Challengers Leagues are starting to begin their second splits and the partnered leagues are approaching at rapid speeds. Although there is plenty of ongoing 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 March 19 to March 25.

• Last week: News Almost Missed March 18

Roster Changes

• / RETA Esports RETA Esports Latin America North Rank #8 Baez Jorge Báez Wyz Luis Hernandez xander Alexander Lopez BEAST Julian David Lauandos sh0twell Javier Rivera solution Emiliano Peralta mutually parted ways with Abdo "c4Lypso" Agha.
• / Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #2 Xeppaa Erick Bach leaf Nathan Orf Zellsis Jordan Montemurro runi Dylan Cade jakee Jake Anderson parted ways with their substitute player Hasan "BlackHeart" Hammad.
• / Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports North America Rank #10 skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm Rustun Rustun Lusk welcomed a new head coach in Malkolm "bonkar" Rench.
• QoR QoR North America Rank #37 snarly cheatcode Shaun Quinto Flippsy Raiyan Jugbhery announced the arrival of CurryShotTV as their head coach.
• Team Fish Taco Team Fish Taco North America Rank #38 66J Spaz Adam Laamoumi TEAGUE Teague Morgan nabil welcomed Jack "fraggleton" Kedzior as their IGL.
• / Kitten Shelter Kitten Shelter Inactive ROY Roy Ahad Cohburg has disbanded leaving all members as free agents.
• FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #7 waddle Wadir Taraki KPZET Victor Steensgaard Lime Jacob Foster JUGi Jakob Hansen YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes moved Semyon "purp0" Borchev to the bench and parted ways with head coach Lasse "maeVe" Loft Elgaard. With the absense, Sjonnie "Johnny Lobster" Kreeft was promoted to head coach and Wadir "waddle" Taraki joins the roster.
• HSDIRR HSDIRR Inactive Ale Alend Khalaf vicious Benjamin Guilotte lyNxi Felix Björklund Meddo Johan Renbjörk Lundborg freddan parted ways with Fletcher "Leare" Brigden-Knight. The team also announced a new head coach in Euan "euanval" Would and player in Johan "Meddo" Renbjörk Lundborg.
• NOM Esports NOM Esports Europe Rank #140 ShonP Shon Trikisha Zik Sigurd Jensen luckeRRR Niels Jasiek YouBreak Piotr Chodoła Rave Rave Karni welcomed three new players in Sigurd "Zik" Jensen, Niels "luckeRRR" Jasiek, and Piotr "YouBreak" Chodoła.
• Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #13 Wo0t Mert Alkan yetujey Eray Budak jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal announced the signing of Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent ' roster.
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #35 aimDLL Hüseyin Kabişteke Turko Mehmet Özen AsLanM4shadoW Ali Osman Balta Brave Eren Kasırga QutionerX Doğukan Dural SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır moved Hüseyin "aimDLL" Kabişteke to their bench.
• Galatasaray Esports Galatasaray Esports Europe Rank #55 Baransel Baransel Nasırcan Padisah Onur Dönmez MerSa Mert Saatcı Docent Kadri Vatandaş Touven Can Eryıldız DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin announced the transfer of Onur "Padisah" Dönmez from Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #147 sturNN Eren Oduncular m1tez Muhammed Tezcan Rosé Eren Erzan Best Bartu Keskin w0zzip Zafer Gungor .
• / B8 Esports B8 Esports Europe Rank #99 Kamisseq Kamil Lepper 999kvmil Kamil Szymanek Eso177 Stanislav Nikolov Dawn Tristan Bornet arch Vladyslav Svistov released Aurimas "Dreamas" Zablockis citing vision differences as the reason for their split.
• / 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 announced the departure of head coach Leandro "Leazo" Liset.
• Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #4 LeVi Rajiv Satpute tesseract Jon Michael Piga azys Azis Nandang RvK Rishi Vijayakumar Antidote Sabyasachi Bose rawfiul Akram Virani revealed the arrival of Rajiv "LeVi" Satpute.
• SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #1 Allen TORANECO Jusei Saito Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kr1stal Savva Fedorov Yoshiii welcomed "Allen" from REJECT REJECT Inactive ЯIA Flax BRIAN .
• Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Rank #5 Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) Felix Park Hyeon-ho (박현호) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) parted ways with Kim "HANN" Dong-ho (김동호) in favor of Kim "Secret" Ha-jin (김하진).
• Gwangju Shadow Gwangju Shadow Korea Rank #6 UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) empty yoman Banger stew Wolverine Cho Hyun-tae (조현태) welcomed Go "UdoTan" Kyung-won (고경원) as well as two new coaching staff in analyst Ma "ValAnalysis" Hyun Sung (마현성) and head coach Kim "KDG" Dong Gun (김동건).
• OP.GG SPORTS OP.GG SPORTS Inactive M1nu Rap1d B1ngSu SeolHo ExiA Jung Yeong-woo (정영우) released their roster following a third-place exit in the VCL Korea - Advance Stage.
• Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #5 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy n1zzy Nguyễn Tấn Thành WUKONG Nguyễn Văn Thiện f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn gin Phan Văn Gin announced the arrival of Võ "Hyzee" Nhựt Huy from Tim Tài Trơ Tim Tài Trơ Asia-Pacific Rank #15 beo Tạ Hồng Thịnh Redneval Le Quốc Khánh viness Nguyễn Trung Tín Juu Trần Thái Vỹ Daicute Nguyễn Anh Minh Thông BOSS .
• XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #16 RoLEX Warittorn Kalanukan aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn LBY Eisuke Kuraoka Surf Thanachart Rungapajaratkul xZe Tanawat Kannark siraphop Siraphop Honghirun announced the arrival of two new players in Tanawat "xZe" Kannark and Siraphop "siraphop" Honghirun.

