Europe and the Pacific are knee-deep in mid-season madness, as both regions await the start of the VCT and of the second split in the VCLs. Nevertheless, teams from around the world are still producing headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.

This week's edition covers news from March 12 to March 18.

• Last week: News Almost Missed March 11

Roster Changes

• YFP Gaming YFP Gaming North America Rank #22 ALEKSANDAR Aleksandar Hinojosa shonk William Kittrell Rebo Christopher Heindel Temperature Nolan Pepper Smoke signed a new roster that includes Aleksandar "ALEKSANDAR" Hinojosa and Nolan "Temperature" Pepper
• / 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 dropped João "jannyXD" Daniel after a nearly year-and-a-half long stint with the organization.
• beGenius beGenius Inactive 's roster is looking for offers after accusing the organization of lies and mismanagement.
• Diamant Esports Diamant Esports Europe Rank #25 runneR Emil Trajkovski Prti Ivan Erak Grmekista Tilen Grmek let Alen "al1en" Pašić and Patrik "Patix" Rozman seek offers for the second split of VCLs.
• / Former Les Petits Bouffons Les Petits Bouffons Europe Rank #22 vong Vong Nguyen Luzuh Joseph Loose KRAY Calum Knight Russ Russel Mendes L1NK Travis Mendoza analyst Timo "TimppaZi" Virtanen is looking for coaching opportunities.
• Galatasaray Esports Galatasaray Esports Europe Rank #80 Padisah Onur Dönmez MerSa Mert Saatcı Docent Kadri Vatandaş Touven Can Eryıldız DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin have split with Emir "Celasun" Celasun after a top-six VCL Turkey finish.
• FUT JEFF FUT JEFF Europe Rank #338 Lyda İlayda Güzeldere dati Damla Atila Julis Açelya Özgen River Irmak Peküz Liyan signed a 2023 Game Changers squad, with two former Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Europe Unranked Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül players.
• / FUSION X FUSION X Latin America North Unranked Danonino ClaW Bunnileyah Jia Raquinuki Zaraexe replaced Cata and Zenko with Danonino and ClaW .
• / KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 keznit Angelo Mori NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro DaveeyS Santiago Galvis Ruiz axeddy Carlos Alberto signed Six Karma Six Karma Latin America North Rank #3 Jow Juan Camilo Preciado Ordoñez FreshT Juan Pablo Preciado BandiCoot Michael Mancipe jfoeN Jesus Taboada Feniz Thomas Molina Danger Daniel Fernando Amador coach Jorge "Atom" Siero in anticipation of the VCT Americas. "Poper" was promoted to Head Coach in Atom's absence.
• On Sla2ers On Sla2ers Inactive Has1ra14 Lim Hyuk (임혁) Ash GODLIKE Lee Seo-ha (이서하) hyeoni Yoon Hyun-seok (윤현석) Manggong signed an entirely new squad for the second split of the Korean VCL.
• Dplus Esports Dplus Esports Korea Rank #2 Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) Estrella Park Gun (박건) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) brought former GoNGo Prince GoNGo Prince Inactive Gunny Song Keon (송건) Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) Eliza Kang Hee-won (강희원) Lawrence Yoon Hyun (윤현) player Yang "Wenty" Geon-mo (양건모) on board.
• T1 T1 Korea Rank #16 iNTRO Kang Seung-gyun (강승균) xeta Son Seon-ho (손선호) Sayaplayer Ha Jeong-woo (하정우) ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) Carpe Lee Jae-hyeok (이재혁) signed a third coach in Lee "CheongGak" Il-ho (이일호).
