Three CS2 teams ranked in Europe have moved into the Asia VRS since September 2026: WW and BC.Game in September, then Sashi Esport on October 5. Asia has five spots at PGL Major Singapore.
This is the full list of CS2 teams that switched VRS region, from the DRILLAS controversy in 2024 to the Singapore Major race. Some teams changed players to move. Others got moved when Valve rewrote its rules, and this list covers both.
Full List of CS2 Teams That Switched VRS Region
| Team | When | From | To | How it happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sashi Esport | October 2026 | Europe | Asia | Signed Australians TjP and Hatz, used Anlelele’s Vietnamese citizenship |
| BC.Game | September 2026 | Europe | Asia | Signed Australian asap to join Mongolians Senzu and mzinho |
| WW | September 2026 | Europe | Asia | Signed enzero (Kyrgyzstan), StRoGo switched his nationality to Tajikistan |
| Team Liquid | March 2026 | Europe | Americas | Swapped NertZ to G2 for Guatemalan malbsMd |
| Wildcard | June 2025 | Europe | Americas | Valve rule change: South African Sonic now counts for the Americas |
| JiJieHao | June 2025 | Asia | Europe | Valve rule change: MENA countries moved into Europe |
| Liquid and Wildcard | June 2025 | Both lists | Europe | Valve removed multi-region listings |
| DRILLAS | November 2024 | Europe | Asia RMR | Qualified through a Middle East and Africa spot, then swapped in a European player |
How a CS2 Team Switches VRS Region
Valve puts every team in one region. If three of the five players come from a region, the team belongs there. A new lineup has to play five matches before it shows up in its new standings.
That means a team can switch by signing players, or Valve can move it without a single signing by changing which countries count for which region.
Team by Team: Every VRS Region Switch Explained
Sashi Esport: Europe to Asia (October 2026)
Sashi was 54th in Europe with 1,122 points, far outside the 18 European invite spots. On October 5, the Danish team signed Australians Tynan “TjP” Purtell and Jordan “Hatz” Bajic and benched MistR and Cabbi for about a month. The third Asia-eligible player was already on the roster. Anton “Anlelele” Huynh plays under the Danish flag but holds Vietnamese citizenship.
Those same points would put Sashi fifth in Asia, the last invite spot, though VRS analyst Finn “Mischief” Farrer gives the team just a 13.25% chance of making the Major. Our Sashi Asia VRS report covers the roster and the backlash in full.
BC.Game: Europe to Asia (September 2026)
BC.Game missed the IEM Cologne Major after pulling out of its last LAN before the April cutoff. For Singapore, the team built an Asian core instead. Mongolians Azbayar “Senzu” Munkhbold and Ayush “mzinho” Batbold were already on the roster. On September 22, BC.Game signed Australian Tyson “asap” Paterson from THUNDER dOWNUNDER and benched Denis “electroNic” Sharipov.
That made three of five players Asian. The current lineup is s1mple, Senzu, mzinho, Magisk and asap. With 1,191 points, BC.Game went from 36th in Europe to fourth in Asia. Mischief puts its Major chances at 83%.
WW: Europe to Asia (September 2026)
WW is a team with a Russian core. In September it signed Ermek “enzero” Kartanbaev from Kyrgyzstan. Ivan “StRoGo” Shurpatov switched his nationality to Tajikistan, and Boris “Ryujin” Kim from Uzbekistan was already on the team. That added up to three Asia-eligible players.
WW had 1,042 points and sat 78th in the global VRS when the move was announced. Dust2.in’s report on WW pointed out that every team entering through Asia costs an Asian team a shot at the Major.
Team Liquid: Europe to Americas (March 2026)
Liquid was stuck at 26th in Europe ahead of IEM Cologne, so in March 2026 it swapped NertZ for malbsMd with G2. NertZ is Israeli, and Israel counts as Europe. malbsMd is from Guatemala. That one trade gave Liquid an Americas majority before the April 6 cutoff.
Liquid announced it with “Back in NA!” HLTV projected Liquid at 1,298 points in the Americas, calling a Major spot “almost a guarantee.” The general manager of Marsborne, a North American team, said the move all but ended his team’s Major hopes.
Wildcard: Europe to Americas (June 2025)
Wildcard kept its roster. Valve moved it anyway, twice in nine days.
On June 17, 2025, Valve removed multi-region listings. Wildcard had two European and two American players, so the tie sent it to Europe, the region with more Major spots. Nine days later, Valve added a MENA sub-region to Europe and said African players outside MENA count for the lowest-priority region on their roster. South African rifler Aran “Sonic” Groesbeek then counted for the Americas, and Wildcard became an Americas team again.
JiJieHao: Asia to Europe (June 2025)
The same June 26 update moved Israel and other Middle East countries out of Asia and into Europe. JiJieHao went from sixth in Asia to 29th in Europe overnight. The move came from the rule change alone.
Liquid and Wildcard: Both Lists to Europe (June 2025)
Before June 17, 2025, a team with a mixed roster could appear on more than one regional list. Liquid and Wildcard both had that setup. Valve’s update put each of them on one list only, and both landed in Europe. Liquid stayed there until the malbsMd swap in March 2026.
DRILLAS: Asia RMR (November 2024)
In November 2024, before Valve replaced Regional Major Rankings (RMR) events with direct VRS invites, DRILLAS found its own way into Asia. The team qualified through a Middle East and Africa spot, then swapped an Asia-region player for a European one and turned up at the Asia RMR with players from Ukraine, France, Kosovo and Israel, coached by streamer ohnePixel.
Asian teams pushed back hard. The MongolZ posted: “To all other teams in the Asia RMR: this is our home.” FlyQuest eliminated DRILLAS 2-1, winning the last map 22-19 in triple overtime. In January 2025, Valve changed its rules so teams eligible in more than one region could no longer pick the one that suited them.
Why Asia Became the Target in 2026
Europe has 18 Major spots and dozens of strong teams chasing them. Asia has five, with a much shorter list of contenders.
| Team | VRS points | Rank in Europe | Rank in Asia after switch |
|---|---|---|---|
| BC.Game | 1,191 | 36th | 4th |
| Sashi Esport | 1,122 | 54th | 5th |
| WW | 1,042 | 78th (global) | Inside invite range (reported) |
BC.Game and Sashi climbed without winning a single extra match. The cost falls on teams like Lynn Vision and FlyQuest, who play in Asia all year and now face three new rivals for the last spots.
How the CS2 Community Reacted to VRS Region Switching
Players have argued about this since Liquid’s swap. EliGE defended Liquid’s move in March: “I don’t think that the decision was made to be evil.” He also admitted “it completely sucks for those teams” who had spent their own money chasing VRS points.
By October, the tone was harsher. Twistzz said Sashi’s case was worse than BC.Game’s because “none of the bc.game players used a hidden dual nationality.” Senzu, whose own move to BC.Game is on this list, pushed back on people who now treat Sashi as the first offender: “Majority of pro scene followers did not approve of both Liquids and BCGs actions.”
Will Valve Stop Teams From Switching VRS Region?
Valve has changed its region rules at least three times since January 2025. None of them stops a team from signing players to move region before a cutoff, and as of October 6, 2026, Valve has said nothing about WW, BC.Game or Sashi.
The November 2 snapshot will show if any of the three Asia switches worked. We’ll update this list if more teams move before then.
