Another week has come and gone, but that didn't stop the rest of the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed from this past week.

This week's edition covers news from February 12 - February 18.

• Read more: News Almost Missed February 11

Roster Changes

• BASILISK BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick have said goodbye to Shawn "shawn" Robertson.
• Martin "Anderzz" Schelasin has become the new head coach of VersionX VersionX Inactive .
• Team BDS Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb have swapped out Alex "AKUMAAAAA" Lo Bello, Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer, and Jonathan "TakaS" Paupard for David "Fizzy" Figueiredo, Elric "juseu" Belland, and Mikołaj "Mickebwoy" Chojnacki.
• / OG OG Inactive KONEQT Cista Adel uNKOE Benjamin Chevasson OniBy Theo Tarlier fxy0 Joey Schlosser LaAw Mathieu Plantin have unveiled their full roster, featuring Adam "LeeN" Caillol as the team's newest addition. LeeN's addition also indicates that David "Davidp" Prins's trial period with the team has come to a close. Furthermore, Elian "MateliaN" Romagnoli has been released from the team after being benched a month prior.
• need more DM need more DM Inactive Haxtrax Elek Simon szimpli Bence Soós crazyd33R Gábor Német Barcode Kevin Bana bzt Renátó Bárányos has been acquired by Gamerland, and will compete under the team name Honvéd Esport Honvéd Esport Europe Rank #127 TRuve Peter Bozsó Targonca lcdFFF Zsolt Gabor Horvath KingLANDO .
• Entropiq Entropiq Inactive ROUSIK Hasaa Radim Haša have returned to Valorant with a new, all-Czech roster after releasing their previous roster in June 2021.
• / Former Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #21 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt OXMANN Aytekin Çakır umu7 Umut Pekdoğan coach Mert "9999" Turna has joined YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan .
• Stars Horizon have signed the ex- Liberty Female Liberty Female Inactive roster, and will play under the name Stars Horizon Venus Stars Horizon Venus Inactive Larischz Lara Gilardoni Mel Melissa Souza isa1 Isabele Glym sayuri Camila Obam mittens Diana Trevisan .
• ODDIK ODDIK Inactive have signed Treinão do Fra Treinão do Fra Inactive fra Matheus Fragozo guuih Guilherme Mariano light Winicius César , a team featuring former Sharks Esports Sharks Esports Inactive gaabxx Gabriel Carli prozin Wallacy Sales KILLDREAM João Ferreira Addicted Eduardo Torres player Matheus "fra" Fragozo and former Team Vikings Team Vikings Inactive Veroneze Vinícius Ribeiro Ds Daniel Silva swag João Neto pollo Julio Silva player Gabriel "sutecas" Dias.
• / Before Before Inactive have added Julia "jules" Dominguez to their roster.
• Meta Gaming Meta Gaming Inactive vaiZ Matías Barría lucasvade Lucas Vade Castro WKN Alvaro Bustos badzw Lukas Rivera NicoMachine Nicolas Valla have benched David "debout" Beaupuits and added Nicolas "NicoMachine" Valla in his place.
• Team Exploit Team Exploit Inactive have parted with their roster.
• Hazem "Avez" Khaled has joined Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #3 Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby Shniider Yousef Osama chrollo Omar Hussein Depyro Nour Sherif SkaNoodles Yousef Mohamed Yassien Yassien Ahmed , bringing the team's player count up to seven.
• Geekay Esports Geekay Esports MENA Rank #6 have revealed a six-man roster featuring regional and European talents. Half of the members come from Young Talents Young Talents Inactive WorldEdit Georgi Yaskin —Jan "wayLander" Rahkonen, Roberts "rAsk" Ribakovs, and Richard "rCk" Kanerva—while the other three players come from other teams from the MENA region. These players are former members off NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 xenon Vladimir Lobov and 3BL Esports 3BL Esports Inactive sickrey Nikolay Novozhilov Razvy Egor Ogrin Bgg Vladislav Boev moner Kirill Matsanov —Marouane "rheat" Mask, Shehab "Shehab" Hany, and Ahmed "RockeT" Mohamed.

Results

• Complexity GX3 Complexity GX3 Inactive clawdia Claudia Che Karra Aara Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil defeated TSM X TSM X Inactive athxna Mirna Noureldin mle Emily Peters dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo bungee April Haight Ellie Elena Garland in the grand finals of the Sakura Cup #5 to take first place.
• Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC Inactive took first place in the Super League Arena Galentine's main event off of a 3-0 grand finals victory over Dignitas Dignitas Inactive rain Amanda Smith EMUHLEET Emmalee Garrido theia Melisa Mundorff Stefanie Stefanie Jones showliana Juliana Maransaldi .
• Los Grandes Los Grandes Brazil Rank #5 Quick Gabriel Lima mazin Matheus Araújo jzz João Pedro GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira frz Leandro Gomes won the YUPCUP Brazil Season 1 by defeating B4 Esports B4 Esports Inactive zakkv Vinicius Gonçales Tisora Kauã Estefanini Evilkyk Kayke Arrais Cryy Joao Vitor Ferreira DMT Vinicius Siebert in the grand finals.

Matches to Watch

• The YFP Winter Classic will begin next week, featuring many notable North American teams like FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le , T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 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) , Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) , and TSM TSM North America Rank #9 Recoil seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora sym Tyler Porter . The group stage and playoff round of 16 will take place on February 21, with the rest of the playoff bracket being played out the day after.
• Moon Raccoons Black Moon Raccoons Black Inactive leelee Lee Lee McNeil Lana Lana Doar slaze Sophia Ramirez lazylion Nathan Hoang and Polaris Polaris Inactive Shockah caydia Zoe Servais Katarina Starlight lunah will meet in the consolation final of the Super League Arena Galentine's main event. That match will be played this Sunday, February 20.
• The regional playoffs of the first stage of the Oceania Tour are set to conclude. ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun have advanced to the grand finals off of an upper bracket final win over Iconic Iconic Inactive Cliqahh punda Lachlan Bamford pan1K Tyson Missak xsus Raymond Wang ESUH TOUT . They, alongside Funcrew Funcrew Oceania Rank #14 skrawl Justin Lanzon YAKUZA Yifang Yifang Chen MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari and Bonkers Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert , remain in the tournament in the lower bracket.

Other News

• Riot have announced formal support for a collegiate Valorant ecosystem in collaboration with the Riot Scholastic Association of America, which aims to create an infrastructure for collegiate Valorant to officially begin in the Fall.
• The Pittsburgh Knights have revealed their own set of tournaments for teams to compete in. Knights Arena, the organization's event sector, have announced over 200 tournaments taking place in multiple esport titles, including Valorant. Among the events for Valorant include bi-monthly Sakura Cups for Game Changers teams, LATAM and North American weekly tournaments, and the monthly gauntlet events that have become a fixture among tier 2 Valorant competition.
• Following their casting debut this past week, Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson and Brennon "Bren" Hook will be making desk appearances on the VCT North America broadcast and not be casting any more matches for the remainder of the group stage.
• / OG Brudders OG Brudders Inactive daynos Jia Kyn Au Haise Brandon Loh alfin Alvin Ong Riza Sirajul Azrie Bin Sirajul Adly Aanszo Miguel Ignacio have been disqualified for the rest of Stage 1 for using a "known, banned exploit" in their match against Inertia Inertia Inactive edamawee Rave Denny Yeo Jun Hong Cursed BELLEFATFOREHEAD XLR8 Asuka .