In a hypothetical questions, what 6 partner teams would stay in each region based off of popularity, viewership and marketability in the upcoming 2027 vct season?
6 partner team in 2026 only
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but like surely
MIBR, LOUD, FUR for BR (unless they wanna contest an NA spot ???)
LEV, KRU for LATAM
NA not sure cuz so many strong orgs
plus one of the br orgs are going to shift if they want to keep their na rosters
oh is it only 6 teams per 2026 region? i thought it was 6 teams per 2027 region
That would be way too many teams. Each major region (Americas/EMEA/Pacific/China) will all have the same number of teams, those teams will be divided among the subregions however Riot sees fit, with the potential for some to not even get a team.
is this official or js a guess
cuz i thought OP's hypothetical wasnt grounded in reality
Apac:-
Prx
T1
Drx
Dfm
Rrq
Ge/Indian org
China:-
Edg
Blg
Ag
Jdg
Xlg
Wbg (new entry)
Emea:-
M8/kc
Fnc
Th
Navi
Fut
Tl
Americas:-
Sen
Loud
G2
Lev/mibr
Nrg
Kru.
FPX is kind of in a very bad spot financially and seem pretty unstable so I think its likely that riot would likely not re-partner them.
Oh yeah forgot about them in league. Also forgot about jdg top 3 richest in China.
Yeah very likely but I thought they would give one slot to cis region. Vit over tl is also possible.
Emea
Fnc (maybe not if they get sold but idk how that works)
Vit
Kc
M8s (this might be too many french teams but this is a popularity poll so replace one or even 2 of them with TH/TL/NAVI if you want them to be based on something more practical)
EF/FUT (no bbl)
One of the teams mentioned earlier I miscounted 💀
The teams I think would be guaranteed basically no matter what would probably be:
Sen
NRG
G2
100T
Lev
FNC
TH
TL
Navi
VIT
AG
BLG
JDG
TYL
EDG
PRX
GenG
DRX
T1
not including loud is crazy, probably the second or third most fanbases in america
Well the thing is I don't know if both NA and SA will both get 6 partnered teams each or if will be combined, and then also considering the Loud managements reputation currently there is a chance that rit0 sees that and decides maybe they would rather Furia or MIBR over Loud. So I don't really think Loud is guaranteed a spot no matter what like the other orgs I listed.
Nah they aren't going to give 3 partner slots to kr if number of slots for partnership are low next year. It's sad but drx most likely might get kicked for geng. Also south America is getting at least 2 slot.
You really don't know rit0, with jake sin and with 3 of the 4 international trophies won by APAC were by Korean orgs, there is no way we aren't getting 3 KR orgs.
my guess would be
M8
FNC
TH
KC
FUT
HEROIC (this more hope than actual prediction)
KRX
PRX
GE
FS
ZETA
GEN.G
idk abt china
100T
LOUD
KRU
LEV
SEN
NRG
just for EMEA:
KC
FNC
TL
TH
FUT/BBL
EITHER M8 OR NAVI
americas just bcuz of funsies:
SEN
MIBR
KRU
NRG
LEV
I THINK G2 OR 100T
APAC:
KRX
PRX
DFM/ZETA (one of the two)
ONE MORE KOREAN TEAM: thinking T1 or GENG
RRQ
FS
CHINA:
EDG
FPX
XLG
idk about the rest
Lets be real
They're going to. Priorotize fanbases when they say "fun" To improve viewership
It isnt as much as "oh you're really good" As much as "Oh you're really popular"
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