OFF//SEASON events continue as the holiday season creeps up on us, but that doesn't stop 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. 27 - Dec. 3
- Last Week: News Almost Missed Nov. 26
Roster Changes
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Version1
Version1 Inactive have parted ways with Alexander "zander" Dituri after two months on the bench. Heading into 2023, zander is rumored to be joining a team for Challengers ran by ex-XSET CEO & Founder Marco Mereu.
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NRG Esports
NRG Esports North America Rank #4 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold have announced the signing of Zander "thwifo" Kim from T1
T1 Korea Rank #3 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) as their sixth man.
- Sarah "sarahcat"
Simpson announced her departure from
Immortals
Immortals Inactive .
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MOUZ
MOUZ Europe Rank #6 bipo Taranvir Singh Lime Jacob Foster Fizzy David Figueiredo Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen announced they parted with Bence "szimpli" Soós and Alend "Ale" Khalaf. Laurent "memset" Werly was also moved to the bench.
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FOKUS
FOKUS Europe Rank #23 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon announced their roster for the 2023 VCL Polaris Season.
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ALTERNATE aTTaX
ALTERNATE aTTaX Europe Rank #39 Jini Jan Miller luckeRRR Niels Jasiek KovaQ Blendi Kovaci STAVINCI Dimitrios Smoilis have announced the benching of Ethan "Sevire" Starke, Roberts "rAsk" Ribakovs and Kevin "Barcode" Bana. The team also parted with Substitute Leon "Daitan" Beck.
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EXCEL GC
EXCEL GC Inactive 6sonya Maria Istrate fluxxy Lola Ainslie Viv angelka Angela Nikolovska Samsi Samantha Caddell have signed the four members of N1MP
N1MP Inactive cataLina India Dubourg Neli Cornelia Johansson Luzia Camille Millet Puri Safaa Baydi aswell as Acend Rising
Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agélii 's Samantha "Samsi" Caddell and Rix.GG Lightning
Rix.GG Lightning Inactive 's Daniela "Jupi" Gradl.
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BBL Esports
BBL Esports Europe Rank #18 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal PROFEK Dawid Święć vakk Vakaris Bebravičius stand-in LewN Burak Alkan said goodbye to Coach Mert "Mertenstein" Bengül.
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FNATIC
FNATIC Europe Rank #5 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder said goodbye to Enzo "Enzo" Mestari after two months on their bench.
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Alliance Coven
Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist moved Laure "Xaline" Mateos to the bench as she explores her options.
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CGN Esports
CGN Esports Europe Rank #4 elllement Dragan Milanović Ambi Štěpán Beránek Wolfen Berkant Joshkun DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz benched Terence "SoOn" Tarlier and Theo "OniBy" Tarlier. The team has also released Leon "Leon" Roesberg.
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Alliance Coven
Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist have released all of their support staff including Coach Daniel "Yugami" Cama Hidalgo, Assistant Coach Alejandro "RAYZZ" Montaner Roig and Manager Nico "Myagus" Gonzalez-Beltran.
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BIG
BIG Inactive parted with their whole roster who had been inactive since late September.
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Anonymo Esports
Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz announced the departure of their roster and coaching staff.
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TENSTAR
TENSTAR Inactive Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec moved their roster and head coach move to the inactive position on the team as they have paused their Valorant operations.
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GTZ Esports
GTZ Esports Europe Rank #188 H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca released their roster.
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MIBR GC
MIBR GC Game Changers Rank #4 srN Nicolas Niederauer sayuri Camila Obam Jelly Julia Iris Mel Melissa Souza jubs Juliana Oliveira moved their whole roster to the bench. All players are open to 2023 proposals.
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FAV gaming
FAV gaming Japan Rank #7 said goodbye to their Analyst/Coach "Retloff" .
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Inactive moved Shotaro "Zerost" Ikeda off of the roster as he moves to a streaming position for the team.
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X10 Esports
X10 Esports Inactive Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua have allowed their female team, X10 Sapphire
X10 Sapphire Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul , to explore options for the 2023 season.
- Danial "RedKoh"
Hakim announced his departure from
Alter Ego Celeste
Alter Ego Celeste Inactive Alluka Tiara Bonilla Pleno Eisberg July Kusuma enerii Odella Abraham Ayumiii Nurul Aini nabbsky Nabila Sulthana .
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CNJ Esports
CNJ Esports Korea Rank #8 Ziya have signed AcMe to the team as a full-time member.
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NORTHEPTION
NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #15 announced the arrival of their new Coach Jeong "Jaemin" Jae-min (정재민).
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Velocity Gaming
Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #15 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar Russ Russel Mendes Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Madelyn Raven William damaraa Damara Danuardi welcomed back Karan "Excali" Mhaswadkar.
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NASR Esports
NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 xenon Vladimir Lobov parted ways with their Coach Mingiyan "Naint" Goldaev.
