VCT 2026 Roster Tracker: All Confirmed Transfers
At long last, the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2026 season is finally underway. After a breakout campaign last year, Tier 1 VALORANT has entered its fifth year, with teams across all regions looking to assert themselves in the race to world supremacy.
This article ensures up-to-date information on the latest VCT 2026 roster transfer news, detailing all confirmed rosters in the EMEA, China, Americas, and Pacific regions.
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VCT 2026 Roster Transfer News
January 9
- Angelo âkeznitâ Mori and Daniel âRossyâ Abedrabbo join ENVY to replace Alex âcanezerraâ Banyasz and Ayan âion2xâ Rastogi, as the latter two are not eligible to participate in VCT Americas due to their age
January 16
- Titan Esports Clubâs Chen âTvirusLukeâ Chen-ching retires from VALORANT
January 17
- Li âLsnâ Sinan, Cui âcxyyâ Xinyu, and Zeyang âBaiâ Zhang leave All Gamers
- Lin âWoodAy1â Weihong, and Zhang âzjcâ Juncheng leave EDward Gaming
- Zhang âV1yaâ Ruimin leaves Wolves Esports
- Wang âmonkâ Haoyu leaves Nova Esports
- Cheng âCangshuâ Yu-chun and Fang âBaizeâ Bai leave Dragon Ranger Gaming
- Xiang âCOLDFISHâ Pengzhi leaves TYLOO
- Demir “d3mur” BoÄa, Eren âsturNNâ Oduncular, and Hakan âAfr0nfireâ PınarbaĆı join ULF Esports, with the latter joining as the head coach
January 20
- Yoon âFlickerâ Tae-hee joins Crest Gaming Zst on loan from DRX
- Patryk âNINJAâ Koczyba, Johann âsevenâ Hernandez, Felix âal0ranteâ Brandl, Mateja âqpertâ MijoviÄ, and Mehmet âcNedâ YaÄız Ä°pek join PCIFIC Esports
All Confirmed VCT 2026 EMEA Rosters
EMEA has failed to lift a VCT trophy in quite some time, but that drought could end soon.
With many dangerous contenders, our EMEA Kickoff predictions spotlight teams like Team Vitality, Team Heretics, and Karmine Corp as worth watching closely, alongside a wave of rookies set to debut at the start of the VCT EMEA 2026 season.
Here are all the confirmed rosters heading into the VCT 2026 EMEA Kickoff:
| Team | Roster |
|---|---|
| BBL Esports | Eren âRosĂ©â Erzan (IGL) Ali âCrewenâ Eren Sargin Yusuf âLar0kâ Kaan Kanber Utku âLoitaâ Kart Umut âlovers rockâ PekdoÄan Mert âKEYâ Ăelebi (Head Coach) |
| Fnatic | Jake âBoasterâ Howlett (IGL) Sylvain âVeqajâ Pattyn Kajetan âkaajakâ Haremski Austin âcrashiesâ Roberts Emir âAlfajerâ Ali Beder Milan âMilanâ de Meij (Head Coach) |
