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 November 26

Roster Changes

• VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama have revealed that they will be parting ways with Anthony "Okeanos" Nguyen following a controversy that resurfaced shortly after he was announced as a member of the team.
• Dallas "Branchies" Branch has joined T1 T1 Korea Unranked 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 new manager.
• Mathilde "Nelo" Beltoise has been benched from TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise .
• / Siana "sia" Yoldez Matri has revealed that she has been allowed to explore options outside of FUT Female FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk .
• Ruben "RUBINO" Villarroel has been released from EXCEL EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim , leaving Muhammad "Moe40" Hariff as the team's only remaining player.
• Carles "XeoN" Garcia and Jose-Antonio "Bromas" Ramos Gonzalez have been released from Case Esports Case Esports Inactive .
• All five players of Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando have been allowed to explore options outside of the organization.
• / Inactive have announced the departure of Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius.
• Cihan "Unity" Seferoğlu has been made an inactive member of Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive and is allowed to explore options outside of the team.
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Unranked Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal PROFEK Dawid Święć vakk Vakaris Bebravičius stand-in LewN Burak Alkan have completed their five-man roster with the addition of Doğukan "QutionerX" Dural.
• Marcelo "pleets" Leite has revealed that he has been allowed to explore options outside of Liberty Liberty Inactive guuih Guilherme Mariano pepa Matheus Colleto duhT Eduardo Teixeira Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo tockers Gabriel Claumann going into 2022.
• Gamelanders Blue Gamelanders Blue Inactive player Lucas "BELKY" Belchior has been released from the team.
• / Alejandro "Alejo" Rocha has been benched from INFINITY INFINITY Inactive ligasa Rodrigo Castillo MatiS Matias Salgado bnj Benjamin Rabinovich . Coach Rodrigo "FR1X" Vivas has also left the team following the conclusion of his contract with the organization.
• TNL Esports TNL Esports Inactive TS Yu Tae-seok (유태석) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) and Um "SeliG" Hyun-sung (엄현성) have mutually parted ways.
• Former ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Unranked Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori player Oshiro "Reita" Ryu has joined REJECT REJECT Japan Unranked muto Sayaplayer Ha Jeong-woo (하정우) BRIAN .
• The entire roster of Louvre Louvre Inactive ExTreMisTz wisa Winston Ho kayle Ahmad Aqil dumin Du-Min Yeo Reverie Steven Kang Kai Lun has disbanded and are in search of new opportunities, according to a twitlonger from Danial "RedKoh" Hakim.
• Sha "ZesBeeW" Mohtar has joined Nigma Galaxy Nigma Galaxy Inactive Yohann Ronard Tecson Karl Carlo Ocampo from Team SMG Team SMG Inactive .
• / BLEED BLEED Inactive have said goodbye to Ian "Chrysania" Chin Yu Zhe, Muhammad "FrostyZ" Adam, and Pooi "jarpiX" Shen Jie Justin. In their places, the team has brought in Lim "lenne" You Xiang Lionel and Derrick "Deryeon" Yee as official members, and Tyler "Juicy" James Aeria on a loan.
• Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Unranked Wixoss No1 Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống nTK Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt Somethai Trần Lê Huy Khiêm P1nA Nguyễn Nam Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy coach and Phạm "shouta" Quang Thắng have mutually parted ways.
• The Wildcard Gaming Wildcard Gaming Inactive InfrequeNt Jesse Barker rDeeW Riley Wilkinson signed Dale Tang Nozz Noah McClafferty SWERL Ali Kobraee roster and organization have split, with the latter announcing its exit from Valorant "for the foreseeable future".
• Hazem "Avez" Khaled and Mohamed "Shalaby" Shalaby have both left Anubis Gaming Anubis Gaming Inactive .

Results

• XSET XSET Inactive claimed first place in the NSG Winter Championship Open 7 by defeating NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Unranked FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold in the grand finals.
• Dignitas Dignitas Inactive rain Amanda Smith EMUHLEET Emmalee Garrido theia Melisa Mundorff Stefanie Stefanie Jones showliana Juliana Maransaldi defeated TSM X TSM X Inactive athxna Mirna Noureldin mle Emily Peters dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo bungee April Haight Ellie Elena Garland in the grand finals of the MissHarvey Invitational to take first place in the event.
• Renegades Renegades Inactive came out on top over Soniqs Soniqs Inactive in the grand final of Rival 1 in their eighth clash this year.
• Inactive defeated Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive in the grand finals of the Circuito De Elite Finals to claim first place.
• Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Unranked JN3v1cE Emre Bekçe musz3kk Cihan Göçer Docent Kadri Vatandaş kabzi Mert Oal influx Kaan Taşkın finished the Open Fire Last Call playoffs in first place, only dropping two maps throughout the event—one against Inactive in the upper semifinals and another against FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Unranked xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan qRaxs Doğukan Balaban in the upper final.

Other News

• According to a November 30 report from Upcomer's George Geddes, Pioneers Pioneers Inactive jmoh Jason Mohandessi wedid Matthew Suchan thief Brady Dever Critical Tristan Trinacty have signed former Built By Gamers Built By Gamers Inactive player Tristan "Critical" Trinacty. The team is also finalizing a deal with Matthew "wedid" Suchan, who was released from NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Unranked FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold at the end of October.
• Immortals content creator AriaSaki has revealed that trials are open for the Immortals Game Changers team. Applicants must be over 16 years of age, ranked Immortal 1 or higher on the competitive ladder, and a verified member of the Galorants Discord server.
• Team Liquid are set to sign Gamelanders Purple Gamelanders Purple Inactive , according to a report from Dexerto's Corentin Phalip, marking the organization's first expansion into the region.
• In another report by George Geddes of Upcomer on November 30, Andbox Andbox Inactive oderus Chad Miller mummAy Anthony DiPaolo Lear Dayton Akau Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor vice Daniel Kim are trialing replacements for Aleksandar "ALEKSANDAR" Hinojosa, who was recently released from the team. Among the players to be trialed include former EXTREMUM CS:GO player Sean “Gratisfaction” Kaiwai.