Results & Standings
- Canadian Esports Nationals 2022 winner:
Laurier Golden Hawks
Laurier Golden Hawks North America Rank #97 inconsistent KBK finchy soupy sh1mu | runner-up: St. Clair Saints
St. Clair Saints North America Rank #16 Instxnct Isaac Walton Tillo Tristan Carrillo Truth Jase Parks Fair Chillin Mitch Blackmore
- RBCC 2022 - NA LCQ winner:
o7
o7 Inactive ShimmyXD Ryan Shimizu Cain Nathan Lee nabil whitr Micheal Whitney MAR1 Marwan Jannat | runner-up: Stony Brook Red
Stony Brook Red North America Rank #14 Groovy Ethan Kenji Ken Barredo Sable Huji
- Knights Monthly Gauntlet 2022: November winner:
STEALING LUNCH MONEY
STEALING LUNCH MONEY Inactive Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor Lear Dayton Akau zeldris Elijah Hawkins PureVNS Vincent Nguyen nillyaz Chase Linder | runner-up: Oxygen Esports
Oxygen Esports Inactive skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm dapr Michael Gulino
- G-Loot VALORANT Clash - Grand Finals winner:
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere Europe Rank #16 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio | runner-up: Parla Esports
Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent
- FEL Valorant Cup #5 winner:
OnlyFins
OnlyFins Europe Rank #40 Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää BODYCATCHER | runner-up: FOKUS
FOKUS Europe Rank #23 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon
- Red Bull Home Ground #3 main event teams:
Team Liquid
Team Liquid Europe Rank #12 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak , Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #2 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso , FOKUS
FOKUS Europe Rank #23 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon , 100 Thieves
100 Thieves North America Rank #8 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk , KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro , Cloud9
Cloud9 North America Rank #9 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang , Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius , FUT Esports
FUT Esports Europe Rank #8 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan qRaxs Doğukan Balaban
- VRL DACH: Evolution - Unity remaining teams:
Unicorns of Love
Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski , Ovation eSports
Ovation eSports Europe Rank #219 Luzuh Joseph Loose Louitan Louis Beresford , Wave Esports
Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz , DSYRE
DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki
- VRL France: Revolution - Coupe De France remaining teams:
bonk
bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland , Mandatory
Mandatory Europe Rank #21 CyvOph Clement Millard HyP Damien Souville Enzo Enzo Mestari mikee Michael Lim keloqz Cista Wassim , HEET
HEET Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki
- Agents Series 2022 - Split 2 winner:
DSYRE Elevate
DSYRE Elevate Inactive sassolino ViperZ FinganJode Filippo Bonanni loll9 maxeeh | runner-up: Axolotl
Axolotl Europe Rank #65 Kheops Anis Mokrani summoNN Ilyas Haddad RickyVaila nk4y Nikola Radushev sword Enrico Bacchin
- DreamHack Winter 2022 - BEACON Split 2 winner:
Formulation Gaming
Formulation Gaming Europe Rank #109 puggy Anton af Bjur 999kvmil Kamil Szymanek MaximN Maxim Nonglaire Kalkkuna Vuubit Roope Eilola | runner-up: Bjerkely FHS
Bjerkely FHS Inactive
- Movistar Fibra: LATAM Gods teams:
MIBR
MIBR Brazil Rank #4 artzin Arthur Araujo xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez nzr Agustin Ibarra aspas Erick Santos , Keyd Stars
Keyd Stars Inactive , Optix
Optix Inactive ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso Fross Fernando Gallagher D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing gio Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz , LEVIATÁN
LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee nataNk Nathan Bocqueho
- Gwangju Esports Series Asia winner:
DRX
DRX Korea Rank #4 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) | runner-up: TALON
TALON Asia-Pacific Rank #10 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No
- AfreecaTV Valorant SEA Invitational remaining teams:
Bigetron Arctic
Bigetron Arctic Asia-Pacific Rank #17 k1ngkappa , Stream Raiders Nacague
Stream Raiders Nacague Asia-Pacific Rank #74 Shintaro Mark Daryl Timbang Corpuz Worship Ian Ga ABATMAN Franc Lenard Meija , Made in Thailand
Made in Thailand Inactive Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Tanate Teerasawad cgrs Patiphan Porsi Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen , BOOM Esports
BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #2 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma
- Mineski VxV 2022 remaining teams:
South Built Esports
South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique , Oasis Gaming
Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #35 Zeus slathom999 Shawn Dale Bolondro astr0 Franz del Rosario tesseract Jon Michael Piga marky Mark Anthony Tuling
Other News & Rumours
- According to a report by Bo Hoogland and twitter account "German cs leaks",
cowana Gaming
cowana Gaming Inactive CALVIN S Calvin Shendy STAVINCI Dimitrios Smoilis are set to be exiting Valorant. The reports detail that outstanding salaries and lack of profitability are the reasons for the departure.