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 Gaming YFP Gaming North America Rank #27 snirot Edmon Ghanem syfi Samir Karimov HUYNH Danny Huynh 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 North America Rank #4 kxtieoh Zoe Zoe Servais edith Slandy Presley Anderson Vernina Vernina Gozum parted ways with Ava "florescent" Eugene and Head Coach Chris "Huijinyong" Yong. In their absence, Misfits welcomed ex- Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive edith Hannah Hannah Reyes Carlee Carlee Gress 's "edith" and promoted Gregory "Grego" McAllen to head coach.
• Angry Titans Oni Angry Titans Oni Europe Unranked Viv serenity F4INT Salty Blossom moved Lenam0n and jjeonda to their inactive roster as they explore options.
• / Wave Splash Wave Splash Europe Rank #19 Lil Chrizzkrieg Christina Kras Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig moved "SUPERPHROG123456" and Iva "iva" Peychinova to the bench.
• who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #67 Masked Mikkel Fuglsang Davud David Alexander Vig mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl AKIMB0 Benjamin Kronborg Radski Conrad Micheal Raduchowski 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 Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #15 Wo0t Mert Alkan yetujey Eray Budak dESTRUCTIVEE Hakan Lekesizer WerlasS Metin Ünal SasuKe Ufuk Göktaş announced the addition of a new Analyst in Vladimir "vladk0r" Kornev, a transfer of Ufuk "SasuKe" Göktaş from Galakticos Galakticos Europe Rank #39 musz3kk Cihan Göçer Lanky Ahmet Faruk Öcal stand-in sturNN Eren Oduncular Baransel Baransel Nasırcan glovee Burak Yıldırım , as well as the benching of Emre "JN3v1cEEE" Bekçe.
• Following their elimination in the VCL Turkey: Closed Qualifier, Dark Passage Dark Passage Inactive ruffian Emre Tutcalı JrayN Ferhat Yılmaz iXeonN Hakan Iyice logicman Ekrem Aydın have parted ways with their roster.
• / 00Nation 00Nation Brazil Unranked artzin Arthur Araujo shion Gabriel Vilela adverso Benjamín Poblete prince Lorran S. Ferreira b4rtin Bruno Câmara made their entrance into Valorant with a mix of top Brazilian and Latin American talent.
• / KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #8 kalita Keila Nava conir Constanza Reyes romi Romina Alvarez micaela Micaela Ferreyra shyz Luisa Minarelli said goodbye to Consuelo "consu" Rivas, "baesht" , and "autumn" .
• / FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #17 CLZ JoXJo Cho Byung-yeon (조병연) SyouTa Xdll Yuto Mizomori hiroronn Hiroki Yanai welcomed their 2023 VCL Japan roster.
• BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #11 Rico Ssun Kim Sun-rae (김선래) nura DenO DAVINCI announced the first member of their 2023 roster in "Rico" .
• 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 parted ways with Elamrahim "LAMMYSNAX" Khanpathan and Chanitpak "ChAlalala" 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 #6 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes lenne Lim You Xiang Lionel BORKUM Jim Timbreza JessieVash Jessie Cuyco DubsteP Jayvee Paguirigan Jremy Jeremy Cabrera welcomed a new Coach in Evan "Warbirds" Olzem.

Results & Standings

• Knights VALORANT Freezeout winner: Shopify Rebellion Shopify Rebellion North America Rank #3 v1c Victor Truong bdog Brandon Sanders dazzLe Will Loafman mada Adam Pampuch moose Kaleb Jayne | runner-up: TSM TSM North America Rank #6 gMd Anthony Guimond seven Johann Hernandez hazed James Cobb NaturE Nicholas Garrison corey Corey Nigra
• Game Changers Academy 2022 - December winner: Sanri-O's Sanri-O's Inactive FAIRY Claudia Gasienica torract happy SUPERKAT Tastyy | runner-up: rizzards rizzards North America Rank #41
• NSG Lockdown - Open 3 winner: where is fullerton where is fullerton Inactive Governor Peter No Harmful Mohammed Choudhary | runner-up: Kitten Shelter Kitten Shelter North America Rank #18 ROY Roy Ahad Cohburg
• PC Factory Master Play 2022 winner: Optix Optix Latin America South Rank #4 badzw Lukas Rivera ganter D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing GioRuu Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz | runner-up: Litmus Litmus Latin America South Unranked
• Grunex Challenge #2 winner: Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Europe Rank #38 Minny Patrik Hušek alexiiik Alex Hawlasek MaFiN Martin Vrána Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka benjyfishy Benjy David Fish | runner-up: HAZARDERS HAZARDERS Europe Unranked 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 zery traich Linus Glenn Glenn Kuitert | runner-up: BIONIC HANDS BIONIC HANDS Europe Rank #118
• St. Petersburg Governor's Cup Valorant - Superfinal winner: Oxuji Oxuji Europe Rank #22 m4xikk Maksim Zvalnev xenp1o JAMTER Quv3n rexxtoned | runner-up: VeselieVintovki VeselieVintovki Europe Rank #86 Ivan4ezz Ivan Mikhailov Anq Ilya Matyash dawn7 Ilya Povalyaev dips1 David Artenyan mandjos1k Alexandr Mandjos
• Circuito Tormenta: Gamergy 22 winner: Melilla Titans Melilla Titans Europe Rank #93 Morthe Raúl Luis Diaz ItsRubii Marc Sánchez Merce kayban Fábio Rocha Mind Alejandro Vacas ziborc Raúl González Ballano | runner-up: MIV Gaming MIV Gaming Europe Rank #94 Michel Michel del Castillo Faska José Antonio Tormo Borja Balanza Zcta Pablo Martinez Macharc Marc Lario
• Penta Pro Series winner: BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #4 sScary Nutchapon Matarat JayH Wong Jia Heng Deryeon Derrick Yee Juicy Tyler James Aeria crazyguy Ngô Công Anh | runner-up: 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
• 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 MENA Unranked
• VRL MENA Resilience Off-Season - Levant & North Africa winner: Frogless Frogless MENA Rank #6 Chwepes Mohamed Ali Bellamine N1suh mTz1 Mutaz Herbawi | runner-up: Geekay Esports Geekay Esports MENA Rank #3 Kheops Anis Mokrani Winteryrook Evgeniy Lenko Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby wayLander Jan Rahkonen Shehab Shehab Hany RockeT Ahmed Mohamed
• FGC VALORANT Invitational 2022: Epilogue remaining teams: EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 ZmjjKK Yongkang Zheng (郑永康) nobody Sen Xu Wang (王森旭) CHICHOO Shun Zhi Wan (万顺治) Smoggy Zhao Zheng (张钊) Haodong Hao Dong Guo (郭浩东) , FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE Inactive AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) OMEGA 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 #10 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt n1zzy Nguyễn Tấn Thành WUKONG Nguyễn Văn Thiện f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn gin Phan Văn Gin | runner-up: 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
• 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 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)
• World Cyber Games Rivals: Korea vs Japan - Pro winner: SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #6 Zennakukin TORANECO Jemkin Kr1stal Savva Fedorov Yoshiii | 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 Asia-Pacific Rank #17 tesseract Jon Michael Piga azys Azis Nandang RvK Rishi Vijayakumar Antidote Sabyasachi Bose rawfiul Akram Virani is set to sign the roster of Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #11 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.