VALORANT Champions 2025 schedule, teams, prize pool, format, and more

VALORANT Champions 2025 is the final major event for Riot Games’ first-person shooter this year, taking place in Paris in September.

If you’re wondering which teams have made it to competitive VALORANT‘s biggest stage, the tournament’s entire schedule, format, prize pool, and more, we’ve got you covered.

VALORANT Champions 2025 schedule and results

VCT Champions 2025 runs for 24 days, from Sept. 12 to Oct. 5.

The teams that emerged as regional winners and runners-up in Stage 2 and with the most Championship points are the participants in this grand tournament.

Here’s the tournament schedule and results:

Group stage

Friday, Sept. 12, 2025

• Paper Rex 2 – 0 XLG Esports (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 13-9 Bind
  • 13-5 Sunset
• GIANTX 2 – 1 Sentinels (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 6-13 Corrode
  • 13-4 Sunset
  • 13-9 Haven

Satuday, Sept. 13, 2025

• NRG 2 – 0 EDward Gaming (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 17-15 Abyss
  • 13-11 Corrode
• Team Liquid 0 – 2 DRX (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 8-13 Abyss
  • 10-13 Bind

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025

• Dragon Ranger Gaming 0 – 2 T1 (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 13-15 Lotus
  • 14-16 Sunset
• G2 Esports 0 – 2 Team Heretics (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 10-13 Corrode
  • 10-13 Lotus

Monday, Sept. 15, 2025

• Bilibili Gaming 0 – 2 MIBR (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 2-13 Haven
  • 9-13 Corrode
• RRQ 0 – 2 FNATIC (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 10-13 Ascent
  • 7-13 Abyss

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025

• Paper Rex 2 – 1 GIANTX (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 11-13 Ascent
  • 13-10 Lotus
  • 13-6 Sunset
• DRX 1 – 2 NRG (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 13-4 Haven
  • 11-13 Corrode
  • 11-13 Lotus

Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

• Team Heretics 2 – 0 T1 (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 13-10 Lotus
  • 13-11 Sunset
• MIBR 1 – 2 FNATIC (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 13-5 Bind
  • 7-13 Abyss
  • 10-13 Haven

Friday, Sept. 19, 2025

• Team Liquid 2 – 1 EDward Gaming (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 3-13 Sunset
  • 13-6 Abyss
  • 15-13 Bind
• Xi Lai Gaming 2 – 1 Sentinels (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 10-13 Abyss
  • 13-11 Lotus
  • 13-8 Haven

EDward Gaming and Sentinels are eliminated.

Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025

• Bilibili Gaming 1 – 2 RRQ (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 13-7 Sunset
  • 8-13 Lotus
  • 4-13 Abyss
• G2 Esports 2 – 0 DRG (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 13-7 Lotus
  • 13-7 Abyss

Bilibili Gaming and DRG are eliminated.

Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025

• DRX 2 – 0 Team Liquid (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 13-8 Corrode
  • 13-7 Abyss
• GIANTX 2 – 0 Xi Lai Gaming (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 14-12 Bind
  • 13-10 Ascent

Team Liquid and Xi Lai Gaming are eliminated.

Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

• T1 0 – 2 G2 Esports (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 9-13 Lotus
  • 8-13 Corrode
• MIBR 2 – 0 RRQ (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 13-5 Corrode
  • 13-5 Abyss

T1 and RRQ are eliminated.

Playoffs

Round 1

Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025

• Paper Rex 2 – 1 G2 Esports (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 13-11 Lotus
  • 13-15 Corrode
  • 13-11 Ascent
• FNATIC 2 – 1 DRX (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 13-11 Haven
  • 8-13 Ascent
  • 13-5 Lotus

Paper Rex and FNATIC advance to upper bracket semifinals.

Friday, Sept. 26, 2025

• Team Heretics 0 – 2 MIBR (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 12-14 Corrode
  • 6-13 Sunset
• NRG 2 – 0 GIANTX (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 13-1 Haven
  • 13-6 Lotus

MIBR and NRG advance to upper bracket semifinals.

Lower bracket round 1

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025

• DRX 2 – 1 G2 Esports (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 7-13 Lotus
  • 13-10 Abyss
  • 13-7 Bind
• Team Heretics 2 – 1 GIANTX
  • 13-4 Ascent
  • 3-13 Lotus
  • 13-9 Bind

G2 Esports and GIANTX are eliminated.

Upper bracket semifinals

Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025

• FNATIC 2 – 1 Paper Rex (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 10-13 Bind
  • 13-4 Haven
  • 13-9 Lotus
• MIBR 1 – 2 NRG (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 14-16 Abyss
  • 13-4 Haven
  • 14-16 Corrode

FNATIC and NRG advance to upper bracket final.

Lower bracket quarterfinals

Monday, Sept. 29, 2025

• MIBR 1 – 2 DRX (3 pm CEST or 6 am PDT)
  • 13-10 Sunset
  • 13-15 Ascent
  • 10-13 Bind
• Paper Rex 2 – 1 Team Heretics (6 pm CEST or 9 am PDT)
  • 13-11 Ascent
  • 9-13 Bind
  • 13-4 Lotus

MIBR and Team Heretics are eliminated.

Friday, Oct. 3, 2025

Upper bracket final

• FNATIC vs. NRG (3pm CEST or 6am PDT)

Lower bracket semifinal

• Paper Rex vs. DRX (6pm CEST or 9am PDT)

Oct 4, 2025

• Lower final

Oct. 5, 2025

• Grand final

All VALORANT Champions 2025 teams

A total of 16 teams compete in the VALORANT Champions 2025. Here are all the confirmed teams:

• G2 Esports
• Sentinels
• Fnatic
• Paper Rex
• T1
• Rex Regum Qeon
• Bilibili Gaming
• XLG Esports
• EDward Gaming
• Team Heretics
• MIBR
• DRX
• NRG
• Dragon Ranger Gaming
• GIANTX
• Team Liquid

VALORANT Champions 2025 prize pool

The prize pool of the VCT Champions 2025 is $2,250,000, and it will be distributed as follows:

VCT Champions 2025 format

The format of this year’s VCT Champions is divided into two parts: Group Stage and Playoffs.

The Group Stage matches are being carried out in four double-elimination format (GSL) groups. Each group will have four teams, and all matches will be best-of-three. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Playoffs.

The Playoffs will be held in a double-elimination bracket and are best-of-three, except for the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final, which will be best-of-five.