Valorant Champions competition is nearing its end, but that didn't stop the rest of the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from Sept. 11 - Sept. 17.

• Read more: News Almost Missed Sept. 10

Roster Changes

• XSET XSET North America Rank #62 Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl parted ways with Elena "Ellie" Garland.
• Native Gaming Native Gaming Inactive reltuC Stephen Cutler benched Paul "ADRENALINE" Baker.
• Reid "x0tek" Johnson announced that he had been officially released from Cloud9 White Cloud9 White Inactive Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil katsumi Katja Pfahnl meL Melanie Capone .
• Cameron "FireBallOps" Tomaselli revealed that he had exited The Silk Road The Silk Road Inactive GLYPH Conner Garcia Neon Austin Hedge d1msumboi Erik Almhjell and was looking for new opportunities as a free agent.
• / David "Davidp" Prins announced that he had departed DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #18 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx and was looking for a new team as a free agent.
• / Guild GC Guild GC Europe Rank #79 Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Cla Clara Rossi Xaline Laure Mateos sia Siana Yoldez Matri welcomed Tommaso "joYnt" Gavioli as the team's new coach.
• / All members of Team BDS Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb announced that they would be looking for new opportunities while still under contract with the organization.
• / FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #9 Lime Jacob Foster JUGi Jakob Hansen YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes bid farewell to Ilari "iluri" Puranen.
• UCAM Tokiers UCAM Tokiers Europe Rank #31 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh Famsii Ramses Koivukangas OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Quick Fabián Pereira unveiled an all-new roster.
• Case Esports Case Esports Europe Rank #22 Kiles Vlad Shvets Toki Maria Perez Yurii Salvador Gasco parted ways with Štěpán "Ambi" Beránek and rounded out their roster with Marco "HearthBeat" Soffia, Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius, and Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki.
• / Rebels Velvet Rebels Velvet Europe Rank #24 Scarlett Scarlett LeHoste didii Lidia del Moral de la Torre devilasxa Paula Blanco Martínez Cille Cecilie Kallio Ahlquist Lauritsen jademwah Jade Duffy completed their roster with Julie "Pinkalie" Lim and Dana "Danah" Al-Madhoun.
• / Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #150 Mixwell Oscar Cañellas benjyfishy Benjy David Fish AvovA Auni Chahade Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius keloqz Cista Wassim welcomed back Melih "pAura" Karaduran to their roster.
• Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #156 sturNN Eren Oduncular m1tez Muhammed Tezcan Best Bartu Keskin coach Ümit "Omit" Boz revealed that he was in search of new opportunities while still under contract with the organization.
• DRX DRX Korea Rank #1 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-Min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) welcomed miKa as a trial player and trainee into their main roster.
• / Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Inactive overhauled their roster by moving Mohit "mw1" Wakle out of the active lineup, acquiring Saksham "Deadly10" Aurangabadkar from Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #17 hvoya Aleksandr Eremin Harshhh Harsh Arora Anq Ilya Matyash karam1l Norbu Tsering , and welcoming David "Dav" Miljanić to their team as coach.
• Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #17 hvoya Aleksandr Eremin Harshhh Harsh Arora Anq Ilya Matyash karam1l Norbu Tsering said goodbye to Saksham "Deadly10" Aurangabadkar and Jay "BADlove" Patil, with the former joining Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Inactive and the latter becoming a part of Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #28 JoshS Joshua Miles Santos Ching Enrico Perez .
• Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh bid farewell to Tejas "Rexy" Kotian.

Results & Standings

• TGH x Birds of Prey Episode 4 winner: Case Hydra Case Hydra Europe Rank #33 Annie Alba García mimi Miriam Afilal fReeze Rocío Cárdenas Toki Maria Perez Poetite Mercedes Goicoechea | runner-up: Fire Flux Fierce Fire Flux Fierce Inactive jduh Ceyda Kondu Lateu Hilal Yaşar rayka Zeynep Kalkan Liyan Jiex Şura Yıldırım
• Valorant East United Stage 3 Weekly Cup #1 winner: Zero Tenacity Zero Tenacity Europe Rank #63 kenobi Szymon Łabędzki qxv Jakub Sawicki kaajak Kajetan Haremski ALMO Albert Moscicki Freyy Krystian Konopka | runner-up: TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec
• Predator League 2022 Philippines playoffs winner: Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #24 2ge James Goopio xffero David Monangin Lmemore Hagai Kristen Yesyurun Estrella Park Gun (박건) fl1pzjder Saibani Rahmad | runner-up: South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique
• LPL Winter Cup Legends 2022 playoffs winner: REIGN REIGN Inactive MaiShiu Matthew Wu xsus Raymond Wang Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith | runner-up: Funcrew Funcrew Oceania Rank #2 skrawl Justin Lanzon punda Lachlan Bamford M1kE Michael Smith eezy Steven Tran norsin Norsin Yawanis Fweshest Christian Bartolillo

Other News & Rumors

• According to a report from Alejandro "anonimotum" Gomis on Blix.GG, French esports organization Joblife is building a Valorant roster for 2023. The organization's entry into the French regional league isn't confirmed, and names for who the French organization were eyeing were not named. However, with selected teams not able to field academy rosters, it's possible that a spot may be opened up for Joblife to enter into the French regional league, which is filled with many high-profile organizations. No information as to who has been confirmed for the French regional league has been revealed.