*UPDATED* Valorant: All Franchised Teams for 2023 Announced

Valorant announced its franchising model for Valorant 2023 earlier this year.

However, now there has been the official lists of all of these partnered teams release by Riot Games.

These franchised teams will be able to compete in special tournaments which are exclusive to partnered teams.

The first international split starts in March 2023 and will see some of the best Valorant esports teams compete.

But, until that time, let's take a look at which franchised teams we should expect to see compete in these Valorant tournaments.

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Riot Games Valorant partnership

Riot will partner with ten teams from each region which is equal to 30 teams across the globe. Each region included is the Americas, EMEA, and the Pacific.

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At the moment, there aren't any official announcements of what teams may be partnered with the company.

However, there are some leaks floating around about the potential teams that could be included.

Confirmed Valorant partnered teams

Riot Games have officially revealed the full list of all teams which have successfully gained a partnership with the company.

These include...

EMEA

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

Americas

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

Pacific

  • Gen.G
  • T1
  • ZETA DIVISION
  • DetonatioN Gaming
  • Talon Esports
  • Team Secret
  • Paper Rex
  • DRX
  • Rex Regum Qeon
  • Global Esports

There are some big gaps noticeable within the partnered teams list. Teams such as G2, OpTic, and Misfits are some huge teams left out.

However, this does not mean that we won't be getting some great matches still from these Valorant teams in 2023.

Make sure to follow @VALORANTESPORTS on Twitter for everything VCT 2023, and follow @VALLEAGUE_EMEA for everything Challengers!