The Game Changers Championship: Berlin has begun and the VCT 2023 Qualifiers are coming in hot. This doesn't stop the Valorant world from creating more news. Here's what you may have missed this past week in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from Nov. 13 - Nov. 19
- Last Week: News Almost Missed Nov. 12
Roster Changes
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TSM
TSM North America Rank #9 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter POISED Kevin Ngo aproto Alex Protopapas has announced the departure of their female team, TSM X
TSM X Inactive athxna Mirna Noureldin mle Emily Peters dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo bungee April Haight Ellie Elena Garland . TSM will announce their plans for a 2023 Game Changers roster within the coming months.
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TSM
TSM North America Rank #9 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter POISED Kevin Ngo aproto Alex Protopapas have also announced the departure of TSM Academy
TSM Academy Inactive .
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Team Reckaroo
Team Reckaroo Inactive Blahst Nathan Brand Tim Timothy Braun kev Kevin Pham Nanners Anderson Lutkehus yiinel Elias Soto have welcomed ex- Knights Academy
Knights Academy Inactive Head Coach Keith "Seaside" LaFortune to the roster to lead their coaching staff.
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XSET
XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl have moved Cecilie "Cille" Kallio Ahlquist Lauritsen to the bench as she begins to explore her options.
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CLG Red
CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo have said goodbye to Kelly "ksama" Luong and Anyssa "amnesia" Rios.
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Ninjas In Pyjamas
Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive have released Gabriel "bezn1" Luiz da Costa, Walney "Jonn" Reis and Coach Jonathan "JhoW" Glória. The three ex-NIP players are set to sign with RED Canids
RED Canids Brazil Rank #7 Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo cortezia Gabriel Cortez v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves CTC Caio Torres gaabxx Gabriel Carli for the 2023 season according to a report by FlyNN.
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FURIA
FURIA Brazil Rank #6 xand Alexandre Zizi mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt nzr Agustin Ibarra said goodbye to ableJ after close to a year with the team.
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Los Grandes
Los Grandes Inactive prince Lorran S. Ferreira CTC Caio Torres pleets Marcelo Leite have said goodbye to all of their players and coaching staff.
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TBK Esports GC
TBK Esports GC Inactive shyz Luisa Minarelli Daniops Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira gabee player, Maria "giacomiN" Eduarda Giacomin, is seeking new opportunities for the 2023 season as she was moved to the team's bench.
- Fabricio "fx"
Yokoyama, the coach of
Stars Horizon
Stars Horizon Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva , has parted with the organization ahead of the 2023 VCT season.
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DELIRA Female
DELIRA Female Inactive have benched four players ahead of 2023. Beatriz "Bia" Terra, Marcella "Cellax" Ferreira, Isabele "isa1" Glym and Lara "Larischz" Gilardoni are exploring their options while still under contract with the organiation.
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ODDIK Bright
ODDIK Bright Inactive gabee mindle Elaine Takahashi gabiTê Aninha Ana Luiza Martinho have parted with Larissa "isla" Rodrigues and Anny "nAny" Torres as their contracts have expired.
- In more Game Changers news,
Gamelanders Purple
Gamelanders Purple Inactive have benched their whole roster as they seek new 2023 opportunities.
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Before
Before Inactive have moved Taynah "tayhuhu" Yukimi to the bench close to a month after their runner-up finish at the Game Changers Brazil - Series 2 Main Event.
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FUT Esports
FUT Esports Europe Rank #6 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban has made Serhat "Muj" Yüksel a full-time member of the team after being on loan from BBL Esports
BBL Esports Europe Rank #39 Elite Efe Teber pAura Melih Karaduran Brave Eren Kasırga reazy Kaan Ürpek QutionerX Doğukan Dural for the past VCT season.
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Alliance Coven
Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist said goodbye to Ece "Kuripuuya" Selin Balıkdere.
- With the conclusion of the Crossfire Cup just days ago,
Rebels Gaming
Rebels Gaming Inactive have said goodbye to Eduardo "Addicted" Torres and David "Fizzy" Figueiredo.
- / Jose "koldamenta"
Luis Aranguren has announced he will not be continuing with
Guild Esports
Guild Esports Inactive for the 2023 season.
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Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #2 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius have said goodbye to Christian "lowel" García Antorán.
- / Domagoj "doma"
Fancev has announced his departure from
MAD Lions
MAD Lions Inactive KRAY Calum Knight . He is now an unrestricted free agent for the 2023 season.
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Rix.GG Lightning
Rix.GG Lightning Inactive parted ways with their whole roster as they are set to pause any and all involvement within the Valorant scene.
