VALORANT Champions 2025 Schedule, Teams, Prize Pool, and Format

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The biggest tournament in VALORANT esports, VALORANT Champions 2025, is happening in Paris from September 12th to October 5th, 2025. Sixteen top teams from around the globe will compete for the championship and a large prize pool.

This guide covers the full schedule, all teams, format, and prize pool for VCT Champions 2025.

VALORANT Champions 2025 Schedule

The tournament lasts for 24 days. After the initial Group Stage, the top eight teams will advance to the Playoffs. All times shown are in Central European Summer Time (Pacific Daylight Time in parentheses).

Group Stage

Friday, Sept. 12, 2025

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

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025

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

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025

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

Monday, Sept. 15, 2025

  • Bilibili Gaming vs MIBR (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • RRQ vs FNATIC (6 pm / 9 am PDT)

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025

  • Upper Final 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Upper Final 2 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)

Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

  • Upper Final 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Upper Final 2 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)

Friday, Sept. 19, 2025

  • Lower Round 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Lower Round 1 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
  • Two teams eliminated

Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025

  • Lower Round 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Lower Round 1 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
  • Two teams eliminated

Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025

  • Lower Finals (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Lower Finals (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
  • Two teams eliminated

Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

  • Lower Finals (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Lower Finals (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
  • Two teams eliminated

Playoffs

Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025

  • Round 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Round 1 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)

Friday, Sept. 26, 2025

  • Round 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Round 1 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025

  • Lower Round 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Lower Round 1 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
  • Two teams eliminated

Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025

  • Upper Round 2 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Upper Round 2 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)

Monday, Sept. 29, 2025

  • Lower Round 2 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
  • Lower Round 2 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
  • Two teams eliminated

Friday, Oct. 3, 2025

  • Upper Finals
  • Lower Semis

Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025

  • Lower Finals

Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025

  • Grand Finals

All VALORANT Champions 2025 Teams

Sixteen teams qualified for Champions 2025:

  • 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 is $2,250,000. Distribution:

  • 1st – $1,000,000
  • 2nd – $400,000
  • 3rd – $250,000
  • 4th – $130,000
  • 5th–6th – $85,000
  • 7th–8th – $50,000
  • 9th–12th – $30,000
  • 13th–16th – $20,000

VCT Champions 2025 Format

The event has two stages: Group Stage and Playoffs.

  • Group Stage: Four GSL groups with four teams each. All matches are best-of-three. The top two teams in each group move on.
  • Playoffs: A double-elimination bracket. Most matches are best-of-three, while the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are best-of-five.

VALORANT Champions 2025 will determine the world’s best VALORANT team. For complete coverage, news, and updates on VALORANT esports, be sure to check out TopMob.

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2025-09-14 23:02