OFF//SEASON events continue as the holiday season creeps up on us, but that doesn't stop the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from Nov. 27 - Dec. 3

• Last Week: News Almost Missed Nov. 26

Roster Changes

• Version1 Version1 Inactive have parted ways with Alexander "zander" Dituri after two months on the bench. Heading into 2023, zander is rumored to be joining a team for Challengers ran by ex-XSET CEO & Founder Marco Mereu.
• NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #8 FNS Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh crashies Austin Roberts ardiis Ardis Svarenieks Victor Victor Wong thwifo Zander Kim have announced the signing of Zander "thwifo" Kim from T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 xeta Son Seon-ho (손선호) Sayaplayer Ha Jeong-woo (하정우) BeomJun Kim Beom-jun (김범준) ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) Carpe Lee Jae-hyeok (이재혁) as their sixth man.
• Sarah "sarahcat" Simpson announced her departure from Immortals Immortals North America Rank #119 tupperware Lydia Wilson Kay Kaylen Ruddell .
• MOUZ MOUZ Europe Rank #34 al0rante Felix Brandl Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk murii Murat Korkmaz Filu Dawid Czarnecki iluri Ilari Puranen announced they parted with Bence "szimpli" Soós and Alend "Ale" Khalaf. Laurent "memset" Werly was also moved to the bench.
• FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #8 KPZET Victor Steensgaard purp0 Semyon Borchev Lime Jacob Foster JUGi Jakob Hansen YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes announced their roster for the 2023 VCL Polaris Season.
• ALTERNATE aTTaX ALTERNATE aTTaX Europe Rank #178 xanarchy Nico Janssen Ambi Štěpán Beránek STAVINCI Dimitrios Smoilis Felix Felix Gerling bucher Maximilian Bucher have announced the benching of Ethan "Sevire" Starke, Roberts "rAsk" Ribakovs and Kevin "Barcode" Bana. The team also parted with Substitute Leon "Daitan" Beck.
• EXCEL GC EXCEL GC Europe Rank #27 Neli Cornelia Johansson cataLina India Dubourg Purii Safaa Baydi Luzia Camille Millet Samsi Samantha Caddell Jupi Daniela Gradl have signed the four members of N1MP N1MP Inactive cataLina India Dubourg Neli Cornelia Johansson Luzia Camille Millet Purii Safaa Baydi aswell as Acend Rising Acend Rising Europe Unranked amy Amy Lai h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina jademwah Jade Duffy 's Samantha "Samsi" Caddell and Rix.GG Lightning Rix.GG Lightning Inactive 's Daniela "Jupi" Gradl.
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #9 Turko Mehmet Özen AsLanM4shadoW Ali Osman Balta Brave Eren Kasırga QutionerX Doğukan Dural SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır said goodbye to Coach Mert "Mertenstein" Bengül.
• / FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder said goodbye to Enzo "Enzo" Mestari after two months on their bench.
• Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Europe Rank #13 Joliinaa Tina Agéli 6sonya Maria Istrate speedowka Weronika Dabrowska moved Laure "Xaline" Mateos to the bench as she explores her options.
• / CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #30 elllement Dragan Milanović azury Luca Sammer BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Shazeon Rene Cappel starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski benched Terence "SoOn" Tarlier and Theo "OniBy" Tarlier. The team has also released Leon "Leon" Roesberg.
• / Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Europe Rank #13 Joliinaa Tina Agéli 6sonya Maria Istrate speedowka Weronika Dabrowska have released all of their support staff including Coach Daniel "Yugami" Cama Hidalgo, Assistant Coach Alejandro "RAYZZ" Montaner Roig and Manager Nico "Myagus" Gonzalez-Beltran.
• / BIG BIG Inactive parted with their whole roster who had been inactive since late September.
• Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Europe Rank #83 snikk Sebastian Kamiński xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz announced the departure of their roster and coaching staff.
• TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec moved their roster and head coach move to the inactive position on the team as they have paused their Valorant operations.
• GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #11 starkk Gabriel Marques OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira k1zpawn Ian Rebelo kamo Kamil Frąckowiak RobbieBk Robbie Boerkamp released their roster.
• MIBR Female MIBR Female Brazil Rank #352 biazik Beatriz Begnossi Daniops Daniela Cristini drn Paola Caroline isa1 Isabele Glym nat1 Natalia Meneses moved their whole roster to the bench. All players are open to 2023 proposals.
• FAV gaming FAV gaming Japan Rank #4 LOB Lim Byung-gun (임병건) Minty Daiki Kato fukuken Phantom Hideaki Nakai bazz said goodbye to their Analyst/Coach "Retloff" .
• Inactive moved Shotaro "Zerost" Ikeda off of the roster as he moves to a streaming position for the team.
• X10 Esports X10 Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #65 Chrysania Ian Chin Yu Zhe Meltings Joshua Lim FANE Donovan Chia Haise Brandon Loh Xenoo have allowed their female team, X10 Sapphire X10 Sapphire Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong Babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul , to explore options for the 2023 season.
• Danial "RedKoh" Hakim announced his departure from Alter Ego Celeste Alter Ego Celeste Inactive Alluka Tiara Bonilla Pleno Eisberg July Kusuma enerii Odella Abraham Ayumiii Nurul Aini nabbsky Nabila Sulthana .
• CNJ esports CNJ esports Korea Rank #15 BENECIA Kim Jin-han (김진한) Wavy Jo Jun-hwan (조준환) AcMe Rain Seo Hong-seung (서홍승) Pay have signed AcMe to the team as a full-time member.
• NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #5 BlackWiz Kohei Mikami TenTen Derialy Daichi Doi Moothie Yoo Seung-Woo (유승우) announced the arrival of their new Coach Jeong "Jaemin" Jae-min (정재민).
• Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #7 Amaterasu Anuj Sharma hellff Sagnik Roy DEATHMAKER Debanjan Das Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar welcomed back Karan "Excali" Mhaswadkar.
• / NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #7 sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin A1mly Ameen Dibis cactuzio Youssef Ait Amghar chrollo Omar Hussein Mickebwoy Mikołaj Chojnacki parted ways with their Coach Mingiyan "Naint" Goldaev.

