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

• 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.
• NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 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-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) as their sixth man.
• Sarah "sarahcat" Simpson announced her departure from Immortals Immortals Inactive .
• MOUZ MOUZ Europe Rank #6 Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen Fizzy David Figueiredo starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski announced they parted with Bence "szimpli" Soós and Alend "Ale" Khalaf. Laurent "memset" Werly was also moved to the bench.
• FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #21 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon announced their roster for the 2023 VCL Polaris Season.
• ALTERNATE aTTaX ALTERNATE aTTaX Europe Rank #74 Jini Jan Miller Felix Felix Gerling 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.
• 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 Agéli 's Samantha "Samsi" Caddell and Rix.GG Lightning Rix.GG Lightning Inactive 's Daniela "Jupi" Gradl.
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #42 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal chiwa Egor Stepanyuk PROFEK Dawid Święć LewN Burak Alkan said goodbye to Coach Mert "Mertenstein" Bengül.
• / FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in 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.
• 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.
• / CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #5 elllement Dragan Milanović 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.
• / 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.
• / BIG BIG Inactive parted with their whole roster who had been inactive since late September.
• 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.
• 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.
• GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #200 H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca released their roster.
• 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.
• FAV gaming FAV gaming Japan Rank #3 rui Hands BoM Alpha fukuken Phantom Hideaki Nakai said goodbye to their Analyst/Coach "Retloff" .
• Inactive moved Shotaro "Zerost" Ikeda off of the roster as he moves to a streaming position for the team.
• 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 .
• CNJ Esports CNJ Esports Korea Rank #9 Ziya Rain Seo Hong-seung (서홍승) have signed AcMe to the team as a full-time member.
• NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #18 announced the arrival of their new Coach Jeong "Jaemin" Jae-min (정재민).
• 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 welcomed back Karan "Excali" Mhaswadkar.
• / NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius parted ways with their Coach Mingiyan "Naint" Goldaev.

Results & Standings

• Canadian Esports Nationals 2022 winner: Laurier Golden Hawks Laurier Golden Hawks North America Rank #100 inconsistent KBK finchy soupy sh1mu | runner-up: St. Clair Saints St. Clair Saints North America Unranked Instxnct Isaac Walton Truth Jase Parks Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic smiley Steven Fisher Fair
• 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 #16 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 #20 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky | 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 #57 nixoon Niko Pasonen Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää Kalkkuna LEVITTELIJÄ Paulus Paulus Paakki | runner-up: FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #21 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 #22 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak , Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso , FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #21 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon , 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #7 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk , KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro , Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #8 Xeppaa Erick Bach Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo v1c Victor Truong moose Kaleb Jayne 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 #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek 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 #235 Luzuh Joseph Loose Louitan Louis Beresford eleo Leonard Kulish , Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz , DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 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-Aysan , Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #27 CyvOph Clement Millard HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard , 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 Europe Rank #42 sassolino ViperZ FinganJode Filippo Bonanni loll9 maxeeh | runner-up: Axolotl Axolotl Europe Rank #215 RickyVaila Morphiius Ezio Frandina xad Kacper Brzuchnalski Braso Mickebwoy Mikołaj Chojnacki
• DreamHack Winter 2022 - BEACON Split 2 winner: Formulation Gaming Formulation Gaming Europe Rank #36 puggy Anton af Bjur Jaf Brandon Jafarpouran Toronto Erdem Soğukpınar 999kvmil Kamil Szymanek MaximN Maxim Nonglaire | runner-up: Bjerkely FHS Bjerkely FHS Inactive
• Movistar Fibra: LATAM Gods teams: MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #19 mazin Matheus Araújo artzin Arthur Araujo Palla Davi Alcides rich Gabriel Rosa liazzi Felipe Galiazzi , 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 aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee
• Gwangju Esports Series Asia winner: 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) | runner-up: Talon Esports Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #15 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 #31 Madelyn Raven William k1ngkappa damaraa Damara Danuardi sayoo Willy Ivandra frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra , Stream Raiders Nacague Stream Raiders Nacague Asia-Pacific Rank #72 Shintaro Mark Daryl Timbang Corpuz Worship Ian Ga ABATMAN Franc Lenard Meija , 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 , 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 #36 Zeus SecondLove slathom999 Shawn Dale Bolondro NDG Noel De Guia 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.