The pre-VCT shuffles didn't stop this week. Here's some news you might have missed this week.

This week's edition covers January 7 through January 14.

• Read more: News Almost Missed January 7.

Roster Changes

• Ryze Gaming Ryze Gaming Latin America North Rank #11 ezznap Faber Murillo rowancy Constantino Grijalva announced their 2022 roster with Juan "BetrayerN" Pablo Nieves and "Feels" .
• Akave Esports Akave Esports Latin America North Rank #6 Clarenz William Blanco Sh0ckwave Omar Solis Imaginal pancho Gonnak Adrian Armando Arguello Ramos have announced their 2022 male and female roster.
• After making changes to its female team last week, Skull Cracker Skull Cracker Latin America North Rank #14 TwoPotz Matias Gutierrez Guga JDRelax Juan David Gonzalez Borrero BREKK Alejandro Henao Lopez MiniNiwde Lenin Mateo have finalized their male 2022 roster.
• FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank # Wyz Luis Hernandez Mited Luis Gutierrez xander Alexander Lopez Dcop Carlo Delsol Torrify Kolby Bruzzo announced their entry into Valorant.
• SA LCQ attendees E-Xolos LAZER E-Xolos LAZER Latin America North Rank #3 DaveeyS Santiago Galvis Ruiz jfoeN Jesus Taboada BandiCoot Michael Mancipe Feniz Thomas Molina Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez have welcomed a new squad.
• Wild esports Wild esports Inactive エスタロッサ# teo neto lucasvade Lucas Vade Castro rellow bicu announced a six-man roster heading into 2022.
• INGAMING Esports INGAMING Esports Inactive 's 2022 team has been announced.
• Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank # daiki Natalia Vilela nat1 Natalia Meneses naxy Ana Beatriz bstrdd Paula Naguill drn Paola Caroline have made their first foray into female Valorant, signing the old Gamelanders Purple Gamelanders Purple Brazil Rank #13 biazik Beatriz Begnossi antG Antônia Garcia isaa Isabeli Esser lissa Giulia Lissa Joojina Letícia Paiva squad.
• At the same time, Liberty Female Liberty Female Inactive sayuri Camila Obam mittens Diana Trevisan Mel Melissa Souza isa1 Isabele Glym hannabacon Yasmin Goetten have benched their female squad, with Letícia "let" Dias joining B4 Angels B4 Angels Brazil Rank #19 let Letícia Dias tayhuhu Taynah Yukimi Jelly Krysme jules Julia Dominguez .
• B4 Angels B4 Angels Brazil Rank #19 let Letícia Dias tayhuhu Taynah Yukimi Jelly Krysme jules Julia Dominguez have picked up Galaxy Carrots Galaxy Carrots Brazil Rank #8 zakkv Vinicius Gonçales Tisora Kauã Estefanini Evilkyk Kayke Arrais DMT Vinicius Siebert Cryy Joao Vitor Ferreira .
• Los Grandes Los Grandes Brazil Rank # gustt1nha prince CTC Caio Torres pleets Marcelo Leite RND announced a roster containing Caio "CTC" Torres.
• Team Queso Team Queso Europe Rank #43 UNFAKE Bartosz Bernacki k1zpawn Ian Rebelo tsack Konstantinos Theodoropoulos xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Katu have dropped their Polish roster and signed an international European team.
• DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #0 MAGiK Calvin Spaaij Maru Marc Samuel Begley SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Davidp David Prins murii Murat Korkmaz have moved away from an Italian team and have also signed an international squad.
• FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank # JUGi Jakob Hansen bucher Maximilian Bucher iluri Ilari Puranen YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes vong Vong Nguyen have welcomed naughty evil owls naughty evil owls Inactive Kuba Jakub Dogan bucher Maximilian Bucher , a squad starring Jakub "Kuba" Dogan and Lewis "YaBoiLewis" Hughes.
• Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Europe Rank # GatsH Guillaume Kalka vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov lyNxi Felix Björklund jannyXD João Daniel kamyk Maks Rychlewski have made their 2022 roster official with ex-Team BDS member Guillaume "GatsH" Kalka and Ilya "vo0kashu" Ushakov
