The holidays are here and Valorant Challengers Leagues keep moving, 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 in Valorant news.

This week's edition covers news from Dec. 18 - Dec. 24

• Last Week: News Almost Missed Dec. 17

Roster Changes

• / YFP YFP North America Rank #13 jakee Jake Anderson bdog Brandon Sanders stellar Brenden McGrath thief Brady Dever welcomed Edmon "snirot" Ghanem, Mike "pho" Panza to their roster. The move also brought a new coach in "Coach Joe" .
• Version1 Version1 Inactive announced the release of Loic "effys" Sauvageau, marking the departure of the team's final member.
• Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson parted ways with Ava "florescent" Eugene and Head Coach Chris "chrisyong" Yong. In their absence, Misfits welcomed ex- Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz Kassandra Shire heist rose 's Eden "edith" Bryce Cutlip and promoted Gregory "Grego" McAllen to head coach.
• Angry Titans Iris Angry Titans Iris Europe Rank #455 mAri Sumi moved Lenam0n and jjeonda to their inactive roster as they explore options.
• / Wave Splash Wave Splash Inactive Chrissy Christina Kras moved Isabelle "SUPERPHROG" Skarsten and Iva "iva" Peychinova to the bench.
• who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #235 fexayy Klusia Jonas Colkær Thomsen Nille Nichlas Busk sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen promoted Simon "Falkun" Jakobsen to assistant coach as well as "Andreas" to head coach.
• Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz said goodbye to Daniel "Saiz" Ruiz, Coach Alessandro "Tenebra" Marenzi, and Manager Moritz "VetrezZ" Reiter. The team also benched Head Coach Christopher "crovex" Mück.
• / Fire Flux Vatangame Fire Flux Vatangame Europe Rank #137 OXMANN Aytekin Çakır JN3v1cE Emre Bekçe musz3kk Cihan Göçer Docent Kadri Vatandaş influx Kaan Taşkın announced the addition of a new Analyst in Vladimir "vladk0r" Kornev, a transfer of Ufuk "SasuKe" Göktaş from Galakticos Galakticos Europe Rank #228 Rensz Lusadris Emre Dağdevir sterben Emre Demirci glovee Burak Yıldırım , as well as the benching of Emre "JN3v1cE" Bekçe.
• Following their elimination in the VCL Turkey: Closed Qualifier, Dark Passage Dark Passage Inactive sh1va Arda Özkaya deminatiX Akın Tak dRKY Onur Bora Genç baha Baha Gözmen MERZ Emre Aktaş have parted ways with their roster.
• / 00Nation 00Nation Inactive artzin Arthur Araujo shion Gabriel Vilela b4rtin Bruno Câmara xand Alexandre Zizi bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa made their entrance into Valorant with a mix of top Brazilian and Latin American talent.
• / KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #4 mmonch dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi said goodbye to Consuelo "consu" Rivas, "bae" , and "autumn" .
• / FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #2 GON Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz welcomed their 2023 VCL Japan roster.
• BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #13 keisu Lafura Zan e9Lair kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida announced the first member of their 2023 roster in "Rico" .
• FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #2 Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen Apinya Apinya Laotaew Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew parted ways with Elamrahim "LAMMYSNAX" Khanpathan and Chanitpak "SantaGolf" Suwanaprateep.
• Sarindhorn "JinNy" Wanothayarnchai announced the teams official departure from X10 Sapphire X10 Sapphire Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul .
• / Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #17 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes n1zzy Nguyễn Tấn Thành stand-in ZesBeeW Sha Mohtar stand-in kellyS Kelly Sedillo stand-in Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes welcomed a new Coach in Evan "Warbirds" Olzem.

