VCT 2026 EMEA Kickoff betting predictions – Wednesday, January 21

The VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2026 EMEA Kickoff continues with the second day of play on Wednesday, January 21, featuring two Ascension teams making their VCT debut. The day begins with PCIFIC Esports clashing with BBL Esports, followed by ULF Esports’ VCT EMEA debut against the new and improved Team Vitality.

At Esportbet, you can find free VALORANT betting picks for the day, along with esports odds courtesy of the best esports bookmakers.

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PCIFIC ESPORTS vs BBL ESPORTS

PCIFIC Esports qualified for VCT EMEA by winning VCT Ascension EMEA 2025. However, they soon after lost their entire roster, which left for BBL Esports. The new lineup consists of unknown names, who have little ot no experience competing at the highest level. This explains why top VALORANT bookmakers have PCIFIC priced as massive underdogs to kick off their VCT EMEA campaign with a win.

By securing their sister team’s entire roster, BBL Esports enter the 2026 season with strong continuity. While their ceiling is questionable, given this is an Ascension lineup, Eren “Rosé” Erzan and his crew were the most dominant team in the second division.

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Things could get more difficult for BBL Esports when they clash with VCT EMEA top contenders. The Turkish squad looks poised to crush the new-look PCIFIC Esports.

ULF ESPORTS vs TEAM VITALITY

ULF Esports are the second newcomers to VCT EMEA. They looked excellent in 2025 and ended the season with the VCT Ascension EMEA title.

Even during the offseason, ULF Esports showed good things and made the quarterfinals of Project Blender. However, they will step into the arena weakened, fielding Demir “d3mur” Boğa and Eren “sturNN” Oduncular as replacements for Ömür Serkan “echo” Şenol and Efe “s0pp” Tur.

With a full roster, ULF would be an interesting pick at these prices. But without two key players, they are unlikely to stop Team Vitality, who bolstered their roster for 2026 with one of the game’s best players, Timofey “Chronicle” Khromov.