Riot Games has announced the much-awaited team list for the Valorant partnership program. A total of 30 teams from various parts of the globe have been selected and will compete in the Valorant Champions Tour 2023. While some of the top esports teams like Sentinels and Fnatic have made it on the list, other notable sides like OpTic and G2 are missing out to everyone's surprise. You can read the complete list of every team below list.
All Valorant partnered teams for VCT 2023
Riot Games have roughly classified all 30 teams into three regions - Americas, Pacific, and EMEA.
Americas
- 100 Thieves
- Cloud9
- Evil Geniuses
- NRG
- Sentinels
- KRÜ Esports
- FURIA
- LOUD
- Leviatán
- MIBR
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EMEA
- Fnatic
- Team Liquid
- Team Vitality
- Karmine Corp
- Giants
- Team Heretics
- Fut Esports
- NAVI
- BBL Esports
- KOI
Pacific
- Paper Rex
- ZETA DIVISION
- Detonation Gaming
- T1
- Gen.G
- DRX
- Team Secret
- Paper Rex
- Talon Esports
- Rex Regum Qeon
- Global Esports
What is the Valorant Partnership Program?
The Valorant Partnership Program is a new initiative by Riot Games where selected franchise teams participate in a league-style format against other teams from their respective region. It will be called the International League, and the teams will receive some form of sponsorship/investment directly from Riot Games. The competition would be weekly, and top teams from each region would earn spots in Global tournaments like VCT 2023.
What happens to teams not selected in the Valorant Partnership Program?
Any teams that are not included in the Valorant Partnership can still participate in the Global Events by winning the Ascension Championship in their respective region. Once they win the open Ascension Championship, they will be added to the Valorant Partnership Program the following year. By 2027 Riot is expected to have 14 teams in each region to the current 10.
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