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.
• Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive edith Hannah Hannah Reyes Carlee Carlee Gress released their whole roster. Carlee "Carlee" Gress, Hannah "Hannah" Reyes, "edith" , and Jackson "Jaxsen" Popelka are now all free agents.
• / 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 welcomed two new members to their coaching staff in Benjamin "trainer" Bravo as assistant coach, and German "krueger" Yevseyev as analyst.
• Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports North America Rank #15 skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago pwny Joshua VanGorder randyySAVAGE Devon Bréard Verno Andrew Maust 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.
• Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #45 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.
• RED Canids RED Canids Brazil Rank #12 CTC Caio Torres gaabxx Gabriel Carli gtn Gustavo Moura Leozin Leonardo Quindeler RND Ronaldo Kanashiro players terminated their contracts as the organization looks to exit Valorant just three weeks after announcing their arrival.
• 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.
• Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Europe Rank #235 Navarrete Andreu Navarro Blasco Vinice Adinseg Rodríguez Suárez Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho dimaxx Dmytro Paliy saiko Kacper Kucharski announced the arrival of Nicolás "Nixerino" Canellas Colocho, Dmytro "dimaxx" Paliy, and Kacper "saiko" Kucharski.
• / Egor "chiwawa" Stepanyuk announced that he parted ways with EXCEL EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski FoxieGG 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 poegi Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash Pieter-Jan De Decker MaximN Maxim Nonglaire .
• KOI KOI Europe Rank #23 starxo Patryk Kopczynski koldamenta Jose Luis Aranguren sheydos Bogdan Naumov trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Wolfen Berkant Joshkun parted ways with Alberto "neptuNo" González.
• / GMT Esports GMT Esports Europe Rank #130 bipo Taranvir Singh HearthBeat Marco Soffia N A I S Alessandro Montanari AFoxx Fábio Veigas marteen Martin Pátek welcomed Alessandro "N A I S" Montanari, Marco "HearthBeat" Soffia, and Taranvir "bipo" Singh ahead of VCL Italy's season.
• Surreal Esports Surreal Esports Europe Rank #166 Rosé Eren Erzan VenTT vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Crewen Ali Eren Sargin welcomed Eren "Rosé" Erzan, "VenTT" , "vittoria" , Arda "macRue" Yıldız, and Ali "Crewen" Eren Sargin from the Fire Flux Young Fire Flux Young Inactive Crewen Ali Eren Sargin VenTT vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Rosé Eren Erzan roster.
• / Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #8 Bazzi Park Jun-ki (박준기) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar WRONSKI Michael Wronski Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Monyet Cahya Nugraha AYRIN Jordan He added two assistant coaches in Peter "Spin" Bradford and Morgan "BigTime" Jay.
• / Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #11 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 #18 Reita Oshiro Ryu xnfri Tomoki Mariya Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto Seoldam Park Sang-min (박상민) takej Takemori Shogo Suggest Seo Jae-young (서재영) .
• Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Unranked Jeong Hi Lee Jeong-ha (이정하) Moves Park Jun-seo (박준서) Cloudy Gu Min-jae (구민재) pr0xy Lee Do-kyeong (이도경) margaret Kim Ji-woo (김지우) announced their entry to Valorant ahead of the T.E.N 2022 FPS Special.
• South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique released their roster.
• NAOS Esports NAOS Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #18 NDG Noel De Guia Mojer Jerome Literal JA John Timothy Arone Witz Riley Go PapiChulo Frederico Evangelista announced the arrival of Riley "Witz" Go, John "JA" Timothy Arone, Frederico "PapiChulo" Evangelista, and Coach Derren "aimix" dela Cruz.
• FW Esports FW Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #27 Geniuss jazper notxd Thanachok Rattanapranee xcool Nuttadet Wijit primmie Marjes said goodbye to Teerapong "Teerapong" Wongsirisuponchai and Taned "Killua" Teerasawad.
• Chong "Fayde" Hoc Wah parted with Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #6 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes lenne Lim You Xiang Lionel BORKUM Jim Timbreza JessieVash Jessie Cuyco DubsteP Jayvee Paguirigan 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 North America Unranked clawdia Claudia Che Karra Katherine 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 North America Rank #20
• Red Bull Campus Clutch 2022 - World Final winner: Northwood University Northwood University North America Rank #1 dip Braden Dippel Dark3st Ali benjii Benjamin Park furbsa Hunter Mcmillan | 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 ruffian Emre Tutcalı JrayN Ferhat Yılmaz iXeonN Hakan Iyice logicman Ekrem Aydın | runner-up: Oxuji Oxuji Europe Rank #21 m4xikk Maksim Zvalnev xenp1o JAMTER Quv3n rexxtoned
• VRL France: Revolution - Coupe De France winner: Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #12 HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton kAdavra Thomas Johner AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard | runner-up: bonk bonk Europe Rank #17 chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk SEIDER Mathias Seider Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench juseu Elric Belland
• VRL DACH: Evolution - Unity winner: DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #29 xazyy Alejandro Giudice caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx | runner-up: Ovation eSports Ovation eSports Europe Rank #37 Matrixx Iljas Amagow DisisJohn John Gabrido Leosen Leonardo Hennrich Happen Alexander Dudenhöfer NKLS Jan Niklas Benn
• Vietnam Gaming League remaining teams: Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt n1zzy Nguyễn Tấn Thành WUKONG Nguyễn Văn Thiện f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn gin Phan Văn Gin , Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Rank #33 Ko0 Nguyễn Công Minh Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống BMV Bùi Minh Vũ Layla Hoàng Đức Hùng P1nA2k4 Nguyễn Nam d0rf Phạm Huỳnh Toàn Quốc
• ESL Clash of Nations: SEA winner: 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 | runner-up: FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #9 JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain Apinya Apinya Laotaew THEE Thanaphat Limpaphan Teerapong Teerapong Wongsirisuponchai Fluky Phakphon Sukhonchasiri Killua Taned Teerasawad
• / 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 Chris Li Maple Elvin Sun | runner-up: BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #1 Nozz Noah McClafferty DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Crunchy Ethan Laker pl1xx Chris Li
• LPL Valorant Overtime Cup winner: Bonkers Bonkers Inactive SWERL Ali Kobraee punda Lachlan Bamford Ciko Ben Easterbrook Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith | runner-up: xyz xyz Oceania Rank #8 lg1c songry ezk wukong Alucard phi blobblob

Other News & Rumours

• / According to a report by Dot Esports, The Guard The Guard North America Rank #4 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.
• / According to a report by Max Katz, M80 M80 North America Unranked zander Alexander Dituri eeiu Daniel Vucenovic NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio is set to sign ex- Team BDS Team BDS Europe Rank #87 bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb juseu Elric Belland player Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer as their head coach.