On April 23, the Esports Foundation (formerly the Esports World Cup Foundation) unveiled hundreds of coaches across nine of the 16 titles of the inaugural Esports Nations Cup.
Valorant coaches for countries with National Team Managers and/or National Team Partners were included as part of the release.
Learn below who is representing your nation at the Esports Nations Cup with our full list of Valorant coaches for the November event.
32 teams will attend the Riyadh tournament, with 16 teams invited to the event directly by ENC ranking, and 16 teams fighting their way through regional qualifiers.
VCT talent headline Esports Nations Cup coach information
Several of Valorant’s most notable coaches are present at ENC’s Valorant competition, with coaches from top teams in VCT EMEA, Pacific, and Americas present for the competition.
Select notable Valorant coaches at ENC include:
- United States – Josh ‘JoshRT’ Lee, Head Coach of G2 (VCT Americas)
- Canada – Dakota ‘Stunner’ MacLeod, Head Coach of ENVY (VCT Americas)
- Turkey – Mert ‘KEY’ Çelebi, Head Coach of BBL (VCT EMEA)
- Great Britain – Neil ‘neilzinho’ Finlay, Head Coach of Team Heretics (VCT EMEA)
- South Korea – Kim ‘SilKanoN’ Gyeong-min, Head Coach of Nongshim RedForce (VCT Pacific)
- The Netherlands – Milan ‘Milan’ de Meij, Head Coach of Fnatic (VCT EMEA)
- Brazil – Ian ‘shaW’ Jardim, Head Coach of FURIA (VCT Americas)
- Japan – Kakeru ‘Vorz’ Ikarashi, Head Coach of DetonatioN FocusMe (VCT Pacific)
- Morocco – Martin “Ewok” van der Walt, Head Coach of Sentinels (VCT Americas)
Overall, the teams in form in VCT are well represented at ENC, with Furia, Fnatic, G2, and BBL’s coaches taking their place in their national teams.
Despite a tough start to VCT Pacific Stage 1, Nongshim RedForce’s coach SilKanoN also got the spot in his national team after a dominant Kickoff led to their Masters Santiago title.
Those Tier 1 names are also supplemented by Tier 2 talent such as Revenant XSpark coach Abhishek ‘GodspeedxD’ Bajaj, representing India.
Australia’s Chris ‘Elmapuddy’ Tebbit also takes his place at the Esports Nations Cup. The former Fnatic Head Coach has largely acted as a content creator since his removal from the org, but shared that he is “proud to be representing Australia” at ENC.
Similarly, Great Britain coach neilzinho shared that he was “honoured” to lead Team GB, saying it “will be a great opportunity for new talent to shine on the big stage.”
China, formally the People’s Republic of China, is not currently listed on the Esports Nations Cup website, representing a full VCT region. This article will be updated to include China’s information if and when it becomes available.
Every Valorant coach at the Esports Nations Cup 2026
- Argentina – Romanilly
- Australia – Elmapuddy
- Austria – Matrixx
- Azerbaijan – Holly
- Bahamas – Pyro
- Bahrain – ALOOY
- Bangladesh – scorezy
- Belgium – XanderKast
- Brazil – shaw
- Brunei Darussalam – Simon
- Cameroon – Overlord
- Canada – Stunner
- Chile – WKN
- Colombia – StepheeN
- Costa Rica – Wilfried Zaha
- Côte d’Ivoire – kiro
- Croatia – Gaudarzz
- Czechia – Vašek
- Denmark – Desmo
- Djibouti – Zahra
- Dominican Republic – Foss1l
- Egypt – ZE1SH
- Finland – KUNDIKUNDI
- France – Happy
- Georgia – Deny
- Germany – Kapio
- Ghana – Castor
- Great Britain – neilzinho
- Greece – iLka
- Guam – Swehts
- Guatemala – Poper
- Honduras – Ecxilon
- Hungary – victorsoN
- Iceland – Axel
- India – GodspeedxD
- Indonesia – roseau
- Ireland – mike.D
- Israel – nightmareK
- Italy – simoz
- Japan – Vorz
- Jordan – BABABEAST
- Kazakhstan – sultan
- Kuwait – ZiFE
- Kyrgyzstan – zelo
- Latvia – PTJj
- Lebanon – Rub1ck
- Lithuania – Nbs
- Malawi – wombat
- Malaysia – Fayde
- Mexico – Atom
- Mongolia – Orgil
- Morocco – Ewok
- Netherlands – Milan
- New Zealand – Yifang
- Nigeria – Allen Walker
- Norway – PUMA
- Oman – ZesBeew
- Pakistan – Skel
- Paraquay – Inthra
- Peru – giaNco
- Philippines – Rbtx
- Poland –
yaotziN. - Portugal – Bati
- Republic of Moldova – FELLY
- Romania – Albala
- Saudi Arabia – Andreas
- Senegal – Kiréne
- Serbia – pakko
- Singapore – benkai
- Slovakia – Landry
- Slovenia – KHorror
- South Africa – Fury
- South Korea – SilKanon
- Spain – thinkii
- Sweden – d00mbr0s
- Switzerland – holden
- Syria – Prometheus
- Thailand – Best
- Turkey – KEY
- Turkmenistan – aufina
- Ukraine – Johnta
- United States – JoshRT
- Uruguay – Near
- Uzbekistan – Rusty
- Vietnam – Kawa
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Darragh is an Esports Journalist for Insider Gaming specialising in Counter-Strike. He loves to explore how esports teams work, or why they very often do not.
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