Americas, EMEA, Pacific and China

Because the VALORANT esports low season begins to wrap up, many groups have began confirming their rosters for the 2026 VCT season. 

Followers throughout all 4 areas have already witnessed surprising transfers, organisations getting faraway from the Worldwide Leagues, and whole rebuilds.

With so many roster strikes happening, it’s arduous to maintain observe of the ultimate lively lineups. As such, Esports Insider has compiled an article that particulars these rosters in a single place for VCT Americas, EMEA, Pacific and China.

Editor’s observe: This text can be repeatedly up to date when additional roster strikes have been confirmed  

KOI being faraway from VCT EMEA and getting changed by Mild Mates is arguably the largest spotlight for the area’s upcoming 2026 season. Together with this, some of the constant VALORANT gamers, Timofey ‘Chronicle‘ Khromov, left Fnatic within the low season after three years to hitch Crew Vitality.

BBL PCIFIC’s complete roster has been picked by BBL Esports for the upcoming VCT season and the Ascension 2025 winner is but to announce its new line-up.

Each group in VCT EMEA has made modifications, and listed here are the confirmed rosters as they prepare for 2026:

Whereas not a surprising announcement, 100 Thieves introduced an entire rebuild of its VALORANT roster, permitting each member of the group to discover new alternatives. 

Moreover, Sentinels additionally parted methods with its most skilled participant, Jordan ‘Zellsis‘ Montemurro, star duelist, Zachary ‘zekken‘ Patrone, and controller, Sean ‘bang‘ Bezerra. The group later unveiled its new lineup, that includes Gabriel ‘cortezia‘ Cortez and Cubert Academy gamers, with contracts operating till 2028. 

G2 Esports’ resolution to not renew Jonah ‘JonahP‘ Pulice’s contract acquired backlash from the group, because the timing of the announcement left the participant with restricted alternatives to discover a new residence. Whereas the organisation competed at Crimson Bull Dwelling Floor with Andrej ‘babybay‘ Francisty, his inclusion within the 2026 VCT roster has not been confirmed.

In the meantime, VALORANT Champions 2025 winner Sam ‘s0m‘ Oh additionally introduced his retirement from aggressive play, and he has been changed by the EMEA import, Georgio ‘keiko‘ Sanassy. 

Try the confirmed rosters for VCT Americas 2026 groups beneath:

TALON has change into the second organisation to be faraway from VCT Pacific, and Riot is now actively searching for its alternative. Paper Rex has additionally bid farewell to its longest-serving participant, Aaron ‘mindfreak‘ Leonhart, after 5 years.

Following a trophyless VCT season, Gen.G has let go of Byeon ‘Munchkin‘ Sang-beom and Kim ‘Lakia‘ Jong-min, whereas shifting Jung ‘Foxy9‘ Jae-sung to the inactive place. 

Listed here are the confirmed rosters up to now for VCT Pacific 2026 groups:

Amongst all areas, VCT China in 2026 has seen the least dramatic modifications through the low season. That stated, some notable strikes embrace EDward Gaming parting methods with its head coach, Tang ‘Muggle‘ Shijun, a yr after lifting the VALORANT Champions 2024 trophy. 

Furthermore, Wolves Esports has eliminated Liang ‘Lysoar‘ Youhao and Tyler ‘juicy‘ Aeria from the roster, whereas Huang ‘Yuicaw‘ Yung-chieh has been transferred to JD Gaming. They’ve been changed by Fei ‘Satoshi‘ Zhixian, Jordan ‘jowa‘ Wang, and Wang ‘yosemite‘ Lei within the lineup forward of the 2026 season.

The confirmed rosters for VCT China groups are as follows: