OFF//SEASON events are coming to a close and Challengers Leagues are kicking off worldwide, but that did not stop the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from Dec. 11 - Dec. 17
- Last Week: News Almost Missed Dec. 10
Roster Changes
- Jimmy "Marved"
Nguyen, the final member of
OpTic Gaming
OpTic Gaming Inactive 's Valorant roster announced the expiry of his contract.
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Gen.G Black
Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz Kassandra Shire heist rose released their whole roster. Carlee "Carlee" Gress, Hannah "hannah" Reyes, Eden "edith" Bryce Cutlip, and Jackson "Jaxsen" Popelka are now all free agents.
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NRG Esports
NRG Esports North America Rank #8 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh crashies Austin Roberts Ethan Ethan Arnold Demon1 Max Mazanov welcomed two new members to their coaching staff in Benjamin "trainer" Bravo as assistant coach, and German "krueger" Yevseyev as analyst.
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Oxygen Esports
Oxygen Esports North America Rank #2 skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm dapr Michael Gulino announced the promotion of their academy team to their main roster. With the promotion came the signings of Mitch "mitch" Semago, Logan "skuba" Jenkins, Joshua "pwny" VanGorder, and Devon "randyySAVAGE" Bréard.
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Team Liquid Brazil
Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #14 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil released Ana "naxy" Beatriz after a year with the team.
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RED Canids
RED Canids Brazil Rank #7 Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo cortezia Gabriel Cortez v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves CTC Caio Torres gaabxx Gabriel Carli players terminated their contracts as the organization looks to exit Valorant just three weeks after announcing their arrival.
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Rix.GG
Rix.GG Inactive frei Aaron Frei DPS Harry MacGill hype Tautvydas Paldavicius weber Brandon Weber announced they have ceased all org operations. All active members on RIX.GG's lineups are now free agents.
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Movistar Riders
Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando announced the arrival of Nicolás "Nixerino" Canellas Colocho, Dmytro "dimaxx" Paliy, and Kacper "saiko" Kucharski.
- / Egor "chiwa"
Stepanyuk announced that he parted ways with
EXCEL
EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim .
- / Liam "q"
Hoek and Maxim "MaximN"
Nonglaire announced they have been moved to the bench on
Sector One
Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire .
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KOI
KOI Europe Rank #46 kamo Kamil Frąckowiak ShadoW Tobias Flodström grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko starxo Patryk Kopczynski sheydos Bogdan Naumov parted ways with Alberto "neptuNo" González.
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GMT Esports
GMT Esports Inactive N A I S Alessandro Montanari AFoxx Fábio Veigas welcomed Alessandro "N A I S" Montanari, Marco "HearthBeat" Soffia, and Taranvir "bipo" Singh ahead of VCL Italy's season.
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Surreal Esports
Surreal Esports Inactive Rosé Eren Erzan VenTT Emre Bozkurt vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Crewen Ali Eren Sargin welcomed Eren "Rosé" Erzan, Emre "VenTT" Bozkurt, "vittoria" , Arda "macRue" Yıldız, and Ali "Crewen" Eren Sargin from the Fire Flux Young
Fire Flux Young Inactive Crewen Ali Eren Sargin VenTT Emre Bozkurt vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Rosé Eren Erzan roster.
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Global Esports
Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #38 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Polvi Niko Polvinen Benkai Benedict Tan Russ Russel Mendes added two assistant coaches in Peter "Spin" Bradford and Morgan "BigTime" Jay.
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Enigma Gaming
Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh said goodbye to their roster.
- Fahad "Near"
Salem announced he benched himself from
YaLLa Esports
YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan .
- / DetonatioN Gaming merged with "Team GAMEWITH" and will now compete under the name
DetonatioN FocusMe
DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #6 Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) neth Yusuke Matsuda Meiy Ibuki Seki SSeeS Tomonori Okimura Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto .
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Nongshim RedForce
Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #5 Pkm Park Kang-min (박강민) Xross Jeonghwan (정환) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Cloy SID announced their entry to Valorant ahead of the T.E.N 2022 FPS Special.
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South Built Esports
South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique released their roster.
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NAOS
NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #3 JA John Timothy Arone PapiChulo Federico Evangelista Mojer Jerome Literal Emman Emmanuel Morales Nexi Nathaniel Cabero announced the arrival of Riley "Witz" Go, John "JA" Timothy Arone, Federico "PapiChulo" Evangelista, and Coach Derren "aimix" dela Cruz.