Results & Standings

• Knights VALORANT Freezeout winner: Shopify Rebellion Black Shopify Rebellion Black North America Rank #19 Pa1nt Amarri Peak BcJ Brendan Jensen Spaz Adam Laamoumi Paincakes Jake Hass monSi Ludovic Lefebvre | runner-up: TSM TSM North America Rank #11 Recoil Awab Hussain seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora Jordan Pulwer sym Tyler Porter
• Game Changers Academy 2022 - December winner: Sanri-O's Sanri-O's Inactive kaii Hannah Dinh | runner-up: rizzards rizzards Inactive
• NSG Lockdown - Open 3 winner: where is fullerton where is fullerton Inactive Governor Peter No Harmful Mohammed C. | runner-up: Kitten Shelter Kitten Shelter Inactive ROY Roy Ahad Cohburg
• PC Factory Master Play 2022 winner: Optix Optix Inactive ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso Fross Fernando Gallagher D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing gio Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz | runner-up: Litmus Litmus Inactive
• Grunex Challenge #2 winner: Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Europe Rank #4 jas Jasiek Nieliwodzki Kiles Vlad Shvets zeek Aleksander Zygmunt starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski doma Domagoj Fancev | runner-up: HAZARDERS HAZARDERS Inactive kolesk0 Michael Kolesár Fejkix Denis Bodnár pesi Samuel Legát Hazard Dominik Farkaš Danda Daniel Petr
• Project V: XMG Neo Cup #2 winner: Wave Esports Academy Wave Esports Academy Inactive ara Hanceriuc Eduard-George zery traich Linus Glenn Glenn Kuitert | runner-up: BIONIC HANDS BIONIC HANDS Inactive
• St. Petersburg Governor's Cup Valorant - Superfinal winner: Oxuji Oxuji Europe Rank #30 | runner-up: VeselieVintovki VeselieVintovki Inactive Ivan4ezz Ivan Mikhailov Anq Ilya Matyash dips1 David Artenyan mandjos1k Alexandr Mandjos
• Circuito Tormenta: Gamergy 22 winner: Melilla Titans Melilla Titans Europe Rank #183 Chechuu Jesús Díaz varuxx Alvaro Fierro Akira Rui Barbosa UNCAGED Adrian Mincan Ximy Miguel Boixeda | runner-up: MIV Gaming MIV Gaming Inactive Mark Marc Parra Núñez Faska José Antonio Tormo Borja Balanza Nunu Aitor Argüelles rubii Marc Sánchez Merce
• Penta Pro Series winner: BLEED BLEED Inactive | runner-up: BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #4 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma
• VRL MENA Resilience Off-Season - GCC & IRAQ winner: YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan | runner-up: Diwan Diwan Inactive
• VRL MENA Resilience Off-Season - Levant & North Africa winner: Frogless Frogless MENA Rank #14 SpawNy Reda Oulahyane Nisuh mTz1 Mutaz Herbawi | runner-up: Geekay Esports Geekay Esports MENA Rank #8
• FGC VALORANT Invitational 2022: Epilogue remaining teams: EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #2 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Jieni7 Zhang Juntai (张君泰) , FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE Inactive AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) suyjing Wang Sicheng (王斯澄) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) YuChEn He Cai (何财) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊)
• Vietnam Gaming League winner: Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 Mihlog Tô Minh Long YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt 16Ch0ps Nguyễn Đức Trí Tín Crus Lư Tiến Huy Hyuse twilight | runner-up: Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Rank #35 Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống nTK Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt Somethai Trần Lê Huy Khiêm P1nA Nguyễn Nam Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy
• T.E.N 2022 FPS SPECIAL winner: DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) | runner-up: Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #3 Persia Yang Zi-on (양지온) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) margaret Kim Ji-woo (김지우) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현)
• World Cyber Games Rivals: Korea vs Japan - Pro winner: SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #10 | runner-up: DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철)

Other News & Rumours

• / According to a report by Seulgi, Orangutan Orangutan Inactive Makaveli Nikhil Chettri RvK Rishi Vijayakumar deecee Daivik Chauhan Hoax Aman Yadav is set to sign the roster of Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh as well as Azis "azys" Nandang from South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique . azys will take Karan "Excali" Mhaswadkar's place on the team.