On Sept. 21, Riot announced the 30 teams present in its three partnered leagues: Americas, EMEA, and Pacific. As a result of the announcements, the teams left out are slowly dropping players.
In the days since, most of the teams who weren't accepted for the partnership have and will be dropping players or shuffling rosters. Some players have and will be joining or departing partnered teams. You can follow all those shuffles here.
Thursday, Oct. 20
8:14 p.m. CEST: BIG
BIG Inactive and Twisten have parted ways. He has played with the team since September of 2021.
/ 5:04 p.m. CEST: lowel has announced that he is being moved to Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #150 Mixwell Oscar Cañellas benjyfishy Benjy David Fish AvovA Auni Chahade Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius keloqz Cista Wassim ' bench and is open for offers for the 2023 season.
Wednesday, Oct. 19
/ 6:06 p.m. EST: BBL Esports
BBL Esports Europe Rank #42 aimDLL Hüseyin Kabişteke AsLanM4shadoW Ali Osman Balta Brave Eren Kasırga QutionerX Doğukan Dural have announced the signing of Eren "Brave" Kasırga. He enters the team after spending most of 2021 and 2022 on Papara SuperMassive
Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #20 sterben Emre Demirci CyderX Caner Demir Celasun Emir Celasun Izzy Baran Yılmaz . He joins one of 2 partnered Turkish teams in the EMEA League.
2:58 p.m. CEST: Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #150 Mixwell Oscar Cañellas benjyfishy Benjy David Fish AvovA Auni Chahade Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius keloqz Cista Wassim ' Melih "pAura" Karaduran has announced that he will be a free agent when the OFF//SEASON event, Crossfire Cup comes to a close.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
/ 6:00 p.m. CEST: Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #150 Mixwell Oscar Cañellas benjyfishy Benjy David Fish AvovA Auni Chahade Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius keloqz Cista Wassim have announced the signing of Oscar "Mixwell" Cañellas. He joins the team reuniting with former G2 Esports
G2 Esports Inactive teammate Cista "keloqz" Wassim.
4:00 p.m. CEST: G2 Esports
G2 Esports Inactive have released their whole roster. All players are Unrestricted free agents.
Monday, Oct. 17
- 4:23 p.m. CEST:
TENSTAR
TENSTAR Inactive Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec have allowed Piotr "YouBreak" Chodoła to explore his options for the 2023 season. The announcement comes after a loss to Anonymo Esports
Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz in the VEU - Weekly Cup #5 Seminfinals.
Sunday, Oct. 16
- 9:40 p.m. CEST:
Zero Tenacity
Zero Tenacity Europe Rank #63 kenobi Szymon Łabędzki qxv Jakub Sawicki kaajak Kajetan Haremski ALMO Albert Moscicki Freyy Krystian Konopka have allowed their analyst Alaa "Flynn" Nasrallah to explore options for the 2023 season.
Saturday, Oct. 15
/ Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere Europe Rank #7 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Zyppan Pontus Eek SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek are letting Dmitry "SmartSeven" Smartselov explore his options for 2023, leaving the team without an active roster.
/ 3:52 to 4:26 p.m. CEST: Due to roster nationality rules, UCAM Tokiers
UCAM Tokiers Europe Rank #31 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh Famsii Ramses Koivukangas OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Quick Fabián Pereira have allowed Adam "adm1k" Siemieniec and Maks "kamyk" Rychlewski to explore their options as an unrestricted free agent.
Thursday, Oct. 13
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Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming Europe Rank #12 Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin have allowed Tobias "ShadoW" Flodström to explore his options, whilst being considered for the 2023 partnered leagues. ShadoW is accepting offers from any region and tier.
Wednesday, Oct. 12
2:12 p.m. to 2:41 p.m. CEST: After KOI
KOI Europe Rank #89 starxo Patryk Kopczynski koldamenta Jose Luis Aranguren sheydos Bogdan Naumov trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Wolfen Berkant Joshkun 's players were allowed to explore their options, assistant coach Sergio "sikako" Rodriguez and head coach Antonio "Aska" Lozano have opened themselves for 2023 offers. Both are still in consideration for the partnered VCT EMEA League.
