- Team Japan (Kyo, Benimaru and Goro)
- Team Fatal Fury ( Terry, Andy, Ralph)
- Team Yagami (Iori, Mature, Vice)
- Team Psycho Soldier (Athena, Kensou, Momoko)
- Women Fighters Team (King, Mai, Angel)
- Ikari Warriors Team (Heidern, Clark & Leona)
- Team Kim (Kim, Jhun, May Lee)
- Team Art of Fighting (Ryo, Robert, Yuri)
- Team Ash Crimson (Ash, Elizabeth, Shun)
- Agents Team (Blue Mary, Vanessa, Ramon)
- Team K' (K', Kula, Whip)
- Team Rogue (Luong, Billy Kane, Duo Lon)
You are the organizer of the next King of Fighters tournament and had sent invitations while making preparations for this year's rendition of the King of Fighters tournament. After Rugal's death and with all the other controversial or suspicious ones (excluding Rose Bernstein's brainwashing incident with Those From the Past) that organized the tournament in the past until Antonoff's clean slate you decided it would be your time to shine and make a tournament to remember (& hopefully controversy-free). Whether you had good intentions or ulterior motives...that remained to be seen. However you declared that you'll be the final opponent for the winning team.
The teams that accepted the invitations officially registered as:
Which team will be victorious and be crowned the King of Fighters?