• / Crest Gaming Zst Crest Gaming Zst Japan Rank #8 MrTenzouEz kobra Ha Su-hyun NeruFi sakurai GON marin signed sakurai in Lee "Hate" Ye-hun (이예훈)'s place after the latter left, also adding analysts Calm and nolozy
• DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #38 Reita Oshiro Ryu xnfri Tomoki Mariya Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto Seoldam Park Sang-min (박상민) takej Takemori Shogo Suggest Seo Jae-young (서재영) signed a Game Changers roster.
• FAV gaming FAV gaming Japan Rank #7 LOB Lim Byung-gun (임병건) Minty Daiki Kato JanOwO Phantom Hideaki Nakai bazz added Cynthia as assistant coach and Pyonaka as analyst.
• / Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #13 Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang adrnking Adrian Setiawan Kush Bryan Carlos Setiawan deLb Delbert Tanoto Eeyore Kevin Gunawan Asteriskk Nanda Rizana have parted ways to Kang "Try" Tae-wook (강태욱) after nearly a year together.
• Next Gen Next Gen Inactive McKinley Brock Hudon FETA Cameron Gill BiggieCheese Aidan Gill Sinaway Norshin Yawanis MILKY Ryan Cornwell , who finished fifth in VCL OCE, were signed by NerdPunt.
• / Gods Reign Gods Reign Asia-Pacific Rank #29 vibhoRR Vibhor Vaid Ember Garvit Nehra Hoax Aman Yadav tixx Nick Quinn Autumn Kale Dunne psydreams Simar Sethi rounded out their VCL South Asia roster with Nick "tixx" Quinn and Kale "Autumn" Dunne.
• / Royal Never Give Up Royal Never Give Up China Rank #12 Sorrys signed Dale Tang SWERL Ali Kobraee AAK mol74 Xiaonuo diaodeyi signed former VCL OCE players Dale "signed" Tang and Ali "SWERL" Kobraee.
• True Rippers True Rippers Asia-Pacific Rank #44 Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo Pixelzz Aditya Gulhane Aryu Philip Vergara d1srupt Nereus Lico Kaizen Chogyal Bhutia Whimp Saaransh Dang introduced their 2023 roster for VCL South Asia.
• Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #33 Mast3r Varun Menon hvoya Aleksandr Eremin flabben Daniil Merzlyakov Harshhh Harsh Arora Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar rounded out their 2023 roster.
• / GodspeedxD 's ten month-long stint with BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #2 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Deryeon Derrick Yee Juicy Tyler James Aeria nephh Marcus Tan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh has come to an end. He is now Gods Reign Gods Reign Asia-Pacific Rank #29 vibhoRR Vibhor Vaid Ember Garvit Nehra Hoax Aman Yadav tixx Nick Quinn Autumn Kale Dunne psydreams Simar Sethi 's Head Coach.
• BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #2 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Deryeon Derrick Yee Juicy Tyler James Aeria nephh Marcus Tan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh also signed Marcus "nephh" Tan, who finished the MY/SG VCL in second with X10 Esports X10 Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #25 Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua .
• MLT Esports MLT Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #85 Rio Atharv Ahire Venka Venkatesh Sharma BadmaN Saharyar Shaikh BADlove Jay Patil KnightRider Abhay Mulchandani recruited long-time Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 Bazzi Park Jun-ki (박준기) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar WRONSKI Michael Wronski Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Monyet Cahya Nugraha AYRIN Jordan He staff member Malav "Rexdreams" Popat.

