February is gone, and March is here. Still, the Valorant world continued to produce new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from February 26 - March 4.

• Read more: News Almost Missed February 25

Roster Changes

• / After many months of anticipation, 24Haven 24Haven Inactive Vernina Vernina Gozum Slandy Presley Anderson Mady Madelynn Saye chloe Chloe Wong LunaFox Luna Ryan were picked up by Misfits Gaming, and will compete under the name Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson .
• / Radiance Radiance Inactive Rebo Christopher Heindel FIEND Zander Bates venture Anthony Ziade sSef Youssef Daghache cheatcode Shaun Quinto bid farewell to its roster. This announcement comes as Radiance also announced it would be releasing their League of Legends roster and freezing operations across the entire organization.
• / Andy "Avhyno" Sanschagrin became the new head coach for Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust Welshy Liam Newhouse .
• Ivaylo "Linepro" Krasimirov Kolev was added to Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius as a strategic coach.
• TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise announced the departure of head coach Mickael "Twenee1" Annequin. The organization also announced that they are in search of a new head coach for their Game Changers roster - Nova.
• Elek "Haxtrax" Simon revealed that he has been benched from Honvéd Esport Honvéd Esport Europe Rank #131 TRuve Peter Bozsó Targonca lcdFFF Zsolt Gabor Horvath KingLANDO .
• / FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder added Tom "otom" Hart to their team as a substitute player.
• / Oliwer "LATEKS" Fahlander joined Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin as the team's strategic coach.
• / Maria "6sonya" Istrate officially departed Rix.GG Lightning Rix.GG Lightning Inactive . Additionally, Daniela "Jupi" Gradl announced that she was taking a break from professional play.
• / Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench and Jere "synsi" Virtanen parted ways.
• / Team SMG GC Team SMG GC Inactive enerii Odella Abraham Alexy Alexy Francisco shirazi Kelly Jaudian Kamiyu Camille Enriquez unveiled their Game Changers roster.
• / ONIC G ONIC G Inactive welcomed Ewok as their new head coach.
• ZETA DIVISION announced their completed academy roster, ZETA DIVISION Academy ZETA DIVISION Academy Asia-Pacific Unranked Lefiedot kaua Solluzy KillAA .
• Mindfreak Mindfreak Inactive tensai Benny Phan soju Jay Jeong Dutti Sudhish Dutt Chax Chax Stipanovic added Wilson "WillyKS" Klein Sugianto to their team as a coach.
• Soniqs Soniqs Inactive bid farewell to Christopher "pl1xx" Li.
• Youssef "cactuzio" Ait Amghar revealed that his time with MLC Esports MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh has come to a close. His departure from the organization leaves the team with three active players.
• NOM Esports NOM Esports Europe Rank #92 Chadi Farsang Balázs have announced the acquisition of the roster of l3wandowski l3wandowski Inactive Freyy Krystian Konopka ALMO Albert Mościcki Hitch Martin Srp tatzuki Jovan Milovanovic pyrolll Artur Minin .

Results

• Polaris Polaris Inactive Shockah caydia Zoe Servais Katarina Starlight lunah came in first place in the February edition of Game Changers Academy 2022 without dropping a map.
• Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #10 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil had a perfect run in the first open qualifier of the Protocolo: Gêneses 2022, which culminated in a victory over TBK Esports GC TBK Esports GC Inactive shyz Luisa Minarelli Daniops Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira gabee in the grand finals.
• Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #17 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef tesseract Jon Michael Piga Yukxx Yukee Lampa choosie Matthew Lorenzo Te Dignified defeated Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #39 patrickWHO Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista in the grand finals of the Valorant Conquerors Championship in the 25th in-tournament clash between both teams. Both teams will advance to first APAC Challengers Stage, and will compete against Action PH Action PH Inactive SyKo Daddie Shunmar Bellita eugeneS Eugene Serrano Narpim Clark Karoll Landrito SecondLove Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce Worship Ian Ga , FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #5 JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj , ONIC G ONIC G Inactive , No Namers No Namers Inactive bryce Bryce Lee shiba Zhan Teng Toh , Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #14 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt foxy Crus Lư Tiến Huy tok1o Nia twilight , and Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Rank #65 P1nA Nguyễn Nam nTK Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt BMV Bùi Minh Vũ Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống Somethai Trần Lê Huy Khiêm LilHieu Lưu Chí Hiếu invisible .
• MLC Esports MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh took first place in the first season of the Masters Pro League by defeating Mustang Gaming Mustang Gaming Inactive kn1fed SAABO K1leaN SomebodyY Mounir Ajib in the grand finals.

Matches to Watch

• The playoffs of the FGC VALORANT Invitational 2022: Act 1 will come to a close next week. Upper bracket play will resume tomorrow, March 5, with the match between KONE eSports Club KONE eSports Club Inactive sword9 Li Wei (李卫) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) LuoK1ng Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏) and Weibo Gaming Weibo Gaming China Rank #14 TryTryz Lu Shiwei (卢世炜) Star1og Jun Chao Liang (梁竣超) DRK R1ckLeexD Li Xu (李旭) taking place first. Following that match, EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) will play Tales of Eastern Tales of Eastern Inactive Yuk1no BEXEY to determine who will advance to the upper final and who will be sent to the lower bracket.
• In the playoffs of the Game Changers APAC Open 1, X10 Sapphire X10 Sapphire Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong Babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul and Alter Ego Celeste Alter Ego Celeste Inactive Alluka Tiara Bonilla Pleno Eisberg July Kusuma enerii Odella Abraham Ayumiii Nurul Aini nabbsky Nabila Sulthana will face off to determine who will advance to the grand final. Currently, the teams that remain in the lower bracket are Team SMG GC Team SMG GC Inactive enerii Odella Abraham Alexy Alexy Francisco shirazi Kelly Jaudian Kamiyu Camille Enriquez , The Capitol Arise The Capitol Arise Inactive , Siomai and Friends - Meraki Siomai and Friends - Meraki Inactive Kachow sawamura Mary Grace Sabado NicoleG Nicole Exequies Kon , and Hero Zero KDA Hero Zero KDA Inactive Chateraise Zefania Claudia marche Meidy Safira Permata Eira Nicole Suhartanto Boo Maureen Jonathan skyelyse Milka .

Other News

• / Team Liquid have announced Eve Ascension, a tournament in collaboration with Galorants. The event will take place from March 19 - March 20.
• / Following the conclusion of the first YFP Gaming tournament - the YFP Winter Classic - late last month, YFP Gaming CCO and founder Neema Mahmoodi has announced plans for the next YFP tournament.
• Renowned Southeast Asian esports organization Talon Esports Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #16 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No announced that they are looking to field a Filipino-based team for VCT.