Valorant Challengers Leagues continue to kick off across the globe and 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 Jan. 15 - Jan. 21
- Last Week: News Almost Missed Jan. 14
Roster Changes
- / Version1 Version1 Inactive sarahcat Sarah Simpson florescent Ava Eugene alexis Alexis Guarrasi meL Melanie Capone Noia Nicole Tierce announced the return of Loic "effys" Sauvageau to the team. This time he will take the role of coach.
- / Complexity GX3 Complexity GX3 Inactive clawdia Claudia Che Karra Aara Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil announced their roster for the 2023 season, adding Jasmine "Jazzyk1ns" Manankil and "rayse" to the starting lineup.
- Longstanding member of VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama , Aiden "King" King, announced his departure from the team.
- Jennifer "jen" Khamdaraphone announced her contract has ended with Immortals Immortals Inactive .
- Liberty said goodbye to their female roster, Liberty Female Liberty Female Inactive .
- MIBR GC MIBR GC Game Changers Rank #34 srN Nicolas Niederauer sayuri Camila Obam Jelly Julia Iris Mel Melissa Souza jubs Juliana Oliveira revealed their 2023 roster consisting of Isabele "isa1" Glym, Beatriz "biazik" Begnossi, Daniela "Daniops" Cristini, Paola "drn" Caroline, and Natalia "nat1" Meneses.
- / Les Petits Bouffons Les Petits Bouffons Inactive vong Vong Nguyen Luzuh Joseph Loose KRAY Calum Knight Russ Russel Mendes L1NK Travis Mendoza announced Mathias "matti" Nielsen as their coach for VCL Northern Europe.
- / CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #8 elllement Dragan Milanović aNguiSt Ross Pendleton DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz completed their roster with the addition of Dragan "elllement" Milanović.
- "Viv" transitioned from a substitute role on Angry Titans Iris Angry Titans Iris Europe Rank #460 els mAri Sumi ellie to a full-time member.
- // Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire indefinitely halted their esports operations due to "insufficient financial inflow". The roster will now compete in VCL France under BLX UTD BLX UTD Europe Rank #200 ri4d Riad Smajilovic q Liam Hoek MaximN Maxim Nonglaire Slurpy Descroix Max .
- / Outplayed Outplayed Europe Rank #170 sword Enrico Bacchin pityth Morphiw0w Enrico Coppini Z3RO Giordano Macioce Nade Nazareno Michele Frasca revealed their roster for VCL Italy - Split 1.
- / FIVE Media Clan FIVE Media Clan Europe Rank #115 YuNo Eloy García Burgueño humanz Jose Luis Cebrian krysyS Tomás Molina krejzzs mober revealed their 2023 roster.
- Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül said goodbye to their coach Burak "potin" Kubat.
- / Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #107 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Ri0 Atharv Ahire tryst Jit Choudhury trinxty Naqshab Khan DcRulz Daivik Chauhan saun Saunskar Sane welcomed Sabyasachi "Antidote" Bose, Rishi "RvK" Vijayakumar, Akram "rawfiul" Virani, Jon "tesseract" Michael Piga, and Azis "azys" Nandang for their 2023 roster.
- XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #89 aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul siraphop Siraphop Honghirun welcomed their lineup for the 2023 season.
- Rio Company Rio Company Inactive SungJin Ko Sung-jin (고성진) Sunday Kim Min-soo (김민수) SeliG Um Hyun-sung (엄현성) LuZ Lim Ui-jun (임의준) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) announced their roster for the World Cyber Games Challengers League Korea open qualifier.
- Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Rank #20 Arduino ANNYEON Ssun Kim Sun-rae (김선래) JaEU pr0xy Lee Do-kyeong (이도경) oonzmlp welcomed the first member of their coaching staff, Jung "OD" Jin-myung (정진명).
- / 95x Esports 95x Esports Inactive Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky rDeeW Riley Wilkinson LEW Luis Hibbert Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson announced the signing of the Bonkers Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert roster ahead of VCL Oceania - Split 1.
Results & Standings
- VCL NA: LCQ remaining teams: Squirtle Squad Squirtle Squad Inactive Add3r Jack Hayashi Okeanos Anthony Nguyen wedid Matthew Suchan Harmful Mohammed Choudhary Governor Peter No , OREsports OREsports Inactive nillyaz Chase Linder Paincakes Jake Hass , Soniqs Soniqs Inactive .
- Astral Clash 2023 began their LCQ playoffs.
- The winter season of CVAL has kicked off.
- Project V: XMG Trinity Cup winner: Blue Lock Blue Lock Inactive Rox1de Gleb Blinov Animal Tomas Veitas exo Maximilian Kuklinski 1ce2k Oleg Malyshev Tobco Tristan Liebeck | runner-up: Project A Project A Inactive
- VEU - S2S1 - WC #3 winner: Incognito Incognito Europe Rank #180 tweethy kacpi Kacper Wolski adm1k Adam Siemieniec darkosek Adrian Janus | runner-up: calamity L calamity L Europe Rank #114 bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Krishan Patel
- Wandercon remaining teams: 2L8 2L8 Europe Rank #110 ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar j4héx Ersel Örs , LFO6 LFO6 Inactive , calamity L calamity L Europe Rank #114 bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Krishan Patel , ACE eSports ACE eSports Inactive r1zvaN YORZERA Filip Eremic divide J1zkeyy chukL9 Danil Chuklin focus .