Here are your 101 teams that will be playing in the ESL Challenger League Season 50 - Cup #3 tournament.
87 teams (Europe - 28 teams, North America - 18 teams, South America - 21 teams, Asia - 12 teams, and Oceania - 8 teams) have been invited based on the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) invitation data as of September 1, 2025. The remaining 14 teams have been invited based on their finishing spots in ESEA League Season 52, and Season 53.
Note: North America region will have 3 less teams competing in this tournament, as there were no more teams on the VRS list eligible for an invite.
Teams will compete in a double-elimination brackets in their respective region, and the winner of each region will get invited to the ESL Challenger League Season 50 Regional Finals.
Europe
Nemiga Gaming
Europe
VRS Invite
Monte
Europe
VRS Invite
Partizan Esports
Europe
VRS Invite
BC.Game Esports
Europe
VRS Invite
Sashi Esport
Europe
VRS Invite
Alliance
Europe
VRS Invite
eyeballers
Europe
VRS Invite
JiJieHao
Europe
VRS Invite
Zero Tenacity
Europe
VRS Invite
VP.Prodigy
Europe
VRS Invite
Betera Esports
Europe
VRS Invite
Reason Gaming
Europe
VRS Invite
ESC Gaming
Europe
VRS Invite
Johnny Speeds
Europe
VRS Invite
HOTU
Europe
VRS Invite
CYBERSHOKE Esports
Europe
VRS Invite
SINNERS Esports
Europe
VRS Invite
Sangal 1XBET
Europe
VRS Invite
ARCRED
Europe
VRS Invite
Nexus Gaming
Europe
VRS Invite
Sparta
Europe
VRS Invite
500
Europe
VRS Invite
FAVBET Team
Europe
VRS Invite
Eternal Fire
Europe
VRS Invite
GUN5 Esports
Europe
VRS Invite
CPH Wolves
Europe
VRS Invite
NOVAQ
Europe
VRS Invite
Amkal Esports
Europe
VRS Invite
RUBY
ESEA Advanced S52 EU
ALGO
ESEA Advanced S52 EU
TPuDCATb TPu
ESEA Advanced S53 EU
Insilio
ESEA Advanced S53 EU
North America
SkinRave
North America
VRS Invite
Wildcard
North America
VRS Invite
Marsborne
North America
VRS Invite
Getting Info
North America
VRS Invite
BOSS
North America
VRS Invite
InControl
North America
VRS Invite
ASPYRE
North America
VRS Invite
Shimmer
North America
VRS Invite
FlyQuest RED
North America
VRS Invite
FULL SEND
North America
VRS Invite
Legacy Kingdom
North America
VRS Invite
Nocturnal
North America
VRS Invite
Wanted Goons
North America
VRS Invite
Take Flyte
North America
VRS Invite
Mythic
North America
VRS Invite
Nutorious
North America
VRS Invite
ex-Aether
North America
VRS Invite
TSG
North America
VRS Invite
anything else
ESEA Advanced S52 NA
LAG Gaming
ESEA Advanced S53 NA
Chicken Coop
ESEA Advanced S53 NA
South America
ODDIK
South America
VRS Invite
YNG Sharks
South America
VRS Invite
RED Canids
South America
VRS Invite
Dusty Roots
South America
VRS Invite
Galorys
South America
VRS Invite
ex-W7M
South America
VRS Invite
Game Hunters
South America
VRS Invite
Bounty Hunters Esports
South America
VRS Invite
KRÜ Esports
South America
VRS Invite
yawara
South America
VRS Invite
LP
South America
VRS Invite
Players
South America
VRS Invite
Tropa do KinGui
South America
VRS Invite
UnderDogs
South America
VRS Invite
Crashers
South America
VRS Invite
Four Magic Gaming
South America
VRS Invite
MIBR Academy
South America
VRS Invite
MAGICOS
South America
VRS Invite
Straga SonhoS
South America
VRS Invite
LaChampions Liga
South America
VRS Invite
JERSA
South America
VRS Invite
ShindeN
ESEA Open S52 SA
2Game Esports
ESEA Open S53 SA
Vivo Keyd Stars
ESEA Open S53 SA
Asia
Rare Atom
Asia
VRS Invite
The Huns Esports
Asia
VRS Invite
Chinggis Warriors
Asia
VRS Invite
NomadS
Asia
VRS Invite
IHC Esports
Asia
VRS Invite
Just Swing
Asia
VRS Invite
DEPO
Asia
VRS Invite
ScarX
Asia
VRS Invite
Legion
Asia
VRS Invite
Gods Reign
Asia
VRS Invite
BORING PLAYERS
Asia
VRS Invite
UR
Asia
VRS Invite
Eruption
ESEA Open S52 AS
TBO
ESEA Open S52 AS
FengDa Gaming
ESEA Open S53 AS
Kaleido Gaming
ESEA Open S53 AS
Oceania
SemperFi Esports
Oceania
VRS Invite
Rooster
Oceania
VRS Invite
KZG
Oceania
VRS Invite
FURY
Oceania
VRS Invite
Ground Zero Gaming
Oceania
VRS Invite
Mindfreak
Oceania
VRS Invite
Animus Victoria
Oceania
VRS Invite
LE-LUX
Oceania
VRS Invite
Each team has received their invite based on their rosters stated in the VRS.
