Following the conclusion of Champions, the 2022 VALORANT season has come to an end with LOUD defeating OpTic in the best-of-five championship match. Here is the schedule for the following season. Riot Games, a game publisher and tournament organiser, unveiled the 2023 VALORANT competitive circuit calendar. There will be a kick-off competition in So Paulo, Brazil, featuring participation from all 30 foreign teams. To kick off the commencement of the international leagues, the event will take place in February.
The kick-off tournament will replace the first split of the regular season for the international leagues. This will be followed by a second split later in the year. Then in 2024, the VCT will once again return to having two splits in the regular season.
What teams are competing in VCT 2023?
Here’s the list of partnered teams competing in VCT 2023. For live updates on partnered teams, check out our partnership live tracker.
- EMEA: KOI, Karmine Corp, Fnatic, Team Vitality, Natus Vincere (reportedly)
- Americas: TBD
- Asia: TBD
Teams that do not get selected to partner with Riot, however, will have to compete in Challengers, which is the second tier of competition below the international leagues. Challengers is set to begin earlier than the kick-off tournament in 2023, with the first split starting in January.
Both the kick-off tournament for the partnered teams and the first split of the Challengers leagues for non-partnered teams will conclude in March 2023. The tournaments in Riot’s circuit will provide teams with a chance to qualify for Masters and Champions. Challengers teams will also have a chance each year to earn two-year promotions to the top international leagues.
There will be tournaments prior to VCT in 2023, however, with smaller organizers set to host third-party events that teams can compete in. But these tournaments are not affiliated with Riot’s competitive circuit.
There is a planned offseason window for October 2022 onwards for third-party tournaments to organize events, so fans won’t have to wait long after Champions has concluded later this month to get their VALORANT fix.