2:36 p.m. CEST: who cars?
who cars? Inactive mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl freddan vakk Vakaris Bebravičius chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk , one of Europe's longest-standing rosters, announced Benjamin "sunshine" Hornshøj Nielsen's departure from the team. In his place, they'll be trialing former Human Tripwires
Human Tripwires Inactive Bouncy Joia Helsper r3duqwe1e jimbk Jim Boerkamp player Conrad "Radski" Micheal Raduchowski.
Tuesday, Oct. 11
/ Alexandr "SimonD4rk" Skovbel's contract with DSYRE
DSYRE Europe Rank #18 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx is set to expire and the player is now exploring other options.
/ 4:28 p.m. to 4:31 p.m. CEST: Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #150 Mixwell Oscar Cañellas benjyfishy Benjy David Fish AvovA Auni Chahade Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius keloqz Cista Wassim , one of the ten partnered organizations, have allowed Grzegorz "grubinho" Ryczko and Sebastian "snikk" Kamiński to explore offers for 2023. Both are open to VCT and Ascension offers.
Monday, Oct. 10
- / After Vlad "Kiles"
Shvets announced he's exploring his options, Adam "Jesse"
Čtvrtníček has also revealed he's been allowed to look for opportunities, even though he might continue representing
Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming Europe Rank #12 Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin come 2023.
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Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #46 Destrian Tomas Linikas Kicks Kimmie Laasner runneR Emil Trajkovski ceNder Jokūbas Labutis have signed ex- OG LDN UTD
OG LDN UTD Inactive coach Salah "salah" Barakat for 2023.
Sunday, Oct. 09
- 8:19 p.m. to 8:43 p.m. CEST:
KOI
KOI Europe Rank #89 starxo Patryk Kopczynski koldamenta Jose Luis Aranguren sheydos Bogdan Naumov trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Wolfen Berkant Joshkun have allowed their roster to seek offers, despite all still being in consideration for the organization's 2023 roster. KOI recently placed second in the Red Bull Home Ground EMEA #3 Closed Qualifier and are in the Crossfire Cup's quarterfinals as of writing.
Saturday, Oct. 08
- / 4:14 p.m. CEST: Vlad "Kiles"
Shvets has announced that he is looking for trials and opportunities for 2023. Kiles remains under contract and is being considered by
Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming Europe Rank #12 Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin for the next VCT season.
Thursday, Oct. 06
/ 5:32 p.m. CEST: All 3 of Finest
Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench 's rosters are now free agents after the organization announced they are shutting down their professional esports operations. The main roster will compete under a team called bonk
bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan . Where their Female and Academy roster will play is currently unkown.
4 p.m. CEST: GMT Esports
GMT Esports Inactive N A I S Alessandro Montanari AFoxx Fábio Veigas , who had been off the map for most of 2022, have returned to the scene with a team made up of European free agents.
9:03 a.m CEST: Guild Esports
Guild Esports Inactive have released André "BARBARR" Möller. He was the coach of the main roster for the past 2 years and is now a free agent for 2023.
Wednesday, Oct. 05
11:05 p.m. CEST: Shortly after their victory against Axolotl
Axolotl Inactive Pax RickyVaila in Agents Series - Split 2, QLASH
QLASH Europe Rank #99 LOMBA soRa EduCoz SparkeR released kawaa and Kentrax from the team. They are both free agents for the 2023 year.
/ 7:03 p.m. CEST: FOKUS
FOKUS Europe Rank #9 Lime Jacob Foster JUGi Jakob Hansen YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes have allowed Maximilian "bucher" Bucher to explore his options for the 2023 season. He is currently a restricted free agent seeking a team as a Sentinel or Controller.
/ 4:28 p.m. CEST: Acend
Acend Europe Rank #5 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka have enlisted Povilas "roxie" Krivelis in Travis "L1NK" Mendoza's place for Superdome, a VCT OFF//SEASON LAN event.
/ 3:07 p.m. CEST: Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #150 Mixwell Oscar Cañellas benjyfishy Benjy David Fish AvovA Auni Chahade Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius keloqz Cista Wassim have allowed Mario "PoPiFresH" González to explore his options, on the eve of their debut against 4Real
4Real Inactive Alan Luca Barchi Musyka Mirco Caiazza unrivaled Francisco Barata in the Crossfire Cup.
