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
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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Sentinels
Sentinels North America Unranked TenZ Tyson Ngo Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Sacy Gustavo Rossi moved Hunter "SicK" Mims to an inactive position while he deals with personal issues.
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GODSENT IRIS
GODSENT IRIS Inactive niciplesss Nikolett Keszeli Nessa Vanessa Ahlström Melzz Melinda BlomQvist released their roster.
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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.
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G2 Gozen
G2 Gozen Europe Unranked rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup welcomed Vivian "roxi" Schilling following Julia "juliano" Kiran's departure just days ago.
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Rebels Gaming
Rebels Gaming Inactive moved João "jannyXD" Daniel to the bench.
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who cars?
who cars? Europe Unranked fexayy mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl 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.
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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.
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İstanbul Wildcats
İstanbul Wildcats Europe Unranked baha Baha Gözmen dRKY Onur Bora Genç sh1va Arda Özkaya MERZ Emre Aktaş deminatiX Akın Tak parted ways with head coach Kaan "Leader" Taşpınar and coach Armağan "L1X1NN" Yeğin.
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FUT Esports
FUT Esports Europe Unranked MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban announced the departure of assistant coach Nafi "NEDNAGG" Ercan Durmuş.
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Orangutan
Orangutan Asia-Pacific Unranked Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Ri0 Atharv Ahire tryst Jit Choudhury trinxty Naqshab Khan DcRulz Daivik Chauhan saun Saunskar Sane 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 artn Ayrton Soh .
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MLT Esports
MLT Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked parted ways with Simon "Blas" Jimuel Blas and Troy "Yort" Hiramia in favor of Jay "LuffysaN" Patil and Atharv "Ri0" Ahire.
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Medal Esports
Medal Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Kibojn Jayesh Negi Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar vibhoRR Vibhor Vaid psy Simar Sethi welcomed Daivik "DcRulz" Chauhan and head coach Vikrant "hacker" Pujari.
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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" .
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Sengoku Gaming
Sengoku Gaming Japan Unranked Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) NOBITA Misaya gatorada Hideki Nishida parted ways with "Vici" .
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BLUE BEES.ESP
BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Unranked Lafura kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida parted with "nura" and Kim "Ssun" Sun-rae (김선래) in favor of "SID" and "YAYA" .
Results & Standings
- CVAL North: Winter winner:
Northwood University
Northwood University North America Unranked dip Braden Dippel Dark3st benjii Benjamin Park Tyler Boat | 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 Unranked toozy Anthony De Leon VYX Ramiro Ortiz neptune Jason Tran | runner-up: FIU Varsity
FIU Varsity North America Unranked Waffle plaza tokyo Sebastien Lima cryptX Kyle Morgado Furzaan
- CVAL South: Winter winner:
UST Esports
UST Esports North America Unranked nate Nathanael Miles Xhowi Luis Enmanuel Corcino Garcia seyq GLYPH Conner Garcia Korsonix Korey Anderson | runner-up: OC Esports
OC Esports North America Unranked saint Owen Boulanger dev Voe Wheaties John Wheat ShadowCoreTV
- CVAL West: Winter winner:
Demigods @ UCSD
Demigods @ UCSD North America Unranked Chrome Kaden Jackson frost 469matt WicK tsalad Melvin | runner-up: UCR Blue
UCR Blue North America Unranked Azulite Soop Ben Nguyen Vyx Andrew
- 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 Inactive zProtection Maik Kolodziej Terrox ico Kubfu RIX
- Valorant East: United - Season 2 - Stage 1 - Last Chance Qualifier qualified teams:
onliners
onliners Inactive , calamity L
calamity L Europe Unranked 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 Unranked mX cookiez Shiroto Temuujin Nguyen EmreS deSwit Riccardo Puppo
- Project V: PRO Weekly #5 - Bracket 2 winner:
Big Blue Charizard
Big Blue Charizard Europe Unranked noumit Timon Meier 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 Unranked askoo Olivier Soth hAwksinho Sulaimane Kabous Shak0w Clovis Lallier Pie Pierrick Jeandel izana | runner-up: booskaHS
booskaHS Inactive khe0ps Tony Marques NRK Pedretti Charles 10K Théo Navaro bRAAHH Damian Lillard
