The Valorant world may be anxiously awaiting the start of Champions, but that didn't stop the creation of new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from Aug 14 - Aug 20.

• Read more: News Almost Missed Aug 13

Roster Changes

• / The members of Built By Gamers Academy Built By Gamers Academy Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli announced that they have become unrestricted free agents from Built By Gamers. The squad is currently playing as The Silk Road The Silk Road Inactive GLYPH Conner Garcia Neon Austin Hedge d1msumboi Erik Almhjell .
• / OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive head coach Chet "Chet" Singh announced that the two analysts that would be joining the team for their bootcamp in preparation for Champions are former SoaR SoaR Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor fiziq Lucas Blow v1c Victor Truong Trill Ashley Powell head coach Benjamin "trainer" Bravo and former DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki analyst and assistant coach German "krueger" Yevseyev.
• / Bradley "ANDROID" Fodor revealed that his time with NRG NRG North America Rank #1 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold had come to a close.
• / MOUZ MOUZ Inactive parted ways with James "Kryptix" Affleck, Joseph "Luzuh" Loose, and head coach Brandon "weber" Weber.
• / Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu substitute player YoZeii announced that he is looking to explore options with other teams while still under contract with the organization.
• / Team Queso Team Queso Inactive mezoky Boom Daniel Jiménez welcomed Manuel "thinkii" Martínez as their new head coach.
• / Flynn joined Zero Tenacity Zero Tenacity Inactive pyrolll Artur Minin Prti Ivan Erak Grmekista Tilen Grmek msh Miłosz Szubański TajReX Patryk Hojoł as the team's analyst.
• / Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos said goodbye to Victoria "victoria" Ukasova and welcomed Neslişah "ness" Demir as the final member of their roster.
• Mert "Mykoz" Demirci revealed that he was in search of new opportunities while still under contract with Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Inactive ibonata İbrahim Taha Güler Slaughter İrfancan Çakıl mepeezy Enes Öztürk Yigox Yiğit Arslan wtex Muhammet Emin Kılıç .
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #5 Crewen Ali Eren Sargin Lar0k Yusuf Kaan Kanber Loita Utku Kart Rosé Eren Erzan lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan parted ways with Melih "pAura" Karaduran and stand-in Caner "CyderX" Demir.
• Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #68 acquired two players from Fire Flux Esports' rosters: Asil "skylen" Yalçın from Fire Flux Young Fire Flux Young Inactive Crewen Ali Eren Sargin VenTT Emre Bozkurt vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Rosé Eren Erzan and Ibrahim "SouhcNi" Sağır as a stand-in from the team's main roster.
• MIBR GC MIBR GC Brazil Unranked bstrdd Paula Naguil melissa Melissa Souza conir Constanza Reyes mizzy Ester Cardoso waved rounded out their roster with gabiTê .
• KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #1 saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati silentzz Caio Morita Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa said goodbye to substitute player Hector "wait" Paucay.
• / SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #8 Art Koki Kagami gray9 Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) muto Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) welcomed the former BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #19 EscO keisu kuro Lafura core of TORANECO , Zennakukin , Jemkin , and Savva "Kr1stal" Fedorov to their team.
• / Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #27 Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar added Gaurav "CrosshaiR" Chabukswar and Woo "m4hogany" Sang-hoo (우상후) to their team as player and head coach respectively.
• / Xan , Gordon "DxN" Lek, and Rodman "Vera" Yap all announced that they were in search of new opportunities as free agents. The trio's departure leaves their former team, No Namers No Namers Inactive bryce Bryce Lee shiba Zhan Teng Toh , with three active players.
• The former BearClaw Gaming BearClaw Gaming Inactive joshh Joshua Leow bryce Bryce Lee Flaring Henri Forichon JayH Wong Jia Heng roster of Wong "JayH" Jia Heng, Henri "Flaring" Forichon, Bryce "bryce" Lee, and Joshua "joshh" Leow has dissolved, with all players in search of new teams as free agents.
• / Yousef "Hotsauz" Imad El-Yousef, Xavier "xavi8k" Juan, Zachary "BraiNfreeZe" Bajarias, and coach See "Evo" Wey Kang have left Bren Esports Bren Esports Inactive and entered free agency, with Hotsauz announcing his retirement from competition.
• W Streak Esports announced James "NoMan" Man as the newest member for the team's South Asia and Southeast Asian rosters.
• // Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #4 Shniider Yousef Osama RockeT Ahmed Mohamed Tarbosh Youssef Mohamed Depyro Nour Sherif Sand Mark Emad said goodbye to coach Alessandro "Tenebra" Marenzi and welcomed Cristian "Future" Duarte as a coach.

Results & Standings

• NSG Summer Championship 2022 finals playoffs qualified teams: Nearest Airport Nearest Airport Inactive melya Emily Khan k0rupt Wylie Watts BlackMoose Shawn Fox Uncreative Kuba Kosiba Tn , Ghost Gaming Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid , Soniqs Soniqs Inactive , Teal Seam Teal Seam Inactive renz Austin Dickman furbsa Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor d1msumboi Erik Almhjell Cade3k Cade Warren , NSIC NSIC Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor neptune Jason Tran Lear Dayton Akau riku Chris Piasecki snirot Edmon Ghanem , Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust Welshy Liam Newhouse , VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama , TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive
• MCT Contenders Division LCQ playoffs qualified teams: SHIFT SHIFT Inactive , MapleStory MapleStory Inactive truo Robert Pham jcrueL Joel Cruel
• Rebels Final playoffs winner: Natus Vincere Celestials Natus Vincere Celestials Inactive Lateu Hilal Yaşar Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu Sephia Reyhan Şimşek proxima Aslıhan Uslu | runner-up: Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül
• TLF Series Cup 2022 winner: Optix Optix Inactive ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso Fross Fernando Gallagher D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing gio Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz | runner-up: OXEN OXEN Latin America South Rank #11 neto Federico Riveiro Neto jcz HANLING Maximiliano De Michele maxhinh9 bnj Benjamin Rabinovich
• VCT Game Changers LATAM South finals remaining teams: KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #13 antG Antônia Garcia ponix Isidora Valentina Vásquez Muñoz tok1o Amaro Miranda dods Caue Fernandes micaela Micaela Ferreyra , 9z Team GC 9z Team GC Inactive Nadie babzzz Bárbara Moniz tok1o Amaro Miranda
• VCT Game Changers APAC LCQ remaining teams: X Team Bo X Team Bo Inactive veekay Verlene Koh enn Valentine Isabelle Thun olulu , W Streak Esports Female W Streak Esports Female Inactive Dolph Kanittha Aungsuwanpanich Noxy Ornsiripim Intuwan rosey Natchanan Marksup mimii Kanyanat Khosuriya Newky Kewalin Maneerat cuppycake Pimpat Tanyong
• VCT Game Changers APAC Elite qualified teams (via LCQ): X10 Sapphire X10 Sapphire Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul
• The Esports Club Challengers Series 8 main event winner: Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan Xan Ng artn Ayrton Soh | runner-up: Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Inactive

Other News & Rumors

• According to Argentinian esports journalist Lucas Benaim, the Latin American pool of applicants for the 2023 franchised league have been narrowed down to KRÜ Esports, Leviatán, Furious Gaming, Six Karma, and Infinity Esports.