On Sept. 21, Riot announced the 30 teams that will participate in 2023 VCT's international partnered leagues. Teams across the world are rebuilding rosters left and right in preparation for next year's circuit.
VLR.gg has compiled below the roster changes announced by teams in the current APAC, Korea, and Japan regions.
Thursday, Oct. 21
- 4:00 p.m. SGT: Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) has announced its full roster for the 2023 VCT Pacific Season. The team includes Kim "Meteor" Tae Oh (김태오), Lee "k1Ng" Seung-won (이승원), Kang "iNTRO" Seung-gyun (강승균), Yu "TS" Tae-seok (유태석), Yeom "eKo" Wang-ryong (염왕룡) and Kim "Secret" Ha-jin (김하진). The team also has Chris "Elmapuddy" Tebbit as Head Coach and Lee "bail" Sung-jae (이성재) as Assistant Coach.
Wednesday, Oct. 20
- 1:00 p.m. SGT: DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) has announced three new induvials joining their prospect team, DRX Prospects DRX Prospects Korea Unranked SacrificE . "miKa" and Kang "BeYN" Ha-bin (강하빈) have joined as players as well as Ye "Anaks" Sang-jun (예상준) filling the Head Coach slot.
Saturday, Oct. 15
- 9:24 a.m. SGT: Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #20 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan Estrella Park Gun (박건) have added a sixth player in the form of ex- BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #2 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma Saibani "fl1pzjder" Rahmad
Friday, Oct. 14
6:45 p.m. SGT: Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Asia-Pacific Rank #1 Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Tanate Teerasawad cgrs Patiphan Porsi Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen have welcomed Kititkawin "PTC" Rattanasukol back into the roster after a long stint with FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #6 JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj .
11 a.m. SGT: BLEED BLEED Inactive 's roster is nearing completion. They have promoted Tyler "Juicy" James Aeria from the academy roster into the organization's main 2023 roster.
Thursday, Oct. 13
/ 11 a.m. SGT: After Derrick "Deryeon" Yee renewed his contract with BLEED BLEED Inactive , the team has acquired Ngô "crazyguy" Công Anh after a month-long period as a stand-in.
/ 3:27 p.m. SGT: TALON TALON Asia-Pacific Rank #17 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No have let Mark "markL" Lester and Go "UdoTan" Kyung-won (고경원) go, leaving just coach In "Creative" Moo-keun (인무근) with a 2023 rebuild in their sights.
11:02 p.m. SGT: DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) have signed their first player for 2023 in the form of ex- REIGNITE REIGNITE Japan Rank #23 Jung "Foxy9" Jae-sung (정재성). At the time of writing, DRX are still trialing "miKa" and Kang "BeYN" Ha-bin (강하빈).
Wednesday, Oct. 12
- 11:30 a.m. SGT: Derrick "Deryeon" Yee, one of BLEED BLEED Inactive 's longest-standing members, negotiated a contract extension with the team for 2023.
Tuesday, Oct. 11
- 6 p.m. SGT: ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori , who will be a part of the 2023 partnered VCT Pacific League, have welcomed Oshiro "Reita" Ryu back into the team after a year-long stint with REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #18 muto BNN take BRIAN IceBear .
Monday, Oct. 10
- 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. SGT: Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #33 Zeus slathom999 Shawn Dale Bolondro marky Mark Anthony Tuling removed two of its founding players — Mark "Ripper" Louis Nino Laguardia and Kurt "kurtesy" Francis Cinco — and added three members to its 2023 coaching staff: Flufee02 , Eraxx , and See "Evo" Wey Kang.
Sunday, Oct. 9
- 12:08 p.m. to 9:43 p.m. SGT: Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #20 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan Estrella Park Gun (박건) completed their roster by signing Eroll "EJAY" Jule Delfin, who had been trialing for the team, and ex- BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #2 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma David "xffero" Monangin.
Saturday, Oct. 8
- 10 p.m. to 10:25 p.m. SGT: Franz "Kevzii" Kevin Dingal and Jose "Draxi" Eduardo D. Jamir have both announced their departure from Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #20 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan Estrella Park Gun (박건) . They are both unrestricted free agents for 2023.
Thursday, Oct. 6
- / 2:43 a.m. SGT: Former XSET XSET Inactive player Jordan "AYRIN" He has joined APAC partnership team Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #37 patrickWHO Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista as their in-game leader and sole import.
Wednesday, Oct. 5
/ 5:29 p.m. SGT: Rising Hope Rising Hope Inactive has released all of their roster except for coaches Vladislav "Simons" Mineev and "mdvjk" as they will help form the new line-up. All of the rosters except the coaches are free agents.
10:56 a.m. SGT: Bren Esports Victress Bren Esports Victress Inactive has said goodbye to "Mikkasie" . She has been with the team since March of 2022 and last played GC APAC: Open 4. She is now a free agent for 2023.
