VCT Partner Slots: 32 Franchises Named Across Four Regions

Four regions, eight partner slots each: the VCT list names 32 franchises, split evenly across the Americas, EMEA, Pacific and China.

Each regional list names exactly as many franchises as it has slots, so the table has no open seats and no waiting list. The tables below show the split by region and then the full roster of names.

The full list of 32, region by region

The grid below keeps the order in which each region's franchises were listed. That order is not a ranking, and nothing in the list suggests a seeding.

The Americas list opens with Sentinels and closes with NRG. EMEA runs from Fnatic to Gentle Mates, Pacific from Paper Rex to GAM Esports, and China from EDward Gaming to All Gamers. No franchise appears under more than one region, so the 32 names are 32 different organizations.

What an even split does and does not settle

Equal slot counts mean the list gives no region a larger share of partner seats. China sits in the table as its own region, with the same eight slots as the others rather than a reduced allocation. Whether that parity carries into qualification paths, event seeding or revenue distribution is a separate question the list does not answer.

On paper, a four-by-eight grid also makes cross-region comparisons cleaner. Any region-versus-region measure, such as how many of a region's eight franchises reach a given stage, would start from the same denominator everywhere.

What the list leaves out is as notable as what it includes. It carries no effective date, no terms attached to the slots, no qualification route and no statement on how the franchises were chosen. Those details are absent, so the list should be read as a roster of names per region and nothing more.