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
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Cloud9
Cloud9 North America Rank #9 Xeppaa Erick Bach runi Dylan Cade moose Kaleb Jayne vanity Anthony Malaspina OXY Francis Hoang said goodbye to assistant coach Erik "vapen" Sutton and coach Gaël "vexel" Attal.
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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.
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CLG Red
CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo bid farewell to Melanie "rise" Tetreault.
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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.
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M80
M80 North America Rank #5 zander Alexander Dituri NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio neT Michael Bernet BcJ Brendan Jensen announced Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer as the team's new head coach.
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bonk
bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan welcomed Casper "Desmo" Rasmussen to their team as a coach.
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Team BDS
Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb in September, Thomas "kAdavra" Johner has joined Mandatory
Mandatory Europe Rank #20 CyvOph Clement Millard SoOn Terence Tarlier HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard to round out the team's roster.
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KOI
KOI Europe Rank #89 kamo Kamil Frąckowiak ShadoW Tobias Flodström grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko starxo Patryk Kopczynski sheydos Bogdan Naumov officially parted ways with Martin "MAGNUM" Penkov. He was originally benched from the starting roster in October.
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Apeks
Apeks Europe Rank #11 hype Tautvydas Paldavicius kaajak Kajetan Haremski MOLSI Michał Łącki soulcas Dom Sulcas AvovA Auni Chahade 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.
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Angry Titans Iris
Angry Titans Iris Europe Rank #468 els mAri Sumi ellie parted ways with jjeonda and Lenam0n .
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CGN Esports
CGN Esports Europe Rank #5 elllement Dragan Milanović aNguiSt Ross Pendleton DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz 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.
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FNATIC
FNATIC Europe Rank #2 hiro Emirhan Kat 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.
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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.
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B8 Esports
B8 Esports Europe Rank #182 WanZeru arch Vladyslav Svistov Nunmeister RARE Arkadii Krokhmal Kajuks Kajus Skurvydas revealed their full roster for the first split of the Eastern European Challengers League.
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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 .
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Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #24 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Kicks Kimmie Laasner runneR Emil Trajkovski ceNder Jokūbas Labutis Sayf Saif Jibraeel have welcomed former FNATIC performance coach Marcus Askildsen to their team.
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MOUZ
MOUZ Europe Rank #8 xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen Fizzy David Figueiredo starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski announced their full roster, featuring new members Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki, Ilari "iluri" Puranen, Nico "Obnoks" Garczarczyk, Murat "murii" Korkmaz, and coach Jiri "KUNDIKUNDI" Honkala.
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Acend
Acend Europe Rank #12 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.
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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.
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TBK Esports
TBK Esports Brazil Rank #7 RND Ronaldo Kanashiro prozin Wallacy Sales bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa deNaro Matheus Hipólito 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 .
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Before
Before Inactive bid farewell to Taynah "tayhuhu" Yukimi.
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Team Liquid Brazil
Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #13 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.
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SCARZ
SCARZ Japan Rank #8 MrTenzouEz Lumo Maxim Demianovskikh tixx Nick Quinn Yotaa Yota Kaouachi Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami rounded out their roster with Yoshiii .
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FAV gaming
FAV gaming Japan Rank #1 Minty Daiki Kato Hands fukuken stand-in Phantom Hideaki Nakai bazz welcomed JanOwO to their team as a player.
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BOBO
BOBO Oceania Rank #5 M1kE Michael Smith Exirst Crunchy Ethan Laker Nozz Noah McClafferty Zauqk coach Sion "VaZe" Eom revealed that he had parted ways with the team.
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Team Secret
Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #9 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2ge James Goopio 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 Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) YRSelect LockM Xing Fuling (邢福凌) sora .
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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 .
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HellrangeR
announced that his time with
Global Esports
Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #42 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Polvi Niko Polvinen Benkai Benedict Tan Russ Russel Mendes had come to a close.
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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 #4 TenZ Tyson Ngo Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Sacy Gustavo Rossi , TSM
TSM North America Rank #11 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter POISED Kevin Ngo aproto Alex Protopapas
- 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 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 Europe Rank #102 | 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 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 mandy 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 Asia-Pacific Rank #46 DaFt Huỳnh Tuấn Kiệt TRIPCIEW Vữ Minh Cường albus Trần Phúc Thiên Pr0digy Suka Nguyễn Văn Tiến 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 #115 vers4ce Lê Nguyễn Gia Bảo Kong Nguyễn Nguyên Đăng Somethai Trần Lê Huy Khiêm Juu Trần Thái Vỹ , 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 #7 Kheops Anis Mokrani Eso177 Stanislav Nikolov ease Manuel López ACHRF Adjabi Cheraf zMART Amokrane Ahmed | runner-up: NASR Esports
NASR Esports MENA Rank #6 sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin 7ssk7 Artur Kurshin Avez Hazem Khaled xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius
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.