Valorant competition around the world is well underway for the 2023 calendar year. Nonetheless, teams all around the world continued to make new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from Jan. 8 - Jan. 14.

• Read more: News Almost Missed Jan. 7

Roster Changes

• / Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #6 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny OXY Francis Hoang said goodbye to assistant coach Erik "vapen" Sutton and coach Gaël "vexel" Attal.
• XSET XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl officially parted ways with Carolyn "artStar" Noquez.
• Popular content creator DisguisedToast officially revealed his Valorant roster after much anticipation. The roster consists of Joseph "clear" Allen, Joshua "steel" Nissan, Damion "XXiF" Cook, Drake "Exalt" Branly, Amgalan "Genghsta" Nemekhbayar, and coach Kyle "OCEAN" O'Brien.
• / CLG Red CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo bid farewell to Melanie "rise" Tetreault.
• / Skwirel Warriers Skwirel Warriers Inactive Pa1nt Amarri Peak Nurfed James McFadden BearZ Peyton Miller ethos Alan Ruan ALEKSANDAR Aleksandar Hinojosa completed their roster with Peyton "BearZ" Miller, Matthew "wedid" Suchan, and James "Nurfed" McFadden.
• / M80 M80 North America Rank #1 Boni gMd Anthony Guimond Derrek Derrek Ha announced Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer as the team's new head coach.
• / bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland welcomed Casper "Desmo" Rasmussen to their team as a coach.
• After being benched from Team BDS Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb in September, Thomas "Kada" Johner has joined Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #14 nataNk Nathan Bocqueho Kada Thomas Johner sh1n Ryad Ensaad Sevire Ethan Starke TakaS Jonathan Paupard to round out the team's roster.
• / KOI KOI Inactive officially parted ways with Martin "MAGNUM" Penkov. He was originally benched from the starting roster in October.
• Apeks Apeks Inactive has formed a new roster for the first split of Polaris. The team features MAGNUM, Enzo "Enzo" Mestari, James "Mistic" Orfila, Georgio "keiko" Sanassy, and Tobias "ShadoW" Flodström as the team's starting five. They are supported by Dimitar "Itopata" Staev, Danail "DANNYTO" Sofroniev, and Sam "Forrest" Forrest as head coach, assistant coach, and strategic coach respectively.
• Angry Titans Iris Angry Titans Iris Europe Rank #455 mAri Sumi parted ways with jjeonda and Lenam0n .
• CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #110 Wolfen Berkant Joshkun Vince Vincent Kranz samed Samed Topbas KovaQ Blendi Kovaci Zyppan Pontus Eek welcomed back Rene "Shazeon" Cappel to their main roster. He had been playing for the organization's academy team, CGN Youngstars CGN Youngstars Inactive , since May.
• / FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn Alfajer Emir Ali Beder added Maks "kamyk" Rychlewski and Aleksey "slk" Lynksov to their team as substitute player and assistant coach respectively.
• / In a full unveiling of the French Challengers League teams, HEET HEET Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki 's final member has been revealed to be Laurent "memset" Werly.
• // B8 Esports B8 Esports Inactive Nunmeister revealed their full roster for the first split of the Eastern European Challengers League.
• // Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire has also had their full team revealed on the French Challengers League Twitter. The team will be comprised of Maxim "MaximN" Nonglaire, Yenthe "poegii" Segers, "dash" , Liam "q" Hoek, Alyx , and head coach Kicygo .
• / Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #13 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu have welcomed former FNATIC performance coach Marcus Askildsen to their team.
• MOUZ MOUZ Inactive announced their full roster, featuring new members Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki, Ilari "iluri" Puranen, Nico "Obnoks" Garczarczyk, Murat "murii" Korkmaz, and coach Jiri "KUNDIKUNDI" Honkala.
• Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk revealed their full roster for 2023. The roster is comprised of Ivan "B3ASTM0D3" Patrik Ledić, Kamil "baddyG" Graniczka, Gilad "ALIVE" Hakim, Jack "Br0die" Emmott, Alessio "musashi" Xhaferi, and Ondřej "MONSTEERR" Petrů, who returns to the active lineup after being inactive for Acend since September alongside coach Laurynas "Nbs" Kisielius.
• Cyber Wolves Esports Cyber Wolves Esports Inactive ALMO Albert Mościcki Freyy Krystian Konopka Hitch Martin Srp pyrolll Artur Minin tatzuki Jovan Milovanovic unveiled their full roster for the first split of the Eastern European Challengers League.
• TBK Esports TBK Esports Inactive Gdzin Gabriel Jellmayer drz Carmine Ty Foqs Gabriel Monteiro Miranda revealed their full roster for 2023, featuring official members Matheus "deNaro" Hipólito and Davi "chase" Mello as well as coach Rodrigo "shoyu" Matheus. chase and deNaro were added as stand-ins in November, and shoyu was previously the analyst for TBK's Game Changers team, TBK Esports GC TBK Esports GC Inactive shyz Luisa Minarelli Daniops Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira gabee .
• Before Before Inactive bid farewell to Taynah "tayhuhu" Yukimi.
• Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #12 Jelly Julia Iris Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela parted ways with Paola "drn" Caroline and Natalia "nat1" Meneses.
• SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #8 Art Koki Kagami Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) muto BRIAN Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) rounded out their roster with Yoshiii .
• / FAV gaming FAV gaming Inactive welcomed JanOwO to their team as a player.
• / BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #3 MIKE Michael Smith Nozz Noah McClafferty rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Crunchy Ethan Laker punda Lachlan Bamford coach Sion "VaZe" Eom revealed that he had parted ways with the team.
• / Former Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #104 kellyS Kelly Sedillo JessieVash Jessie Cuyco TenTen Kim Tae-young (김태영) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma coach Chong "Fayde" Hoc Wah was announced as the new head coach of Griffin E-Sports Griffin E-Sports Inactive Fung3 SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) Uta LockM Xing Fuling (邢福凌) sora .
• Mammoth ESC Mammoth ESC Inactive Exirst reLOADED Nozz Noah McClafferty loubert Muzz kwon DARK signed the roster of afterhours afterhours Inactive azuliate loubert DARK Muzz kwon Blessed Arvin Latkaee .
• HellrangeR announced that his time with Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #23 PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne had come to a close.
• KnightRider revealed that he was in search of new opportunities as a restricted free agent. He was previously a member of Gods Reign Gods Reign Inactive Ember Garvit Nehra .

