Challengers Leagues are now reaching their Grand Finals and the post-LOCK//IN roster moves have begun. Although there is plenty of action, 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 Mar. 05 to Mar. 11

• Last Week: News Almost Missed March 04

Roster Changes

• Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson welcomed the final member of their roster Carlee "Carlee" Gress.
• MAD Lions MAD Lions Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad bjor Joseph Bjorklund N4RRATE Marshall Massey Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears announced the addition of a strategic coach in Zach "Eley" Stauffer.
• FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le announced the signing of Hamboigas Hamboigas Inactive di^ Diane Tran refinnej Jennifer Le sHMeaty Emma Choe Maddie Madison Mann panini Vannesa Emory . The team will now be known as FaZe Clan GC FaZe Clan GC Inactive Maddie Madison Mann sHMeaty Emma Choe di^ Diane Tran refinnej Jennifer Le .
• Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #7 N4RRATE Marshall Massey Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic cortezia Gabriel Cortez JonahP Jonah Pulice moved Hunter "SicK" Mims to an inactive position while he deals with personal issues.
• GODSENT IRIS GODSENT IRIS Inactive niciplesss Nikolett Keszeli Nessa Vanessa Ahlström Melzz Melinda BlomQvist released their roster.
• UNtapped UNtapped Inactive mediKa Annika Lambertz Nariel Yaren Cirit Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig Lil Bob announced the revival of their roster ahead of Game Changers EMEA.
• / G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #88 Akita Esllene Xu amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin eva Nur Çakır mimi Michaela Lintrup welcomed Vivian "roxi" Schilling following Julia "juliano" Kiran's departure just days ago.
• / Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive moved João "jannyXD" Daniel to the bench.
• who cars? who cars? Inactive fexayy Klusia Jonas Colkær Thomsen Nille Nichlas Busk sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen parted ways with Mads "MTE" Elgaard and assistant coach Simon "Falkun" Jakobsen. The shuffle also saw David "Davud" Alexander Vig become a substitute/content creator.
• / Thunderbolts Gaming Thunderbolts Gaming Inactive Antsy Yağız Güngör Yato Cem Saat re1sxd İlyas Çalışkan corr0 Mehmet Alp Vural DubzWoW Mustafa Doğan ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar moved Kutluay "VPNCNP" Kutlu, Enes "jonx" Güngör, and Ibrahim "lurzy0y0" Sandıkcı to the bench. The team also parted with Mustafa "DubzWoW" Doğan.
• İstanbul Wildcats İstanbul Wildcats Europe Rank #60 parted ways with head coach Kaan "Leader" Taşpınar and coach Armağan "L1X1NN" Yeğin.
• FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #12 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak KROSTALY Okan Alaçam qRaxs Doğukan Balaban announced the departure of assistant coach Nafi "NEDNAGG" Ercan Durmuş.
• / Orangutan Orangutan Inactive Makaveli Nikhil Chettri RvK Rishi Vijayakumar deecee Daivik Chauhan Hoax Aman Yadav welcomed back theDoctorr as coach following a short stint with Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan Xan Ng artn Ayrton Soh .
• / MLT Esports MLT Esports Inactive parted ways with Simon "Blas" Jimuel Blas and Troy "Yort" Hiramia in favor of Jay "LOVE" Patil and Atharv "Ri0" Ahire.
• Medal Esports Medal Esports Inactive Excali Karan Mhaswadkar kibojn Jayesh Negi psy Simar Sethi Lilboi Vishwaratn Srivastav tryst Jit Choudhury welcomed Daivik "deecee" Chauhan and head coach Vikrant "hacker" Pujari.
• GeeKay Esports Cherry GeeKay Esports Cherry Inactive Sandra Sandra Sherif Pinkalie Julie Lim Natakodo Natasha Kodo jduh Ceyda Kondu welcomed a new roster consisting of Julie "Pinkalie" Lim, Donia "nugget" Khaled, Natasha "Natakodo" Kodo, Ceyda "jduh" Kondu, and substitute "Sou" .
• / Sengoku Gaming Sengoku Gaming Inactive Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) Kippei NOBITA Rintaro Matsumoto Misaya yuran Yushin Hato parted ways with "Vici" .
• / BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #14 EscO keisu kuro Lafura parted with "nura" and Kim "Ssun" Sun-rae (김선래) in favor of Kim "SID" Min-seung (김민승) and "YAYA" .

