LOCK/IN São Paulo has come to a close with FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn Alfajer Emir Ali Beder taking the crown as well as Challengers Leagues reaching their playoff brackets. Although there is plenty of 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 Feb. 26 to Mar. 04

• Last Week: News Almost Missed February 25

Roster Changes

• Evil Geniuses GC Evil Geniuses GC Inactive PowerPixele Nora Lorri Lorrian Elad StarBound theia Melisa Mundorff revealed "PowerPixele" as their fourth member.
• MAD Lions MAD Lions Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad bjor Joseph Bjorklund N4RRATE Marshall Massey Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears welcomed Marshall "N4RRATE" Massey to the roster as William "Will" Cheng moves to an inactive role.
• / "sirpfryer" parted ways with Team Mystic Black Team Mystic Black Inactive Hira dom Dominic Jalbert Shane Shane Daugherty Pain Mike Neis .
• / BLX UTD BLX UTD Inactive Yourii q Liam Hoek vaLi Yordi van den Meijdenberg stike Adam Matani Apyr Nathan Abrahamse split ways with Alex "Alyx" Morrow as he searches for new opportunities.
• / Elric "juseu" Belland announced he is searching for trials with the future of bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland being uncertain.
• Angry Titans Iris Angry Titans Iris Europe Rank #455 mAri Sumi parted with their coach Lucas "caZ" Fabian Bliewert.
• Natus Vincere Celestials Natus Vincere Celestials Inactive Lateu Hilal Yaşar Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu Sephia Reyhan Şimşek proxima Aslıhan Uslu moved Irmak "River" Peküz to the bench and welcomed Eylül "Miyori" Sudem Sarıoğlu.
• Regnum Carya Esports Regnum Carya Esports Inactive lauzen Serhat Koca jonx Enes Güngör announced the arrival of Serhat "lauzen" Koca, Yiğitcan "nAked" Keskin, Cihan "Unity" Seferoğlu, and Berkay "Ravanue" Donmez.
• 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 welcomed Emir "Bard0lf" Çinkılıç, Orçun "farewell" Köroğlu, and Haluk "Bia" Demirci as well as Coach Mustafa "CARRYSMOD" Dalkıran.
• Digital Athletics Digital Athletics Europe Rank #310 lurzy0y0 Ibrahim Sandıkcı parted with Coach Alper "colbsoN" Başboğa and moved Göktuğ "XiSTOU" Canciğer to their bench.
• / Acend Rising Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai htm Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agélii welcomed both Ayşe "schnellÆ" Ergül and Hilal "Lateu" Yaşar to round out their starting five. The team also welcomed Antonio "Aska" Lozano as their coach.
• Sigurd "Zik" Jensen announced his departure from VAMONOS VAMONOS Inactive as the team rebuilds for split two of VRC NE Polaris.
• Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive 's coach, John "Papasmurf" Yoo has been moved to the inactive position as he searches for new opportunities
• / Alaa "Flynn" Nasrallah parted with Cyber Wolves Esports Cyber Wolves Esports Inactive ALMO Albert Mościcki Freyy Krystian Konopka Hitch Martin Srp pyrolll Artur Minin tatzuki Jovan Milovanovic .
• / RETA Esports RETA Esports Inactive Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon suther Tomás Zurita parted with Francisco "franzera" León Montañana.
• / RRQ Kaguya RRQ Kaguya Inactive bes Eisberg July Kusuma Alluka Tiara Bonilla Pleno Ayumiii Nurul Aini welcomed "bes" to their starting lineup as well as Daniel "Ducky" Duong as their coach.s
• IGZIST IGZIST Japan Rank #6 popogachi Souta Morita Frxeez oitaN Masayuki Takahashi kAyle Jung Soo-yong (정수용) SID Kim Min-seung (김민승) moved Yuki "hNt" Ishikawa to the bench as Yumeki "poem" Shibasaki (柴﨑 夢輝) took the role of coach.
• / Good 8 Squad Good 8 Squad Inactive ryota- Ryota Okayama kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida C1ndeR Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) Bangnan Jung Min-u (정민우) PeroOwO parted with Shoya "Show" Mizobe as they welcomed Ko "C1ndeR" Jae-hyuk (고재혁), Jung "Bangnan" Min-u (정민우), and "PeroOwO" .

