Starting this Friday, June 30, the VCT Ascension Americas tournament begins in São Paulo. At stake is a promotion to VCT Americas beginning with the 2024 season.
Representing the three VCT Americas regions are six Challenger League teams: The Union and 00Nation from Brazil; M80 and The Guard from North America; and 9z Team and FUSION from Latin America. To see the full rosters of players and coaches, check out the list below.
If you want to learn more about VCT Ascension Americas, give our primer a read. It has everything you need to know about the competition including broadcast times and channels.
The Union (UNI)
Lucas "ntk" Lara Martins
Estevão "askia" Ferreira
Rafael "raafa" Silva de Lima
Fillipe "pancc" Martins Doria Paulo
Gustavo "GuhRVN" Rodrigues Ferreira
Coach: Pedro "peu" Lucas Lopes Gonzaga
Sub 1: Carlos "vkzinn" Sant'ana
Sub 2: Ilan "havoc" Eloy Nogueira
00Nation (00)
Gabriel "shion" Vilela
Arthur "artzin" Araujo
Alexandre "xand" Zizi
Gabriel "bezn" Costa
Bruno "b4rtiN" Almeida
Coach and sub: João "Fame" Moraes
Assistant Coach: Dyamond "phonics" Ceppeda
M80 (M80)
Alexander "Zander" Dituri
GianFranco "koalanoob"Luigi Potestio
Dan "eeiu" Vucenovic
Mohamed "johnqt" Amine Ouarid
Marc-Andre "NiSMO" Tayar
Coach: Vincent "Happy" Cervoni
Assistant Coach: Luke "Gunter" Cluves
9z Team (9z)
Gabriel "mizu" Gonzalez
Gonzalo "deigara" Funes
Facundo "Rubkkoide" Chaves
Giuliano "Tuli" Pozo
David "Davvid" Olivares
Coach: Gonzalo "Romanilly" Manzano
Assistant Coach: Franco "Ruzk" Spadaccini
The Guard (TG)
Michael "neT" Hunter Bernet
Jacob "valyn" Samuel Batio
Jonah "JonahP" Pulice
Ian "tex" Thomas Botsch
Trent "trent" Robert Cairns
Coach: Joshua "JoshRT" Youbin Lee
FUSION (FS)
Juan "Darker" Castro
Daniel "Theory" Albadan
Luis "Mited" Gutierrez
Leandro "Virtyy" Moreno
Edgar "Edu" Espinoza
Coach: Eugenio "Kam1kaze" Mongi
Assistant Coach: Alexander "Fadeout" Brian Arguello