Valorant - All Franchised Teams For 2023

The Valorant competitive scene is getting revamped in 2023 with the introduction of the partnership program, and here is the list of all the franchised teams.

First Published October 14, 2022, 14:42

Riot announced the Valorant partnership program a few months ago in which certain teams are partnered with Riot, and they will get a direct spot in one of the International Leagues that include the Americas league, EMEA league, and Asia league.

After the Valorant Champions 2022, Riot announced the complete list of partnered teams you can find below.

Valorant - List of All Partnered Teams for 2023

Each International League will have ten partnered teams that were selected using a robust selection process, and the past competitive performance was not the only factor that was taken into account.

Here is the list of 30 partnered teams across all regions.

North America

Sentinels
100 Thieves
Cloud9
NRG
Evil Geniuses
FURIA
LOUD
MIBR
KRÜ Esports
Leviatán

EMEA

Fnatic
Team Liquid
Team Vitality
Karmine Corp
Team Heretics
Giants
Natus Vincere
FUT Esports
BBL Esports
KOI

APAC

Zeta Division
Detonation Gaming
Gen.G
T1
DRX
Team Secret
Paper Rex
Rex Regum Qeon
Talon Esports
Global Esports

“With VALORANT, we want to build today’s most thrilling esport alongside the most well-managed, ambitious, and exciting teams in the industry. We have designed our long-term partnership model for VALORANT so teams can thrive and build their business alongside the overall growth of VALORANT Esports,” said Whalen Rozelle, Head of Esports Operations at Riot Games.

“We are setting up our long-term partners for success by forgoing any entry or participation fees for selected organizations. Our aim is to free our partners to invest their resources in supporting their pros and growing their fanbases through creating incredible content for fans.”

All the partnered teams will have to do a soft roster lock in October, and VCT 2023 will be kicking off in Brazil with the biggest event in the history of VCT, where all the partnered teams will be participating in.

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Featured image via Riot Games.

Written by Rabia Sayal

Rabia leads the coverage of her first love, VALORANT, and is also a die-hard fan of Genshin Impact’s lore and character designs, though she misses playing retro games like Mario, Roadrash, Need for Speed II, and a lot more. She is currently enjoying Honkai: Star Rail and is eagerly waiting for Minecraft The Wild update. You will also find her playing Fireboy and Watergirl when she is feeling pretty lazy and wants to play It Takes Two once again sometime soon. You can also find her past work on the likes of Gamepur, Sportskeeda, Hard Drive, and more publications. Along with being a gamer, she has done Masters in Mathematics and loves to play with numbers.

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