Results & Standings

• Astral Clash 2023 winner: Version1 Version1 North America Rank #36 sarahcat Sarah Simpson florescent Ava Eugene alexis Alexis Guarrasi meL Melanie Capone Noia Nicole Tierce | runner-up: Complexity GX3 Complexity GX3 North America Rank #80 clawdia Claudia Che Karra Katherine Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil
• VCL Northern Europe winner: Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #16 MAGNUM Martin Penkov Mistic James Orfila Enzo Enzo Mestari ShadoW Tobias Flodström Keiko Georgio Sanassy | runner-up: FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #8 waddle Wadir Taraki KPZET Victor Steensgaard Lime Jacob Foster JUGi Jakob Hansen YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes
• VCL East winner: Acend Acend Europe Rank #10 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka B3ASTM0D3 Ivan Ledić MONSTEERR Ondřej Petrů | runner-up: Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Europe Rank #19 Minny Patrik Hušek alexiiik Alex Hawlasek MaFiN Martin Vrána Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka benjyfishy Benjy David Fish
• 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 France winner: 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 | runner-up: Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #13 HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton kAdavra Thomas Johner AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard
• VCL Italy winner: 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 | runner-up: DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #20 xazyy Alejandro Giudice caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx
• VCL DACH winner: CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #29 elllement Dragan Milanović azury Luca Sammer BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Shazeon Rene Cappel starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski | runner-up: 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
• VCL Turkey winner: S2G Esports S2G Esports Europe Rank #17 reazy Kaan Ürpek RieNs Enes Ecirli russ Batuhan Malgaç pAura Melih Karaduran lurzy0y0 Ibrahim Sandıkcı | runner-up: 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 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 , Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Brazil Rank #4 pollo Julio Silva liazzi Felipe Galiazzi krain Gustavo Melara pleets Marcelo Leite flainzz Felipe Saldanha
• VCL LATAM South remaining teams: 9z Team 9z Team Latin America South Rank #3 deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares , All Knights All Knights Latin America Unranked NicoMachine Nicolas Valla Cebando Ezequiel Ramos fenNy leonzhet jvhz Javier Hernández tinchoff Martin Garcia , INFINITY INFINITY Latin America North Rank #2 byrf Diego Cazanga ligasa Rodrigo Castillo MatiS Matias Salgado vaiZ Matías Barría suther Tomás Zurita , Optix Optix Latin America South Rank #5 badzw Lukas Rivera ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing GioRuu Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz
• SEA Esports Championship 2023 winner: Indonesia Indonesia Asia-Pacific Rank #30 deLb Delbert Tanoto NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra Eeyore Kevin Gunawan m0rea Oliver Budi Wangge Asteriskk Nanda Rizana Kush Bryan Carlos Setiawan sayoo Willy Ivandra | runner-up: Vietnam Vietnam Asia-Pacific Rank #64 ducT Hoàng Trung Đức d0rf Phạm Huỳnh Toàn Quốc P1nA2k4 Nguyễn Nam viness Nguyễn Trung Tín Suka Nguyễn Văn Tiến Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống crazyguy Ngô Công Anh
• Game Changers 2023 APAC: Open 1 remaining teams: Team SMG GC Team SMG GC Asia-Pacific Rank #18 Kohaibi Abigail Kong Tarathiel Ryona Shannen Tan Alexy Alexy Francisco shirazi Kelly Jaudian Kamiyu , Orangutan X Orangutan X Asia-Pacific Unranked zini Chloettw Chloe Wong Japips CaspeR Neha Sottany capriciouS
• 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 , FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #3 CLZ JoXJo Cho Byung-yeon (조병연) SyouTa Xdll Yuto Mizomori hiroronn Hiroki Yanai
• VCL Vietnam winner: 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 | runner-up: Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Rank #26 Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống BMV Bùi Minh Vũ Layla Hoàng Đức Hùng P1nA2k4 Nguyễn Nam d0rf Phạm Huỳnh Toàn Quốc ViV Hoàng Việt
• VCL Taiwan/Hong Kong winner: 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 | runner-up: Griffin E-Sports Griffin E-Sports Asia-Pacific Rank #34 Fung3 SiuFatBB YRSelect LockM sora
• VCL Thailand winner: 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 | runner-up: Sharper Esport Sharper Esport Asia-Pacific Rank #19 BossShi Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Changee Nong Chang Chainyyy Pornchai Panyawong Acetics Teerapat Jinyong PinOcchiOs Teerasak Kedaim
• VCL Indonesia winner: 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 | runner-up: 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
• VCL Malaysia/Singapore winner: BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #2 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Deryeon Derrick Yee Juicy Tyler James Aeria nephh Marcus Tan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh | runner-up: X10 Esports X10 Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #25 Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua
• VCL Philippines winner: NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #12 NDG Noel De Guia Mojer Jerome Literal JA John Timothy Arone Witz Riley Go PapiChulo Federico Evangelista | runner-up: Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #15 Draxii Jose Eduardo D. Jamir Nexi Nathaniel Cabero Georggyyy George Audrey Lachica xavi8k Xavier Juan Wild0reoo Bhreyanne Christ Reyes markyy Mark Anthony Tuling
• VCL Oceania winner: 95x Esports 95x Esports Oceania Rank #1 rDeeW Riley Wilkinson LEW Luis Hibbert Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith | runner-up: BOBO BOBO Inactive Nozz Noah McClafferty DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky Yifang Yifang Chen Crunchy Ethan Laker pl1xx Chris Li

Other News & Rumours

• Talon Esports Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #4 Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj foxz Itthirit Ngamsaard Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut Patt Patiphan Chaiwong JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam garnetS Apiwat Apiraksukumal ' Crws revealed he was diagnosed with Bell's palsy and has not yet flown to Seoul, South Korea for the VCT Pacific. He has also said his condition is far better than the past few days and that he should join his team soon. Full recovery can last anywhere from a few weeks to six months, according to the NINDS.
• Due to BOBO BOBO Inactive Nozz Noah McClafferty DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky Yifang Yifang Chen Crunchy Ethan Laker pl1xx Chris Li and HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun disbanding, VCL OCE operators LPL have eliminated the promotion series and instead directly promoted xyz xyz Oceania Rank #3 lg1c songry ezk Alucard maine desu and Guangzhou Long Lionz Guangzhou Long Lionz Oceania Rank #9 IKANA exempt Carlos Pupo indie Yuna Martin Nguyen Suave Matteo Asido Kalashnikkov to the league. Koopa Troopas Koopa Troopas Oceania Rank #11 Rags2riches Noir Lomu vex iBrocky and Mammoth ESC Mammoth ESC Oceania Rank #7 loubert Muzz azuliate kwon DARK , who were up for relegation, have returned to the league.