Riot Games has confirmed the full list of Valorant teams that will be VCT partnered teams for 2027 and 2028.
Some major names have been omitted from the VCT partnership program, including Cloud9, KOI, and VCT Pacific champions Global Esports.
This is a result of Riot reducing the number of each region’s VCT partnered teams from 10 to eight in preparation for the new VCT format.
Here is every partnered team that will compete in VCT Americas, VCT EMEA, VCT Pacific, and VCT China next year.
All VCT Partnered Teams 2027 and 2028
While there are now fewer VCT partnership spots, a total of five new teams have been introduced to the partnership program.
This includes G2 Esports in Americas, Weibo Gaming and XLG in China, plus GAM Esports and the returning Crazy Racoons in Pacific.
GAM Esports has never competed in Tier 1 Valorant but is one of the biggest esports organisations in Vietnam and no stranger to Riot after over a decade in League of Legends with various Worlds and MSI appearances.
Meanwhile, Japanese organisation Crazy Racoons have returned to Valorant after disbanding three years ago.
The full list of VCT partnered teams for 2027 and 2028 is as follows:
- VCT Americas
- 100 Thieves
- G2 Esports
- KR Esports
- LEVIATN
- LOUD
- MIBR
- NRG
- Sentinels
- VCT EMEA
- BBL Esports
- Fnatic
- FUT Esports
- Gentle Mates
- Karmine Corp
- Team Heretics
- Team Liquid
- Team Vitality
- VCT Pacific
- Crazy Raccoon
- FULL SENSE
- GAM Esports
- Gen.G
- Paper Rex
- RRQ
- T1
- ZETA Division
- VCT China
- All Gamers
- Bilibili Gaming
- EDward Gaming
- JD Gaming
- Trace Esports
- TYLOO
- Weibo Gaming
- Xi Lai Gaming
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Partnered teams will receive automatic invites to VCT Kickoff 2027 at the start of the season and will benefit from digital revenue produced by team skins.
However, Riot is also offering $100k financial support packages for Qualifier teams in VCT EMEA and presumably other regions.
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