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Optix
Optix Inactive ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso Fross Fernando Gallagher D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing gio Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz parted with Victor "vickt0r" Rodriguez.
- Heather "LiNLiN" Aileen Aguilar has announced her retirement from competitive Valorant. She states her mental health to be a reason for her retirement.
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vaLentina
announced her benching on
FiRePOWER
FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #63 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela azul Lynn reshi Flossie while she waits for her contract to expire at the months end.
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CNJ Esports
CNJ Esports Korea Rank #10 Ziya AcMe Rain Seo Hong-seung (서홍승) DaeGi Jang Yoon-cheol (장윤철) have made Pay official after a month of trialing for the organization.
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Revenant Esports
Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar dos9 Zhumagali Dastan sultan Sultan Akbay skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed welcomed two new players in Enrico "Ching" Perez and Joshua "JoshS" Miles Santos.
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Bigetron Arctic
Bigetron Arctic Asia-Pacific Rank #26 severiNe Michael Winata Lilo Ryan Betrand budimeisteR Oliver Budi Wangge frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra mika Michael Setiawan vascalizz Rey Sebastian Pardede welcomed a core of four to their roster consisting of Muhammad "frostmind" Rafi Diandra, Oliver "budimeisteR" Budi Wangge, Sha "ZesBeeW" Mohtar and Sheldon "NcSlasher" Andersen Chandra.
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The Ultimates
The Ultimates MENA Rank #6 LIQUID Elixllo Avvix kugio Hamad Al-Thani str1keR Sulltan Alshreef Fighter announced their roster for the Saudi eLeagues 2022: Season 2. The roster fields Tyler "Foxie" Lowton, Patryk "paTiTek" Fabrowski, Mohammed "Dazlly" Abushal, Sulltan "str1keR" Alshreef and Naif "iFly" Ahmed.
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BOBO
BOBO Oceania Rank #5 M1kE Michael Smith Exirst Crunchy Ethan Laker Nozz Noah McClafferty Zauqk parted ways with Nick "tixx" Quinn and Dale "signed" Tang. They have brought in Christopher "pl1xx" Li and Ethan "Crunchy" Laker in their place.
Results & Standings
- BoomTV Valorant Select winner:
Shopify Rebellion
Shopify Rebellion Inactive v1c Victor Truong mada Adam Pampuch | runner-up: Dark Ratio
Dark Ratio Inactive Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson Will William Cheng
- VEU - S3 Season Finals winner:
Zero Tenacity
Zero Tenacity Europe Rank #56 Krizz Krzysztof Łukaszkiewicz snikk Sebastian Kamiński kenobi Szymon Łabędzki ALMO Albert Mościcki Freyy Krystian Konopka | runner-up: Diamant Esports
Diamant Esports Europe Rank #12 xiTsha Arkadiusz Nowak westside Thander Andrej Živanović Grmekista Tilen Grmek Prti Ivan Erak Pa1ze
- Lyon e-Sport 2022 winner:
Mandatory
Mandatory Europe Rank #30 CyvOph Clement Millard SoOn Terence Tarlier HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard | runner-up: CGN Esports
CGN Esports Europe Rank #10 elllement Dragan Milanović aNguiSt Ross Pendleton DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz
- Agents Series 2022 - Split 2 remaining teams:
Axolotl
Axolotl Europe Rank #176 xazyy Alejandro Giudice Snaptor Aleksander Kålhus Cintyx Christopher Heiland RickyVaila Morphiius Ezio Frandina xad Kacper Brzuchnalski Braso Mickebwoy Mikołaj Chojnacki , DSYRE Elevate
DSYRE Elevate Europe Rank #42 sassolino ViperZ FinganJode Filippo Bonanni loll9 maxeeh
- Project Queens League winner:
Wave Splash
Wave Splash Inactive Chrissy Christina Kras | runner-up: Angry Titans Iris
Angry Titans Iris Europe Rank #466 els mAri Sumi ellie
- Project V: Split 3 Finals winner:
Unicorns of Love
Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski | runner-up: CGN Youngstars
CGN Youngstars Inactive
- RÍSÍ Iceland Minor - BEACON Split 2 winner:
DUSTY
DUSTY Inactive Loggii scara Archi KEIK Midgard | runner-up: EX Icelandic Champs
EX Icelandic Champs Inactive
- AVG UK Minor - BEACON Split 2 winner:
Gigahub
Gigahub Inactive aNguiSt Ross Pendleton Mangolorian Jamie Jamie Dalby Ego truk Kurt Hodgson | runner-up: EverSoWavyGang
EverSoWavyGang Inactive mts Mats Revetal Sortland Bully Francisco Betancourt Stokesy John9 Johnny Lin Dutchie Joshua Holland
- GameGune 2022 playoff teams:
GTZ Esports
GTZ Esports Europe Rank #162 Cal Callum Burgoyne H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca , BSO EX0TIK
BSO EX0TIK Inactive Aqua Adriá Borgmann BazooM Adius Diaconu eNe Enebiel Sanchez Batman Abdul Salis mochi Sergio Cano , Arroz
Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro , FIVE Media Clan
FIVE Media Clan Europe Rank #53 YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Ximy Miguel Boixeda TiTaN Diego Alcázar Jimenez krejzzs mober
- ESA Open Fire All Stars 2022 playoff teams:
Parla Esports
Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent , Fire Flux Esports
Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #18 lauress Toprak Kaynak sociablEE Volkan Yonal Ruxic Uğur Güç Turko Mehmet Özen w0zzip Zafer Gungor , Galatasaray Esports
Galatasaray Esports Europe Rank #51 CyderX Caner Demir Padisah Onur Dönmez LewN Burak Alkan Docent Kadri Vatandaş Touven Can Eryıldız , FUT Esports
FUT Esports Europe Rank #6 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban , Papara SuperMassive
Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #35 sterben Emre Demirci skylen Asil Yalçın SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan Izzy Baran Yılmaz , Regnum Carya Esports
Regnum Carya Esports Europe Rank #168 lauzen Serhat Koca jonx Enes Güngör
- Skyesports SEA Championship playoff teams:
Global Esports
Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #38 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Polvi Niko Polvinen Benkai Benedict Tan Russ Russel Mendes , BLEED
BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #24 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) Retla Jorell Teo Deryeon Derrick Yee crazyguy Ngô Công Anh , 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 , Velocity Gaming
Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #21 sayoo Willy Ivandra Venka Venkatesh Sharma
- Valorant India Invitational remaining teams:
Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #2 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius , Paper Rex
Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov
- NSG YUDDHA Phase 2 winner:
Gods Reign
Gods Reign Inactive Ember Garvit Nehra | runner-up: Reckoning Esports
Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #28 DOXZ3R Soumyadeep Dey karam1l Norbu Tsering
- Dreamhack Showdown winner:
BOBO
BOBO Oceania Rank #5 M1kE Michael Smith Exirst Crunchy Ethan Laker Nozz Noah McClafferty Zauqk | runner-up: Bonkers
Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert
Other News & Rumours
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TSM
TSM North America Rank #9 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter POISED Kevin Ngo aproto Alex Protopapas have announced the immediate suspension of their partnership with cryptocurrency company FTX. Recently FTX filed for bankruptcy after it was revealed they were feeding into a side company Alameda Research. Since FTX's bankruptcy, TSM have declared they they are a "strong, profitable and stable organization" and that they forecast profitability within the current and future years.
- According to the VCT Global Contract Database, James "JamezIRL"
Macaulay has joined
100 Thieves
100 Thieves North America Rank #7 bang Sean Bezerra Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk . While he is currently listed as a player for the team, he will likely take a similar role to Cloud9
Cloud9 North America Rank #12 Xeppaa Erick Bach runi Dylan Cade moose Kaleb Jayne vanity Anthony Malaspina OXY Francis Hoang 's Mateja "qpert" Mijovic as a sixth man/assistant coach.
- According to a report by Dot Esports, former
XSET
XSET Inactive owner and founder Marco Mereu is set to make a new organization to compete in VCT 2023 Challengers. The roster of the rumored org will be Daniel "eeiu" Vucenovic, Alexander "zander" Dituri, Marc-Andre "NiSMO" Tayar, Gianfranco "koalanoob" Potestio and Mohamed "johnqt" Amine Ouarid.
- / A report by Bo Hoogland has reveled that FunPlus Phoenix plans to keep their Chinese roster
FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE
FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE Inactive AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) suyjing Wang Sicheng (王斯澄) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) YuChEn He Cai (何财) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊) for the 2023 season. The team plans on developing the roster to play in the FGC, China's Challenger League to eventually qualify for the VCT Pacific League. This news comes to light after rumours of FPX being interested in a Challengers East team, which has now fallen through.
- Another report by Bo Hoogland details that with the uncertainty around the Asia-Pacific Overwatch League, players and staff have explored their options with teams from the VCT Pacific League. As of the time of writing, Kim "Fleta" Byung-sun (김병선) is the only player who is closing on a deal with a pacific team.