The VALORANT Champions Tour 2023 season starting soon, with teams competing to get to Ascension. The top teams will join the major league for 2024 onwards, meaning it’s a very competitive and important tournament.
Some very popular teams are competing in Challengers, along with some surprises. Here are all the teams competing in the NA Challengers League for 2023.
All teams competing in NA VALORANT Challengers 2023
Here are the teams to check out this season.
M80
- Daniel “eeiu” Vucenovic
- Alexander “zander” Dituri
- Gianfranco “koalanoob” Potestio
- Marc-Andre “NiSMO” Tayar
- Mohamed Amine “johnqt” Ouarid
FaZe Clan
- Andrej “babybay” Francisty
- Quan “dicey” Tran
- Phat “supamen” Le
- Kevin “poised” Ngo
- Daniel “Rossy” Abedrabbo
TSM
- Johann “seven” Hernandez
- Corey “corey” Nigra
- Anthony “gMd” Guimond
- James “hazed” Cobb
- Nicholas “NaturE” Garrison
Shopify Rebellion
- Adam “mada” Pampuch
- Will “dazzLe” Loafman
- Brandon Michael “bdog” Sanders
- Kaleb “moose” Jayne
- Victor “v1c” Truong
G2 Esports
- Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan
- Michael “dapr” Gulino
- Maxim “wippie” Shepelev
- Erik “penny” Penny
- Francis “OXY” Hoang
The Guard
- Jacob “valyn” Batio
- Michael “neT” Bernet
- Jonah “JonahP” Pulice
- Trent “trent” Cairns
- Ian “tex” Botsch
BreakThru
- Brady “thief” Dever
- Alex “aproto” Protopapas
- Brock “brawk” Somerhalder
- Xavier “flyuh” Carlson
- Tyler “sym” Porter
Disguised
- Amgalan “Genghsta” Nemekhbayar
- Drake “Exalt” Branly
- Damion “XXiF” Cook
- Joshua “steel” Nissan
- Joseph “clear” Allen
Oxygen Esports
- Logan “skuba” Jenkins
- Josh “pwny” VanGorder
- Mitch “mitch” Semago
- Devon “randyySAVAGE” Bréard
- Andrew “Verno” Maust
- Yassin “Reduxx” Aboulalazm (substitute)
Dark Ratio
- Adam “Ange” Milian
- Anthony “ZexRow” Colandro
- Taylor “drone” Johnson
- Justin “Trick” Sears
- William “Will” Cheng
Turtle Troops (a.k.a. Squirtle Squad)
- Mohammed “Harmful” Choudhary
- Matthew “Wedid” Suchan
- Peter “Governor” No
- Jack “Add3r” Hayashi
- Anthony “Okeanos” Nguyen
OREsports
- Jonard “Jonaaa6” Penaflor
- Dayton “Lear” Akau
- Vincent “PureVNS” Nguyen
- Chase “nillyaz” Linder
- Elijah “Zeldris” Hawkins
The latter six teams in the above list — starting with BreakThru and ending with OREsports — all came in through qualifiers. All the other teams came in via invitation from Riot Games. This spread of 12 NA VALORANT Challengers teams in 2023 have a lot of familiar faces due to franchising for the main league.
Groups are set for 2023
Recently, the groups were revealed for the NA VALORANT Challengers 2023 Split 1.
The Balls have made their decision, who is ready for #NAChallengers?@eBay – @invstreams pic.twitter.com/M5vGrGIpMF
— Knights Arena (@KnightsArena) January 25, 2023
The groups are as follows:
Group A
- FaZe Clan
- Shopify Rebellion
- G2 Esports
- BreakThru
- Oxygen Esports
- Turtle Troops
Group B
- M80
- TSM
- The Guard
- Disguised
- Dark Ratio
- OREsports
Both groups have three invited teams and three open qualifiers teams each. The full schedule has also come out, with the debut matches of FaZe Clan versus G2 Esports at 4 P.M. and The Guard versus Disguised at 7 P.M. on Feb. 1, 2023.
Which matchup are you looking forward to the most?
📅 Split 1: Feb. 1 – Mar. 17@eBay – @invstreams pic.twitter.com/MQ1hcLD1O4
— Knights Arena (@KnightsArena) January 27, 2023
