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 Inactive 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 Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov and was looking for a new team as a free agent.
• / Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos 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 #15 bid farewell to Ilari "iluri" Puranen.
• UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #20 Buld Michał Sokal B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Famsii Ramses Valentino Erasmus Koivukangas OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira unveiled an all-new roster.
• Case Esports Case Esports Inactive 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 #40 completed their roster with Julie "Pinkalie" Lim and Dana "Danah" Al-Madhoun.
• / Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #9 Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish welcomed back Melih "pAura" Karaduran to their roster.
• Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Inactive ibonata İbrahim Taha Güler Slaughter İrfancan Çakıl mepeezy Enes Öztürk Yigox Yiğit Arslan wtex Muhammet Emin Kılıç coach Ümit "Omit" Boz revealed that he was in search of new opportunities while still under contract with the organization.
• KIWOOM DRX KIWOOM DRX Korea Rank #5 MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) Flicker Kim Tae-hee (김태희) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) 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 Inactive Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar , and welcoming David "Dav1" Miljanić to their team as coach.
• Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Inactive Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar said goodbye to Saksham "Deadly10" Aurangabadkar and Jay "LOVE" Patil, with the former joining Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Inactive and the latter becoming a part of Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Inactive skillZ Jayanth Ramesh .
• Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan Xan Ng artn Ayrton Soh bid farewell to Tejas "Rexy" Kotian.

Results & Standings

• TGH x Birds of Prey Episode 4 winner: Case Hydra Case Hydra Inactive | 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 Inactive pyrolll Artur Minin Prti Ivan Erak Grmekista Tilen Grmek msh Miłosz Szubański TajReX Patryk Hojoł | 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 #7 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Xan Xan Ng Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh | 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 MIKE Michael Smith | runner-up: Funcrew Funcrew Inactive skrawl Justin Lanzon YAKUZA Yifang Yifang Chen MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari

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.