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 #13 jakee Jake Anderson stellar Brenden McGrath penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever 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 #463 els 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 #210 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 #16 announced the addition of a new Analyst in Vladimir "vladk0r" Kornev, a transfer of Ufuk "SasuKe" Göktaş from Galakticos Galakticos Europe Rank #149 DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Bard0lf Emir Çinkılıç sterben Emre Demirci MOJJ Buğra Kiraz qw1 Konuralp Şahin 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 #3 dods Caue Fernandes 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 Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz welcomed their 2023 VCL Japan roster.
• BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #11 Lafura hidry Zan 9Lair Satwoshi kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida announced the first member of their 2023 roster in "Rico" .
• FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #4 JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj 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 #7 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2ge James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera 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 #10 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook
• 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 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 #33 Crack1ch Imp0ssible AnikoR Daniil Borodin 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 #121 mochi Sergio Cano Aqua Adriá Borgmann Razziss Timur Taisaev Skygi Joel Vives Akira Rui Barbosa | 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 #21 | runner-up: BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 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 #6
• FGC VALORANT Invitational 2022: Epilogue remaining teams: EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) , 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 #14 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt foxy Crus Lư Tiến Huy tok1o Nia twilight | runner-up: Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Rank #65 P1nA Nguyễn Nam nTK Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt BMV Bùi Minh Vũ Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống Somethai Trần Lê Huy Khiêm LilHieu Lưu Chí Hiếu invisible
• 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 #4 Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Kally Kim Dong-wook (김동욱) Banger An Hyung-gi (안형기) Cloy Kim Min-gyu (김민규) SID Kim Min-seung (김민승)
• World Cyber Games Rivals: Korea vs Japan - Pro winner: SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #9 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 #22 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Venka Venkatesh Sharma deecee Daivik Chauhan Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo hellff Sagnik Roy 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.