Results & Standings

• HER Galaxy $10K Valorant Open winner: CLG Red CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo | runner-up: Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson
• HyperX Arena: Spike Drop Operation V.E.G.A.S winner: QoR QoR North America Rank #11 moose Kaleb Jayne flyuh Xavier Carlson kumi Notexxd Jaden Anderson Smoke | runner-up: Sovereigns Sovereigns Inactive fiziq Lucas Blow epathy Ngawang Chonjor neptune Jason Tran Shawn12590 Shawn O'Riley
• Trinity Trials - Winter Trial winner: K10 K10 Inactive IllegaL Jacob Stringer howl9 Connor Robinson Zuko | runner-up: Dragonslayerzzz Dragonslayerzzz Inactive Atila shakie
• Valorant East: United - Season 2 - Stage 1 - Monthly Cup #2 winner: armani briefs armani briefs Inactive dreAms Adel Smirnov krea6on Vilius Malinauskas Kajuks Kajus Skurvydas 1nput alain Ion Miscu | runner-up: ESC Gaming ESC Gaming Europe Rank #137 BALLI Celil Erden ReQz Hieu Moss d3mur Demir Boğa
• Circuito Tormenta: TRIFORC3 winner: Inactive | runner-up: ECORP ECORP Inactive Frankyy tomatte Diego Alcázar Jimenez SnaKee ErJeffra Gluta
• EPIC.LAN #38 - BEACON Split 1 winner: Insight Gaming Insight Gaming Inactive Peter Peter Ransome ianto Totts Deqadz Dro9 | runner-up: Next In Line Next In Line Inactive
• VCL Turkey remaining teams: S2G Esports S2G Esports Europe Rank #48 batujnax Mehmet Batu Özaslan DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin hezacoil Berkay Doğar Kachoww Samet Arıcı reazy Kaan Ürpek , İstanbul Wildcats İstanbul Wildcats Europe Rank #60 , Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #68 , Galatasaray Esports Galatasaray Esports Europe Rank #39 WerlasS Metin Ünal windett Ardıç Göksu Güner Padisah Onur Dönmez JrayN Ferhat Yılmaz , Inactive , Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent
• VCL France remaining teams: WYLDE WYLDE Europe Rank #272 curve benzki Ben Price thoomstar Thom Slaghekke , Team Valiant Team Valiant Inactive wackie Rikardo Birjukov hAwksinho Sulaimane Kabous Anq Ilya Matyash Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev roxie Povilas Krivelis , Zerance Zerance Europe Rank #75 Ooriime Paul Gouin Goaster Tony Richard Yotaa Yota Kaouachi , Joblife Joblife Europe Rank #14 kamyk Maks Rychlewski doma Domagoj Fancev chiwa Egor Stepanyuk runneR Emil Trajkovski Enzo Enzo Mestari , SBG SBG Inactive APO Tom Bonnion stand-in TakaS Jonathan Paupard logaN Logan Corti Wailers Wailers Locart beyAz Beyazit Körpe nataNk Nathan Bocqueho , Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #24 nataNk Nathan Bocqueho Kada Thomas Johner sh1n Ryad Ensaad Sevire Ethan Starke TakaS Jonathan Paupard
• VCL Spain remaining teams: Team Queso Team Queso Inactive mezoky Boom Daniel Jiménez , UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #26 Buld Michał Sokal B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Famsii Ramses Valentino Erasmus Koivukangas OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira Jesse Adam Čtvrtníček , Case Esports Case Esports Inactive , Falcons Falcons Inactive synsi Jere Virtanen eXerZ Miguel Marín KILLDREAM João Ferreira Guardy Antonio Guardiola circu Fernando Puerta Jimenez
• VCL Portugal remaining teams: SAW SAW Inactive Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa Addicted Eduardo Torres cunhaa David Cunha , GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Inactive H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca , EGN Esports EGN Esports Europe Rank #51
• VCL Italy remaining teams: DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki , HMBLE HMBLE Inactive KnightVoice Hubert Lorenc looM Luca Landolfo , GMT Esports GMT Esports Inactive N A I S Alessandro Montanari AFoxx Fábio Veigas , Macko Esports Macko Esports Europe Rank #283 Volz1k Michele Premoli Bluee Robin Serruys Browse FrancyBald NVKIR
• VCL DACH remaining teams: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski , CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #17 Wolfen Berkant Joshkun Vince Vincent Kranz samed Samed Topbas KovaQ Blendi Kovaci Zyppan Pontus Eek , Angry Titans Angry Titans Inactive ngiN Engin Kor HyDrO Lukas Brill
• VCL Vietnam remaining teams: Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #4 Mihlog Tô Minh Long f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn bucute YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Nia twilight , Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Inactive Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống 百忧解 Vincen lym Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy , 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 , LAZY LAZY Inactive Akashi Châu Hoàn Thiện Nhân ducT Hoàng Trung Đức Louboutin Derek Nguyen chikoxnxx Berserk albus Trần Phúc Thiên
• / VCL Taiwan/Hong Kong remaining teams: ONE Team Esports ONE Team Esports Inactive YanLi Ra1ny Li Guo-Shuo (李國碩) ngk XyuS SecreT KiNo , LP33 LP33 Inactive yTao maou 0n1y He Yiting (何奕霆) , AxX AxX Inactive edw1N N11 Kaiser W4DJJ Paxton , Griffin E-Sports Griffin E-Sports Inactive Fung3 SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) Uta LockM Xing Fuling (邢福凌) sora , Anti Eco Eco Club Anti Eco Eco Club Inactive MrCANI Chen Tingxun (陈廷训) FLoydQ Sing He Shengxi (何昇讳) trinity Leung Hing Yip (梁兴业) PPDBJ Qiu Zheng Yong (邱政咏) jkuro Yong Haochong (杨浩聪) , Oblivion Force Oblivion Force Inactive Kippo Anson Anson Lam Uta CHIMEI Wong Chun Wai (王俊煒)