Results & Standings

• Canadian Esports Nationals 2022 winner: Laurier Golden Hawks Laurier Golden Hawks North America Rank #22 inconsistent KBK finchy anders soupee | runner-up: St. Clair Saints Varsity St. Clair Saints Varsity North America Rank #71 Sushi Endeavor sSef Youssef Daghache Gubb 4Tapping Emzuwu Emre Gocer Kyu
• RBCC 2022 - NA LCQ winner: o7 o7 Inactive ShimmyXD Ryan Shimizu Cain Nathan Lee nabil whitr Micheal Whitney MAR1 Marwan Jannat | runner-up: Stony Brook Red Stony Brook Red North America Rank #36 Ethan Kenji Ken Barredo Tim Timothy Braun Sable Huji
• Knights Monthly Gauntlet 2022: November winner: STEALING LUNCH MONEY STEALING LUNCH MONEY Inactive Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor Lear Dayton Akau zeldris Elijah Hawkins PureVNS Vincent Nguyen nillyaz Chase Linder | runner-up: Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports North America Rank #15 skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago pwny Joshua VanGorder randyySAVAGE Devon Bréard Verno Andrew Maust
• G-Loot VALORANT Clash - Grand Finals winner: Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #1 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Zyppan Pontus Eek SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek | runner-up: Parla Esports Parla Esports Europe Rank #10 Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent
• FEL Valorant Cup #5 winner: OnlyFins OnlyFins Inactive rEplan Ville Ijäs Feeqn Okko Pajari mwc Mark Salur Vuubit Roope Eilola | runner-up: FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #8 KPZET Victor Steensgaard purp0 Semyon Borchev Lime Jacob Foster JUGi Jakob Hansen YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes
• Red Bull Home Ground #3 main event teams: Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #4 Meddo Johan Renbjörk Lundborg stand-in Enzo Enzo Mestari stand-in Jamppi Elias Olkkonen nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Sayf Saif Jibraeel Redgar Igor Vlasov soulcas Dom Sulcas , Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #3 MOLSI Michał Łącki Destrian Tomas Linikas Twisten Karel Ašenbrener BONECOLD Santeri Sassi ceNder Jokūbas Labutis , FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #8 KPZET Victor Steensgaard purp0 Semyon Borchev Lime Jacob Foster JUGi Jakob Hansen YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes , 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #1 bang Sean Bezerra Cryocells Matthew Panganiban stellar Brenden McGrath Derrek Derrek Ha Asuna Peter Mazuryk , KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro xand Alexandre Zizi DaveeyS Santiago Galvis Ruiz axeddy Carlos Alberto , Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #2 Xeppaa Erick Bach leaf Nathan Orf yay Jaccob Whiteaker Zellsis Jordan Montemurro qpert Mateja Mijovic vanity Anthony Malaspina , Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #6 Mixwell Oscar Cañellas AvovA Auni Chahade zeek Aleksander Zygmunt Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius keloqz Cista Wassim , FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #5 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen AtaKaptan Ata Tan Muj Serhat Yüksel MOJJ Buğra Kiraz qRaxs Doğukan Balaban qw1 Konuralp Şahin
• VRL DACH: Evolution - Unity remaining teams: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Europe Rank #22 nico Nico Neumann eleo Leonard Kulish canefis James Barry Luc1d Kenny Gauthier Kühlmann Treelover Philipp Urban , Ovation eSports Ovation eSports Europe Rank #37 Matrixx Iljas Amagow DisisJohn John Gabrido Leosen Leonardo Hennrich Happen Alexander Dudenhöfer NKLS Jan Niklas Benn , Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz , DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #29 xazyy Alejandro Giudice caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx
• VRL France: Revolution - Coupe De France remaining teams: bonk bonk Europe Rank #17 chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk SEIDER Mathias Seider Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench juseu Elric Belland , Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #12 HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton kAdavra Thomas Johner AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard , HEET HEET Europe Rank #25 Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki
• Agents Series 2022 - Split 2 winner: DSYRE Elevate DSYRE Elevate Inactive wackie Rikardo Birjukov xazyy Alejandro Giudice caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci | runner-up: Axolotl Axolotl Europe Rank #133 ALLIN Ivan Yukin Tian Vadim Filkin Limp Alessandro Ferri Fancazista Samuele Lucariello demoN Ezio Frandina
• DreamHack Winter 2022 - BEACON Split 2 winner: Formulation Gaming Formulation Gaming Europe Rank #84 ZanderM Zander Møysal SemberN Emil Semb puggy Anton af Bjur nk4y Nikola Radushev | runner-up: Bjerkely FHS Bjerkely FHS Europe Rank #119
• Movistar Fibra: LATAM Gods teams: MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #5 jzz João Pedro heat Olavo Marcelo murizzz Murillo Tuchtenhagen RgLMeister Matheus Rodigoli frz Leandro Gomes , Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Brazil Rank #19 pollo Julio Silva liazzi Felipe Galiazzi krain Gustavo Melara pleets Marcelo Leite flainzz Felipe Saldanha , Optix Optix Latin America South Rank #4 badzw Lukas Rivera ganter D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing GioRuu Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz , Leviatán Leviatán Latin America South Rank #1 keznit Angelo Mori Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon kiNgg Francisco Aravena nzr Agustin Ibarra Mazino Roberto Rivas Shyy Fabian Usnayo
• Gwangju Esports Series Asia winner: 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) | runner-up: Talon Esports Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #2 Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj foxz Itthirit Ngamsaard Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut Patiphan Patiphan Chaiwong JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam garnetS Apiwat Apiraksukumal
• AfreecaTV Valorant SEA Invitational remaining teams: Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Asia-Pacific Rank #20 frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra m0rea Oliver Budi Wangge ZesBeeW Sha Mohtar NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra sayoo Willy Ivandra , Stream Raiders Nacague Stream Raiders Nacague Asia-Pacific Rank #26 gnaru Aaron Bonaobra PatMen Patrick Mendoza Myd Mathers Jhay Arfel Quilicot senyorcarL Carl Alexander Carandang ZYND Christian Lopez , Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Asia-Pacific Rank #5 Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong AloNeFillz Palapoom Thaikum kongared Nantapol Boonying b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol , BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Cud Thomas Alfiantino Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani severiNe Michael Winata Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma
• Mineski VxV 2022 remaining teams: South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique , Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #23 Draxii Jose Eduardo D. Jamir Nexi Nathaniel Cabero Georggyyy George Lachica xavi8k Xavier Juan Wild0reoo Bhreyanne Christ Reyes markyy Mark Anthony Tuling

Other News & Rumours

• According to a report by Bo Hoogland and twitter account "German cs leaks", cowana Gaming cowana Gaming Inactive CALVIN S Calvin Shendy STAVINCI Dimitrios Smoilis are set to be exiting Valorant. The reports detail that outstanding salaries and lack of profitability are the reasons for the departure.