Wolves Esports will be making their debut with their new roster this weekend in Korea, while the other teams will be experimenting or playing with different starting fives.
SOUTH KOREA – The 2025 TEN VALORANT Global Invitational is set to take place this weekend, November 8–9. Hosted at Hoseo University’s Education & Culture Center in Asan, South Korea, the tournament will once again feature TEN’s signature king-of-the-hill format with four teams battling it out.
DRX enter the TEN VALORANT 2025 tournament as the only team to have been invited to every edition of TEN since 2023. Fresh off their successful VALORANT Champions Paris campaign, DRX will be entering the server with one change: academy player Yoon “Flicker” Tae-hee will take the place of Song “HYUNMIN” Hyun-min, who is taking a short break after a long competitive season.
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Joining them are Nongshim RedForce, fresh off their major accomplishment of reclaiming a VCT Pacific spot through Ascension just last week. Their appearance at TEN comes at a perfect time to showcase how they intend to transition back into tier-one play without the now-departed Yang “Persia” Zi-on, and the event offers a first real look at how they’ll stack up against familiar and new rivals.
Wolves Esports will debut a rebuilt roster, retaining only Liu “Spring” Chun-ting and Pong “SiuFatBB” Ka-hei from their previous lineup.
Rounding out the four teams is Team Heretics, though with a notable adjustment in the lineup. Patryk “paTiTek” Fabrowski will stand in for Enes “RieNs” Ecirli, who is currently completing a brief period of mandatory military service.
The action kicks off on November 8 with a single round-robin group stage at 2:00 PM KST (GMT+9), where every team faces each other in best-of-one matches to determine their seeding. No one gets eliminated on day one. Instead, the 3rd and 4th place teams will begin Sunday from the quarterfinals, the 2nd place team receives a bye straight to the semifinals (where matches switch to best-of-three), and the top-ranked team from the group moves directly into the grand final.
The TEN VALORANT 2025 matches are expected to be broadcast only in Korean without English commentary.
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