The franchise leagues have begun their second week of play and Game Changers NA concluded with Version1 Version1 Inactive sarahcat Sarah Simpson florescent Ava Eugene alexis Alexis Guarrasi meL Melanie Capone Noia Nicole Tierce on top. Although there is plenty of ongoing action, teams all around the world continue to make new headlines. Here's what you might have missed these past two weeks in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from April 09 to April 15
- Last Week: News Almost Missed April 08
Roster Changes
- / Disguised Disguised Inactive steel Joshua Nissan Genghsta Amgalan Nemekhbayar clear Joseph Allen Exalt Drake Branly nerve Michael Yerrow yay Jaccob Whiteaker parted ways with Damion "XXiF" Cook ahead of VCL NA: Split 2.
- FaZe Clan GC FaZe Clan GC Inactive Maddie Madison Mann sHMeaty Emma Choe di^ Diane Tran refinnej Jennifer Le welcomed Robert "truo" Pham as their manager.
- Shawn "Shawn12590" O'Riley parted ways with NSIC NSIC Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor neptune Jason Tran Lear Dayton Akau riku Chris Piasecki snirot Edmon Ghanem .
- Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #9 TakaS Jonathan Paupard beyAz Beyazit Körpe nataNk Nathan Bocqueho Wailers Wailers Locart logaN Logan Corti signed the roster of SBG SBG Inactive APO Tom Bonnion stand-in TakaS Jonathan Paupard logaN Logan Corti Wailers Wailers Locart beyAz Beyazit Körpe nataNk Nathan Bocqueho . The move also revealed Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans as head coach and "madcoach" as assistant coach.
- OnlyFins OnlyFins Europe Rank #30 Feeqn Okko Pajari nixoon Niko Pasonen Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää Snowi Otto Rautiainen welcomed a new head coach in Timo "TimppaZi" Virtanen.
- Alejandro "MENEZK" Jimenez announced his move to Wygers Wygers Europe Rank #217 BERN1 Juanjo Bernabeu Rico Fito Manuel Francisco López YEaHzZ Unai Colás Marco efestk1ng ThoR Gerard Vicente Domínguez ' bench.
- Coalesce Coalesce Inactive kingHaS Henry Simmons announced their coach for VRC Northern Europe in Norbert Horváth "WheelzOnFire" .
- / GoNext Esports GoNext Esports Europe Rank #6 zeek Aleksander Zygmunt alexiiik Alex Hawlasek Buld Michał Sokal PROFEK Dawid Święć Minny Patrik Hušek revealed the arrival of Farsang "Chadi" Balázs and Bence "hussaR" Huszár. The move also saw Marios "fanboy" Kypriotis move to a sixth man role and Theodoros "TheoW" Kasiolas leave the team.
- Team Fragster Team Fragster Inactive Kanekashi Kenny Nguyen minhchen Nguyen Quang Minh zProtection Maik Kolodziej Uy Dan Uy Dan Huynh duy cs Vuong Quach announced the arrival of Vuong "duy cs" Quach as "Truong" departs the team.
- / "Legolas" and "r1zvaN" announced their departure from PURPURE PURPURE Europe Rank #172 antonio Antonio Atanasov MANNICK YORZERA Filip Eremic haint Artem Kim .
- / FUSION FUSION Inactive guuih Guilherme Mariano vaiZ Matías Barría Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia Virtyy Leandro Moreno Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon parted ways with Carlo "Dcop" Delsol after a year with the organization.
- / Onyx Ravens Onyx Ravens MENA Rank #12 Kheops Anis Mokrani Eso177 Stanislav Nikolov ease Manuel López ACHRF Adjabi Cheraf zMART Amokrane Ahmed welcomed Maksim "m4xikk" Zvalnev from Oxuji Oxuji Europe Rank #28 Crack1ch Imp0ssible AnikoR n0t8u as well as "CrYsTaL" as their substitute ahead of VCL MENA - Levant and North Africa.
- Team Occupy Team Occupy MENA Rank #18 Black Electus announced the arrival of "darkw0w" .
- Bravado Gaming Bravado Gaming Inactive released their roster and coaching staff.
- Team Falcons Team Falcons MENA Rank #1 Akai OuTLaW Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Salem SpYzera Abed Doughan Moh Mohammad Bin Oti KHaaLiD Khalid Al Talib welcomed Artur "Marchi" Muratov as their analyst.
- / Unity Esports Unity Esports MENA Rank #4 Kuro Mansour Mohammed Al-Ahmed vAgue Saif Al Ameri xelouz Saleh Abdulaziz Near Fahad Salem JustnatioNN Abdulaziz Salem cheK Fayez Saif parted ways with "Mabuchi" and welcomed Issa "ISSAA" Murad.
- IGZIST IGZIST Japan Rank #30 RIPablo Shuma Ikeda Yamada oitaN Masayuki Takahashi kobra Ha Su-hyun HaReeee allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) welcomed ka-kun as their analyst.
- ENTER FORCE.36 ENTER FORCE.36 Inactive Esther Jeong Wan (고정완) arm1e kokuya Jinx Jeong Hong-kyo (정홍교) MerRy parted ways with their assistant coach 2zzy .
- Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #4 nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Shion7 Zhang Haozhe (张昊泽) Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) TvirusLuke Chen Cheng-ching welcomed Lee "Xive" Do-Hoon as their coach.
