The Game Changers Championship: Berlin has come to a close, 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.
This week's edition covers news from Nov. 20 - Nov. 26
- Last Week: News Almost Missed Nov. 19
Roster Changes
- 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #7 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk announced the arrival of their new Assistant Coach James "JamezIRL" Macaulay.
- Jake "Poach" Brumleve announced his official departure from FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le after being idle on the team's bench for the past six months.
- XSET XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl welcomed Shy Jim to the team as their assistant coach.
- Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz Kassandra Shire heist rose saw the departure of Tiraye "Tiraye" Knox.
- / Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius said goodbye to the core from their 2022 roster. Grzegorz "grubinho" Ryczko, Sebastian "snikk" Kamiński and Mario "PoPiFresH" González are all now free agents for 2023 opportunities.
- Case Hydra Case Hydra Europe Rank #28 welcomed two new members in Miriam "mimi" Afilal and Alba "Annie" García.
- / Rebels Velvet Rebels Velvet Europe Rank #41 said goodbye to Julie "Pinkalie" Lim after close to a month on their bench.
- TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise bid farewell to Siana "sia" Yoldez Matri.
- EGN Esports EGN Esports Europe Rank #49 moved fainz to the bench while waiting for his contract to expire at month's end.
- Acend Rising Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agéli moved Annika "mediKa" Lambertz and Samantha "Samsi" Caddell to the bench just weeks after their runner-up finish at the Aim Lab Frostbite Series.
- Thunderbolts Gaming Thunderbolts Gaming Inactive Antsy Yağız Güngör Yato Cem Saat re1sxd İlyas Çalışkan corr0 Mehmet Alp Vural DubzWoW Mustafa Doğan ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar saw the departure of İlyas "re1sxd" Çalışkan and Mehmet "corr0" Alp Vural.
- Liberty Liberty Inactive guuih Guilherme Mariano pepa Matheus Colleto duhT Eduardo Teixeira Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo tockers Gabriel Claumann parted ways with Felipe "liazzi" Galiazzi ahead of Brazil's 2023 Valorant Challengers League.
- TBK Esports GC TBK Esports GC Inactive shyz Luisa Minarelli Daniops Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira gabee moved "gabee" to the bench ahead of the 2023 GC season.
- KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #3 dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes romily Romina Alvarez micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi moved three players in conir , bae and Consuelo "consu" Rivas to their bench. The announcement comes after their last place finish at the GC Championship: Berlin.
- suzu returned to the active roster on ZETA DIVISION GC ZETA DIVISION GC Japan Rank #10 suzu Suzu Sasaki SereNa Kim Sia (김시아) UR Moco Sarina Kawashima aco after being on loan to FENNEL GC FENNEL GC Japan Unranked Curumi Haruka Tajima miNt Jeong Ye-rim (정예림) YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) romia Airi Sugiyama for the GC Championship.
- IGZIST IGZIST Japan Rank #19 RIPablo Shuma Ikeda popogachi Souta Morita Frxeez Yamada oitaN Masayuki Takahashi welcomed a new player to their 2023 roster in Yusuke "Norisen" Shima.
- Wong "JayH" Jia Heng announced his departure from BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #21 .
- NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #18 welcomed a new player in TenTen to the roster.
Results & Standings
- Copa Rakin 2022 remaining teams: Sealed Sealed Inactive furq BRNWOWZK1 Bruno Miranda Evilkyk Kayke Arrais , TBK Esports TBK Esports Brazil Rank #13 vit9ine desire Leandro Araújo Needy Champzera Joaquim Alves Myssen Rodrigo Myssen , ODDIK ODDIK Inactive
- G-Loot VALORANT Clash Grand Finals began its playoffs.
- VBL Unlimited - Monthly #1 winner: LILITH LILITH Inactive jenn Jennifer Earlie Stacey Anastasia Papanikolaou | runner-up: ACE eSports Female ACE eSports Female Inactive Melota Semedis Monika Wierzbicka sumi Egg shin0a Ms Eva Green Miljana Blagojevic Pyareda Marija Antic Only Me Nika Lovrenovic rika Helin Çelik
- VBL Season 3 is set to begin its group stage in the coming days.
- VRL France: Coupe De France remaining teams: bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan , HEET HEET Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki , EMOJIPOUCE EMOJIPOUCE Inactive logaN Logan Corti , Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #27 CyvOph Clement Millard HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard , Valorians Valorians Inactive Yotaa Yota Kaouachi MateliaN Elian Romagnoli Kiiyo Yoan Marchesin ORI4K Myckel Huyot , BREF BREF Inactive Amilwa Amine Saidi mikee Michael Lim sabAAA Sabri Aboudi Fatiiiih , CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #5 elllement Dragan Milanović DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz , Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire
- Campeonato de Elite - Stage 2 winner: Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro | runner-up: GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #200 H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca
- GameGune 2022 remaining teams: GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #200 H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca , Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro
- ESA Open Fire All Stars 2022 remaining teams: Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #14 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt Celasun Emir Celasun umu7 Umut Pekdoğan , Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent
- Skyesports SEA Championship winner: BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #21 | runner-up: Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Asia-Pacific Rank #1 Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Tanate Teerasawad cgrs Patiphan Porsi Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen
- Valorant India Invitational winner: Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov | runner-up: Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius
- Saudi eLeagues 2022: Season 2 winner: Team Falcons Team Falcons Inactive | runner-up: NOBLES NOBLES MENA Rank #38 Exothy SalmanSin Mark3 Crz Zez0h Bird
- Xyper Arena Weekly Showdown #4 winner: Shenzhen NTER Shenzhen NTER Inactive AC Wei Jiacong (韦家聪) Scales Zhang Zhen (张震) Fuller Lin Yifan (林逸凡) | runner-up: 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)
- Gwangju Esports Series Asia remaining teams: DRX DRX Korea Rank #7 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) , Talon Esports Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #15 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No , Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) , ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori
- Summoners' Society: Agents of Artemis remaining teams: A$AP A$AP Inactive Rosa Tokyeoh tsR , Kitbash Kitbash Inactive hayyel alannah
Other News & Rumours
- In a report by Dot Esports, it was detailed that Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson are set to part ways with Ava "florescent" Eugene. With the duelist's absence in the team, they have been seen recently practicing with Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz Kassandra Shire heist rose 's edith to fill the gap.
- According to a report by Bo Hoogland, Jung "Xzi" Ki-hyo is looking to pursue a career in competitive Valorant. He recently retired from Overwatch after playing on teams like the Dallas Fuel and Florida Mayhem since 2018.
- A report by Seulgi has detailed that Karan "Excali" Mhaswadkar will re-join 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 after a year away from the org. The transfer is set to take place in the near future as his buyout was completed and is now a free agent.