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
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YFP
YFP 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" .
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Version1
Version1 Inactive announced the release of Loic "effys" Sauvageau, marking the departure of the team's final member.
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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.
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Angry Titans Iris
Angry Titans Iris Europe Rank #463 mAri Sumi moved Lenam0n and jjeonda to their inactive roster as they explore options.
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Wave Splash
Wave Splash Inactive Chrissy Christina Kras moved Isabelle "SUPERPHROG" Skarsten and Iva "iva" Peychinova to the bench.
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who cars?
who cars? Europe Rank #190 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.
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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.
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Fire Flux Esports
Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #138 JN3v1cE Emre Bekçe musz3kk Cihan Göçer Docent Kadri Vatandaş kabzi Mert Oal influx Kaan Taşkın announced the addition of a new Analyst in Vladimir "vladk0r" Kornev, a transfer of Ufuk "SasuKe" Göktaş from Galakticos
Galakticos Europe Rank #144 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.
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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.
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KRÜ BLAZE
KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Unranked dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi said goodbye to Consuelo "consu" Rivas, "bae" , and "autumn" .
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FENNEL
FENNEL Japan Rank #8 GON Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz welcomed their 2023 VCL Japan roster.
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BLUE BEES.ESP
BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #16 keisu Lafura Zan e9Lair kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida announced the first member of their 2023 roster in "Rico" .
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FULL SENSE
FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #1 Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan Killua Tanate Teerasawad seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew 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 .
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Team Secret
Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #9 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 Black
Shopify Rebellion Black North America Rank #49 Pa1nt Amarri Peak BcJ Brendan Jensen Spaz Adam Laamoumi Paincakes Jake Hass brawk Brock Somerhalder | runner-up: TSM
TSM North America Rank #9 Recoil seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora sym Tyler Porter
- 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 Europe Rank #55 jas Jasiek Nieliwodzki Kiles Vlad Shvets zeek Aleksander Zygmunt starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski doma Domagoj Fancev | 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 #30 | 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 #145 pol Pablo Serrano Godoy Chechuu Jesús Díaz BERN1 Juanjo Bernabeu Rico AleZ Alejandro Martinez Nevado Ekixx Adrián Pérez Merino | 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 Inactive | runner-up: 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
- 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 16Ch0ps Nguyễn Đức Trí Tín Crus Lư Tiến Huy Hyuse Nia twilight | runner-up: Team Big BAAM
Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Rank #27 invisible LilHieu Lưu Chí Hiếu KimHung2k5
- 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 #2 Persia Yang Zi-on (양지온) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) margaret Kim Ji-woo (김지우) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현)
- World Cyber Games Rivals: Korea vs Japan - Pro winner:
SCARZ
SCARZ Japan Rank #5 zepher Jyousuke Matsuda Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto LOB Lim Byung-gun (임병건) 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
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Orangutan
Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #18 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.