Results & Standings

• Ludwig x Tarik Invitational remaining teams: The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch , Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #3 N4RRATE Marshall Massey Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic cortezia Gabriel Cortez , TSM TSM Inactive Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont stand-in alvinboy Alvin Hong stand-in seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora Jordan Pulwer
• Nerd Street Valorant Lockdown finals remaining teams: where is fullerton where is fullerton Inactive Governor Peter No Harmful Mohammed C. , CAT MAID BOYS CAT MAID BOYS Inactive , Crownless Crownless Inactive Cohburg Flonson Matt Johnson MEDC Joshua Chumney cuz Kouf Andrew Koufogianis , BabyJ Esports BabyJ Esports Inactive , Evolution Gaming Evolution Gaming Inactive , Hyperactive Hyperactive Inactive dKim David Markus Neebz Gabriel Nguyen
• BEACON Open Split 2 Division 1 Finals winner: VAMONOS VAMONOS Inactive | runner-up: Les Petits Bouffons Les Petits Bouffons Inactive vong Vong Nguyen Luzuh Joseph Loose KRAY Calum Knight Russ Russel Mendes L1NK Travis Mendoza
• Gaming Culture Girl Power #6 grand finals teams: 00Nation Fem 00Nation Fem Inactive srN Nicolas Niederauer nanah Nathalia Hammoud antG Antônia Garcia melissa Melissa Souza sayuri Camila Obam , ODDIK Bright ODDIK Bright Inactive gabee mindle Elaine Takahashi gabiTê Aninha Ana Luiza Martinho | consolation final teams: Black Dragons FEM Black Dragons FEM Inactive blu Victoriah Ceniz luiza Luiza Parron lule Luiza Meira mizi Mirella Gomes Bia Beatriz Terra , MOVE Gaming MOVE Gaming Inactive Akame Amanda Santiago covas Nathane Queiroz fly Jessica Pellegrini Ender Heloisa Israel fiufiu
• Valorant Vietnam Rising Stars Week 1 winner: 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 | runner-up: Rapid Lofi Rapid Lofi Inactive TRIPCIEW Vữ Minh Cường albus Trần Phúc Thiên Pr0digy Phuong Duy Ta gin Phan Văn Gin
• Valorant Vietnam Rising Stars Week 2 remaining teams: Mekong Gaming Mekong Gaming Inactive Ko0 Nguyễn Công Minh Brownie Phan Kiều Xuân Phan Tuna Nguyễn Bá Anh Tuấn Mowff Trần Đức Minh Son Keke Vũ Thượng Toàn Tu KeKe Nguyễn Hoàng Anh Tú , Jolly Prodigies Jolly Prodigies Inactive Kaz kaz Ita sneakyy2k5 Noodie , TwoKay TwoKay Inactive vers4ce Lê Nguyễn Gia Bảo Kong Nguyễn Nguyên Đăng Juu Trần Thái Vỹ , MEOGANG MEOGANG Inactive Crus Lư Tiến Huy Bau n0va Lương Công Minh Nhật DaFt Huỳnh Tuấn Kiệt huygetsu
• Masters Pro League Season 3 Main Event winner: Onyx Ravens Onyx Ravens Inactive AlMtRoOo3 Srx Kuro Mansour Mohammed Al-Ahmed zMART Amokrane Ahmed | runner-up: NASR Esports NASR Esports Inactive phaze Karim Fouad zodiac Seddik Diani Chwepes Mohamed Ali Bellamine

Other News & Rumors

• Riot Games have announced that they will be putting out "some cosmetics" for VCT LOCK//IN São Paulo in the Episode 6 Dev Stream Launch. What the cosmetics will be specifically has not yet been revealed.