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 #4 Xeppaa Erick Bach jakee Jake Anderson said goodbye to assistant coach Erik "vapen" Sutton and coach Gaël "vexel" Attal.
• XSET XSET North America Rank #62 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 #2 zander Alexander Dituri eeiu Daniel Vucenovic NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio announced Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer as the team's new head coach.
• / bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan 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 "kAdavra" Johner has joined Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #23 SoOn Terence Tarlier HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard to round out the team's roster.
• / KOI KOI Europe Rank #88 starxo Patryk Kopczynski koldamenta Jose Luis Aranguren sheydos Bogdan Naumov trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Wolfen Berkant Joshkun officially parted ways with Martin "MAGNUM" Penkov. He was originally benched from the starting roster in October.
• Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #2 MAGNUM Martin Penkov Mistic James Orfila Enzo Enzo Mestari ShadoW Tobias Flodström Keiko Georgio Sanassy 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 #329 els mirai mAri Sumi ellie parted ways with jjeonda and Lenam0n .
• CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #28 elllement Dragan Milanović azury Luca Sammer Vince Vincent Kranz trial BennY Benjamin Domgörgen 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 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov 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 Europe Rank #82 jas Jasiek Nieliwodzki stand-in Kamisseq Kamil Lepper 999kvmil Kamil Szymanek Eso177 Stanislav Nikolov arch Vladyslav Svistov 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 #45 Destrian Tomas Linikas runneR Emil Trajkovski ceNder Jokūbas Labutis have welcomed former FNATIC performance coach Marcus Askildsen to their team.
• MOUZ MOUZ Europe Rank #15 xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon B3ASTM0D3 Ivan Ledić al0rante Felix Brandl Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk murii Murat Korkmaz iluri Ilari Puranen 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 Europe Rank #5 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka MONSTEERR Ondřej Petrů revealed their full roster for 2023. The roster is comprised of Ivan "B3ASTM0D3" 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 Moscicki 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 chase Davi Mello matheuzin Matheus Lima ryotzz Leon Felipe luk Lucas Soares Brinks 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 #26 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil parted ways with Paola "drn" Caroline and Natalia "nat1" Meneses.
• SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #1 TORANECO Jusei Saito Jemkin Maksim Batorov Yoshiii rounded out their roster with Yoshiii .
• / FAV gaming FAV gaming Japan Rank #6 Minty Daiki Kato TenTen Phantom Hideaki Nakai bazz welcomed JanOwO to their team as a player.
• / BOBO BOBO Inactive Nozz Noah McClafferty Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky Yifang Yifang Chen Crunchy Ethan Laker pl1xx Christopher Li coach Sion "VaZe" Eom revealed that he had parted ways with the team.
• / Former Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #13 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes BORKUM Jim Timbreza JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Jremy Jeremy Cabrera coach Chong "Fayde" Hoc Wah was announced as the new head coach of Griffin E-Sports Griffin E-Sports Inactive Fung3 SiuFatBB YRSelect LockM sora .
• Mammoth ESC Mammoth ESC Oceania Rank #10 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 #41 Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Benkai Benedict Tan Russ Russel Mendes 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 Asia-Pacific Rank #25 vibhoRR Vibhor Vaid Ember Garvit Nehra Hoax Aman Yadav tixx Nick Quinn .

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 #14 pANcada Bryan Luna Marved Jimmy Nguyen TenZ Tyson Ngo Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Sacy Gustavo Rossi , TSM TSM Inactive seven Johann Hernandez NaturE Nicholas Garrison Kanpeki Eric Xu corey Corey Nigra
• Nerd Street Valorant Lockdown finals remaining teams: where is fullerton where is fullerton Inactive Governor Peter No Harmful Mohammed Choudhary , CAT MAID BOYS CAT MAID BOYS Inactive , Crownless Crownless Inactive Cohburg Flonson Matt Johnson Kurama Joshua Chumney chime 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 Europe Rank #161 sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen M4CHINA Ouali Manset | 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 Mel Melissa Souza sayuri Camila Obam , ODDIK Bright ODDIK Bright Brazil Rank #31 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 mandy Amanda Santiago covas Nathane Queiroz fly Jessica Pellegrini Enderzinha Heloisa Israel fiufiu
• Valorant Vietnam Rising Stars Week 1 winner: Tim Tài Trơ Tim Tài Trơ Asia-Pacific Rank #16 Redneval Le Quốc Khánh viness Nguyễn Trung Tín Juu Trần Thái Vỹ Daicute Nguyễn Anh Minh Thông BOSS | runner-up: Team Lofi Team Lofi Asia-Pacific Rank #63 Pxmihlog Laww XjuMại Tzunam Milooo BánhMj
• 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 v1c Ita sneakyy2k5 Noodie , TwoKay TwoKay Asia-Pacific Rank #62 Damit2k Nguyễn Trọng Quyết Solazet Lương Gia Nhật Minh vers4ce Lê Nguyễn Gia Bảo Hyelll Lê Hoàng Quang Huy Kong Nguyễn Nguyên Đăng , MEOGANG MEOGANG Inactive Crus Lư Tiến Huy Bau NhatUyen Lương Công Minh Nhật DaFt Huỳnh Tuấn Kiệt huygetsu
• Masters Pro League Season 3 Main Event winner: Onyx Ravens Onyx Ravens MENA Rank #11 CrYsTaL AntiBiotique Taha Handaoui ACHRF Adjabi Cheraf m4xikk Maksim Zvalnev | runner-up: NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #4 sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin basya Branislav Koritca Nartzie Elyes Zoghlami Avez Hazem Khaled chrollo Omar Hussein

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.