Valorant Challengers Leagues continue to kick off across the globe and teams all around the world continue to make new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.

This week's edition covers news from Jan. 15 - Jan. 21

• Last Week: News Almost Missed Jan. 14

Roster Changes

• / Version1 Version1 North America Unranked sarahcat Sarah Simpson florescent Ava Eugene alexis Alexis Guarrasi meL Melanie Capone Noia Nicole Tierce announced the return of Loic "effys" Sauvageau to the team. This time he will take the role of coach.
• / Complexity GX3 Complexity GX3 North America Unranked clawdia Claudia Che Karra Katherine Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil announced their roster for the 2023 season, adding Jasmine "Jazzyk1ns" Manankil and "rayse" to the starting lineup.
• Longstanding member of VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama , Aiden "King" King, announced his departure from the team.
• Jennifer "jen" Khamdaraphone announced her contract has ended with Immortals Immortals North America Unranked tupperware Lydia Wilson Kay Kaylen Ruddell .
• Liberty said goodbye to their female roster, Liberty Female Liberty Female Brazil Unranked regiaNe Regiane Santos mizzy Ester Cardoso mooN Camilly Pacheco ferzy Fernanda Adames ujliana Juliana Scaglioni .
• MIBR Female MIBR Female Brazil Unranked biazik Beatriz Begnossi Daniops Daniela Cristini drn Paola Caroline isa1 Isabele Glym nat1 Natalia Meneses revealed their 2023 roster consisting of Isabele "isa1" Glym, Beatriz "biazik" Begnossi, Daniela "Daniops" Cristini, Paola "drn" Caroline, and Natalia "nat1" Meneses.
• / Les Petit Bouffons Les Petit Bouffons Europe Unranked vong Vong Nguyen Luzuh Joseph Loose KRAY Calum Knight Russ Russel Mendes L1NK Travis Mendoza announced Mathias "matti" Nielsen as their coach for VCL Northern Europe.
• / CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Unranked elllement Dragan Milanović azury Luca Sammer BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Shazeon Rene Cappel starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski completed their roster with the addition of Dragan "elllement" Milanović.
• "Viv" transitioned from a substitute role on Angry Titans Oni Angry Titans Oni Europe Unranked Viv serenity F4INT Salty Blossom to a full-time member.
• // Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegi Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash Pieter-Jan De Decker MaximN Maxim Nonglaire indefinitely halted their esports operations due to "insufficient financial inflow". The roster will now compete in VCL France under BLX UTD BLX UTD Europe Unranked q Liam Hoek Alyx Alex Morrow MaximN Maxim Nonglaire dash Pieter-Jan De Decker poegi Yenthe Segers .
• / Outplayed Outplayed Europe Unranked dudleyzor Carlo Spiga Extreme Hristiyan Trifonov Felox Simone Felisati nekoJ Damiano Senatore Rias René Pitrun revealed their roster for VCL Italy - Split 1.
• / Five Media Clan Five Media Clan Europe Unranked zedt Pablo Peña Portilla Nunu Aitor Argüelles Vity Victor Medina Iglesias Fonk Manuel Foncubierta Palo revealed their 2023 roster.
• SuperMassive Female SuperMassive Female Europe Unranked Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül said goodbye to their coach Burak "potin" Kubat.
• / Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Unranked tesseract Jon Michael Piga azys Azis Nandang RvK Rishi Vijayakumar Antidote Sabyasachi Bose rawfiul Akram Virani welcomed Sabyasachi "Antidote" Bose, Rishi "RvK" Vijayakumar, Akram "rawfiul" Virani, Jon "tesseract" Michael Piga, and Azis "azys" Nandang for their 2023 roster.
• XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked RoLEX Warittorn Kalanukan aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn LBY Eisuke Kuraoka KRX Jirayu Samnual Surf Thanachart Rungapajaratkul welcomed their lineup for the 2023 season.
• Rio Company Rio Company Korea Unranked SungJin Ko Sung-jin (고성진) Sunday Kim Min-soo (김민수) SeliG Um Hyun-sung (엄현성) LuZ Lim Ui-jun (임의준) JinboongE Kim Jin-won (김진원) announced their roster for the World Cyber Games Challengers League Korea open qualifier.
• Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Unranked Persia Yang Zi-on (양쯔온) Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) Felix Park Hyeon-ho (박현호) HANN Kim Dong-ho (김동호) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) welcomed the first member of their coaching staff, Jung "OD" Jin-myung (정진명).
• / 95x Esports 95x Esports Oceania Unranked Minimise Jackson White SWERL Ali Kobraee WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith punda Lachlan Bamford announced the signing of the Bonkers Bonkers Inactive SWERL Ali Kobraee punda Lachlan Bamford Ciko Ben Easterbrook Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith roster ahead of VCL Oceania - Split 1.

Results & Standings

• VCL NA: LCQ remaining teams: Squirtle Squad Squirtle Squad North America Unranked Add3r Jack Hayashi Okeanos Anthony Nguyen WeDid Matthew Suchan Harmful Mohammed Choudhary Governor Peter No , OREsports OREsports North America Unranked Lear Dayton Akau nillyaz Chase Linder zeldris Elijah Hawkins PureVNS Vincent Nguyen Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor , Soniqs Soniqs Inactive .
• Astral Clash 2023 began their LCQ playoffs.
• The winter season of CVAL has kicked off.
• Project V: XMG Trinity Cup winner: Blue Lock Blue Lock Inactive Rox1de Gleb Blinov Animal Tomas Veitas exo Maximilian Kuklinski 1ce2k Oleg Malyshev Tobco Tristan Liebeck | runner-up: Project A Project A Europe Unranked
• VEU - S2S1 - WC #3 winner: incognito incognito Europe Unranked nyczu Szymon Kulik darkosek kaajak PROFEK Sferon Tomasz Biniak | runner-up: calamity L calamity L Europe Unranked szoren Søren-Emil Kold Thomsen Incredible bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Kequeq
• Wandercon remaining teams: 2L8 2L8 Europe Unranked gosaydam Göksel Saydam j4héx Ersel Örs Alvera Eren Kına SoyeR Burak Soyer Gloomy Mercan Özalp nekky Anıl Dağdeviren , LFO6 LFO6 Europe Unranked , calamity L calamity L Europe Unranked szoren Søren-Emil Kold Thomsen Incredible bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Kequeq , ACE eSports ACE eSports Europe Unranked r1zvaN y0r Filip Eremic divide J1zkeyy Alexander Reznichenko chukL9 Danil Chuklin focus .