• VCL Thailand remaining teams: Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Inactive Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Tanate Teerasawad cgrs Patiphan Porsi Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan furiouss Chinnakrit Phoojaroen , Attack All Around Attack All Around Inactive xcool3 Nuttadet Wijit AloNeFillz Palapoom Thaikum kongared Nantapol Boonying niffy Patcharapon Junman b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul SantaGolf Chanitpak Suwanaprateep , FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #8 Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Killua Tanate Teerasawad thyy Anupong Preamsak primmie Papaphat Sriprapha JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam , Sharper Esports Sharper Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 furiouss Chinnakrit Phoojaroen Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Apinya Apinya Laotaew Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol
• VCL Indonesia remaining teams: BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #5 natz Jonathan Adiputra Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang d3ffo Nikita Sudakov Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra , Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Inactive k1ngkappa , Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #10 ray4c Rayvaldo Chandra SCar Lmemore Hagai Kristen Yesyurun parscofield Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce , ARF TEAM ARF TEAM Inactive Chrollo Maulid Muhammad Apriliansyah AmerNone Frenda Ang w1sh tupai Yoga Ade Pratomo chen Millen Chen , Inactive , Dominatus Dominatus Inactive sTizzy capeesha Mikhael Faisal Tarigan chen Millen Chen tupai Yoga Ade Pratomo 6ixKey Muhammad Nabil Rudi
• / VCL Malaysia/Singapore remaining teams: Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan Xan Ng artn Ayrton Soh , Todak Todak Inactive sayoo Willy Ivandra aduka Muhammad Arsyad Sazali ValdyN Rivaldy Nafian theDoctorr Mathanraj Munisparan aplycs Aqil Azfar , BLEED BLEED Inactive , X10 Esports X10 Esports Inactive Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua , Hey! Yakiniku Hey! Yakiniku Inactive shiba Zhan Teng Toh Brxndon Brandon Goh dzii Daven Cheong benaf Benedict Tan Retla Jorell Teo Moosey Yeow Zhen Feng , Louvre Louvre Inactive ExTreMisTz wisa Winston Ho kayle Ahmad Aqil dumin Du-Min Yeo Reverie Steven Kang Kai Lun
• VCL Philippines remaining teams: Stream Raiders Nacague Stream Raiders Nacague Inactive Shintaro Mark Daryl Timbang Corpuz Worship Ian Ga ABATMAN Franc Lenard Meija , GameLab Alpha GameLab Alpha Inactive Boogeyyy Khiloy Azucena LoyDreaM , Action PH Action PH Inactive SouL Daddie Shunmar Bellita eugeneS Eugene Serrano Narpim Clark Karoll Landrito SecondLove Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce Worship Ian Ga , Abaddon Abyss Abaddon Abyss Inactive HydraKid Matthew Lance M. Padios vblack Alfi Angelo O. Lua slathom999 Shawn Dale Bolondro Rababz Abdul Rafi P. Biyala Asta Kurt Stanley Laurido exotic John Danlee C. Mag-Aso , NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #7 Papi Federico Evangelista Secre Lucas Gruenberg TAPHTAPH Nethaniel Bundalian Yukxx Yukee Lampa Mojer Jerome Literal , Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #9 Zeus slathom999 Shawn Dale Bolondro tesseract Jon Michael Piga ZYND Christian Lopez marky Mark Anthony Tuling whitecat Michael Andre M. Yuzon
• VCL Japan remaining teams: Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive , SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #7 Art Koki Kagami Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) muto BRIAN Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) , FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #1 Aace Souta Itou Hals CLZ Hikaru Mizutani Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto GangPin Chae Jung-moo (채정무)
• VCL Oceania remaining teams: Next Gen Next Gen Inactive Zauqk FETA Cameron Gill BiggieCheese Aidan Gill , BOBO BOBO Inactive MIKE Michael Smith Nozz Noah McClafferty rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Crunchy Ethan Laker punda Lachlan Bamford , The Who? The Who? Inactive Bonobo Jason Jia gloom Zauqk vizsla Will Davies , 95x Esports 95x Esports Inactive Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky rDeeW Riley Wilkinson LEW Luis Hibbert Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson , HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun , Funcrew Funcrew Inactive skrawl Justin Lanzon YAKUZA Yifang Yifang Chen MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari

Other News & Rumours

• According to a report by Dot Esports, Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #4 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny OXY Francis Hoang continues to trial for a replacement for Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker. Some names that have practiced with the team are Michael "nerve" Yerrow, Dylan "runi" Cade, and Jacob "icy" Lange.