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 #22 penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever bones Ethan Le Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor fiziq Lucas Blow 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 #461 els mirai mAri Sumi ellie moved Lenam0n and jjeonda to their inactive roster as they explore options.
• / Wave Splash Wave Splash Inactive Chrissy Christina Kras moved "SUPERPHROG" and Iva "iva" Peychinova to the bench.
• who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #187 fexayy mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl 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 Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #10 sociablEE Volkan Yonal qw1 Konuralp Şahin Ruxic Uğur Güç Turko Mehmet Özen w0zzip Zafer Gungor announced the addition of a new Analyst in Vladimir "vladk0r" Kornev, a transfer of Ufuk "SasuKe" Göktaş from Galakticos Galakticos Europe Rank #41 DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz lurzy0y0 Ibrahim Sandıkcı Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım 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 dods conir Constanza Reyes romily Romina Alvarez micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi said goodbye to Consuelo "consu" Rivas, "bae" , and "autumn" .
• / FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #1 GON CLZ RIA SyouTa Xdll Yuto Mizomori Derialy Daichi Doi welcomed their 2023 VCL Japan roster.
• BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #14 SID Lafura taru MerRy Has1ra14 Lim Hyuk (임혁) announced the first member of their 2023 roster in "Rico" .
• FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #2 JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee foxz Itthirit Ngamsaard Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj 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 #11 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes BORKUM Jim Timbreza JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Jremy Jeremy Cabrera NDG Noel De Guia welcomed a new Coach in Evan "Warbirds" Olzem.

Results & Standings

• Knights VALORANT Freezeout winner: Shopify Rebellion Shopify Rebellion Inactive v1c Victor Truong mada Adam Pampuch | runner-up: TSM TSM North America Rank #12 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter POISED Kevin Ngo aproto Alex Protopapas
• 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 Choudhary | 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 Inactive LUKYYY Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka SH0UTyy Michal Glacner Hasaa Radim Haša Enrik Michal Vejvoda patagod Patrik Bojkovský | 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 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 #29 Crack1ch Imp0ssible AnikoR n0t8u | 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 #163 Blastinho Miquel llombart rubii Marc Sánchez Merce ziborc Raúl González Ballano Vity Víctor Gil Provedo JoYe Joel Santiño Martinez | 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 Asia-Pacific Rank #7 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) Retla Jorell Teo Deryeon Derrick Yee yay Jaccob Whiteaker | runner-up: BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #4 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 #1 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) Muggle Tang Shijun (唐时俊) CHICHOO Wan Shunji (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东) , 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 #8 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Kishi Ngô Trường Huy Crus Lư Tiến Huy f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn gin Phan Văn Gin | runner-up: Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Inactive Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống BMV Bùi Minh Vũ alyaL Hoàng Đức Hùng P1nA Nguyễn Nam d0rf Phạm Huỳnh Toàn Quốc ViV Hoàng Việt
• 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 #6 Pkm Park Kang-min (박강민) Rap1d Foxar Kim Sang-jin (김상진) Rico Han Jun-seo (한준서) Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Yohan Bae Yo-han (배요한) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문)
• World Cyber Games Rivals: Korea vs Japan - Pro winner: SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #18 MrTenzouEz Lumo Maxim Demianovskikh Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami | 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 #100 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Ri0 Atharv Ahire tryst Jit Choudhury trinxty Naqshab Khan DcRulz Daivik Chauhan saun Saunskar Sane 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.