Results & Standings
- Game Changers 2023 Series I: North America winner: Version1 Version1 Inactive sarahcat Sarah Simpson florescent Ava Eugene alexis Alexis Guarrasi meL Melanie Capone Noia Nicole Tierce | runner-up: Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC Inactive
- CECC Texas Regional winner: Blinn Esports Blinn Esports North America Rank #14 mikeE Okeanos Anthony Nguyen monSi Ludovic Lefebvre Teague Teague Morgan Spaz Adam Laamoumi | runner-up: TAMU Maroon TAMU Maroon North America Rank #105 Bing Chilling Anthony Huang JoBa Joseph Barker austifrosti Nabber Nicholas Barrionuevo NXBLE Joe Maldonado
- Valorant Beltway Battles Spring 2023 remaining teams: Scarlet Knights Black Scarlet Knights Black North America Unranked SPAGOOBY kevin daniel Temper Prof , ODU Monarchs ODU Monarchs North America Rank #118 daffect Niche Adamada Sosliver8 , UMD Premier UMD Premier North America Rank #81 dustyyxo Aayush Nepal astr0 PickleRichard Yexz Alex Ploskon flaps
- NACE Starleague - Spring 2023 - Open remaining teams: Fisher Navy Fisher Navy North America Unranked toozy Anthony De Leon VYX Ramiro Ortiz Pa1nt Amarri Peak chloric neptune Jason Tran , UCSB Gold UCSB Gold North America Unranked Rusty Easy Maxim Liker Pristine VibinRyan Ryan Hublitz snackbox Alex Bahk screagy Sean Reagan , Winthrop University Winthrop University North America Rank #19 moobs Gabriel Powell Jerk Justin Milani gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko infiltrator Nahsie Eishan Jaffer , Converse Purple Converse Purple North America Rank #43 Buzz Brandon Morrill icee Bryce Shultz Puffin Wildfire Tykhon Benderskyi Arctic
- NACE Starleague - Spring 2023 - Varsity remaining teams: Northwood University Northwood University North America Rank #2 dip Braden Dippel Ali benjii Benjamin Park , St. Clair Saints St. Clair Saints North America Rank #1 sSef Youssef Daghache geeza Tanner McGhee Instxnct Isaac Walton Kyu Mirel (Braco) Hrustemovic smiley Steven Fisher , West Virginia University West Virginia University North America Rank #82 In0X Theodor Bjornsson Tayz Drew Davidson Boltzy Angel Garcia Dinxx JKronic DJ Joyce , OC Esports OC Esports North America Rank #130 saint Owen Boulanger dev Voe Wheaties John Wheat ShadowCoreTV
- Esportsmaker Spike Ladies #5 winner: fake da shi fake da shi Inactive pannshi Pamella Shibuya showliana Juliana Maransaldi luiza Luiza Parron Shizue Carolina Miranda | runner-up: ISLA E AMIGUES ISLA E AMIGUES Brazil Rank #164
- A1 Adria League - Season 11 winner: Wintermint Wintermint Europe Rank #174 johkubb Johannes Kuronen WANHEDA Tim Kastelec maik Miika Saariniva dipsomaniac | runner-up: calamity L calamity L Europe Rank #119 bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Krishan Patel
- Nativz Collegiate Valorant Spring Series 2023 winner: TUD Apes TUD Apes Europe Rank #37 CuckLord Cerberus Evilz Ghost gtr b0om Asian mireu | runner-up: NCI Panthers NCI Panthers Europe Rank #80 Aero iZavanYa InkkGG BattlePants CalidityTender
- Insomnia 70 iSeries Challenge winner: HSDIRR HSDIRR Inactive Ale Alend Khalaf vicious Benjamin Guilotte lyNxi Felix Björklund Meddo Johan Renbjörk Lundborg freddan | runner-up: Les Petits Bouffons Les Petits Bouffons Inactive vong Vong Nguyen Luzuh Joseph Loose KRAY Calum Knight Russ Russel Mendes L1NK Travis Mendoza
- FEL Finnish Minor - BEACON Split 1 winner: OnlyFins OnlyFins Europe Rank #30 Feeqn Okko Pajari nixoon Niko Pasonen Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää Snowi Otto Rautiainen | runner-up: apinaorkesteri apinaorkesteri Europe Rank #51 Drog Conor Mckeon Vitie Viktor Kukushkin Brädi Kalkkuna chukL9 Danil Chuklin
- Ignition Cup winner: Underground Gaming Underground Gaming MENA Rank #7 RizoN A1mly Ameen Dibis adelano ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef rezy Thamer Nagadi Mabuchi | runner-up: The Ultimates The Ultimates MENA Rank #5 LIQUID Elixllo Avvix str1keR Sulltan Alshreef Fighter
Other News & Rumours
- FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le is set to welcome Tanner "TiGG" Spanu and Anthony "mummAy" DiPaolo to their roster according to a report by Max Katz. The duo would replace Quan "dicey" Tran and Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo on the main roster.
- In another report by Max Katz, it was detailed that Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo and Will "dazzLe" Loafman would be joining Turtle Troop Turtle Troop North America Rank #5 wedid Matthew Suchan Add3r Jack Hayashi stellar Brenden McGrath corey Corey Nigra bdog Brandon Sanders with Tanner "TiGG" Spanu and Anthony "mummAy" DiPaolo's departure.