- 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 Unranked Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo cortezia Gabriel Cortez v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves CTC Caio Torres gaabxx Gabriel Carli , TBK Esports
TBK Esports Brazil Unranked RND Ronaldo Kanashiro prozin Wallacy Sales bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa deNaro Matheus Hipólito Brinks , 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 Europe Unranked ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk , Enterprise Esports
Enterprise Esports Inactive LUKYYY Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka SH0UTyy Michal Glacner Hasaa Radim Haša Enrik Michal Vejvoda patagod Patrik Bojkovský , 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 Europe Unranked hype Tautvydas Paldavicius kaajak Kajetan Haremski MOLSI Michał Łącki soulcas Dom Sulcas AvovA Auni Chahade , FOKUS
FOKUS Europe Unranked Lime Jacob Foster bucher Maximilian Bucher SEIDER Mathias Seider al0rante Felix Brandl YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes
- 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 Unranked CyvOph Clement Millard SoOn Terence Tarlier HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard
- VCL Turkey remaining teams:
S2G Esports
S2G Esports Europe Unranked Patrui Göktuğ Uyan AsLanM4shadoW Ali Osman Balta russ Batuhan Malgaç , Papara SuperMassive
Papara SuperMassive Europe Unranked sterben Emre Demirci skylen Asil Yalçın SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan Izzy Baran Yılmaz
- 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 Unranked elllement Dragan Milanović aNguiSt Ross Pendleton DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz
- VCL Italy remaining teams:
DSYRE
DSYRE Europe Unranked caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki , GMT Esports
GMT Esports Inactive N A I S Alessandro Montanari AFoxx Fábio Veigas
- VCL Portugal winner:
SAW
SAW Europe Unranked Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa Addicted Eduardo Torres Cunha20 David Cunha | runner-up: GTZ Esports
GTZ Esports Europe Unranked Cal Callum Burgoyne H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca
- VCL Vietnam remaining teams:
Fancy United Esports
Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Kishi Ngô Trường Huy Crus Lư Tiến Huy f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn twilight gin Phan Văn Gin , Team Big BAAM
Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Unranked Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy P1nA Nguyễn Nam Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống Louboutin Vizzz Hoàng Việt , 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 Asia-Pacific Unranked YanLi Rainy 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 Asia-Pacific Unranked Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Taned Teerasawad Kntz Krit Chaiprasit cgrs Patiphan Porsi seph1roth 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 Esport
Sharper Esport Asia-Pacific Unranked Acetics Teerapat Jinyong PinOcchiOs Teerasak Kedaim niffy Patcharapon Junman xZe Tanawat Kannark
- VCL Indonesia remaining teams:
BOOM Esports
BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked ZesBeeW Sha Mohtar Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma , Bigetron Arctic
Bigetron Arctic Asia-Pacific Unranked severiNe Michael Winata Lilo Ryan Betrand budimeisteR Oliver Budi Wangge frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra mika Michael Setiawan vascalizz Rey Sebastian Pardede
- / VCL Malaysia/Singapore remaining teams:
BLEED
BLEED Asia-Pacific Unranked sScary Nutchapon Matarat Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) Retla Jorell Teo Deryeon Derrick Yee crazyguy Ngô Công Anh , 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 Unranked JA John Timothy Arone PapiChulo Federico Evangelista Mojer Jerome Literal Emman Emmanuel Morales Nexi Nathaniel Cabero , Oasis Gaming
Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Unranked marky Mark Anthony Tuling Witz Riley Go DubsteP Jayvee Paguirigan xavi8k Xavier Juan kellyS Kelly Sedillo
- VCL Japan remaining teams:
Crazy Raccoon
Crazy Raccoon Inactive , SCARZ
SCARZ Japan Unranked MrTenzouEz Lumo Maxim Demianovskikh tixx Nick Quinn Yotaa Yota Kaouachi Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami , FENNEL
FENNEL Japan Unranked TENNN Tenta Asai GON CLZ SyouTa Xdll Yuto Mizomori
- VCL Oceania remaining teams:
BOBO
BOBO Oceania Unranked M1kE Michael Smith Exirst Crunchy Ethan Laker Nozz Noah McClafferty Zauqk , 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 Add3r Jack Hayashi stellar Brenden McGrath corey Corey Nigra bdog Brandon Sanders . If the signing is to go through, he would become the third streamer to own a team in North American Challengers League.
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Paper Rex
Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Unranked mindfreak Aaron Leonhart 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.