Note: the final roster submission deadline for all teams is September 21, 2025.
For a team to be eligible to accept their invitation they must retain a majority roster. In this case there are some notable points to consider when looking at the invited teams:
- Team Spirit (VRS 1), Team Vitality (VRS 2), The MongolZ (VRS 3), MOUZ (VRS 4), Team Falcons (VRS 5), Aurora (VRS 6), Natus Vincere (VRS 7), 3DMAX (VRS 8), TYLOO (VRS 9), FURIA (VRS 10), Astralis (VRS 11), and FaZe Clan (VRS 12) can’t be invited based on the Valve’s Tournament Operating Requirements that states: “3.8.4 The VRS rank of the invited Rosters must be lower than 12 on the Global VRS at the time of the Invite Date.".
- Europe:
HEROIC (VRS 14), G2 Esports (VRS 15), GamerLegion (VRS 16), Virtus.pro (VRS 18), BetBoom Team (VRS 20), Fnatic (VRS 21), SAW (VRS 22), B8 (VRS 23), Ninjas in Pyjamas (VRS 24), Gentle Mates (VRS 26), Team Liquid (VRS 27), ENCE (VRS 29), OG (VRS 30), ECSTATIC (VRS 31), TNL (VRS 33), PARIVISION (VRS 35), FUT (VRS 39), 9INE Pusulabet (VRS 40), KOLESIE (VRS 43), BIG (VRS 45), Team Spirit Academy (VRS 47), Ex-Passion UA (VRS 50), Betclic Apogee Esports (VRS 57), Tricked Esport (VRS 69), Metizport (VRS 79), Aab (VRS 82), ex-G2 (VRS 86), and HAWAII (VRS 92) have all declined their invites. - North America:
Passion UA (VRS 32), M80 (VRS 37), NRG (VRS 38), ex-BLUEJAYS (VRS 105), ex-Getting info (VRS 114), Arrival Seven (VRS 153), Aether (VRS 155), Party Astronauts (VRS 159), ex-Chicken Coop (VRS 169), Vagrants (VRS 179), Black Mold (VRS 205), MEGA JUNERS (VRS 206), MIGHT (VRS 209), Ghost Gaming (VRS 216), Aether (VRS 224), and ex-Lag (VRS 258) have all declined their invites. - South America:
paiN Gaming (VRS 17), Legacy (VRS 19), MIBR (VRS 28), Imperial (VRS 34), Fluxo (VRS 46), 9z Globant (VRS 51), BESTIA (VRS 54), FURIA FE (VRS 102), Dusty Roots (VRS 103), ex-Red Canids (VRS 135), ex-ex-W7M (VRS 138), ex-Keyd Stars (VRS 143), ex-Fluxo (VRS 145), MIBR fe (VRS 168), UNO MILLE (VRS 177), Atrix (VRS 180), The Killaz (VRS 181), ex-Galorys (VRS 194), Bounty Hunters fe (VRS 197), Floripa Stars (VRS 201), adalYamigos (VRS 204), Elevate (VRS 217), MESSITAS (VRS 218), and R2 (VRS 226) have all declined their invites. - Asia:
Lynn Vision (VRS 13), MONEY CREW (VRS 154), Akimbo (VRS 163), Only One Word (VRS 165), THE QUBE (VRS 186), and Shika (VRS 199) have all declined their invites. - Oceania:
FlyQuest (VRS 25), Mindfreak (VRS 182), ex-KZG (VRS 215), and Underground (VRS 222) have all declined their invites.
Outro
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