The world may have its eyes on Champions competition, 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.

• Read more: News Almost Missed December 3

Roster Changes

• Jake "Paincakes" Hass has joined Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo as their fifth player, confirming an earlier report on the move.
• CLG Red CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo have announced Josh "shinobi" Abastado as the team's new head coach. He will be replacing Johnny "boms" Boms, who has been with the team since June.
• Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #21 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le manager Andrew "Rudeclaw" Jespersen has departed the organization.
• The roster of Cloud9 Academy Cloud9 Academy Inactive geeza Tanner McGhee nillyaz Chase Linder has been finalized. The members include Michael "poiz" Possis, Mike "instinct" McGinniss, Conner "GLYPH" Garcia, Austin "renz" Dickman, and Erdenetsogt "erkaSt" Gantulga.
• Rachel "rachell" Kujawa has joined TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise as their fifth player.
• / EXCEL EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim streamer Kevin "Noizeeh" Jaskiewicz has become the team's new manager.
• / Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki and Maks "kamyk" Rychlewski have officially been released from Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando .
• / In light of the team's rebuild coming in 2022, Štěpán "Ambi" Beránek has revealed that he has been allowed to explore options outside of Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin .
• / Maria "6sonya" Istrate has been benched from Rix.GG Lightning Rix.GG Lightning Inactive .
• / Lukas "yb" Gröning has become the new coach of Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh .
• / Lada "h6tedthemost" Kozhemyakina has joined ChatBanned ChatBanned Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos Pinkalie Julie Lim Danah Dana Al-Madhoun h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina jademwah Jade Duffy as their fifth member.
• / Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos and Anastasia "Glance" Anisimova have parted ways.
• Inactive have disbanded their Valorant roster. The team will remain together and play under the team name 5MOKES 5MOKES Inactive sickrey Nikolay Novozhilov SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel sharyk Normund Faterins xenon Vladimir Lobov Winteryrook Evgeniy Lenko .
• İbrahim "mag0o" Temizel has departed from FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban and joined Inactive .
• Caio "CTC" Torres has revealed that his temporary contract with Gamelanders Blue Gamelanders Blue Inactive has expired and is now seeking new offers.

Results

• Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo defeated SoaR SoaR Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor fiziq Lucas Blow v1c Victor Truong Trill Ashley Powell in the grand finals of the NSG Winter Championship Open 8 2-0. Akrew now sit at the top of the NSG Winter Championship standings with 3470 points.
• Frag Ya Bag Frag Ya Bag Inactive reverse swept Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #21 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le in the grand final of the VCS Midwest Showdown to take first place in the event.
• In the Esportz Premier Series playoffs, Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #18 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef tesseract Jon Michael Piga Yukxx Yukee Lampa choosie Matthew Lorenzo Te Dignified defeated Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh in the grand finals to finish first place in the tournament.

Matches to Watch

• The LPL Spring Cup Legends 2021 is set to conclude soon. Only Crima's Disciples Crima's Disciples Inactive Marsh William Marshall Pocket Joshua Haworth MaiShiu Matthew Wu Myth Matthew Tarnawskyj Klockzy Lachlan Burke and Legacy Esports Legacy Esports Inactive are left to battle it out in the grand final of a nearly three-month long competition.
• One match remains in the third season of The Esports Club Gauntlet. Velocity Gaming and Team XO Team XO Inactive will have an upper bracket finals rematch in the grand final to determine who will take first place in the event.

Other News

• Knights Knights Inactive in-game leader Ashton "Frosty" Rakoske has been accused of assault by Twitch streamer lumafps. Shortly after the allegations surfaced, Knights announced that there would be a third party investigation into the matter. Both Frosty and lumafps have made further comments on the matter since the investigation was announced.
• Multiple members of Team Vikings Team Vikings Inactive Veroneze Vinícius Ribeiro Ds Daniel Silva swag João Neto pollo Julio Silva are exploring offers with other teams going into 2022. Team Vikings have stated that they intend to renew their contracts with their players.
• According to reports from Gabriel Melo of ValorantZONE and Roque Marques of ge.globo.com, Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi and Matias "saadhak" Delipetro are being eyed by MIBR to spearhead the organization's entrance into Valorant.
• According to the Valorant Esports Twitter account, over $7.5 million dollars have been raised from the Champions 2021 Collection for the participating teams and players at Champions.