The field
Teams & rosters
Eight invited rosters, forty players, four regions. Seeds one through six come from the season circuit ranking — the last two came through the open ladder.
Teams
8
Players
40
Nationalities
18
Represented on stage
8 teams
Astral Vanguard
🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
Precision above all. The most decorated roster in the circuit. Astral Vanguard play a slow, suffocating map control style and have never dropped an opening map at a Nova Cup event.
- Region
- Asia
- Titles
- 3
- Since
- 2016
Neon Dynasty
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Faster than the eye. Built around blistering mid-round aggression. Neon Dynasty won more pistol rounds than any other invited roster this season, and lose almost as spectacularly as they win.
- Region
- Asia
- Titles
- 2
- Since
- 2018
Crimson Circuit
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Play loud, play together. The loudest crowd in the building follows Crimson Circuit everywhere. A veteran core that thrives in elimination scenarios and has the best 1v3 conversion rate on tour.
- Region
- Americas
- Titles
- 2
- Since
- 2015
Ironhold Syndicate
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Hold the line. Defensive specialists. Ironhold have conceded the fewest rounds per map of any team in the field and are famous for winning matches nobody thought were still alive.
- Region
- EMEA
- Titles
- 1
- Since
- 2014
Solstice Titans
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United States
Bring the heat. A rebuilt roster with three rookies and the highest ceiling in the bracket. Solstice Titans led every map they lost at the last international — and lost them all anyway.
- Region
- Americas
- Titles
- 1
- Since
- 2017
Void Runners
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
No map, no problem. The circuit's great improvisers. Void Runners run the shallowest playbook in the field and simply out-aim the structure other teams spend months building.
- Region
- EMEA
- Titles
- 0
- Since
- 2019
Emberfall Elite
🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada
Quietly, then all at once. The lowest-ranked side to ever reach a Nova Cup grand final. Emberfall qualified through the open ladder and have not lost a series since arriving in the city.
- Region
- Americas
- Titles
- 0
- Since
- 2020
Quantum Wolves
🇦🇺 Sydney, Australia
Hunt in packs. Oceania's flagship roster and the region's first invite to a Nova Cup main event. Relentless in the mid-round, and the only team in the field with a full home-grown lineup.
- Region
- Oceania
- Titles
- 0
- Since
- 2018