Results & Standings

• CVAL North: Winter winner: Northwood University Northwood University North America Rank #41 furbsa dip Braden Dippel Dark3st benjii Benjamin Park toozy Anthony De Leon | runner-up: Mizzou Esports Mizzou Esports North America Unranked xelA Alex Cheun wPanda Mason Lubinsky Conch Connor Aoun Ponder Jack Ponder PIGGY Devin Donnelly
• CVAL East: Winter winner: Fisher Navy Fisher Navy North America Rank #12 cuz jeffie Jeffrey Hansen sogo Davide Hoxha HUYNH Danny Huynh Blahst Nathan Brand | runner-up: FIU Varsity FIU Varsity North America Rank #167 Starlight quiet Michael Escalona Wilmer Wilmer Rodriguez olegzinho Oleg Khayrulin
• CVAL South: Winter winner: UST Esports UST Esports North America Rank #7 Xhowi Luis Enmanuel Corcino Garcia Notexxd Jaden Anderson sonofcar kumi Korsonix Korey Anderson | runner-up: OC Esports OC Esports North America Unranked pablo Owen Boulanger Vader MiniNiwde Lenin Mateo
• CVAL West: Winter winner: Demigods @ UCSD Demigods @ UCSD Inactive Chrome Kaden Jackson frost 469matt WicK tsalad Melvin | runner-up: UCR Blue UCR Blue Inactive ACunningTaco Vivid Spyder noDaT Aego
• Project V: Stage 1 Division 1 winner: Yes I'm here Yes I'm here Inactive McKonsti Konstantin Helm nixoon Niko Pasonen Mikelelle Mikael Talliniemi shy supremjo | runner-up: Sissi State Punks Sissi State Punks Europe Rank #231 Tezics Tim Leszkovich Swung Nirvia frazune Franz Enigl fl1xxd
• Valorant East: United - Season 2 - Stage 1 - Last Chance Qualifier qualified teams: onliners onliners Inactive , calamity L calamity L Inactive bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Krishan Patel
• Project V: PRO Weekly #5 - Bracket 1 winner: Permitta eSports Permitta eSports Inactive Happen Alexander Dudenhöfer Daveeski David Pawlowski quantumrino GENETICZZ RxYaL Onur Yilmaz Movi | runner-up: eSports Cologne eSports Cologne Europe Rank #32 quo ScelzeR Leon Leon Roesberg NoMiss pryxi
• Project V: PRO Weekly #5 - Bracket 2 winner: Big Blue Charizard Big Blue Charizard Inactive Flaqqo Filip Avramovic Richy Atom Fabian Mauel | runner-up: Doomster Doomster Inactive
• Valorant Open Tour France 2023: Stage 2 winner: Colors Esport Colors Esport Europe Rank #60 Goaster Tony Richard zeddy Nikolai Lapko Neptunee Juskay rYn Quirijn Runia | runner-up: booskaHS booskaHS Inactive khe0ps Tony Marques NRK Pedretti Charles 10K Théo Navaro bRAAHH Davidp David Prins
• VCL Brazil remaining teams: The Union The Union Inactive Askia Estevão Ferreira GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira pancc Fillipe Martins ntk Lucas Martins raafa Rafael Lima , RED Canids RED Canids Brazil Rank #7 tinchoff Martin Garcia skz Jean Lucas lowz Urango Victor Rodrigues RgLMeister Matheus Rodigoli , TBK Esports TBK Esports Brazil Rank #9 Zap Brenno Roberto maestr0 kon4n Vitor Hugo snw Miguel Marcondes murizzz Murillo Tuchtenhagen , Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive , ODDIK ODDIK Inactive , TropiCaos TropiCaos Inactive Fatmarino Matheus Marino mNdS Rafael Mendes xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves
• VCL East remaining teams: Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk , Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Europe Rank #6 MAGNUM Martin Penkov iluri Ilari Puranen Lime Jacob Foster Proxh Yusuf Emre Tunc kozzy Denis Stefan Aionitoaei , Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz
• VCL Northern Europe remaining teams: HSDIRR HSDIRR Inactive Ale Alend Khalaf vicious Benjamin Guilotte lyNxi Felix Björklund Meddo Johan Renbjörk Lundborg freddan , Apeks Apeks Inactive , FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #19 Pa1ze Mohammad Khatib MOLSI Michał Łącki shinnok Viktor Zsombor Maglóczki Serial Maikls Zdanovs pyrolll Artur Minin
• VCL France remaining teams: SBG SBG Inactive APO Tom Bonnion stand-in TakaS Jonathan Paupard logaN Logan Corti Wailers Wailers Locart beyAz Beyazit Körpe nataNk Nathan Bocqueho , Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #24 nataNk Nathan Bocqueho Kada Thomas Johner sh1n Ryad Ensaad Sevire Ethan Starke TakaS Jonathan Paupard
• VCL Turkey remaining teams: S2G Esports S2G Esports Europe Rank #34 batujnax Mehmet Batu Özaslan DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin hezacoil Berkay Doğar Kachoww Samet Arıcı reazy Kaan Ürpek , Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #65
• VCL Spain winner: Case Esports Case Esports Inactive | runner-up: Team Queso Team Queso Inactive mezoky Boom Daniel Jiménez
