The Christmas holiday season is here, 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 December 18 - December 24.
- Read more: News Almost Missed December 17
Roster Changes
- Alex "Lin" Gariépy and Vincent "Apoth" Le have joined Renegades Renegades Inactive following a nearly three-month trial period with the organization.
- / Jose "Caz" Hernandez has become a free agent from E-Xolos LAZER E-Xolos LAZER Latin America North Unranked Mited Luis Gutierrez Jow Juan Camilo Preciado Ordoñez Feniz Thomas Molina Virtyy Leandro Moreno Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia . This announcement leaves the team with no active players.
- / Theodor "In0X" Bjornsson has revealed that he has officially departed Cosmic Divide Cosmic Divide Inactive ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak renz Austin Dickman tokyo Sebastien Lima syfi Samir Karimov after eight months with the team.
- / FNATIC FNATIC Europe Unranked crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder have announced the departure of strategic coach Martin "Anderzz" Schelasin.
- / Earlier this week, Vexed Gaming Vexed Gaming Inactive Luca Lukey petals Ben Colledge Lew Lewis Grant-Smith kingHaS Henry Simmons announced that Fletcher "Leare" Brigden-Knight and Calvin "MAGiK" Spaaij would be allowed to seek opportunities outside of the organization as restricted free agents. Most recently, the organization announced the transfer of Leare to an undisclosed team.
- / Norbert "Dext" Paulovčák and Fabián "Quick" Pereira are gone from Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando .
- Ayşe "schnellÆ" Ergül has joined Fire Flux Fierce Fire Flux Fierce Inactive jduh Ceyda Kondu Lateu Hilal Yaşar rayka Zeynep Kalkan Liyan Jiex Şura Yıldırım .
- Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive player Muhammed "m1tez" Tezcan has revealed that he is allowed to explore options with other teams outside of Oxygen.
- Keyd Stars Athenas Keyd Stars Athenas Inactive coach Fernando "zezao" Lirola has revealed that he has officially departed the organization.
- Jesus "jfoeN" Taboada and Santiago "DaveeyS" Galvis Ruiz have departed INFINITY INFINITY Inactive ligasa Rodrigo Castillo MatiS Matias Salgado bnj Benjamin Rabinovich . Additionally, the team has welcomed Jomer "joman" Montoya as their new head coach.
- Desirena has left Six Karma Feminil Six Karma Feminil Inactive Kikirucha and announced her retirement from competitive play.
- Lee "GODLIKE" Seo-ha (이서하) has joined World Game Star World Game Star Korea Unranked Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) YUNSEUNG as their sixth player.
- 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) have announced the departure of Kim "Secret" Ha-jin (김하진).
- / DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Unranked Meiy Ibuki Seki Art Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen have completed their roster with Kim "HSK" Hae-seong (김해성) and Killer .
- Tonbo has departed FENNEL FENNEL Japan Unranked GON Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz . He has not been seen in an official match since the Stage 2 Challengers Finals.
- Prabhdeep "Ghost" Bhatia has revealed that he is no longer a part of Team XO Team XO Inactive and is looking for a new team to play with in 2022.
- / Emil "EmilShe1n" Mamedov has been released from Immortals Immortals Inactive . The team now has only two active players.
Results
- Radiance Radiance Inactive Rebo Christopher Heindel FIEND Zander Bates venture Anthony Ziade sSef Youssef Daghache cheatcode Shaun Quinto defeated TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive in the grand finals of the Nerd Street Gamers Winter Championship Open 10 without dropping a single map.
- This past weekend, the bi-coastal Nerd Street Gamers Valorant LANs took place. ex-Serenity Black ex-Serenity Black Inactive sae Bruce Nguyen Aiko James Sandberg JoBa Joseph Barker Add3r Jack Hayashi Nick Nicholas Sahawneh took first place in the Fullerton Frag Valorant Major by defeating Vietnamese Curry Vietnamese Curry Inactive Shanks Ryan Ngo POISED Kevin Ngo Derrek Derrek Ha curry Rahul Nemani neptune Jason Tran . They did not drop a map the entire event. On the east coast, at the Philadelphia Frag Valorant Major, On The Way On The Way Inactive zander Alexander Dituri stellar Brenden McGrath jcrueL Joel Cruel brawk Brock Somerhalder bang Sean Bezerra claimed first place over Booster Seat Gaming Booster Seat Gaming Inactive v1c Victor Truong ChurmZ Corey Koch Virtyy Leandro Moreno jawgemo Alexander Mor Boltzy Angel Garcia by defeating them in the grand finals.
- Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Unranked Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang Cud Thomas Alfiantino ray4c Rayvaldo Chandra ValdyN Rivaldy Nafian gotten Davin took first place in The Esports Club Challenger Series 6 playoffs by defeating Action PH Action PH Inactive SyKo Daddie Shunmar Bellita eugeneS Eugene Serrano Narpim Clark Karoll Landrito SecondLove Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce Worship Ian Ga in the grand finals.
Matches to Watch
- Two matches remain in the Open Fire Legacy playoffs. Surreal Esports Surreal Esports Inactive Rosé Eren Erzan VenTT Emre Bozkurt vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Crewen Ali Eren Sargin have advanced to the grand finals off of a win over Team Demiral Esports Team Demiral Esports Inactive Kipperman Taylan Toprakçı YANKAS Yusuf Yankaş VPNCNP Kutluay Kutlu Bard0lf Emir Çinkılıç farewell Orçun Köroğlu Bia Haluk Demirci barni ThePrimerio Doğukan Meriç Karduz nekky Anıl Dağdeviren . They will play the winner of the Fire Flux Young Fire Flux Young Inactive Crewen Ali Eren Sargin VenTT Emre Bozkurt vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Rosé Eren Erzan / 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 match taking place tomorrow.
- Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked patrickWHO Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista and Todak Todak Asia-Pacific Unranked fishball Muhammad Nabil Shazwan toggle Darwish Hakim kye Hazim Salihuddin aduka Muhammad Arsyad Sazali kael Tarmizi Rusli are set to clash in the grand finals of the LogitechG x Loco Invitational on Sunday, December 26.
Other News
- Nerd Street have announced updates to their Winter Championship tournament series. Beginning in 2022, the qualifier for the Denver LAN will take place from January 22 - January 23. Additionally, the Last Chance Qualifier for the grand finals of the Winter circuit will be held on February 3, with the grand finals taking place in the days after, from February 4 - February 6.
- / According to a December 22 report from Upcomer's George Geddes, longtime Immortals Immortals Inactive member Amgalan "Genghsta" Nemekhbayar is set to become an official member of Knights Knights Inactive . Should he depart Immortals, only Andrew "ShoT_UP" Orlowski and coach Michael "packing10" Szklanny Sr. would remain as official members of the team.
- / Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando are in discussion to sign former G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive player Cista "keloqz" Wassim, according to a report from Jakub Czapran of Cybersport.pl.
- According to a report from ValorantZONE, MIBR are considering moving their female Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team over to Valorant.
- In another report regarding MIBR from Victor Porto of Mais Esports, MIBR's male roster will feature Gustavo "gtn" Moura, Rafael "mNdS" Mendes, Matheus "deNaro" Hipólito, Sergio "txddy" Francisco, and João "jzz" Pedro.
- Earlier this week, BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma coach Ji "Meow" Dong-jun (지동준) tweeted that teams that had participated in Stage 3 Challengers SEA had not been paid their prize money, nor had they been given an update as to when they were going to get their earnings. A day later, an update was made from Meow stating that the participating teams would be receiving their earnings in January.