Results & Standings

• Knights Monthly Gauntlet 2023: March winner: Son of 4 Dogs Son of 4 Dogs Inactive | runner-up: 99 Strength 99 Strength North America Rank #39 KING VINNY tyfoon sharky Mike Gariti
• IGLeague Open Division #1 winner: Team Fish Taco Team Fish Taco North America Rank #38 66J Spaz Adam Laamoumi TEAGUE Teague Morgan nabil | runner-up: Handsome Jit Handsome Jit North America Rank #83
• MissHarvey Invitational #2 winner: CLG Red CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo | runner-up: Evil Geniuses GC Evil Geniuses GC North America Rank #9 PowerPixele keenc showliana Juliana Maransaldi theia Melisa Mundorff Stefanie Stefanie Jones
• CECC Regionals - Canada Qualifier winner: St. Clair Saints Varsity St. Clair Saints Varsity North America Rank #55 sSef Youssef Daghache Emz Emre Gocer Kyu Mirel (Braco) Hrustemovic | runner-up: SFU Flamingo SFU Flamingo North America Rank #17 Crown Matthew Berkey glo Granton Lo kaho Albert Hong juka Jusuf Sehic Cain Nathan Lee stew Noah Norton
• Kabum! Super Stars winner: MIBR Female MIBR Female Inactive biazik Beatriz Begnossi Daniops Daniela Cristini drn Paola Caroline isa1 Isabele Glym nat1 Natalia Meneses | runner-up: MERAKI MERAKI Brazil Rank #149 sarahlaika gabe mistoca Patrícia Fonseca Fer Fernanda Coito Kaah
• Gamer.no Norway Minor - BEACON Split 1 winner: valozone 2.0 valozone 2.0 Inactive Martux Markus Søreng ralle Rasmus Berggren Spolen Alexander Spolén Demiurge Lukas Larsson Cintyx Christopher Heiland | runner-up: Simple Minecraft Players Simple Minecraft Players Europe Rank #94 Nastyiwnl Aleks ruyter Jonatan Ruyter envi Genesis Crisostomo Reyes sap
• RÍSÍ Iceland Minor - BEACON Split 1 winner: DUSTY DUSTY Inactive Loggii scara Archi KEIK Midgard | runner-up: Breiðablik Breiðablik Inactive
• Esports Scotland Minor - BEACON Split 1 winner: FLX FLX Inactive PMC 0dd Stephen Panugalon Icarus Kyle Marcos oacees | runner-up: BRAVE Esports BRAVE Esports Inactive Kevo nyte BohKai Sm1le Heni
• Circuito Tormenta: Liga Radiante 23 S1 remaining teams: Team Aku Aku Team Aku Aku Europe Rank #114 Jolpi Rodrigo Piédrola Sánchez GOHAN Javier Acitores Rich Skare Mario Muñoz Arévalo frenzaa Luke Michael Nicholls Ximy Miguel Boixeda , Team Galaga Team Galaga Europe Rank #43 VTaguT Rui Ribeiro ZeFRy David Gutiérrez Saiz zedt Pablo Peña Portilla Pukytoo Octavio Fine De Cándido APEX , Five Media Clan Five Media Clan Europe Rank #79 Neiker Iker Martin xKyjote Iñaki Cuesta Martinez Nunu Aitor Argüelles Fonk Manuel Foncubierta Palo , Wygers Wygers Europe Rank #84 Reski Mark Marc Parra Núñez Blastinho Miquel llombart mober ThoR Gerard Vicente Domínguez , Serpes Gaming Serpes Gaming Europe Rank #159 Erizillo Eric Olle Lluch PowerRanger Rojo Iván Hoya Falo Gorli Alejandro Arjona Stiwiii Marc Perez Guziova spliitzzy Adam Tellez Gourinda , Melilla Titans Melilla Titans Europe Rank #166 Morthe Raúl Luis Diaz rubii Marc Sánchez Merce kayban Fábio Rocha Mind Alejandro Vacas ziborc Raúl González Ballano