Tuesday, Oct. 04
7 p.m. CEST: Former Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #46 Destrian Tomas Linikas Kicks Kimmie Laasner runneR Emil Trajkovski ceNder Jokūbas Labutis trial Mohamed "Shalaby" Shalaby has joined Geekay Esports
Geekay Esports MENA Rank #3 Kheops Anis Mokrani xenon Vladimir Lobov Winteryrook Evgeniy Lenko iFly Naif Ahmed Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby ahead of Superdome.
5:59 p.m. CEST: DSYRE
DSYRE Europe Rank #18 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx have fielded a new roster with several European free agents.
/ 3:38 p.m. CEST: Negotiations between Kamil "baddyG" Graniczka's contract renewal and Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #46 Destrian Tomas Linikas Kicks Kimmie Laasner runneR Emil Trajkovski ceNder Jokūbas Labutis fell through, meaning the Pole is now looking for a team for 2023.
Monday, Oct. 03
- 12:26 p.m. CEST:
Fenerbahçe Esports
Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #156 sturNN Eren Oduncular m1tez Muhammed Tezcan Best Bartu Keskin has released Ümit "Omit" Boz. He was a coach for the organization and is now a free agent for the 2023 season.
Sunday, Oct. 02
3 p.m. to 3:13 p.m. CEST: Utku "DeadInk" Onur Aydin has officially been transferred from Galakticos
Galakticos Europe Rank #74 DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Lanky Ahmet Faruk Öcal ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz Takoeee Serhat Ildirar JN3v1cEEE Emre Bekçe glovee Burak Yıldırım to Galatasaray Esports
Galatasaray Esports Europe Rank #51 Padisah Onur Dönmez MerSa Mert Saatcı Flick Berat Mert Acar Docent Kadri Vatandaş Touven Can Eryıldız DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin . He recently played with the team in the Red Bull Home Ground #3 - Turkish Qualifier.
3 p.m. CEST: Just a few days after adding Eduardo "Addicted" Torres, Rebels Gaming
Rebels Gaming Europe Rank #161 devilasxa Paula Blanco Martínez humanz Jose Luis Cebrian Phardon Brandon Perez Testa Rexs José Jaramago didii Lidia del Moral de la Torre have rounded out their roster with David "Fizzy" Figueiredo.
/ 2:30 p.m. CEST: Gabriel "starkk" Marques, a member of KOI
KOI Europe Rank #89 starxo Patryk Kopczynski koldamenta Jose Luis Aranguren sheydos Bogdan Naumov trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Wolfen Berkant Joshkun 's original roster has departed from the team. He is looking for any opportunities as a free agent for the 2023 season.
Saturday, Oct. 01
6 p.m. CEST: UCAM Tokiers Academy
UCAM Tokiers Academy Inactive Sleydark Cristian Mateos Lorenzo mech Álvaro Ruíz Lavado has released their whole roster. The roster can now look for 2023 opportunities.
2:41 p.m. CEST: Movistar Riders
Movistar Riders Europe Rank #90 Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando has released Victor "KPZET" Steensgaard due to his contract coming to a close. He is looking for 2023 offers as an unrestricted free agent.
2:09 p.m. CEST: Travis "L1NK" Mendoza's contract with Acend
Acend Europe Rank #5 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka has officially come to a close and is now a unrestricted free agent looking for 2023 offers.
12:39 a.m. CEST: With their elimination in VCT Game Changers: Series III, TENSTAR Nova
TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise has released their coach Mathieu "LaAw" Plantin after helping the team with the event. He is a free agent heading into the 2023 year.
Friday, Sept. 30
- / 4:38 p.m. CEST: Batuhan "russ"
Malgaç has been allowed to look for options outside of
Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming Europe Rank #12 Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin in 2023. The Turkish star had played for the Spanish organization since the start of 2022.
- 7:58 p.m. to 8:12 p.m. CEST:
Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp Europe Rank #140 ZE1SH Ahmed El Sheikh Nivera Nabil Benrlitom xms Alexandre Forté sh1n Ryad Ensaad have allowed their players to explore offers for 2023. The team's coaching staff have not yet made an announcement.