| FUT Esports | Furkan âMrFaliNâ YeÄen (IGL) Eray âyetujeyâ Budak Ata âATA KAPTANâ Tan DoÄan “xeus” Gözgen Okan “KROSTALY” Alaçam Baha “baha” Gözmen Eray “GAIS” Sarıkaya (Head Coach) |
| Gentle Mates | Patryk âstarxoâ KopczyĆski (IGL) Taranvir âbipoâ Singh Conner âGLYPHâ Garcia Patrik âMinnyâ HuĆĄek Martin âmarteenâ PĂĄtek Pavle âpakkoâ KostiÄ (Head Coach) |
| GIANTX | Kirill âCloudâ Nekhozhin (IGL) Eduard-George âaraâ Hanceriuc Karel âFlicklessâ Maeckelbergh Grzegorz âGRUBINHOâ Ryczko MiĆosz âwestsideâ Duda Daniil âpipsoNâ Meshcheryakov (Head Coach) |
| Karmine Corp | Bogdan âSheydosâ Naumov (IGL) Hazem âavezâ Khaled Dastan âdos9â Zhumagali Dmitrii âSUYGETSUâ Iliushin Burak âLewNâ Alkan Andrey âEnghâ Sholokov (Head Coach) |
| Natus Vincere | Andrei âShaoâ Kiprskii (IGL) Emirhan âhiroâ Kat Dawid âFiluâ Czarnecki UÄur “Ruxic” GĂŒĂ§ Volkan “sociablEE” Yönal Kyrylo âANGE1â Karasov (Head Coach) |
| Team Heretics | RiÄardas âBooâ LukaĆĄeviÄius (IGL) Benjy âbenjyfishyâ David Fish Enes âRieNsâ Ecirli Mert âWo0tâ Alkan Berkcan “ComeBack” ĆentĂŒrk Neil âneilzinhoâ Finlay (Head Coach) |
| Team Liquid | Ayaz ânAtsâ Akhmetshin (IGL) Semyon âpurp0â Borchev Wayne âwayneâ Chang Wei Jie Kamil âkamoâ FrÄ ckowiak Dominykas âMiniBooâ LukaĆĄeviÄius Ivo âLohaNâ Albino (Head Coach) |
| Team Vitality | Elias âJamppiâ Olkonnen (IGL) Nikita âDerkeâ Sirmitev Timofey âChronicleâ Khromov Dawid âPROFEKâ ĆwiÄÄ Ètefan âSayonaraâ MĂźtcu Bartosz âUNFAKEâ Bernacki (Substitute) Gregor âPALâ Morton (Head Coach) |
| PCIFIC Esports | Patryk âNINJAâ Koczyba Johann âsevenâ Hernandez Felix âal0ranteâ Brandl Mateja âqpertâ MijoviÄ (IGL) Mehmet âcNedâ YaÄız Ä°pek Kaan âLeaderâ TaĆpınar (Head Coach) |
| ULF Esports | Anıl “nekky” DaÄdeviren (IGL) Enes “Favian” YiÄiter Soner âaudazâ Ekiz Demir “d3mur” BoÄa Eren âsturNNâ Oduncular Hakan âAfr0nfireâ PınarbaĆı (Head Coach) |
All Confirmed VCT 2026 Americas Rosters
Defending world champions NRG will look to start the year strong in the VCT Americas Kickoff. However, there is plenty of competition as teams such as LeviatĂĄn, G2 Esports, Sentinels, and MIBR have strong rosters that can compete for the title.
Listed below are the confirmed VCT 2026 Americas rosters:
| Team | Roster |
|---|---|
| 100 Thieves | Jordan âvoraâ Pulwer (IGL) Peter âAsunaâ Mazuryk Sean âbangâ Bezerra Matthew âCryocellsâ Panganiban TimothĂ©e âTimotinoâ Dupont Laurynas âNbsâ Kisielius (Head Coach) |