Tuesday, Oct. 4
- / 6:54 a.m. SGT: Zander "thwifo" Kim has announced his unrestricted free agency, citing import slot limitations as a catalyst for the split from T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae Oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young Sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung Cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) .
Saturday, Oct. 1
- 7:16 p.m. SGT: Due to not making it into the Pacific franchise league, Persija Esports Persija Esports Inactive Asteriskk Nanda Rizana Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Eeyore Kevin Gunawan Flynch Vicky Rudyanto roseau Baskoro Dwi Putra has parted ways with their roster. All players are now free agents looking for 2023 opportunities.
Wednesday, Sept. 29
- 6:04 p.m. to 6:07 p.m. SGT: After NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #20 was not accepted into the Pacific franchise league, the team's coach Lee "bail" Sung-jae (이성재) and player Kim "Meteor" Tae Oh (김태오) are looking for new opportunities with a franchised pacific team for 2023.
Monday, Sept. 26
- 10 p.m. SGT: ex- Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #18 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Venka Venkatesh Sharma deecee Daivik Chauhan Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo hellff Sagnik Roy Hoax Aman Yadav member Jon "tesseract" Michael Piga has joined Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh . This will be the Filipino player's second South Asian team.
Sunday, Sept. 25
- 9:05 p.m. SGT: Kititkawin "PTC" Rattanasukol has left FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #6 JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj and is looking for a new team. PTC was an integral part of the APAC LCQ 2021 winning roster, of which they qualified for Champions.
Saturday, Sept. 24
4:07 to 5:20 p.m. SGT: All of the remaining members of Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #29 VaNish XirZz have announced they are looking for a team individually. TS , Bazzi , GodDead , and Estrella are becoming free agents after September, alongside head coach Jaemin who is looking for opportunities.
5:46 a.m SGT: Former CERBERUS Esports CERBERUS Esports Inactive viness Nguyễn Trung Tín alyaL Hoàng Đức Hùng ting2k5 Dường Mạnh Thắng player Kishi has once again announced that he is looking for a team. He is open to relocating.
Friday, Sept. 23
11:18 p.m. SGT: After his teammates blaZek1ng and fl1pzjder announced free agency yesterday, David "xffero" Monangin from BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #2 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma has also followed in suit in exploring his options as a restricted free agent.
/ 8:21 to 10:22 p.m. SGT: Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #18 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Venka Venkatesh Sharma deecee Daivik Chauhan Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo hellff Sagnik Roy Hoax Aman Yadav has allowed its analyst, Felipe "skye" Skye Lim, and player Muhammad "aduka" Arsyad Sazali to explore their options as unrestricted free agents. The two joined Orangutan in July, before their campaign in Skyesports Pro Invitational- Season 1. Additionally, inaugural member Prabhdeep "Ghost" Bhatia has also been allowed to explore new options, albeit as a restricted free agent.
/ 3:08 p.m. SGT: ex- Inactive player Vici have revealed that he is looking for a team.
2:11 p.m. SGT: Philip "Aryu" Vergara announced he is still looking for a team and willing to relocate. Aryu notably played for Walküre Walküre Inactive Aryu Philip Vergara flippy MrNiceGuy w1nterlove Clarence Dimayuga Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes and Action PH Action PH Inactive SyKo Daddie Shunmar Bellita eugeneS Eugene Serrano Narpim Clark Karoll Landrito SecondLove Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce Worship Ian Ga .
/ 1:18 p.m. SGT: Ilya "something" Petrov is looking for a team with international opportunities. Something previously played for Insomnia Insomnia Inactive Rheify , BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #15 keisu Lafura Zan e9Lair kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida , and Inactive .
12:32 to 9:26 p.m. SGT: Riley "Witz" Go is looking for a team as the Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #7 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2ge James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera player is allowed to explore his options. His teammate Kevin "dispenser" Te is also looking for a team. Both were notably members of Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #7 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2ge James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera and Bren Esports Bren Esports Inactive .
1:47 a.m. SGT: Um "SeliG" Hyun-sung (엄현성) of GOMA GOMA Inactive Supply SeliG Um Hyun-sung (엄현성) Felix Park Hyeon-ho (박현호) and TNL Esports TNL Esports Inactive TS Yu Tae-seok (유태석) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Meteor Kim Tae Oh (김태오) fame announced he is looking for a team.
/ 00:19 a.m. SGT: Joshua "steel" Nissan is seeking opportunities with partnered teams in the Americas league as it was confirmed T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae Oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young Sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung Cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) would be competing and moving to Seoul, South Korea for the Pacific League.
Thursday, Sept. 22
8:36 to 8:43 p.m. SGT: BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #2 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma have allowed Gary "blaZek1ng" Dastin and Saibani "fl1pzjder" Rahmad to explore their options for the 2023 season after the organization didn't make it as a partnership team.
