Collegiate events have kicked off for the fall season and the VCT OFF//SEASON events keep rolling. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from Oct. 23 - Oct. 29
- Last Week: News Almost Missed Oct. 22
Roster Changes
- After close to a year on The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch 's bench, Harrison "psalm" Chang has parted ways with the organization. He now moves past professional play and will pursue opportunities in org operations or content creation.
- / Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have signed another member to their coaching staff in Drew "DrewSpark" Spark-Whitworth. He joins the team reuniting with fellow ex- XSET XSET Inactive members zekken , dephh and SyykoNT .
- Knights Knights Inactive have parted ways with analyst Matthew "slow" Amuah. He has been with the team since February.
- Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust Welshy Liam Newhouse have temporarily moved Yassin "Reduxx" Aboulalazm to their bench. In a tweet by reduxx, he states that his age is the reason for the benching and will compete for Oxygen again when he turns 16 in approximately six months.
- ODDIK ODDIK Inactive have announced their new roster and coaching staff for the VCT Brazil Challengers League. It will consist of the core from Tropinha do TIKTOK 2.0 Tropinha do TIKTOK 2.0 Inactive tockers Gabriel Claumann Tisora Kauã Estefanini fznnn Fernando Cerqueira bld Victor Junqueira fzkk Leonardo Puertas .
- / Guild Esports Guild Esports Inactive and Russel "Russ" Mendes have officially parted ways ahead of the 2023 season. The announcement comes after Russ being on Guild's bench for the past two months.
- OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive have parted ways with their full roster and coaching staff.
- / Marco "HearthBeat" Soffia and Case Esports Case Esports Inactive have parted ways. The organization cites residency rules for the 2023 VCL to be the reason they have parted.
- Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive have benched all players and staff from their roster. This comes after a Challengers League ruling made the roster ineligible to play in VCL: Spain 2023. All players are seeking 2023 opportunities.
- Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire has promoted their academy team, Sector One Wings Program Sector One Wings Program Inactive Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh thooOOM Thom Slaghekke MaximN Maxim Nonglaire dash q Liam Hoek , to their main roster ahead of Coupe De France.
- / Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius have moved their strategic coach, Ivaylo "Linepro" Krasimirov Kolev to the bench. While he remains in consideration for the 2023 Heretics roster, he has been allowed and is actively exploring his offers.
- BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #34 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal chiwa Egor Stepanyuk PROFEK Dawid Święć LewN Burak Alkan have moved Hüseyin "aimDLL" Kabişteke to their bench.
- / İstanbul Wildcats İstanbul Wildcats Europe Rank #218 sturNN Eren Oduncular Gloomy Mercan Özalp baha Baha Gözmen dRKY Onur Bora Genç deminatiX Akın Tak have signed Nikita "d3ffo" Sudakov and Ceyhun "AslaN" Aslan as stand-ins.
- Caner "CyderX" Demir joined Regnum Carya Esports Regnum Carya Esports Europe Rank #205 lauzen Serhat Koca jonx Enes Güngör as their In-Game Leader.
- OnlyFins OnlyFins Europe Rank #58 nixoon Niko Pasonen Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää Kalkkuna BODYCATCHER Paulus Paulus Paakki said goodbye to longstanding member Linus "Limpe" Räty.
- Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #11 skillZ Jayanth Ramesh have moved Jay "wstVirginia" Patil to the bench following just one month on the roster.
- BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #1 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma have signed Fikri "Famouz" Zaki Hamdani, Michael "severiNe" Winata and Hildegard "Shiro" Arnaldo. They have also brought back Gary "blaZek1ng" Dastin from the bench to play in their 2023 roster.
- Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive has moved Hiroto "rion" Tateno from their active roster to full-time streaming for the organization.
- Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #14 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt foxy Crus Lư Tiến Huy Hyuse tok1o Nia twilight parted ways with Nguyễn "Suka" Văn Tiến. The team has brought in Ngô "Kishi" Trường Huy to be a stand-in for the OFF//SEASON event, ESL Clash of Nations: SEA.
- / BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #4 Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz saw the departure of their coach Noah "Senpai" Hideki Takeuchi.
Results & Standings
- Champions Tour Game Changers LATAM: Regional Finals winner: KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #3 dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi | runner-up: FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #9 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela Flossie Lendary
- Esportsmaker Spike Ladies #4 winner: DELIRA Female DELIRA Female Inactive | runner-up: Black Dragons FEM Black Dragons FEM Inactive blu Victoriah Ceniz luiza Luiza Parron lule Luiza Meira mizi Mirella Gomes Bia Beatriz Terra
- Valorant AGS Cup winner: 9z Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares | runner-up: SunXet Club SunXet Club Inactive UNNSTO Danilo Pilarche leobas Leonardo Basauri
- VRL France - Coupe De France kicked off its playoffs.
- G-Loot VALORANT Clash - Showdown remaining teams: bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan , Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #15 , Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent , Team hz Team hz Europe Rank #82 Drags Kleimon Alexander Gushin alain Ion Miscu
- VEU Weekly Cup #6 winner: Diamant Esports Diamant Esports Europe Rank #12 | runner-up: Honvéd Esport Honvéd Esport Europe Rank #131 TRuve Peter Bozsó Targonca lcdFFF Zsolt Gabor Horvath KingLANDO
- / Project V: SEL Fall Cup and A1 eSports Cup winner: Into The Breach Protocol Into The Breach Protocol Inactive Azzii Aaryan Bhagwakar | runner-up: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski
- Crossfire Cup remaining teams: Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius , KOI KOI Europe Rank #41 grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko sheydos Bogdan Naumov Filu Dawid Czarnecki flyuh Xavier Carlson soulcas Dom Sulcas , Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro , Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive
- Magyar Nemzeti Valorant Kupa - Major winner: Rapid Ninjas Rapid Ninjas Inactive ikke Martin Erdei Barcode Kevin Bana oli Olivér Paksi arbie Kornel Holecz | runner-up: Honvéd Esport Honvéd Esport Europe Rank #131 TRuve Peter Bozsó Targonca lcdFFF Zsolt Gabor Horvath KingLANDO
- eLadies 2022 remaining teams: Alien Anonymo Alien Anonymo Europe Rank #451 maja juxi Niiko kidziax OlczaOlcia , Yumisu Esport Yumisu Esport Inactive Paulinxa Paulina Adamska maja lily oxlcia
- Valorant India Invitational - SEA Closed Qualifier remaining teams: BLEED BLEED Inactive , South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique
Other News & Rumours
- In a report by Dot Esports, it was revealed that The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch are expected to re-sign Trent "trent" Cairns for the 2023 season. The Guard will compete in the VCT Challengers League after falling shy of making partnership for the 2023 America's league.
- Another report from Dot Esports has detailed that G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive are looking to sign Version1 Version1 Inactive coach Ian "Immi" Harding. The news comes after reports surfaced that G2 had shown interest in building a roster in North America.
- Valorant East: United announced that Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia have been added to the eligibility list for VCL: East and VEU events by organizer PLE.gg.
- According to a report by Seulgi, the Shanghai Dragons of the Overwatch League are interested in assembling a roster for the 2023 VCT Ascension league.
- Professional Overwatch player Lee "Carpe" Jae-hyeok (이재혁) will represent T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) in the 2023 Pacific league, according to BLIX.gg. He takes the position as the teams fifth man and moves Kim "BeomJun" Beom-jun (김범준) to the sixth man slot.