| Cloud9 | Jordan âZellsisâ Montemurro (IGL) Erick âXeppaaâ Bach Francis âOXYâ Hoang Victor âv1câ Truong Erik âpennyâ Penny Ian âImmiâ Harding (Head Coach) |
| Evil Geniuses | Corbin âC0Mâ Lee (IGL) Bao âbaoâ Nguyen Phat âsupamenâ Le Douglas âdgzinâ De Santana Da Silva Anthony âokeanosâ Nguyen Christine âpotterâ Chi (Head Coach) |
| FURIA | Michael ânerveâ Yerrow (IGL) Torogul âalymâ Baidyldaev Daniel âeeiuâ Vucenovic Arthur âartzinâ Araujo GianFranco âkoalanoobâ Potestio Luiz âbasicâ Tessaro (Substitute) Ian âshaWâ Jardim (Head Coach) |
| KRĂ Esports | Matias âSaadhakâ Delipetro (IGL) Caio âsilentzzzâ Morita Leonardo âmwzeraâ Serrati Felipe âLessâ Basso JesĂșs âDantedeu5â Larossa Nicolas âZONYKâ Carboni (Head Coach) |
| LeviatĂĄn | Francesco âkiNggâ Aravena (IGL) Eduardo âSatoâ Sato Joshua âPxSâ Figueredo Guilherme âblowzâ Oliveira Bruno âNeonâ RodrĂguez Rodrigo âspikeziNâ Lombardi Rodrigo âOnurâ Dalmagro (Head Coach) |
| LOUD | Bryan âpANcadaâ Luna Leandro âVirtyyâ Moreno Lucca âlukxoâ Travaioli Cauan âcauanzinâ Pereira SebastiĂĄn âDarkerâ Cicuamia Gonzalo âRomanillyâ Manzano (Head Coach) |
| MIBR | Andrew âVernoâ Maust (IGL) Erick âaspasâ Santos Zachary âzekkenâ Patrone Ian âtexâ Botsch Roberto âMazinoâ Rivas Daniel âfRoDâ Montaner (Head Coach) |
| NRG | Ethan âEthanâ Arnold (IGL) Logan âskubaâ Jenkins Brock âbrawkâ Somerhalder Georgio âkeikoâ Sanassy Adam âmadaâ Pampuch Malkolm âBonkarâ Rench (Head Coach) |
| Sentinels | Mirel âkyuâ Hrustemovic (IGL) Yassin âreduxxâ Aboulalazm Mohamad âjohnqtâ Amine Ouarid Marshall âN4RRATEâ Massey Gabriel âcorteziaâ Cortez Adam âKaplanâ Kaplan (Head Coach) |
| G2 Esports | Jacob âvalynâ Batio (IGL) Nathan âleafâ Orf Trent âtrentâ Cairns Andrej âbabybayâ Francisty Alexander âJAWGEMOâ Mor Josh âJoshRTâ Lee (Head Coach) |
| ENVY | Matteo âP0PPINâ Weber (IGL) Evan âEggsterrâ Grady Hunter âinspireâ Schline Angelo âkeznitâ Mori Daniel âRossyâ Abedrabbo Dakota âStunnerâ MacLeod (Head Coach) |
All Confirmed VCT 2026 Pacific Rosters
With two of the three international titles in 2025 going to Pacific teams, the region will be looking to maintain its dominance behind a stacked lineup that includes heavyweights DRX, FULL SENSE, Paper Rex, Global Esports, Gen.G, Rex Regum Qeon, and T1.
The depth of talent in VCT Pacific knows no bounds, as evidenced by the confirmed rosters for the VCT 2026 season:
