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 North America Rank #100 kxtieoh Carlee Carlee Gress edith Slandy Presley Anderson Vernina Vernina Gozum welcomed the final member of their roster Carlee "Carlee" Gress.
• MAD Lions MAD Lions North America Rank #8 N4RRATE Marshall Massey Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears Drone Taylor Johnson ZexRow Anthony Colandro announced the addition of a strategic coach in Zach "Eley" Stauffer.
• FaZe Clan FaZe Clan North America Rank #14 POISED Kevin Ngo BABYBAY Andrej Francisty dicey Quan Tran Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo supamen Phat Le announced the signing of Hamboigas Hamboigas Inactive di^ Diane Tran refinnej Jennifer Le Emy Emma Choe Maddie Madison Mann panini Vannesa Emory . The team will now be known as FaZe Clan GC FaZe Clan GC North America Rank #101 panini Vannesa Emory Maddie Madison Mann Emy Emma Choe di^ Diane Tran refinnej Jennifer Le .
• Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #16 pANcada Bryan Luna Marved Jimmy Nguyen TenZ Tyson Ngo dephh Rory Jackson zekken Zachary Patrone Sacy Gustavo Rossi 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 Europe Unranked mediKa Annika Lambertz Nariel Yaren Cirit Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig kv7m Lil announced the revival of their roster ahead of Game Changers EMEA.
• / G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #1 roxi Vivian Schilling Mary Maryam Maher Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup Glance Anastasia Anisimova welcomed Vivian "roxi" Schilling following Julia "juliano" Kiran's departure just days ago.
• / Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Europe Rank #35 GatsH Guillaume Kalka hastack Sergio Fernández Martínez vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov humanz Jose Luis Cebrian Phardon Brandon Perez Testa Rexs José Jaramago moved João "jannyXD" Daniel to the bench.
• who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #79 mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl AKIMB0 Benjamin Kronborg Radski Conrad Micheal Raduchowski vakk Vakaris Bebravičius chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk 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 Europe Rank #194 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 #118 hatex Cüneyd Baş 7ssk7 Artur Kurshin XiSTOU Göktuğ Canciğer braveaf Andrew Gorchakov parted ways with head coach Kaan "Leader" Taşpınar and coach Armağan "L1X1NN" Yeğin.
• FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #4 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen AtaKaptan Ata Tan Muj Serhat Yüksel MOJJ Buğra Kiraz qRaxs Doğukan Balaban qw1 Konuralp Şahin announced the departure of assistant coach Nafi "NEDNAGG" Ercan Durmuş.
• / Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #11 LeVi Rajiv Satpute tesseract Jon Michael Piga azys Azis Nandang RvK Rishi Vijayakumar Antidote Sabyasachi Bose rawfiul Akram Virani welcomed back theDoctorr as coach following a short stint with Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #18 Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan .
• / MLT Esports MLT Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #85 Rio Atharv Ahire Venka Venkatesh Sharma BadmaN Saharyar Shaikh BADlove Jay Patil KnightRider Abhay Mulchandani parted ways with Simon "Blas" Jimuel Blas and Troy "Yort" Hiramia in favor of Jay "BADlove" Patil and Atharv "Rio" Ahire.
• Medal Esports Medal Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #47 FOX Tanmay Verma godvexy Sameer Sharma DcRulz Daivik Chauhan tricky Prish Valvani jEEE Emmanuel Jonathan Buenavidez ezzy Rishabh Gupta Kakarot Oscar Farin Jr. welcomed Daivik "DcRulz" Chauhan and head coach Vikrant "hacker" Pujari.
• GeeKay Esports Cherry GeeKay Esports Cherry Europe Rank #84 Sandra Pinkalie Julie Lim Natakodo Natasha Kodo jduh Ceyda Kondu nugget Donia Khaled 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 Japan Rank #6 Fisker Hideki Sasaki Npoint NOBITA Misaya gatorada Hideki Nishida parted ways with "Vici" .
• / BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #17 YAYA SID Rico DenO DAVINCI 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 Rank #1 dip Braden Dippel Dark3st Ali benjii Benjamin Park furbsa Hunter Mcmillan | runner-up: Mizzou Esports Mizzou Esports North America Rank #91 xelA wPanda Conch Ponder P I G G Y
• CVAL East: Winter winner: Fisher College Navy Fisher College Navy North America Rank #2 Psyche chloric Logan Logan Coffey Ming Dory Dorian Kaba | runner-up: FIU Varsity FIU Varsity North America Rank #7 Waffle plaza tokyo Sebastien Lima cryptX Kyle Morgado Furzaan
• CVAL South: Winter winner: UST Esports UST Esports North America Rank #4 nate Nathanael Miles Tiger Anthony Colon Xhowi Luis Enmanuel Corcino Garcia seyq | runner-up: OC Esports OC Esports North America Rank #8 Wheaties John Wheat saint Owen Boulanger Entri Instxnct GLYPH Conner Garcia eli Elias Soto
• CVAL West: Winter winner: Demigods @ UCSD Demigods @ UCSD North America Rank #9 Amir koki tsalad Melvin fourleaf | runner-up: UCR Blue UCR Blue North America Rank #13 Azulite jas0n Jason Vo 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 Europe Rank #24 GunnyX KovaQ vaLi Yordi van den Meijdenberg MARKEZZ Markes Fentz UNCAGED Adrian Mincan
• Valorant East: United - Season 2 - Stage 1 - Last Chance Qualifier qualified teams: onliners onliners Europe Rank #57 , calamity L calamity L Europe Rank #55 Incredible bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners
• Project V: PRO Weekly #5 - Bracket 1 winner: Permitta eSports Permitta eSports Europe Rank #212 stolen Kubfu Linutz AdrianL redyy | runner-up: eSports Cologne eSports Cologne Europe Rank #34 quantumrino ara zery traich Linus Glenn Glenn Kuitert
• Project V: PRO Weekly #5 - Bracket 2 winner: Big Blue Charizard Big Blue Charizard Europe Rank #217 FraqqS Tim Borgmann Atom Fabian Mauel Mimori Mihael Lazarin favseven Sven Kölbl hypeRR Marco Jordan | runner-up: Doomster Doomster Europe Rank #153 Maiko Bora Igci shiio Tolga Karcioglu Rexon Rudolfs Svikis trayz Daveeski David Pawlowski
• Valorant Open Tour France 2023: Stage 2 winner: Projet Blue Lock Projet Blue Lock Europe Rank #78 izana soren askoo reachthekid MMeltick | runner-up: booskaHS booskaHS Europe Rank #73 khe0ps Tony Marques NRK Pedretti Charles 10K Théo Navaro bRAAHH Damian Lillard
• VCL Brazil remaining teams: The Union The Union Brazil Rank #2 havoc Ilan Eloy GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira pancc Fillipe Martins ntk Lucas Martins raafa Rafael Lima , RED Canids RED Canids Brazil Rank #5 CTC Caio Torres gaabxx Gabriel Carli gtn Gustavo Moura Leozin Leonardo Quindeler RND Ronaldo Kanashiro , TBK Esports TBK Esports Brazil Rank #13 deNaro Matheus Hipólito chase Davi Mello matheuzin Matheus Lima ryotzz Leon Felipe luk Lucas Soares , Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Brazil Rank #4 pollo Julio Silva liazzi Felipe Galiazzi krain Gustavo Melara pleets Marcelo Leite flainzz Felipe Saldanha , ODDIK ODDIK Brazil Rank #9 bld Victor Junqueira Tisora Kauã Estefanini fzkk Leonardo Puertas fznnn Fernando Cerqueira jacobin Guilherme Jacob , TropiCaos TropiCaos Brazil Rank #10 mNdS Rafael Mendes xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves Brinks
• VCL East remaining teams: Acend Acend Europe Rank #10 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka B3ASTM0D3 Ivan Ledić MONSTEERR Ondřej Petrů , Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Europe Rank #19 Minny Patrik Hušek alexiiik Alex Hawlasek MaFiN Martin Vrána Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka benjyfishy Benjy David Fish , Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Europe Rank #42 snikk Sebastian Kamiński xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz
• VCL Northern Europe remaining teams: HSDIRR HSDIRR Europe Rank #33 Ale Alend Khalaf vicious Benjamin Guilotte lyNxi Felix Björklund Meddo Johan Renbjörk Lundborg freddan , Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #15 MAGNUM Martin Penkov Mistic James Orfila Enzo Enzo Mestari ShadoW Tobias Flodström Keiko Georgio Sanassy , FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #8 waddle Wadir Taraki KPZET Victor Steensgaard Lime Jacob Foster JUGi Jakob Hansen YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes
• VCL France remaining teams: SBG SBG Europe Rank #14 APO Tom Bonnion stand-in TakaS Jonathan Paupard logaN Logan Corti Wailers Wailers Locart beyAz Beyazit Körpe nataNk Nathan Bocqueho , Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #13 HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton kAdavra Thomas Johner AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard
• VCL Turkey remaining teams: S2G Esports S2G Esports Europe Rank #17 reazy Kaan Ürpek RieNs Enes Ecirli russ Batuhan Malgaç pAura Melih Karaduran lurzy0y0 Ibrahim Sandıkcı , Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #18 sterben Emre Demirci CyderX Caner Demir Elite Efe Teber Burzzy Burak Özveren Celasun Emir Celasun Izzy Baran Yılmaz
• VCL Spain winner: Case Esports Case Esports Europe Rank #12 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Kiles Vlad Shvets ease Manuel López roxie Povilas Krivelis Toki Maria Perez Yurii Salvador Gasco | runner-up: Team Queso Team Queso Europe Rank #26 UNFAKE Bartosz Bernacki neptuNo Alberto González H1ber Joona Parviainen PoPiFresH Mario González lowel Christian García Antorán