• Return of The Titans - ICE winner: Team Demiral Esports Team Demiral Esports Europe Rank #66 Bard0lf Emir Çinkılıç farewell Orçun Köroğlu Bia Haluk Demirci barni ThePrimerio Doğukan Meriç Karduz | runner-up: KÖSTEBEKGİLLER KÖSTEBEKGİLLER Inactive Clory Xérox LewN Burak Alkan morti tyzz Mesut Cengiz
• Game Changers 2023 Asia Pacific: Open 1 winner: Team SMG GC Team SMG GC Asia-Pacific Rank #12 Kohaibi Abigail Kong enerii Odella Abraham Alexy Alexy Francisco shirazi Kelly Jaudian Kamiyu Camille Enriquez | runner-up: Orangutan X Orangutan X Asia-Pacific Rank #32 Japips Erumaa Elmarian Haessel Emi CaspeR Neha Sottany Twirly
• Valorant University Championship Season 2 winner: Instalock X Instalock X Inactive Josave JﾑM3Y zyphon Misterbox icream JuJuu | runner-up: 4546 4546 Inactive Retirees nethan Piyapat Asanasavest cielobay Ninzys F A L L E N ixzy
• Challengers League Japan: Split 1 winner: FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #5 CLZ JoXJo Cho Byung-yeon (조병연) SyouTa Xdll Yuto Mizomori hiroronn Hiroki Yanai | runner-up: Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Japan Rank #4 popogachi Souta Morita Meiy Ibuki Seki Medusa An Min-cheol makiba Miyamoto Akatsuki neth Yusuke Matsuda
• UNICEF x 95X Charity Tournament winner: NerdPunt NerdPunt Oceania Rank #2 FETA Cameron Gill BiggieCheese Aidan Gill Sinaway Norshin Yawanis MILKY Ryan Cornwell McKinley Brock Hudon | runner-up: ex-HEHE ex-HEHE Inactive Mazuong Howie Hao-Quang Nguyen Prophet Blessed Myth Matthew Tarnawskyj Blessed

Other News & Rumours

• In a report by BLIX.GG, Joblife Joblife Europe Rank #42 YAYAX Yael Hountondji rodeN Rodolphe Bianco SoOn Terence Tarlier MARCTYLINHO Marcty Bienvenu Nayte Nathan Berquignol is set to sign Nayte to their VCL France - Split 2 roster.
• A report by Eclypsia has detailed that Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire , HEET HEET Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki , and beGenius beGenius Inactive have departed VCL France ahead of split 2. The report cites nearly €50,000 in unpaid players to be the reason for the departure.
• According to a report by George Geddes, S2G Esports S2G Esports Europe Rank #12 reazy Kaan Ürpek RieNs Enes Ecirli russ Batuhan Malgaç pAura Melih Karaduran lurzy0y0 Ibrahim Sandıkcı is set to part with Ceyhun "AslaN" Aslan as he prepares for surgery. If the move goes through, 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 's Ibrahim "lurzy0y0" Sandıkcı will fill the missing spot.