| Team | Roster |
|---|---|
| DetonatioN FocusMe | Tomonori âSSeeSâ Okimura (IGL) Kazuya âyatsukaâ Ikeda Amon âCaedyeâ Okakura Ibuki âMeiyâ Seki Yu âAkameâ Gwang-hui Cho âJoxJoâ Byung-yeon Kakeru âVorzâ Ikarashi (Head Coach) |
| DRX | Kim âMaKoâ Myeong-kwan (IGL) No âfree1ngâ Ha-jun Ahn âHermesâ Byeong-wook Kang âBeYNâ Ha-bin Song âHYUNMINâ Hyun-min Pyeon âtermiâ Seon-ho (Head Coach) |
| FULL SENSE | Papaphat âPrimmieâ Sriprapha Jittana âJitboySâ Nokngam Tanate âkilluaâ Teerasawad Anupong âthyyâ Preamsak Thanyathon âLeviathanâ Nakmee Thanamethk âCrwsâ Mahatthananuyut (Head Coach) |
| Global Esports | Xavier âxavi8kâ Juan Kale âAutumnâ Dunne Savva âKr1stalâ Fedorov Patrick âPatMenâ Mendoza Derrick âDeryeonâ Yee Go âUdoTanâ Kyung-won Hector âFrosTâ Rosario |
| Gen.G | Kim âLakiaâ Jong-min (IGL) Kim âZynXâ Dong-ha Kim ât3xtureâ Na-ra Kim âKaronâ Won-tae Ha âAshâ Hyun-cheol Kang âsoloâ Keun-chul (Head Coach) |
| Paper Rex | Jason âf0rsakeNâ Susanto (IGL) Adrian âinvyâ Reyes Khalish âd4v41â Rusyaidee Wang âJingggâ Jing Jie Ilya âsomethingâ Petrov Alexandre âalecksâ SallĂ© (Head Coach) |
| Rex Regum Qeon | NgĂŽ CĂŽng âcrazyguyâ Anh (IGL) Bryan âKushyâ Setiawan Cahya âmonyetâ Nugraha David âxfferoâ Monagin Maksim âJemkinâ Batorov Jovanni âJoviâ Vera (Head Coach) |
| T1 | Byeon âMunchkinâ Sang-beom (IGL) Lee âcarpeâ Jae-hyeok Ham âiZuâ Woo-joo Kim âMeteorâ Tae-oh Kim âstaxâ Gu-taek Yu âBuZzâ Byung-chul Kim âKDGâ Dong-gun (Head Coach) |
| Team Secret | Jessie âJessieVashâ Cuyco (IGL) Rizkie âBerserXâ Kusuma Kim âTenTenâ Tae-young Ko âSylvanâ Young-sub Kelly âkellySâ Sedillo Jose âRbtxâ Jamir (Head Coach) |
| ZETA DIVISION | Shota âSugarZ3roâ Watanabe (IGL) Yuto âXdllâ Mizomori Yeom âeKoâ Wang-ryong Shota âSyouTaâ Aoki Kazuki âAbsolâ Fujinoki Hibiki âXQQâ Motoyama (Head Coach) |
| VARREL | Kim âXuNaâ Tae-geon Kim âKlausâ Min-hyuk Go âC1ndeRâ Jae-hyuk Jang âzexyâ Suk-hyun Shin âoonzmlpâ Sang-beom Goo âTK9_ìŁŒâ Tae-Kyun (Head Coach) |
| Nongshim RedForce | Goo âRbâ Sang-min (IGL) Kim âFrancisâ Mu-bin Park âIvyâ Sung-hyeon Jung âXrossâ Hwan Lee âDambiâ Hyuk-kyu Kim âSilKanoNâ Gyeong-min (Head Coach) |
All Confirmed VCT 2026 China Rosters
After a disappointing campaign last year, barring a miracle run from Wolves at Masters Toronto, China will be eager to reignite the fire in 2026, led by teams like EDward Gaming, Bilibili Gaming, XLG Esports, JD Gaming, and Trace Esports.
