Sources: Jingg, wayne and nephh will be part of Singapore's VALORANT for Esports Nations Cup

As the deadline to form national teams quickly approaches, Singapore appears to have finalized its VALORANT selection for the Esports Nations Cup. According to sources close to Sheep Esports, Benedict "Benkai" Tan, coach of the Singaporean roster, has identified five players, including three competing in Tier 1 across three different regions.

Unsurprisingly, Wang "Jinggg" Jing Jie is part of the lineup, as the only Singaporean player currently active in VCT Pacific, alongside someone Benkai played with for more than two years. Jinggg also remains with PRX nearly five years after first joining the organization.

For the rest of the roster, Wayne "wayne" Chang, currently competing in VCT EMEA with Team Liquid, has naturally been selected, alongside Marcus "nephh" Tan, who plays for Bilibili Gaming in the Chinese league despite a more inconsistent season. Derrick "Deryeon" Yee, who previously competed in VCT Pacific with Global Esports before parting ways with the Indian organization after Kickoff 2026, is also expected to join the squad. To complete the lineup, Benkai turned to Tidus "STYRON" Goh. Mainly playing Initiator roles, STYRON has spent several years in Southeast Asia’s Tier 2 scene and has been part of BLG’s academy roster since the start of the year.

With such a lineup, Singapore could become one of the nations to receive a direct invitation to the VALORANT main event in Saudi Arabia, avoiding the continental qualifier stage. Following the invitation system announced by the Esports Foundation, Liquipedia introduced a “Projected Ranking” on its wiki based on the highest-scoring players from each country. Singapore currently sits ninth in those standings, with four of the names confirmed in our report already included. As a reminder, the top 16 nations will qualify directly for Riyadh.

Scheduled from November 2 to 29 for its inaugural edition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, the nation-based competition, set to become the largest in esports history, is expected to welcome thousands of players from around 100 countries competing across nearly 16 titles. Alongside the VALORANT tournament, taking place from November 8 to 15, national competitions for Counter-Strike, Rocket League and Rainbow Six Siege will also be featured. For Riot Games’ FPS, 32 national teams are expected to compete on site.

Before that, however, the participants still need to be determined. The Esports Foundation, which operates both the ENC and the Esports World Cup as two separate events, decided that 16 of the 32 teams will qualify directly for the main tournament based on their representatives’ performances in Riot Games’ official circuits. The remaining teams will need to go through one of seven regional qualifiers, each granting two spots. The final two slots are expected to be distributed by the ENC as wildcards, likely at the organizer’s discretion.