• VCL DACH remaining teams: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Europe Rank #21 nico Nico Neumann eleo Leonard Kulish canefis James Barry Luc1d Kenny Gauthier Kühlmann Treelover Philipp Urban , CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #29 elllement Dragan Milanović azury Luca Sammer BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Shazeon Rene Cappel starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski
• VCL Italy remaining teams: DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #20 xazyy Alejandro Giudice caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx , GMT Esports GMT Esports Europe Rank #23 bipo Taranvir Singh HearthBeat Marco Soffia N A I S Alessandro Montanari AFoxx Fábio Veigas marteen Martin Pátek
• VCL Portugal winner: SAW SAW Europe Rank #5 Addicted Eduardo Torres DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado Fizzy David Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista | runner-up: GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #11 starkk Gabriel Marques OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira k1zpawn Ian Rebelo kamo Kamil Frąckowiak RobbieBk Robbie Boerkamp
• VCL Vietnam remaining teams: Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy n1zzy Nguyễn Tấn Thành WUKONG Nguyễn Văn Thiện f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn gin Phan Văn Gin , Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Rank #25 Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống BMV Bùi Minh Vũ Layla Hoàng Đức Hùng P1nA2k4 Nguyễn Nam d0rf Phạm Huỳnh Toàn Quốc ViV Hoàng Việt , Tim Tài Trơ Tim Tài Trơ Asia-Pacific Rank #26 beo Tạ Hồng Thịnh Redneval Le Quốc Khánh viness Nguyễn Trung Tín Juu Trần Thái Vỹ Daicute Nguyễn Anh Minh Thông
• / VCL Taiwan/Hong Kong remaining teams: ONE Team Esports ONE Team Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #14 YanLi W1nner Tsai Hong-wei (蔡宏偉) ChiaWei Rainy Li Guo-Shuo (李國碩) SunfaN XyuS , Griffin E-Sports Griffin E-Sports Asia-Pacific Rank #34 Fung3 SiuFatBB YRSelect LockM sora
• VCL Thailand remaining teams: Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Asia-Pacific Rank #3 Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong AloNeFillz Palapoom Thaikum kongared Nantapol Boonying b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol , Attack All Around Attack All Around Asia-Pacific Rank #23 XC3 Nuttadet Wijit basbabe Atsadrawut Khunthong ChAlalala Chanitpak Suwanaprateep LAMMYSNAX Elamrahim Khanpathan Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew Raigard Thanasit Seangon , Sharper Esport Sharper Esport Asia-Pacific Rank #20 BossShi Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Changee Nong Chang Chainyyy Pornchai Panyawong Acetics Teerapat Jinyong PinOcchiOs Teerasak Kedaim
• VCL Indonesia remaining teams: BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #9 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Cud Thomas Alfiantino Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani severiNe Michael Winata Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma , Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Asia-Pacific Rank #6 frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra m0rea Oliver Budi Wangge ZesBeeW Sha Mohtar NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra sayoo Willy Ivandra
• / VCL Malaysia/Singapore remaining teams: BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #2 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Deryeon Derrick Yee Juicy Tyler James Aeria nephh Marcus Tan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh , X10 Esports X10 Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #15 Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua
• VCL Philippines remaining teams: NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #12 NDG Noel De Guia Mojer Jerome Literal JA John Timothy Arone Witz Riley Go PapiChulo Federico Evangelista , Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #16 Draxii Jose Eduardo D. Jamir Nexi Nathaniel Cabero Georggyyy George Audrey Lachica xavi8k Xavier Juan Wild0reoo Bhreyanne Christ Reyes markyy Mark Anthony Tuling
• VCL Japan remaining teams: Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Japan Rank #2 popogachi Souta Morita Meiy Ibuki Seki Medusa An Min-cheol makiba Miyamoto Akatsuki neth Yusuke Matsuda , SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #4 Allen TORANECO Jusei Saito Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kr1stal Savva Fedorov Yoshiii , FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #3 CLZ JoXJo Cho Byung-yeon (조병연) SyouTa Xdll Yuto Mizomori hiroronn Hiroki Yanai
• VCL Oceania remaining teams: BOBO BOBO Inactive Nozz Noah McClafferty DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky Yifang Yifang Chen Crunchy Ethan Laker pl1xx Chris Li , 95x Esports 95x Esports Oceania Rank #1 rDeeW Riley Wilkinson LEW Luis Hibbert Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith

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 North America Rank #13 WeDid Matthew Suchan Governor Peter No Add3r Jack Hayashi TiGG Tanner Spanu mummAy Anthony DiPaolo . 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 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto Benkai Benedict Tan 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.