{"id":49091,"date":"2026-11-05T08:34:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/vct-americas-2027-reveals-eight-invited-teams-for-na-qualifier-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T08:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:34:46","slug":"vct-americas-2027-reveals-eight-invited-teams-for-na-qualifier-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/vct-americas-2027-reveals-eight-invited-teams-for-na-qualifier-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"VCT Americas 2027 Reveals Eight Invited Teams for NA Qualifier Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riot Games has revealed the eight teams invited to the North America Qualifier Playoffs for VCT Americas Kickoff 2027. The November 4 announcement puts Cloud9, ENVY and two Shopify Rebellion rosters on the path back to top-level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strafe.com\/valorant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VALORANT<\/a> competition, with the first open qualifier starting on November 5.<\/p>\n<p>The invitations fill half of the 16-team playoff field. The remaining eight places will be decided through two open qualifiers, meaning the invited teams will still have to compete for a spot at Kickoff rather than entering the 2027 event directly.<\/p>\n<p>VALORANT Esports North America confirmed the following teams:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strafe.com\/team\/team-envy-valorant-9f828d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ENVY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strafe.com\/team\/cloud9-valorant-7c7dcb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud9<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strafe.com\/team\/shopify-rebellion-black-valorant-eddbac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shopify Rebellion Black<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strafe.com\/team\/qor-valorant-bf7699\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QoR Gaming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strafe.com\/team\/flyquest-valorant-69d022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FlyQuest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strafe.com\/team\/shopify-rebellion-valorant-47ea22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shopify Rebellion Gold<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strafe.com\/team\/yfp-gaming-valorant-78c3f5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YFP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strafe.com\/team\/sad-esportss-valorant-09de0c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAD Esports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shopify Rebellion accounts for two of the eight invitations through its separate Black and Gold lineups.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strafe.com\/news\/read\/vct-americas-2027-reveals-eight-invited-teams-for-na-qualifier-playoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riot Games has revealed the eight teams invited to the North America Qualifier Playoffs for VCT Americas Kickoff 2027. The November 4 announcement puts Cloud9, ENVY and two Shopify Rebellion rosters on the path back to top-level VALORANT competition, with the first open qualifier starting on November 5. The invitations fill half of the 16-team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":49092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-49091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-esports","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}