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 Inactive Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon suther Tomás Zurita mutually parted ways with Abdo "c4Lypso" Agha.
• / Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny OXY Francis Hoang parted ways with their substitute player Hasan "BlackHeart" Hammad.
• / Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm dapr Michael Gulino welcomed a new head coach in Malkolm "bonkar" Rench.
• QoR QoR North America Unranked Derrek Derrek Ha moose Kaleb Jayne flyuh Xavier Carlson kumi Notexxd Jaden Anderson announced the arrival of CurryShotTV as their head coach.
• Team Fish Taco Team Fish Taco Inactive sogo Davide Hoxha 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 Unranked Pa1ze Mohammad Khatib MOLSI Michał Łącki shinnok Viktor Zsombor Maglóczki Serial Maikls Zdanovs pyrolll Artur Minin 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 Inactive nero Eran Yosef Razziss Timur Taisaev welcomed three new players in Sigurd "Zik" Jensen, Niels "luckeRRR" Jasiek, and Piotr "YouBreak" Chodoła.
• Inactive 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 Unranked Crewen Ali Eren Sargin Lar0k Yusuf Kaan Kanber Loita Utku Kart Rosé Eren Erzan lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan moved Hüseyin "aimDLL" Kabişteke to their bench.
• Galatasaray Esports Galatasaray Esports Europe Unranked WerlasS Metin Ünal windett Ardıç Göksu Güner Padisah Onur Dönmez JrayN Ferhat Yılmaz announced the transfer of Onur "Padisah" Dönmez from Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Inactive ibonata İbrahim Taha Güler Slaughter İrfancan Çakıl mepeezy Enes Öztürk Yigox Yiğit Arslan wtex Muhammet Emin Kılıç .
• / B8 Esports B8 Esports Inactive Nunmeister released Aurimas "Dreamas" Zablockis citing vision differences as the reason for their split.
• / KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Unranked saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati silentzz Caio Morita Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa announced the departure of head coach Leandro "Leazo" Liset.
• Orangutan Orangutan Inactive Makaveli Nikhil Chettri RvK Rishi Vijayakumar deecee Daivik Chauhan Hoax Aman Yadav revealed the arrival of Rajiv "LeVi" Satpute.
• SCARZ SCARZ Japan Unranked Art Koki Kagami Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) muto Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) welcomed "Allen" from REJECT REJECT Japan Unranked Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami Dep Yuma Hashimoto hiroronn Hiroki Yanai Jremy Jeremy Cabrera Sota .
• Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Inactive Xenus Lee Kyung-ho (이경호) mir Hwang Mir (황미르) parted ways with Kim "HANN" Dong-ho (김동호) in favor of Kim "Secret" Ha-jin (김하진).
• Gwangju Shadow Gwangju Shadow Inactive Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) Distinct Kim Sun-myeong (김선명) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) 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 Unranked f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn bucute YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Nia twilight announced the arrival of Võ "Hyzee" Nhựt Huy from 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 .
• XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Inactive 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 Inactive tyfoon sharky Mike Gariti
• IGLeague Open Division #1 winner: Team Fish Taco Team Fish Taco Inactive sogo Davide Hoxha | runner-up: Handsome Jit Handsome Jit Inactive
• 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 Inactive PowerPixele Nora Lorri Lorrian Elad StarBound theia Melisa Mundorff
• CECC Regionals - Canada Qualifier winner: St. Clair Saints St. Clair Saints North America Unranked Instxnct Isaac Walton Tillo Tristan Carrillo jayp João Pereira woddy Gabriel Cressoni | runner-up: SFU Pink SFU Pink Inactive S1ay3rr Paul Hodaly glo Granton Lo kaho Cain Nathan Lee stew Noah Norton
• Kabum! Super Stars winner: MIBR GC MIBR GC Brazil Unranked bstrdd Paula Naguil melissa Melissa Souza conir Constanza Reyes mizzy Ester Cardoso waved | runner-up: MERAKI MERAKI Inactive dods Caue Fernandes misty Patrícia Fonseca Fer Fernanda Coito Kaah Rapunzelzinha
• 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 Inactive Nastyiwnl ruyter Jonatan Ruyter envi Genesis Crisostomo Reyes mikki PHRZERque
• 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 Warp oacees Average Fudge | runner-up: BRAVE Esports BRAVE Esports Inactive Kevo nyte BohKai Heni
• Circuito Tormenta: Liga Radiante 23 S1 remaining teams: Team Aku Aku Team Aku Aku Inactive Abde Aleanto Alejandro Blanco Liguori FranKiiTM Francisco Tormos Martínez , Team Galaga Team Galaga Europe Unranked Cyan Lucas Luna Piñero Ayrew , FIVE Media Clan FIVE Media Clan Inactive , Wygers Wygers Europe Unranked Cobra p1boL Pablo Sarmiento Vélez Xpiryy Daniel Navarro Gómez ElBicho Dubstep Nerozsito , Serpes Gaming Serpes Gaming Inactive 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 Unranked yaggert Joel Torres Diaz Zeni clush gaara Galdex
• Return of The Titans - ICE winner: Team Demiral Esports Team Demiral Esports Inactive YANKAS Yusuf Yankaş VPNCNP Kutluay Kutlu Bard0lf Emir Çinkılıç farewell Orçun Köroğlu Bia Haluk Demirci barni ThePrimerio Doğukan Meriç Karduz nekky Anıl Dağdeviren | runner-up: KÖSTEBEKGİLLER KÖSTEBEKGİLLER Inactive Clory Xérox LewN Burak Alkan morti TZX Mesut Cengiz
• Game Changers 2023 Asia Pacific: Open 1 winner: Team SMG GC Team SMG GC Inactive enerii Odella Abraham Alexy Alexy Francisco shirazi Kelly Jaudian Kamiyu Camille Enriquez | runner-up: Orangutan X Orangutan X Inactive Japips Jefferlynne Hernandez Erumaa Elmarian Haessel CaspeR Neha Sottany Twirly Sway
• Valorant University Championship Season 2 winner: Instalock X Instalock X Inactive Josave JﾑM3Y zyphon Misterbox Apisit Rattanapunjak icream JuJuu | runner-up: 4546 4546 Inactive pain nethan Piyapat Asanasavest blue Csyth Imysb ixzy
• Challengers League Japan: Split 1 winner: FENNEL FENNEL Japan Unranked Aace Souta Itou Hals CLZ Hikaru Mizutani Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto GangPin Chae Jung-moo (채정무) | runner-up: Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive
• UNICEF x 95X Charity Tournament winner: NerdPunt NerdPunt Inactive BiggieCheese Aidan Gill Sinaway Norshin Yawanis | runner-up: ex-HEHE ex-HEHE Inactive Mazuong Howie Hao-Quang Nguyen MKII Blessed Arvin Latkaee Myth Matthew Tarnawskyj Blessed Arvin Latkaee

Other News & Rumours

• In a report by BLIX.GG, Joblife Joblife Europe Unranked kamyk Maks Rychlewski doma Domagoj Fancev chiwa Egor Stepanyuk runneR Emil Trajkovski Enzo Enzo Mestari 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 Inactive batujnax Mehmet Batu Özaslan DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin hezacoil Berkay Doğar Kachoww Samet Arıcı reazy Kaan Ürpek 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.