignacio Riza Sirajul Azrie Bin Sirajul Adly alfin Alvin Ong Haise Brandon Loh have signed the roster of OG Brudders OG Brudders Inactive daynos Jia Kyn Au Haise Brandon Loh alfin Alvin Ong Riza Sirajul Azrie Bin Sirajul Adly Aanszo Miguel Ignacio .
• X10 CRIT X10 CRIT Asia-Pacific Rank #1 Aowha SeveN89 garnetS Apiwat Apiraksukumal xcool Nuttadet Wijit Fluky Phakphon Sukhonchasiri have revealed Aowha as the final member of their roster for VCT Thailand Stage 2.
• / After over a year with the organization, Shakir "hikkA" Razak has departed Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #16 rawfiul Akram Virani Excali Karan Mhaswadkar RvK Rishi Vijayakumar Antidote Sabyasachi Bose Rexy Tejas Kotian and entered free agency.
• / Bonkers Bonkers Oceania Rank # M1kE Michael Smith NiceHacks Chris Wahle taxx Mark Mijic kalth MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari coach Abhishek "GodspeedxD" Bajaj has announced that he is in search of a new team.
• / After playing with Built By Gamers Academy Built By Gamers Academy North America Rank #48 BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli as a trial throughout the qualifiers of Stage 2 Challengers North America, Edmon "snirot" Ghanem has announced that he is in search of a new team as a free agent.
• // NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 Nerf Saif Ahmad Alsayed sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin cactuzio Youssef Ait Amghar kelevra Jalal Mohammed Ghazi Rexus Aymen Jabrane mTz1 Mutaz Herbawi have announced their full roster, featuring new additions Youssef "cactuzio" Ait Amghar, Saif "Nerf" Ahmad Alsayed, and Anton "sibeastw0w" Govorukhin. Additionally, Naint has joined as a coach.
• / YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports MENA Rank #3 Near Fahad Salem Tuna Ayman Mosaad B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap xelouz Saleh Abdulaziz ISSAA Issa Murad kAzoo Mohamad Daher VIPP33R Omar Adwan have welcomed two new members to their team: Saleh "xelouz" Abdulaziz and Issa "ISSAA" Murad, who recently departed competitive CS:GO.
• Former XPLDZ XPLDZ MENA Rank # moner Kirill Matsanov purp0 Semyon Borchev chrollo Omar Hussein Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby TERNOS Abdo Gebril player Amr "fr0st" Mohamed has announced that he has been released from the organization and is now a free agent.

Results & Standings

• Knights Circuit Weekly #2 winner: Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy North America Rank # Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm Virtyy Leandro Moreno Nurfed James McFadden Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust | runner-up: NYFU NYFU North America Rank # Oderus Chad Miller YaBoiDre Diondre Bond ShoT_UP Andrew Orlowski neptune Jason Tran JSUNG Jason Sung
• NSG Summer Championship 2022 Open 5 winner: Cosmic Divide Cosmic Divide North America Rank #28 nerve Michael Yerrow icy Jacob Lange ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak syfi Samir Karimov | runner-up: ONi ONi North America Rank # shen kaz Potatoe Dubbin Emre Eldelek Dinxx
• PLAYER1 SERIES: Hera #3 remaining teams: ODDIK Bright ODDIK Bright Brazil Rank #0 m4ndzin stand-in isla Larissa Rodrigues mindle Elaine Takahashi nAny Aninha , Valhalla Valhalla Brazil Rank # liv Ayumi mari mel Enderzinha , MIBR Female MIBR Female Brazil Rank # Badgal Tamires Araujo Shizue Carolina Miranda pannshi Bizinha Bruna Marvila Cellax Marcella Ferreira , Reliks Reliks Brazil Rank # hannabacon Yasmin Goetten Dudis Mands carols isafx Isadora Freitas
• Protocolo: Gêneses 2022 Open Qualifier 3 winner: Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank # daiki Natalia Vilela nat1 Natalia Meneses naxy Ana Beatriz bstrdd Paula Naguill drn Paola Caroline | runner-up: TBK Esports Female TBK Esports Female Brazil Rank # giacomiN Maria Eduarda Giacomin Bia Beatriz Terra Dani Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira
• Game Changers APAC Open 3 playoffs winner: Alter Ego Celestè Alter Ego Celestè Asia-Pacific Rank #188 oreopheliaa Risalma Agnia Eisberg July Kusuma enerii Odella Abraham Ayumiii Nurul Aini nabbsky | runner-up: X10 CRIT Female X10 CRIT Female Asia-Pacific Rank # Poly JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Babytz alyssa
• The Esports Club Challengers Series playoffs winner: Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #7 Amaterasu Anuj Sharma rite2ace Tejas Sawant hellff Sagnik Roy DEATHMAKER Debanjan Das mw1 Mohit Wakle | runner-up: Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank # Ember Garvit Nehra Logistaa Arnav Jit Kalra KnightRider Abhay Mulchandani Scargod Divyansh Jain Whimp Saaransh Dang
• LPL Summer Cup Legends 2022 playoffs winner: HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Oceania Rank # Suave Matteo Asido jellyD Angelo Diaz MILKY Ryan Cornwell Fulvous Jason Wu Klockzy Lachlan Burke | runner-up: BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank # Nozz Noah McClafferty tixx Nick Quinn signed Dale Tang skrawl Justin Lanzon DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky
• Safe Mode Season 4 winner: Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #2 Depyro Nour Sherif Shniider Yousef Osama SkaNoodles Yousef Mohamed Sand Mark Emad Avez Hazem Khaled phaze Karim Fouad zyad Zyad Mohamed | runner-up: XPLDZ XPLDZ MENA Rank # moner Kirill Matsanov purp0 Semyon Borchev chrollo Omar Hussein Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby TERNOS Abdo Gebril

Other News & Rumors

• Two LANs are taking place this weekend in the United States: One in Brooklyn, New York hosted by NYXL and another in Fullerton, California by Nerd Street.