• With ex-Giants member Štěpán "Ambi" Beránek, Case locked in their 2022 roster.
• TENSTAR released their academy TENSTAR Titan TENSTAR Titan Europe Rank # Guesty Keodo CraZe roX Joel Donaldson Stokesy and TENSTAR Vulcan TENSTAR Vulcan Inactive canefis James Barry Emzuwu Emre Gocer DaNi Danilo Anastassiou egopeek Tom Jones sw1ze Diogo Sousa rosters.
• Into The Breach Into The Breach Europe Rank # unrivaled Francisco Barata daki Azzii Aaryan Bhagwakar Nyze Yannick Baltes JunJun have entered Valorant by signing TENSTAR's academy Titan roster.
• The Goose House The Goose House Europe Rank #153 sw1ze Diogo Sousa Emzuwu Emre Gocer DaNi Danilo Anastassiou egopeek Tom Jones canefis James Barry have an all-new 2022 roster, signing TENSTAR's other academy roster, Vulcan.
• After several months without an organization to represent, unsigned unsigned Inactive m1sfit Geoff Woodward Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki have been picked up by HEET HEET Europe Rank #27 Kinguyen Nguyen Thach Monstrum Jake Byrne Remoy Emil Schlichter waddle Wadir Taraki ec1s Adam Eccles .
• Mkers Mkers Europe Rank # forgetw0w Ibragim Dalsaev wackie Rikardo Birjukov mass3R Umberto Artuso N A I S Alessandro Montanari caydeN Yari Olmi acquired CyberGround Gaming CyberGround Gaming Europe Rank #62 sapph Davide Colonna Byron Stylahhhhh Christian Forte SharaZee dere Matteo Bergamin 's roster for the coming year.
• CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #51 BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Leon Leon Roesberg starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski blitzeN Anthony Boquillard SoOn Terence Tarlier announced their 2022 roster, containing Terence "SoOn" Tarlier, former Boston Uprising member in the Overwatch League.
• Anonymo Mentos Anonymo Mentos Europe Rank #93 vilczek NOKOCU Michał Michałów Kamisseq Kamil Lepper nyczu Szymon Kulik kvmilhvh welcomed four new members to join Sebastian "snikk" Kamiński.
• Angry Titans Angry Titans Europe Rank #76 Epzz Andreas Vallvingskog AFoxx Fábio Veigas HearthBeat Marco Soffia Lime Jacob Foster bipo Taranvir Singh have signed Armin "litshii" Pervan to replace Alexandre "Phatt" Silva, who left the team last week.
• Digital Athletics Digital Athletics Inactive beyAz Beyazit Körpe ngiN Engin Kor MAJ3R Engin Kupeli Paz Ahmet Karahoca cacan Mert Çaçan revealed their 2022 roster, containing former CS:GO players Ahmet "Paz" Karahoca, Engin "ngiN" Kor, and Engin "MAJ3R" Kupeli.
• Mustafa "MACHINERIS" Sürer has returned from retirement to join Zero Zone Zero Zone Inactive ThePrimerio Doğukan Meriç Karduz Nirenu YANKAS .
• Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #137 Mykoz Mert Demirci Burzzy Burak Özveren Elite Efe Teber jonx sian Mustafa Tabakoglu SoyeR Burak Soyer Theia Yusuf Kahraman opted not to renew their contracts with Ahmet "cino" Furkan and "skyress" .
• Kafalar eSports Kafalar eSports Inactive ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz Wizard Artu Köroğlu fred Barış Özdemir mAz Duhan Ovalı HEPSEV Hasan Yağızhan Hepsev have made their 2022 roster definite.
• TSM X TSM X North America Rank #0 LeahPanda Leah Nemchin-Cossman cath Catherine Leroux athxna Mirna Noureldin mleqt Emily Peters dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo have welcomed coach Danial "RedKoh" Hakim.
• Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #36 2ge James Goopio kellyS Kelly Sedillo Flash Vince Medado Rabbet Francis Danison Buñag Draxii Jed Jamir Nexi Nathaniel Cabero have announced a Filipino 2022 roster.
• A new roster has signed with GoNGo Prince GoNGo Prince Korea Rank #0 Gunny Song Keon (송건) Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) Eliza Kang Hee-won (강희원) Lawrence Yoon Hyun (윤현) for 2022.

