Valorant Champions Tour, VCT Franchise 2023 Teams: Valorant Esports is all set to enter into a new phase and will go through a transition from 2023. Moreover, there will be a total of 30 teams competing in three different tournaments as announced by Riot. And after so much hype and suspense, the official list of teams who will be competing in the VCT 2023 is here.
The first tournament will kick off from February 2023 where all the 30 partnered teams will feature. It’ll be held in Brazil and will be around 30 days long. So, let’s have a look on the teams who will be featured in the tournament.
Valorant Reveal Their 30 Partnered Teams For VCT 2023
Valorant selected 10 teams from three regions; America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. Here is the list of teams from all the other regions:
Americas
A total of 10 teams are selected from America; 5 from North America, 3 from South America, and 2 from LATAM. Let’s have a look on the list:
- 100 Thieves
- Cloud9
- Evil Geniuses
- NRG
- Sentinels
- KRÜ Esports
- FURIA
- LOUD
- Leviatán
- MIBR
EMEA
Just like the American region, there are 10 teams from Europe and Middle East. However, there were a lot of surprises as a lot of new faces were in the list but big names like G2 and FunPlus Phoenix were missing.
- Fnatic
- Team Liquid
- Team Vitality
- Karmine Corp
- Giants
- Team Heretics
- Fut Esports
- NAVI
- BBL Esports
- KOI
Asia Pacific
APAC region also witnessed some surprises as Xerxia and Full Sense were missing. On the other hand, teams like T1 and Gen.G are new entries who earlier used to compete in the NA region in Valorant.
- Paper Rex
- ZETA DIVISION
- Detonation Gaming
- T1
- Gen.G
- DRX
- Team Secret
- Paper Rex
- Talon Esports
- Rex Regum Qeon
- Global Esports
What’s Next For These Valorant Teams?
All of these 30 teams will play their first tournament in February 2023 in Brazil. Moreover, the partnered teams will also be featuring for the VCT 2023.
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