• VCL DACH remaining teams: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski , CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #14 Wolfen Berkant Joshkun DaviH David Cruz KovaQ Blendi Kovaci Vince Vincent Kranz samed Samed Topbas Zyppan Pontus Eek
• VCL Italy remaining teams: DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki , GMT Esports GMT Esports Inactive N A I S Alessandro Montanari AFoxx Fábio Veigas
• VCL Portugal winner: SAW SAW Inactive Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa Addicted Eduardo Torres cunhaa David Cunha | runner-up: GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Inactive H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca
• VCL Vietnam remaining teams: Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #4 f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn bucute YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Nia twilight , Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Inactive Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống 百忧解 Vincen lym Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy , 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
• / VCL Taiwan/Hong Kong remaining teams: ONE Team Esports ONE Team Esports Inactive YanLi Ra1ny Li Guo-Shuo (李國碩) ngk XyuS SecreT KiNo , Griffin E-Sports Griffin E-Sports Inactive Fung3 SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) Uta LockM Xing Fuling (邢福凌) sora
• VCL Thailand remaining teams: Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Inactive Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Tanate Teerasawad cgrs Patiphan Porsi Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan furiouss Chinnakrit Phoojaroen , Attack All Around Attack All Around Inactive xcool3 Nuttadet Wijit AloNeFillz Palapoom Thaikum kongared Nantapol Boonying niffy Patcharapon Junman b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul SantaGolf Chanitpak Suwanaprateep , Sharper Esports Sharper Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #2 furiouss Chinnakrit Phoojaroen Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Apinya Apinya Laotaew Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol
• VCL Indonesia remaining teams: BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 natz Jonathan Adiputra Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang d3ffo Nikita Sudakov Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra , Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Inactive k1ngkappa
• / VCL Malaysia/Singapore remaining teams: BLEED BLEED Inactive , X10 Esports X10 Esports Inactive Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua
• VCL Philippines remaining teams: NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #24 Papi Federico Evangelista Secre Lucas Gruenberg TAPHTAPH Nethaniel Bundalian Yukxx Yukee Lampa Mojer Jerome Literal , Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #8 Zeus slathom999 Shawn Dale Bolondro tesseract Jon Michael Piga ZYND Christian Lopez marky Mark Anthony Tuling whitecat Michael Andre M. Yuzon
• VCL Japan remaining teams: Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive , SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #7 Art Koki Kagami Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) muto BRIAN Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) , FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #1 Aace Souta Itou Hals CLZ Hikaru Mizutani Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto GangPin Chae Jung-moo (채정무)
• VCL Oceania remaining teams: BOBO BOBO Inactive MIKE Michael Smith Nozz Noah McClafferty rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Crunchy Ethan Laker punda Lachlan Bamford , 95x Esports 95x Esports Inactive Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky rDeeW Riley Wilkinson LEW Luis Hibbert Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson

Other News & Rumours

• / According to a report by Dot Esports, xQc is set to enter the VALORANT scene with the signing of free agent team Turtle Troop Turtle Troop Inactive wedid Matthew Suchan jowa Jordan Wang bdog Brandon Sanders Kaoticc . If the signing is to go through, he would become the third streamer to own a team in North American Challengers League.
• / In another report by Dot Esports, Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov have trialed Ilya "something" Petrov for their roster. If he was to join the team, he would likely take a position as sub.