5:05 p.m. SGT: Kim "Jinboong" Jin-won (김진원) announced he is looking for a team. JinboongE famously played for FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #1 GON Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz , HolyMolly HolyMolly Inactive Harry Kim Han-kyu (김한규) 10X Choi Jin-woo (최진우) Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) , TNL Esports TNL Esports Inactive TS Yu Tae-seok (유태석) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Meteor Kim Tae Oh (김태오) , and World Game Star World Game Star Korea Rank #25 Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) YUNSEUNG .
3:36 p.m. SGT: Kim "WIX" Doo-heon (김두헌) announced he is looking for a team. WIX notably played for Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Rank #19 ANNYEON An Seo-jin (안서진) Dipa Yoon Ha-jun (윤하준) Xenus Lee Kyung-ho (이경호) mir Hwang Mir (황미르) GANGAZI Choi Min-yong (최민용) and SPEAR GAMING SPEAR GAMING Inactive .
12:58 p.m. SGT: Ex- BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #4 Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz player Noah "Nozz" McClafferty announced that he is looking for offers both in APAC and North America. Nozz also played for Dire Wolves Dire Wolves Inactive , Gravitas Gravitas Inactive Nerox Benjamin Cowell spiKez Josh Qualischefski , and Bonkers Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert .
12:30 p.m. SGT: Lim "lenne" You Xiang Lionel announced once again that he was still looking for offers. Lenne notably played for BLEED BLEED Inactive and Louvre Louvre Inactive ExTreMisTz wisa Winston Ho kayle Ahmad Aqil dumin Du-Min Yeo Reverie Steven Kang Kai Lun .
10:12 a.m. SGT: Former FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #1 GON Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz coach Relife is looking for opportunities as head or assistant coach as well as being a technical director.
8:35 a.m. SGT: Nick "tixx" Quinn is looking for opportunities including inter-regional Challengers opportunity. Tixx most notably played for Bonkers Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert and BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #4 Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz .
7:32 to 10:52 a.m. SGT: All of ex- ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun members have announced their free agency status and decided to split. All five players have expressed willingness to relocate should the need arise. In a separate tweet, Michael "WRONSKI" Wronski has indicated interest in joining a tier 2 team in North America or EU for 2023.
3:37 a.m. SGT: After failing to get accepted in the partnership league, ex- DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) player Lee "Hate" Ye-hun (이예훈) is now looking for a new home.
00:28 to 2:48 a.m. SGT: Former CNJ Esports CNJ Esports Korea Rank #7 Ziya Rain Seo Hong-seung (서홍승) members Moothie , Has1ra14 , and head coach TK9 announced their departure from the Korean outfit. Moothie and Has1ra14 expressed their interest in team offers, while TK9 is looking for coaching opportunities.
Wednesday, Sept. 21
9:57 p.m. SGT: Former HolyMolly HolyMolly Inactive Harry Kim Han-kyu (김한규) 10X Choi Jin-woo (최진우) Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) player Kim "Harry" Han-kyu (김한규) announced he is looking for a team. Harry also notably played for T1 Korea T1 Korea Inactive 10X Choi Jin-woo (최진우) R0K3T Kim Ju-yeong (김주영) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) Harry Kim Han-kyu (김한규) Anaks Ye Sang-jun (예상준) , BearClaw Gaming BearClaw Gaming Inactive joshh Joshua Leow bryce Bryce Lee Flaring Henri Forichon JayH Wong Jia Heng , and TNL Esports TNL Esports Inactive TS Yu Tae-seok (유태석) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Meteor Kim Tae Oh (김태오) .
/ 5 p.m. SGT: Players Medusa and iNTRO as well as coach koyori announced their departure from REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #18 muto BNN take BRIAN IceBear . Head coach KeNNy stated that Reject were still planning on remaining in Valorant in 2023.
/ 4:22 p.m. SGT: ONIC G ONIC G Inactive has released its roster. The team's coach Marthinus "Ewok" Jacobus Van Der Walt announced that he is open to head or assistant coach and analyst positions. ONIC G most recently achieved a second-place finish in the APAC LCQ, just short of qualifying for Champions 2022.
Tuesday, Sept. 20
- 4:08 a.m. SGT: Lee "k1Ng" Seung-won (이승원) announced that he is looking for a team. k1Ng most notably played in the first iteration of Vision Strikers Vision Strikers Inactive stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byung Cheol (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) , before joining Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #29 VaNish XirZz on loan for Stages 1 and 2 of the 2022 VCT season.
Monday, Sept. 19
10:53 p.m. SGT: Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #33 Zeus slathom999 Shawn Dale Bolondro marky Mark Anthony Tuling 's Mark "marky" Anthony Tuling announced that he is exploring offers as a restricted free agent.
5:57 p.m. SGT: BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #4 Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz has announced that its players are looking for offers in all three international leagues, including coach Senpai .
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