Tuesday, Sept. 27
7:08 p.m. CEST: Ata "AtaKaptan" Tan and Kutluay "VPNCNP" Kutlu from Thunderbolts Gaming
Thunderbolts Gaming Inactive Antsy Yağız Güngör Yato Cem Saat re1sxd İlyas Çalışkan corr0 Mehmet Alp Vural DubzWoW Mustafa Doğan ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar are both restricted free agents. They are looking for opportunities with partnered teams inside EMEA
/ 5:24 p.m. CEST: The final member of VRL France Stage 1 champions Sector One
Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire , Sammy "iDex" Van de Weghe has announced that he has parted ways with the organization and is looking for a VRL or VCT team for the 2023 season.
Friday, Sept. 23
- / 2:30 p.m. to 2:35 p.m. CEST: Artur "7ssk7"
Kurshin and Kirill "Cloud"
Nehozhin have been allowed to explore offers by
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere Europe Rank #7 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Zyppan Pontus Eek SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek . They were the two remaining players on NAVI's active roster after the organisation parted ways with zeddy , Duno , and dinkzj earlier in the month.
Thursday, Sept. 22
/ 7:52 p.m. CEST: Acend
Acend Europe Rank #5 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka coach Laurynas "Nbs" Kisielius has been allowed to explore options, even if both parties would be happy to continue together.
/ 6:04 p.m. to 6:57 p.m. CEST: Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel and Nikita "trexx" Cherednichenko have been allowed to look for options outside of Guild Esports
Guild Esports Inactive . Also, coach André "BARBARR" Möller has left the team.
/ 4:35 p.m. CEST: Joona "H1ber" Parviainen has announced he's exploring options for 2023, despite both him and Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #46 Destrian Tomas Linikas Kicks Kimmie Laasner runneR Emil Trajkovski ceNder Jokūbas Labutis wanting to stay together for the coming year.
/ 3:19 p.m. CEST: After letting Mistic go, FNATIC
FNATIC Europe Rank #1 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder have decided to let Enzo "Enzo" Mestari explore his 2023 options as well. He is looking to represent a partnered team.
/ 2:19 p.m. CEST: Neil "neilzinho" Finlay is looking for a team after helping FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks at VCT Champions.
Wednesday, Sept. 21
/ 8:31 p.m. CEST: Although making the partnered league, Team Vitality
Team Vitality Europe Rank #46 Destrian Tomas Linikas Kicks Kimmie Laasner runneR Emil Trajkovski ceNder Jokūbas Labutis has allowed Nathan "nataNk" Bocqueho to explore his options heading into the 2023 leagues. This comes after the release of Head Coach Tanishq "Tanizhq" Sabharwal yesterday.
7:38 p.m. CEST to 9:33 p.m.: OG LDN UTD
OG LDN UTD Inactive 's entire roster is looking for 2023 offers while under contract.
6:22 p.m. CEST to 7:45 p.m.: The majority of MAD Lions
MAD Lions Inactive KRAY Calum Knight 's players have announced they are looking for offers, barring Polvi . The technical staff and organization haven't announced anything.
5:45 p.m. CEST to 6:41 p.m.: Acend
Acend Europe Rank #5 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka 's players have announced they are exploring options for 2023. The technical staff and the organization have not made any announcements.
4:53 p.m. CEST to 5:32 p.m.: All of G2 Esports
G2 Esports Inactive announced, one by one, that they are exploring their options for 2023. G2 Esports was surprisingly denied partnership, which some speculate had to do with controversy involving its CEO.
4:15 p.m. CEST to 7:02 p.m.: All of BIG
BIG Inactive 's players and head coach Jiri "KUNDIKUNDI" Honkala have announced they are exploring their options for the coming year.
3:38 p.m. CEST to 6:04 p.m.: EXCEL
EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski FoxieGG Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim 's players have announced they are open to offers. The technical staff and the organization have not made any announcements.
/ 8:46 a.m. CEST: Mistic announced he is open to offers within the VCT EMEA partnership. The announcement came after FNATIC
FNATIC Europe Rank #1 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder 's top-six finish at Champions and the organization's acceptance into the league.
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