Results

• TSM Academy TSM Academy North America Rank #20 Harmful Mohammed Choudhary payen Nathaniel Lopez ZK Timothy Ly venture Anthony Ziade dominated the NSG Winter Championship: Open 13 while only dropping a map in the entire tournament.
• Rebanho Rebanho Inactive giacomiN Maria Eduarda Giacomin Bia Beatriz Terra Dani Daniela Cristini isafx Isadora Freitas Bizerra Vitoria Vieira lifted PLAYER1 SERIES: Hera's trophy in an undisputed run.
• Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #2 Depyro Nour Sherif Shniider Yousef Osama SkaNoodles Yousef Mohamed Sand Mark Emad Avez Hazem Khaled phaze Karim Fouad zyad Zyad Mohamed took a comfortable win in the Odyssey Warpros Volume #6, going undefeated across their three matches.
• The first group stage matches of TEC Gauntlet - Season 4 have been played. Team Exploit Team Exploit Inactive and God Particles God Particles Inactive Logistaa Arnav Jit Kalra Scargod Divyansh Jain WhiteHorse Shane Kariwow Ember Garvit Nehra KnightRider Abhay Mulchandani sh1vy Shivam Ajmani currently lead Group A and Group B, respectively.
• UBT Esports UBT Esports Asia-Pacific Rank # mo3f Dương Phúc Hiếu n1zzy Nguyễn Tấn Thành Real8 Vũ Ngọc Đức Hiếu Ko0 Nguyễn Công Minh duc7 Hoàng Trung Đức Rambut4n Phạm Xuân Giang took victory in the Road to VCT 2022, earning themselves a spot in Challengers: Vietnam.
• BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #15 frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra blaZek1ng Gary Dastin fl1pzjder Saibani Rahmad BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma tehbotoL David Monangin have reached the grand finals of the SEA Esports Championship 2021 after going through Bren Esports Bren Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #0 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef BraiNfreeZe Zachary Bajarias EJAY Eroll Jule Delfin Symbol Boggs Ramos xavi8k Xavier Juan , ONIC G ONIC G Asia-Pacific Rank #11 Monyet Cahya Nugraha Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo severiNe Michael Winata Lmemore Hagai Kristen Yesyurun NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra , and shiba n the homies shiba n the homies Inactive joshh Joshua Leow shiba Zhan Teng Toh Kairo JdFaker Joshua Fok bryce Bryce Lee .
• The AXE Genesis Valorant Tournament has boiled down to just three teams: Action PH Action PH Asia-Pacific Rank #49 Aryu Philip Vergara Emman Emmanuel Morales Georggyyy George Lachica ABATMAN Franc Lenard Meija theDoctorr Mathanraj Munisparan , who are in the grand final, Alpha Esports Pro Alpha Esports Pro Asia-Pacific Rank #65 GianSanity gin Phan Văn Gin Ching Enrico Perez AreyouRyu ChrisM , and SV Empire SV Empire Asia-Pacific Rank #45 ralphiwnl nottm1 Blix Lostboy Ihgran Aji Brandel Ortiz .

Matches to watch

• The opening qualifier of the Knights VALORAMPAGE, the first Riot-supported tournament to feature agent bans, will conclude this coming week.
• The opening round of the Valorant MA-SERIES is scheduled for January 15 through 17.
• After a break due to weather-related issues, the Intel Rivals Series playoffs have been scheduled for the following days.
• Alpha Esports Pro Alpha Esports Pro Asia-Pacific Rank #65 GianSanity gin Phan Văn Gin Ching Enrico Perez AreyouRyu ChrisM and SV Empire SV Empire Asia-Pacific Rank #45 ralphiwnl nottm1 Blix Lostboy Ihgran Aji Brandel Ortiz will duke it out in the lower bracket final of the AXE Genesis Valorant Tournament to decide who will face Action PH Action PH Asia-Pacific Rank #49 Aryu Philip Vergara Emman Emmanuel Morales Georggyyy George Lachica ABATMAN Franc Lenard Meija theDoctorr Mathanraj Munisparan in the grand final of the tournament.
• BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #15 frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra blaZek1ng Gary Dastin fl1pzjder Saibani Rahmad BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma tehbotoL David Monangin will play Sharper Esport Sharper Esport Asia-Pacific Rank #21 niffy Patcharapon Junman Acetics Teerapat Jinyong b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul newgen Thanadol Kitautcharanukul Changee Nong Chang , ONIC G ONIC G Asia-Pacific Rank #11 Monyet Cahya Nugraha Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo severiNe Michael Winata Lmemore Hagai Kristen Yesyurun NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra or shiba n the homies shiba n the homies Inactive joshh Joshua Leow shiba Zhan Teng Toh Kairo JdFaker Joshua Fok bryce Bryce Lee in the grand final of the SEA Esports Championship 2021.

Other news

• Serenity Serenity Inactive Turnup Joseph Sicre Joseph Joseph Rivera scourge Tanner Kages Showtime Antonio Angotti Eazy Ryan Matthews is bringing a LAN to Toronto, Ontario, in the beginning of April.
• Virtus.pro are eyeing FishkaVTom FishkaVTom Europe Rank #0 dips1 David Artenyan Gray Denis Daniljuk Sp1ke Stanislav Koshel retauZ Ivan Grankov MonOkson Eugene Nosko as a potential team to join the Valorant scene with, according to a report by Jakub "frs" Czapran of Dexerto.