All teams that qualified for Valorant Challengers 2023: North America Split 1

The first stage of the Valorant Challengers League 2023: North America is set to commence in February 2023, featuring twelve promising contenders. These twelve teams will compete in an online set-up from February 1 to March 17 in an attempt to progress to the Ascension tournament and ultimately earn a partnership slot.

Hundreds of teams from all over North America initially competed in the qualifiers to earn a spot in the Valorant Challengers League. Out of the twelve participants, six of them were invited based on their commitment towards Valorant and their overall reputation as an organization, four were selected from the Open Qualifiers, and two from the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ).

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Expected rosters of all 12 Valorant teams at Valorant Challengers 2023: North America Split 1

Fans of the North American Valorant scene will have an exciting series of matchups to look forward to once the tournament kicks off. Although the event features Valorant's tier-2 division of teams, several renowned organizations who didn't make it to the franchised leagues will continue their fight for a franchise slot through the VCT Challengers League.

Big organizations like G2 Esports, FaZe Clan, TSM, Shopify, and The Guard have already invested in Valorant esports for a fair period of time, and were deservedly invited by Riot to build a foundation for the game's tier-2 ecosystem. They will be joined by the likes of new organizations such as M80, Oxygen Esports, OREsports, Disguised, and various other unsigned rosters like BreakThru, Mad Lions, and Turtle Troop.

Listed below are all of the 12 teams and their expected rosters ahead of the North American Valorant Challengers League 2023:

Invited teams

M80

• GianFranco "koalanoob" Potestio
• Marc-Andre "NiSMO" Tayar
• Daniel "eeiu" Vucenovic
• Alexander "Zander" Dituri (IGL)
• Mouhamed "johnqt" Ouarid
• Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer (Coach)

FaZe Clan

• Andrej "babybay" Francisty
• Kevin "poised" Ngo (IGL)
• Quan "dicey" Tran
• Phat "supamen" Le
• Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo
• Michael "Mas" Smith (Coach)

TSM

• Johann "seven" Hernandez
• Corey "corey" Nigra
• Anthony "gMd" Guimond
• James "hazed" Cobb (IGL)
• Nicholas "NaturE" Garrison
• Jacob "Daeda" Hale (Coach)

Shopify Rebellion

• Adam "mada" Pampuch
• Will "dazzLe" Loafman (IGL)
• Brandon Michael "bdog" Sanders
• Kaleb "moose" Jayne
• Victor "v1c" Truong
• Jared "mac" Schneider (Coach)

G2 Esports

• Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan (IGL)
• Michael "dapr" Gulino
• Maxim "wippie" Shepelev
• Erik "penny" Penny
• Francis "OXY" Hoang
• Ian "Immi" Harding (Coach)

The Guard

• Jacob "valyn" Batio (IGL)
• Michael "neT" Bernet
• Jonah "JonahP" Pulice
• Trent "trent" Cairns
• Ian "tex" Botsch
• Josh "JoshRT" Lee (Coach)

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Teams from Open Qualifiers

BreakThru

• Brady "thief" Dever
• Alex "aproto" Protopapas
• Brock "brawk" Somerhalder
• Xavier "flyuh" Carlson
• Tyler "sym" Porter
• Tanishq "Tanizhq" Sabharwal (Coach)

Disguised

• Drake "Exalt" Branly
• Joshua "steel" Nissan
• Amgalan "Genghsta" Nemekhbayar
• Damion "XXiF" Cook
• Joseph "clear" Allen
• Kyle "OCEAN" O'Brien (Coach)

Oxygen Esports

• Devon "randyySAVAGE" Bréard
• Mitch "mitch" Semago
• Josh "pwny" VanGorder
• Logan "skuba" Jenkins
• Andrew "Verno" Maust
• Preston "Juv3nile" Dornon (Coach)
• Rustun "Rustun" Lusk (Coach)

Mad Lions

• Justin "Trick" Sears
• Adam "Ange" Milian
• Anthony "ZexRow" Colandro
• Taylor "drone" Johnson
• William "Will" Cheng
• Jornen "MoonChopper" Nishiyama (Coach)

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Teams from LCQ

Turtle Troop

• Jack "Add3r" Hayashi
• Peter "Governor" No
• Mohammed "Harmful" Choudhary
• Anthony "Okeanos" Nguyen
• Matthew "Wedid" Suchan
• Jackson "Jaxsen" Popelka (Coach)

OREsports

• Jonard "Jonaaa6" Penaflor
• Dayton "Lear" Akau
• Vincent "PureVNS" Nguyen
• Chase "nillyaz" Linder
• Elijah "zeldris" Hawkins
• Erik "vapen" Sutton (Coach)
• Chris "Huijinyong" Yong (Coach)

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Throughout the year, a total of 23 regional tier-2 tournaments will be held under the banner of Valorant Challengers in various parts of the world. The most competent teams from each of those leagues will have the opportunity to compete in the VCT Ascension tournament and eventually secure a franchise slot for the 2024 season.