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FW Esports
FW Esports Inactive Geniuss jaycon notxd Thanachok Rattanapranee Marjes said goodbye to Teerapong "Teerapong" Wongsirisuponchai and Taned "Killua" Teerasawad.
- Chong "Fayde"
Hoc Wah parted with
Team Secret
Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #9 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2ge James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera as they search for a new coach.
Results & Standings
- Sakura Cup #10 winner:
BCR
BCR Inactive PowerPixele rise Melanie Tetreault Bob Bob Tran florescent Ava Eugene feigned | runner-up: Complexity GX3
Complexity GX3 Inactive clawdia Claudia Che Karra Aara Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil
- NSG Lockdown - Open 2 winner:
BASILISK
BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick | runner-up: SHIFT
SHIFT Inactive
- Red Bull Campus Clutch 2022 - World Final winner:
Northwood University
Northwood University North America Rank #5 dip Braden Dippel Dark3st benjii Benjamin Park Tyler Boat | runner-up: o7
o7 Inactive ShimmyXD Ryan Shimizu Cain Nathan Lee nabil whitr Micheal Whitney MAR1 Marwan Jannat
- Golden Goose #5 winner:
Dark Passage
Dark Passage Inactive sh1va Arda Özkaya deminatiX Akın Tak dRKY Onur Bora Genç baha Baha Gözmen MERZ Emre Aktaş | runner-up: Oxuji
Oxuji Europe Rank #37 Crack1ch Imp0ssible AnikoR Daniil Borodin n0t8u
- VRL France: Revolution - Coupe De France winner:
Mandatory
Mandatory Europe Rank #30 CyvOph Clement Millard SoOn Terence Tarlier HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard | runner-up: bonk
bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan
- VRL DACH: Evolution - Unity winner:
DSYRE
DSYRE Europe Rank #3 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki | runner-up: Ovation eSports
Ovation eSports Europe Rank #161 B3ASTM0D3 Ivan Patrik Ledić Luzuh Joseph Loose canefis James Barry Louitan Louis Beresford eleo Leonard Kulish
- Vietnam Gaming League remaining teams:
Fancy United Esports
Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #8 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Kishi Ngô Trường Huy Crus Lư Tiến Huy f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn twilight gin Phan Văn Gin , Team Big BAAM
Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Rank #76 Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy P1nA Nguyễn Nam Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống Louboutin Vizzz Hoàng Việt
- ESL Clash of Nations: SEA winner:
Made in Thailand
Made in Thailand Asia-Pacific Rank #4 Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Taned Teerasawad Kntz Krit Chaiprasit cgrs Patiphan Porsi seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen | runner-up: FULL SENSE
FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #2 JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee foxz Itthirit Ngamsaard Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj
- / ESL Clash of Nations: KR/JP winner:
OQ academy
OQ academy Inactive WIX Kim Doo-heon (김두헌) Jeong Hi Lee Jeong-ha (이정하) NakJi Kim Sang-hyeop (김상협) CoSa Kim Jin-hyeong (김진형) | runner-up: All Ways Incheon
All Ways Incheon Inactive Pooky Blueming Lee Ji-ho (이지호) Cloy Sk9Na Yoon Ji-woo (윤지우) Ash
- ESL Clash of Nations: OCE winner:
Generation of Miracles
Generation of Miracles Inactive Autumn Kale Dunne Trill Ashley Powell dizzyLife Kyran Crombie pl1xx Christopher Li Maple Elvin Sun | runner-up: BOBO
BOBO Oceania Rank #5 M1kE Michael Smith Exirst Crunchy Ethan Laker Nozz Noah McClafferty Zauqk
- LPL Valorant Overtime Cup winner:
Bonkers
Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert | runner-up: xyz
xyz Inactive lg1c Alucard maine
Other News & Rumours
- / According to a report by Dot Esports,
The Guard
The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch is set to add Ian "tex" Botsch and Josh "JoshRT" Lee to their 2023 roster. tex will fill the remaining spot on their starting five and JoshRT will take the mantle as head coach.
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M80
M80 North America Rank #3 zander Alexander Dituri NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio neT Michael Bernet BcJ Brendan Jensen is set to sign ex- Team BDS
Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb player Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer as their head coach.