Here are the confirmed rosters for the VCT 2026 China season:
| Team | Roster |
|---|---|
| All Gamers | Xin âSpitfiresâ Mingyang Roman âf4ngeerâ Smirnov Zhu âAu1â Yihao Yang âShr1mpâ Yong Gao âiamgrqâ Ruiqi Huang âK1raâ Zhihao Han âED101â Tianqi (Head Coach) |
| Bilibili Gaming | Marcus ânephhâ Tan (IGL) Lu âLeviusâ Yinzhong Wang ârushiaâ Xiaojie Yang âbudâ Renyu Wang âwhzyâ Haozhe Liu âKnightâ Yuxian Tang âMuggleâ Shijun (Head Coach) |
| EDward Gaming | Wan âCHICHOOâ Shunzhi (IGL) Zheng âZmjjKKâ Yongkang Wang ânobodyâ Senxu Zhang âSmoggyâ Zhao Zhang âJieni7â Juntai Wang âcbâ Qingchuan Yoon âAutumnâ Eu-teum (Head Coach) |
| FunPlus Phoenix | Chang âBerLINâ Po-lin (IGL) Zhang âAAAAYâ Yang Ou âSetrodâ Tai-keng Natchapon âSscaryâ Matarat Qu âLifeâ Donghao Nikola âLEGIJAâ NiniÄ (Head Coach) |
| JD Gaming | Niu âzheâ Zhe Huang âYuicawâ Yung-chieh Park âstewâ Young-chan Yang âLink7â Bowan Freddie âriyabtwâ Liu Cho-ming Zhang âkklinâ Zilin Yeung âjkuroâ Ho-chung Colin âCoconutâ Patrick Chung Lee âbailâ Sung-jae (Head Coach) |
| Nova Esports | Ho âheybayâ Shun-hei (IGL) Zhao âEzeirâ Zejun Guang âGuanGâ Honglin Chen âOBONEâ Yijie Chiu âGreenâ Chien-chih Won âprâ Jun-yeon (Head Coach) |
| Titan Esports Club | Guo âHaodongâ Haodong (IGL) Ding âCoCoâ Dajian Lu âLucasâ Yunkun Zhao âdynamiteâ Zihao Han âAboâ Bohao Lo âAfteRâ Wen-hsin (Head Coach) |
| Trace Esports | Ran âvivaâ Lifan (IGL) Delbert âdeLbâ Tanoto Song âFengFâ Xeufeng Lu âKaiâ Zhinan Zhang âLuoK1ngâ Zhanpeng Gu âdestroyeRâ Jiaming (Head Coach) |
| TYLOO | Li âsword9â Wei (IGL) Moses âSplashâ Jonathan Shen âErvâ Zhiwei Sun âslowlyâ Kenlun Zhang âScalesâ Zhen Hsu âYoyoâ Yuh-siang Xie âhypnotizingâ Haozhi (Head Coach) |
| Wolves Esports | Pong âSiuFatBBâ Ka-hei (IGL) Fei âSatoshiâ Zhixian Jordan âjowaâ Wang Wang âyosemiteâ Lei Bijan âqiutiaNâ Moeinzadeh Liu âSpringâ Chun-ting Chong âFaydeâ Hoc Wah (Head Coach) |
| XLG Esports | Teng âhappyweiâ Min-wei Arthur âRargaâ Churyumov James âNoManâ Man Ga-kit Liang âLysoarâ Youhao Huang âWsLeoâ Ping-wei Aleksandr âHvoyaâ Eremin (Head Coach) |
| Dragon Ranger Gaming | Luo âFlex1nâ Rui (IGL) Wang âYingâ Chenxu Zhang âAkemanâ Haoran Shao âNiccâ Yi-chun Ilya âvo0kashuâ Ushakov Lin âSpiritZ1â Ting-yu Deng âNaThanDâ Senqiao (Head Coach) |
FAQs
How do VCT roster changes work for the 2026 season?
VCT transfers ahead of a new season usually involve contract extensions or signing players from rival teams. In some cases, organizations may also sign highly desired young talent before they are eligible to play to develop them in-house and block competitors from acquiring them.
What is the official roster change timeline for VCT 2026?
Most of the VCT 2026 roster changes happen before the season begins. However, a few roster changes can happen in the mid-season due to various reasons, such as player performance, health, and visa issues.
Where can I track verified VCT roster announcements?
You can also track all major roster changes directly in this guide, alongside updates from the official VCT social channels. However, for team-specific changes, itâs still best to follow each organizationâs own social media accounts.
Who are the biggest confirmed transfers in VCT 2026?
Some of the most striking VCT 2026 player transfers in the offseason include Chronicle to Team Vitality, keiko to NRG, zekken to MIBR, and invy to Paper Rex.
Which teams have made the best roster moves in VCT 2026?
Team Vitality and MIBR have made some huge signings that are sure to bring many eyes to them heading into the VCT 2026 season.
